University of Phoenix Cultural Diversity BSHS 421 Special People/Special Needs Mental illness is a special need within itself; couple that with being a minority‚ specifically an African American‚ and the problem increases. The following paper will display examples and data portraying the difficulty that African Americans face when seeking mental health services‚ particularly for schizophrenia. Also included will be assessment techniques‚ intervention strategies and treatment planning. According
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Ashley C In each classroom there are about seven to ten students‚ some who required a dedicated aide and others independent. The classroom that I observed had a total of nine students‚ five aides‚ and one teacher. With the ratio given‚ it is apparent that the students are about half with and without the need of one to one supports. Although the students’ support needs vary‚ many of the independent students in the class need additional assistance due to their minimal communication skills. In this
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On Thursday‚ September 17‚ I went to Hillcrest Elementary/Visual Performing and Arts School to observe Mrs. Mary Jackson’s music class. When I got there the students were sitting in their chair and learning about the music notes AGF. I saw two Special Education Teachers in the class and they told me that they were here to help the exceptional students. These notes are short notes and high pitch notes. After the lecture‚ Mrs. Jackson had the student watch and learn the song “Fiddle Eye Fee” in which
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Introduction Special Needs Assistants came into existence in 1959 (The Open College‚ Janurary). Since then they have been employed to help students with disabilities in particular who attend specialist support schools or standardised mainstream national schools. Special Needs Assistants may be employed on a full or part-time basis (INTO‚ 2013). The benefit of the special needs assistants skills has been used to aid school authorities in making appropriate assessments and decisions‚ in terms of the
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When it come to children with special needs there are different categories that the children can fall in. With in each of these categories there are different teaching methods that have to be use and different types of training that the teacher will need. Children with special needs are tested and then put into the appropriate group as to the disability that they have. There are several different types of special needs such as autism‚ behavior disorders‚ Cerebral Palsy‚ Down Syndrome‚ Alcohol
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hygiene / care needs. Before I accompanied the two Special Needs Assistants with this task‚ they firstly asked the student permission for me to help them. She had no problem with this. The most important thing I was told to remember is the health and safety of the student. After watching and learning from the Special Needs Assistants they gave me a procedure sheet which I had to follow. My goal was to be able to change the student’s catheter tube. As this procedure is for care needs‚ the procedure
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SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS PORTFOLIO Moving towards inclusive education INTELLECTUALLY GIFTED AND CHALLED STUDENTS IQ An Intelligence Quotient‚ usually referred to as IQ‚ is a numerical score arrived at through testing. A student can have a Low‚ Average or High IQ. Intelligence is an inherited trait which‚ if low may make learning difficult unless facilitated by a highly skilled teacher. Additionally‚ a pupil who has inherited a high intelligence can be badly affected by bad teaching methods and
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observing the classroom of Mrs. Yessenia Prieto. She teaches 3rd grade language arts. Mrs. Prieto earned her degree in Education for grades K-5. She has only taught elementary and has been a teacher now for close to 10 years. Her average class size is about 30 students. 60% of her students are boys and 40% are girls. There is a small group of Esol students in her class which need to be taught in the Spanish language. Even though most of the schools demographics is Hispanic during my observations hours I
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During my observations‚ I had the opportunity to interview the director of the facility. We discussed risk and injury prevention practices within the classroom‚ how prevention is managed‚ how it is approved‚ and lastly‚ if there are any modifications being made in the environment in relation to the children’s needs and developmental levels. The director told me all the employees meet once a month to discuss solutions. She mentioned that there are fire drills every thirty days. The director said she
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the history of special needs in Ireland in Ireland and what special needs means. Also I hope that by carrying out this activity that I will become more aware of the needs of children and adults that have special needs. I also hope by reasearching the disability that I will become more aware of children needs with this disability in the future. Special needs refers to a range of needs often caused by a medical‚ physical‚ mental or developmental condition or disability. Special needs can also include
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