Special education needs. The last fifty years have seen significant changes in the education of students with special learning needs. An estimated 1.7 million pupils in the UK have special educational needs (SEN)‚ with over 250‚000 having statements of SEN (Russell 2003‚ 215). Many positive advances have been made in educating these children‚ with special needs children receiving more options and learning opportunities. How these opportunities are presented has been an ongoing source of debate
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History of Special Needs Provision in Ireland The history of education for children with special needs in Ireland has been one of neglect and exclusion until there was a change in attitudes and policies. The government had no need for policies regarding education and care of children with additional needs because they were carried out by religious orders. Many children were sent away to hospitals‚ homes and even asylums. They were hidden away from society. There were three stages in relation to the
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I had the pleasure of visiting Mrs. McCotter’s Autistic classroom. I arrived at 1:00 PM on Tuesday‚ November 27th. Her classroom is at Ealy Elementary in West Bloomfield‚ which has a wonderful special education program. I chose to observe in an autistic classroom because it is something I had never experienced before until now. The classroom was incredibly nice and everyone was so welcoming! The classroom is arranged with a variety of stations. There is the play station‚ the movement station‚ their
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Parenting with Families of Children with Special Needs was a very informative‚ interesting‚ and educational article. This article included information that would be very important for teachers‚ family members‚ caregivers‚ and any other people who work with children with special needs. This article also includes some inserts from a parent of a child who was born with Down syndrome. Baby Ella’s mother briefly discuss how they felt when they found out about Ella’s condition and how they are dealing
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In this paper‚ I chose to observe the toddler room. I picked Beau; he has brown hair with hazel eyes. He is 33 months old. He weighs 33 pounds and is 38 inches tall. The first observation I did of Beau is in the classroom‚ I found him playing in pretend kitchen. He was opening the cabinets‚ picking up plates and he gave another boy a banana. This all in two minutes and the student teachers were watching. Beau then stole a toy from another toddler. That was a whole minute. After that he went and
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Mainstreaming special needs The soaring cost of special education for disabled students has been appropriately integrated into public schools for the common good of all students from various social classes. Special education has had a deep histroy that has been characterized by a score of legislations that has set this form of education and how it is administered to assimilate students with learning disabilities into standard classrooms. In both the United Kingdom and the United States‚ the first
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Classroom Observation‚ Discussion with Teacher‚ and Analysis In this paper I will discuss an observation and the developmental needs of a small group of older twos. First I will discuss the observation of Mrs. Nicole’s two-year-old classroom. Which focus on the social-emotional atmosphere and the challenging behaviors. Next I will focus on the social-emotional atmosphere‚ the curriculum and the proposed objectives. The objectives support the curriculum‚ which can be a major part of a child’s development
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by Clement (2000)‚ Classroom management has become the most common concern cited by student teachers as well as beginning and experienced teachers. Even a talented teacher would have difficulty teaching in an environment filled with interruptions and distractions. Classroom management techniques reduce the likelihood of interruptions during class‚ and include effective responses for any distractions that do occur. Classroom management includes the skills of organization‚ classroom layout‚ discipline
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Almost every school district in the country has at least one student who receives special education. Public schools must work to meet the needs of students by providing special educational services. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a federal educational law that ensures that children under twenty-one years of age have the right to a free public education. Millions of children receive special educational services based on IDEA. For a child to become eligible for these services
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For my classroom observation‚ I chose to observe two classrooms with teachers I do not work with at my current job Bobbie Smith Elementary in Long Beach‚ CA. My area of interest is elementary‚ I chose to observe a Kindergarten and Second grade classroom. Although I prefer to teach a Kindergarten class and not go over the Second grade‚ I know that teachers never get a pick of what grades you teach sometimes. So I am glad that I am able to gain experience in each grade level. The first hour and a
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