An Educational Media Product for Young Children with LD and ADHD Product Overview This media product will be an app for kids ages 6-8 that can be downloaded from Google Play or Apple’s iTunes. It will be a free app that provides a portal to kid Continue Reading...
urban elementary school in Eastern, New York . That problem Specifically, is the social promotion of fourth grade students with disabilities. Currently, nothing is being done to address the issue as social promotion which is supported by state educ Continue Reading...
He seems to be curious about what kind of options he has in life. He sees his sister enjoying herself very much in her studies and relationships developed at the conservatory and he wants some of those same things for himself. Shawn has shown somewh Continue Reading...
PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES AFFECTING African-American STUDENTS PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES AFFECTING African-American STUDENTS "They never want to hear what I have to say…it doesn't matter who started a fight, or what a teacher said to you that made you ma Continue Reading...
e., test scores) and dictated by "best practices" that teachers are losing confidence in their own creativity. Yet, despite these unfortunate consequences of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the important work of teachers remains unchanged. That work is Continue Reading...
While one might reasonably think that all children live their lives in a mess, this is particularly so for dyslexic children and students. They often have real difficulties with planning and thinking ahead to when a book or pen might be needed next Continue Reading...
Disorders include such mental illnesses as mood disorders, like bipolar disorder, or obsessive compulsive disorder which involves a variety of anxieties, compulsions, obsessions, and phobias. Without treatment sufferers are unable to adapt to social Continue Reading...
(Novick, 1996) According to Novick practices that are developmentally appropriate and that contain culturally relevant teaching are: "...well grounded in human development and brain-based research..." (1996) The teacher must understand that today's Continue Reading...
Chicoine also cautions that whenever a patient declines in function, a thorough evaluation is necessary "to look for reversible causes, or, if no reversible cause is found, to confirm that the decline is consistent with Alzheimer's disease" (Chicoin Continue Reading...
The move went smoothly and a month later Andrea was happily chasing her fellow red group peers across the playground on recess the same way she did the blue group previously. This could have been handled badly by pointing out to Andrea her reading t Continue Reading...
Psychological test or assessment method. "The Substance Abuse Questionnaire -- Adult Probation III Brief Description of the Test The recent release of one of the youngest convicted child murders in our nation's history, Lionel Tate, now an adult, i Continue Reading...
Description of the Classroom The observation took place in an eighth grade level social studies classroom consisting of twenty-one students from diverse backgrounds. The teacher is Latina. Not wanting to make any assumptions about ethnicity or cultu Continue Reading...
Role of Family in Juvenile Offenders Sociology 398: Methods of Social Research Barrett, D., Ju, S., Katsiyannis, A., Zhang, D. (2015). Females in the juvenile justice system: influences on delinquency and recidivism. Journal of Child and Family St Continue Reading...
Teaching Students With Disabilities What are the most important skills and requirements for teachers of students with emotional or behavioral disorders? The Concordia University list of skills includes keeping the rules and guidelines "simple and c Continue Reading...
Here, we can observe several of the greatest benefits of assistive technology in special education. Such is to say that many linguistic, mathematic or otherwise basic educational programs may be designed to help facilitate the special needs learner Continue Reading...
Mental Health Legislation Critical Appraisal of Recent Mental Health Legislation and its Effect Upon Service Users and Carers In recent years, we have seen a renewed government interest in public health. The everyday coming amendments and suggestio Continue Reading...
Low-structured classrooms have more dialogue between the teacher and the students as well, according to PAW (2009). Capizzi (2009) notes that it is easy to visit a variety of classrooms and see how each one has its own style and its own feel. Teach Continue Reading...
The IEP takes into account the results of the assessment while developing a plan for the future. The evaluation results include not only behavioral observations but also socio-cultural background. If the student has a physical disability, the IEP mi Continue Reading...
3) One of the most important philosophic concepts that should be kept in the forefront of every educator's mind when working with this population of students is the difference between accommodation and modification, and the overall mindset that th Continue Reading...
While some suggest that high-stakes testing is an inadequate way of measuring the academic achievement and learning of most students, many also agree that high-stakes testing has severe disadvantages for special education students. Kymes points out Continue Reading...
Flexibility is necessary because of the very basic fact that all children with autism seem to express different needs and learning styles. The teacher needs to be able to modify instruction to meet the diverse needs among the spectrum of students wi Continue Reading...
(Brier, 1992) Constructivism in all forms faces many obstacles and hurdles in getting fair application in the classroom of schools today for many reasons. One reason is that when constructivism is applied properly and fully to a classroom environme Continue Reading...
common core standards affect students with exceptionalities? Should we apply these standards to students with exceptionalities? Why or why not? A lot of teachers and parents have shown great concerns related to the system of education presented for Continue Reading...
Anxiety Disorder's Impact On Individuals And Treatment Anxiety disorder unlike a normal anxiety happens recurrently and tends to interfere with the quality of life of the persons suffering from the anxiety. In addition to the above, it may be an obs Continue Reading...
These strategies should focus on parolees' risks and need and conducted in a way that would motivate change. Aware of these realities, States continue to innovate and evolve reentry strategies towards this end (Yahner et al.). The BRI was a particu Continue Reading...
video illustrates a common perception that ADHD is being over-diagnosed in our society today. It reflects the notion that there seems to be 'more' ADHD because students are being allowed to get away with bad behavior and are not being reprimanded as Continue Reading...
China Preventive Health Services and U.S. Preventive Health Services The objective of this study is to compare and contrast China preventive health services and U.S. preventive health services. The work of Clarke (2010) reports that prevention "wa Continue Reading...
8. Family assistance programs provide assistance for employees and families in need. These have the benefit of strengthening employee commitment and loyalty to the workplace by boosting employee morale. The work-to-family program, for example, hel Continue Reading...
Faculty to assist with pre-vocational skills training 6. Linkages to specific programs and services 7. General support for student and parents in all aspects of the student's progress Of course, the tasks delineated above can double amongst facul Continue Reading...
Assistive Technology Many students who enter a special education program are in need of some type of assistance from technology so that they can interact and learn at a higher level. Generally this technology is most associated with students who hav Continue Reading...
According to the research, this is "a theoretical framework that seeks to describe a developmental process associated with efforts to provide access for individuals with disabilities to facilities, programs, and information," (Edyburn 2001 p 24). Th Continue Reading...
The language employed did not obfuscate the points the authors were making and generally assisted in ensuring that their argument was lucid and efficient. This is an important feature because very often writers will produce work where the reader is Continue Reading...
In examining this issue, the authors identify several key issues that may play a part in creating barriers to positive behavior support implementation by educators and administrators. These issues include a questioning of the essential functionality Continue Reading...
If a 68-year-old employee receives an above average review on her work performance and doesn't receive a raise, and then finds that an employee who is 32 years of age receives an adequate performance review and gets a raise and a promotion the older Continue Reading...
A principal, for instance, will advertise on Ed Join for, say, a third grade, second grade or whatever opening he or she has, screen and hire the candidates, and then notify Personnel. At the Rio Linda Union School District, job candidates still br Continue Reading...
Employment Law Policies for XYZ Describe and explain all the possible employment laws that could govern the employment at XYZ. Job discrimination. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits hiring, firing or pay discrimination based solely Continue Reading...
structure of standardized testing in K-12 education. As Wisconsin and the federal government need some manner to gauge teacher performance and student progress it falls on educators to find effective means of testing special education students. The Continue Reading...
inequality in Canada, one of the most interesting, and depressing, factors is the way in which seemingly unrelated demographic factors work together to present difficulties above and beyond those faced by any single group, while simultaneously demon Continue Reading...
Social Worker's Dilemma A Social Worker's Moral Dilemma: The Kantian & Utilitarian Approach A Social Worker's Dilemma: A Kantian & Utilitarian Approach While Philosophy is the investigation of the ultimate questions of life, e.g., Is th Continue Reading...
