Description This observation is of an eighth grade mathematics class, in which algebra was being taught. The objectives of the math lesson included to “appreciate the usefulness, power and beauty of mathematics,” and to “recognize Continue Reading...
Lauren Background: A Case Study The rights and wrongs of the general and/or special education teacher and Responsiveness to Intervention (RTI) is demonstrated in case studies, which can be effective tools for learning. Interventions that address the Continue Reading...
Dyslexia as a Specific Learning Disability Classified under the broader rubric of specific learning disabilities, dyslexia is a severe reading disability known to have a neurological basis (Taylor, Smiley & Richards, 2009, p. 92). Because reading Continue Reading...
Children's Books On Development Of Children's Self-Concept, Dealing With Life's Challenges and/or Have Characters With Disabilities This list has been sorted by the books' readability levels; AC = Adult Read to Children. Books for Pre-K to Grade 3, Continue Reading...
Richard Branson Analysis Leader Critique A Critique of the Leadership Style of Sir Richard Branson Sir Richard Branson makes an excellent example of an interesting leader to study. Branson's parents provided a relatively unique upbringing and rais Continue Reading...
Pre-School What Are the Benefits of Having Children Attend Pre-School Prior to Kindergarten? Books This report covers the benefit of sending children to pre-school before kindergarten. Literature review is used to explore the research existing in Continue Reading...
Conclusion For the new teacher, the most important factor in resolving issues concerning students with learning disabilities is to recognize the high incidence of depression and other emotional disturbances that go along with it. Early treatment a Continue Reading...
ADD/ADHD Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are both behavioral illnesses that are affecting a growing number of children and teenagers. Currently, more boys than girls are diagnosed with ADHD. A nu Continue Reading...
Teaching Impression and Reality Out of all things I expected myself to do, teaching was probably the least of my expectations. However, things unraveled and led me to get a job at ICCD School. Prior to this job, I had no experience as a teacher at Continue Reading...
The shift toward standardized testing has failed to result in a meaningful reduction of high school dropout rates, and students with disabilities continue to be marginalized by the culture of testing in public education (Dynarski et al., 2008). Wit Continue Reading...
Reading Education Special needs and special education students have traditionally had more immediate needs in cooperative learning settings when compared to typical students. To be an effective teacher is not always as easy as telling the students t Continue Reading...
Language Impairments: Evidence-Based Interventions Language Impairment Interventions Evidence-Based Interventions for Pediatric Language Impairments Evidence-Based Interventions for Pediatric Language Impairments So strong is the genetic impulse Continue Reading...
Communications Disorders The federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) defines a learning disability as: "a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or writ Continue Reading...
This is particularly true for students with learning disabilities. Secondary students' reading performance reaches a plateau during their high school years, and it is clear that the performance gap between their abilities and what they are expected Continue Reading...
Mindful vs. traditional martial arts toward improved academic grades in children diagnosed with ADHD While medication and psychotherapy are the current best practice in treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), their benefits and aim Continue Reading...
curriculum models used in early childhood education programs. The main curriculum models utilized in ECD programs for children with disabilities include behavioral, cognitive and combination models. Developmental Model: This model has an enrichme Continue Reading...
educationists and teachers in the classroom today is identifying and dealing with children who have a speech, language or communication impairment, which negatively impacts on learning.. Many children find it difficult to understand how conversation Continue Reading...
Special Education According to the Federal Laws of the United States of America, "Special Education means specially designed instruction, at no cost to the parents, to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability [IDEA 97-300.26(a)]." The revi Continue Reading...
These factors develop a child's level of ability that is measurable and it will pay huge dividends in the child's educational future. Chapter 3 Methodology Introduction The research focused on assessing kindergarten level reading skills and provi Continue Reading...
(McGannon, Carey and Dimmitt, 2005) To address this need in the field of school counseling, the CSCOR has developed the National Panel for School Counseling Evidence-Based Practice, which is composed of school counseling educators and practitioners Continue Reading...
learning disabilities in the light of teaching children with this disorder. It uses 4 sources in APA format. It is not easy to say who is a learning disabled. A lot of arguments have taken place for a certain time in order to classify the learning Continue Reading...
As the article states, "Observations indicated that Harry's print motivation during the parent-child interactions with environmental print and joint-writing activities was high" (p. 317). This high enthusiasm and ability are assumed to be in direct Continue Reading...
A group approach is considered beneficial as teachers "need to rethink their traditional teaching roles and expand their repertoire of teaching skills to include techniques that help students enhance their comprehension" and students who receive ind Continue Reading...
Schizophrenia Psychosis and Lifespan D Schizophrenia and Psychosis and Lifespan Development Schizophrenia and Psychosis Matrix Disorder Major DSM-IV-TR Categories Classifications Subclassifications Schizophrenia and Psychosis Symptoms Positi Continue Reading...
Special Education Since the introduction of PL-142 the Special education system has received both praise and criticism. Special Education Programs are an essential component to our educational system. The current special education system has aided Continue Reading...
In order to build an age-appropriate vocabulary in the English language, ESL students must learn words at a faster rate than normal (Lipka, Siegel, & Vukovic, 2005; Drucker 2003). This results in a widening gap between the reading and comprehens Continue Reading...
Understanding Planned Intervention for Specific Learning Disorder Introduction Specific learning disorder (SLD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder that affects a child's ability to learn and use academic skills, such as reading, writing, and m Continue Reading...
Integration of music and reading may help parents prepare their children for school. On the surface, music and literacy seem opposite of each other both in meaning and delivery. However, the two forms of learning go hand in hand. For example, lyrics Continue Reading...
Phoneme, Phonics, And Sightwords as They Relate to Reading Acquisition In Orangeburg Consolidated School District Three, there is a failure to meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) goals, mostly in the content area of ELA on the state mandated test. U Continue Reading...
All of these students will have different educational needs, even if they have the same numerical IQ. Thus, "the discrepancy," of a score below 100 or average, will not tell educators "anything about what kind of intervention might help the child le Continue Reading...
IQ Discrimination The concept of general ability or intelligence has in the past been the most important single way of accounting for individual differences. IQ (Intelligence quotient) is usually assessed by measuring performances on a test of a num Continue Reading...
Introduction Next door to where we live is a family with an 8-year-old boy who is in the third grade. He says that he does not like to read but that he has to for school and he hates it. “I don’t like reading in class. It’s hard to Continue Reading...
…[…… parts of this paper are missing, click here to view the entire document ]…Chapter1IntroductionStudenttruancyisagrowingproblemintheUnitedStates.Overthelasttwentyyearsthetruancyrateshavegrownnationwidewiththehighestratesini Continue Reading...
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The intents of the program are manifold, not the least of which is to help students to better realize the impact which they can have on the improvement of the global community through the application and extension of the education which they will re Continue Reading...
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Special Needs Intervention Client Profile Brenda is a seven-year-old second grader that has been identified as dyslexic. She has significant delays in pre-literacy and numeracy skills have been identified through both formal assessment and performa Continue Reading...
Juvenile delinquency: Why they happen and the possible remedies. Juvenile delinquency has been a dominant debate in various spheres and for a long time and this debate do not seem to disappear any time soon. There have been various attempts to expla Continue Reading...
Davis (2007) stated that baseline testing must be performed at a young age so that children with prosopagnosia do not grow feelings of isolation and depression for now, there is no treatment available with prosopagnosia same with dyslexia or autism Continue Reading...
