What Does This Mean

Pretend your friend has a child who has been recommended for special services. What advice would you give? What procedures should the parent know about? In particular, your friend wants to know the differences between a 504 plan and and IEP - what will you tell him/her?

What Recommendations for Susie

After reading the case study, you realize that Susie is in need of our help. The question we have to answer is what should we do? Summarize what you think are her areas of strength and need. Next explain how her learning conditions might be contributing to her situation. Finally, what recommendations would you make to the intervention team?

Making Comparisons

Now that you have read Ch. 1, Ch. 2, & the Alabama Special Education Code, you should have a strong idea about how we begin determining special education eligibility. While it can be a lengthy process,  following the basic procedures will help you to provide appropriate services. In a well thought out statement, explain two things you learned from your readings and two things that all parents need to know. 

August 24, 2011 ~ Exit Slip

During tonight's class, we discussed several ideas. Whether our conversations dealt with teaching to student's strengths or the importance of teaching/learning styles, each of you had a lot to contribute. Now it is your time to reflect on these past 3-hours and discuss the most salient points. In 100 words, summarize what you learned tonight and explain how it fits into your teaching philosophy.  

Teaching & Learning Styles

We have just completed a teaching and learning style inventory. As a result, you have discovered to what extent your styles match. As teachers, it is important that we help students identify their strengths and utilize those strengths to compensate for their weaknesses. Based on this evening's discussions/activities, why is it important to inventory students' learning styles? How can knowing whole class learning styles (and individual students') help you with assessing and diagnosing student exceptionalities?

Student Strengths

In my experiences, I find that we too often focus on what a student cannot do. Rather than discussing a student's strengths, it seems as though most conversations and legal paper work ask us to describe a student's weaknesses. Why do you think this is so? What are the implications of this mindset? In a few sentences, describe your experiences and reply to these two questions.