Speech and Language Impairments
Only students that have a speech and language impairment that affects their abilities in the classroom qualify as special education students.
Do all students with speech and language impairment qualify for special education?
General education teacher, special education teacher, outside specialist, therapist, and paraprofessionals
What are examples of educators that can co-teach?
You must report a student's progress to parents.
What is a requirement for an IEP?
Students misbehave when something else is stopping them from fully being present in a classroom
Why do students misbehave?
Having all students with disabilities sit at one lunch table together makes them seem like outcasts and makes it difficult for them to have natural relationships with peers.
Why shouldn't students with disabilities should not be sitting together at lunch?
Expression of language with sound.
What is speech?
The gen ed teacher is teaching the whole class. Another teacher is assisting individual students.
What is the structure of one teach-one assist?
Department of people with disabilities, church-run programs, and town run initiatives.
What are examples of 504 plan services funded by the state/town?
Ask friendly questions about the student's lives(interests, activities, etc), Talk less than students but still seem interested, Ignore small issues.
What are ways to build a relationship with students?
Allowing a student the personal space to have relationships with others is crucial to feeling good about themselves and in the classroom
Why is natural support important for special education students?
Defined as a communication disorder such as stuttering, Impaired articulation, a language impairment, or a voice impairment that adversely affects a student's educational performance.
What is the IDEA educational label for speech and language impairments?
The classroom is split in half equally. Each teacher is teaching the same material. This creates a smaller teacher-to-student ratio.
What is parallel teaching?
State and local educational agencies receive federal funding to provide free education for special needs students
How does special education and related services receive funding under the IDEA act?
Consider what will help a student behave in a classroom so they can learn before they have difficult behavior.
What is thinking ahead?
Create predetermined partners, so no one feels left out.
How to make sure no student ends up with an adult as their partner?
IPad, Hearing aid, Coeachler device, computer, Paper, and Pen,
What are examples of augmentative or alternative communication (AAC)?
Two or more educators sharing the instructional responsibility for a group of students within a single classroom setting.
What is the definition of co-teaching?
The 504 plan is to protect rights for people with disabilities in multiple contexts throughout the duration of their life. An IEP is protecting the rights for free and appropriate education for people with disabilities when they are ages 3-21.
What's the difference between the 504 plan vs an IEP?
How to create a positive learning environment?
1)Do not sit or place a chair meant for adult support next to a student..... 2)Do not remove the student from the classroom for extra services, try to allow services to happen in the classroom..... 3)encourage peer support by telling a student to ask other peers before you ....4)Encourage independence and interdependence by allowing students to complete tasks on their own once they seem ready and ask other students if they need help.... 5)Fade your cues by reducing the level of support given to a student in a systematic way
What are the 5 ways to naturally support students?
Expressive language impairment is when a student has difficulty expressing themselves in the classroom. Receptive language impairment is when a student has difficulty understanding others, such as teachers and classmates.
What is the difference between expressive language impairment versus receptive language impairment?
Parallel Teaching, Station teaching, Team teaching, One teach-One observe, Alterintibe teaching, One teach-One assist
What are the six co-teaching structures?
A person that has a physical or mental impairment that limits one or more major life activities and has a record of that impairment.
What is the definition of a person with disabilities under the 504 plan?
Record what student was doing before and after misbehaving, then try to determine how to help student with the IEP team; think about what the student could be feeling in that moment, Ask them how they feel
How do you figure out what a student is trying to communicate when misbehaving?
1)Highlight similarities among students by paying attention to the natural conversation and help students realized their similarities....2) Assist your students to socialize by helping them ask people to ask peers...3)When rewarding a student for doing something good, make the reward something social such as playing a game with a friend...4)Create classroom jobs that are interactive and collaborative such as passing out paper and picking a partner to help...5)Help students understand why their peer needs extra help sometimes by answering basic questions when asked or creating a situation where students share unique qualities about themselves....6)when a natural conversation is happening between students, step away and focus on something else
What are six ways to support a student in facilitating natural relationships?