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Sunday, January 29, 2012

Chapter 2 High Incidence Disabilities


Things I Do And Plan To Do……

I have a little experience with students with ADHD. One student was on medicine so I just had to monitor and keep in contact with their mother. I made sure that this student was in a place where they could focus. I had another student that was not diagnosed but was observed by the school psychologist and was in the process of getting medication. I made sure this student was in an environment where they could focus and have hands on activities to keep them busy. I have had several students that are in speech class. I follow any accommodations that the students may have. I have also experience culture differences. I had one student that had a very hard time understanding certain words. I try to translate any words to help students understand the content better and communicate with the ESL teacher.


Things I Do Not Do……..
       I sometimes struggle with organizing schedules for when students leave for resource or speech. Most of the time the students leave at the same time during the week but other times it is a different time. So I have a hard time making sure they get work done that they have missed. I really hate to give them work during recess but I guess there is not a choice sometimes.

Things I Need To Improve……
       I need to research and become more familiar with different disorders, disabilities and syndromes. I noticed after reading I am very inexperienced with several disorders. Some examples are EBD, Intellectual disability, and Asperger Syndrome. I have just recently heard about students with EBD. While doing an after school program I noticed a student that showed several signs of it but I am not sure whether or not he has it. I feel as if I need to read and learn about different disorders incase I have a students that may be suffering from a something that has not yet been diagnosed. 

2 comments:

  1. Erin,

    I am envious of your blogging talent. Are your comments in your own writing or is the gorgeous penmanship a font?

    Scheduling is an area of weakness for most educators. Students coming in and out of the room for resource intervention, pullouts for early dismissal, tardies,absences,and administrators needing to see students,account for time lost and work which needs to be made up... This has always been an issue for me as well. One day after a gifted and talented course I was taking, I stopped to speak with the professor,a remarkable teacher and mentor. I express my concerns and asked her to share her thoughts with me on how she managed to get it all done during a given school day - Her comment was, "A true educator never gets it all done. The day you retire and leave the building, you will be thinking, "What else can I do?"" On those days when I feel I am up against a brick wall, students are needing to complete unfinished work, lessons plans may not be as concise for the next day as I would like, I think about Scarlett O'Hara, "Tomorrow is another day!"

    Nanelle

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  2. No this is definitely not my hand writing. I wish that it was. This is just a font that I found on the blogging design page. That makes me feel pretty good that even veteran teachers say it is difficult to get everything done in a day. I have a lot to work on. I plan to visit a few experienced teachers so I can get some good ideas before I start teaching. : )

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