Special Education

Re: Deaf Teacher

Monique Santiago — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 22:14:53 GMT

Hello Everyone! I am wondering any of you working with deaf/hard of hearing of hearing students. Feel free to share your experiences. I would like to share with you. I work with deaf student for 17 years and recently just became as a computer teacher. I enjoy teaching and love to see deaf students are learning alot of new things. Feel free to ask me any questions!

Online Academic Help!

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Special Education websites

Ilene — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 15:01:07 GMT

I found a wonderful site that provides links to 100 Special Education resources that easily lessens the time spent looking for information. Please check it out and let me know what you think. Happy Searching!

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Special education and Common Core Standards.

Ilene — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 18:11:10 GMT

Many special education teachers are getting nervous because they have not had training in the new common core standards. They will be evaluated as their students reach the individual learning objectives, derived from the common core standards. They may be similar to IEP goals, but are not necessarily the same.Teachers who are responsible for the common core standards are welcome to comment.

Cool tools for teachers

sfecich@gmail.com — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:26:38 GMT

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Annual Teacher Evaluation

Ilene — Tue, 29 May 2012 00:19:01 GMT

Another school year is coming to a close, and many teachers will be evaluated using a new system. After receiving an evaluation, please let me know how the new system worked and where we should go from here.

Great tool for online collaboration

tanya1177 — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:49:19 GMT

Hello,

Just want to inform you that one months ago I found rather good mind mapping tool, which helps me and my students easily collaborate online
Hope that you will also find it useful.

Regards,
Tanya

What is Learned Helplessness?

Carmen Y. Reyes — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:59:14 GMT

This is an excerpt from my article, “When Children Fail in School: What Teachers and Parents Need to Know about Learned Helplessness.” You can read the complete article, plus 50+ articles in psycho-education and in alternative teaching techniques to build low academic skills on my blog, “The Psycho-Educational Teacher.”

Learned helplessness is the belief that our own behavior does not influence what happens next, that is, behavior does not control outcomes or results. For example, when a student believes that she is in charge of the outcome, she may think, “If I study hard for this test, I’ll get a good grade.” On the contrary, a learned helpless student thinks, “No matter how hard I study for this test, I’ll always get a bad grade.” In schools, learned helplessness relates to poor grades and underachievement, and to behavior difficulties. Students who experience repeated school failure are particularly prone to develop a learned helpless response style. Because of repeated academic failure, these students begin to doubt their own abilities, leading them to doubt that they can do anything to overcome their school difficulties. Consequently, they decrease their achievement efforts, particularly when faced with difficult materials, which leads to more school failure. This pattern of giving up when facing difficult tasks reinforces the child’s beliefs that he or she cannot overcome his or her academic difficulties.

Learned helplessness seems to contribute to the school failure experienced by many students with a learning disability. In a never-ending cycle, children with learning disabilities frequently experience school difficulties over an extended period, and across a variety of tasks, school settings, and teachers, which in turn reinforces the child’s feelings of being helpless.

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Teacher evaluations

Ilene — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:05:06 GMT

Special education students' state test scores will be compared to the test scores of non-special education students, and both will be reflected on teacher evaluations. I don't think this is a fair way to measure a teacher's effectiveness. Any one else have an opinion on this subject?

The Best Behavior Management Advice I Ever Got

Carmen Y. Reyes — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:14:10 GMT

The best advice I ever received came from my mentor teacher back in my college years, “Make them love you. When they love you, they’ll do anything for you… even learn.” This message seemed so simple, and yet was so powerful, that became my most important principle in behavior management, motivating me to develop skills in child guidance and psycho-education. My mentor’s advice helped me understand that any teacher’s ability to influence, persuade, and guide a habitually disruptive student towards positive classroom behavior depends on the bond, or rapport, established between the child and the adult. With rapport, and creating an alliance for change, teachers can shift the balance from negative interactions and disruptive behavior to positive interactions and compliance. Rapport with the student will be our best psycho-educational tool during difficult times, for example, during acting-out episodes or tantrums. The more the child likes us and wants to please us, the more compliance we get. On the other hand, without rapport, our ability to influence and guide the child will be very limited.

What do you think? What was the best advice in behavior management that you ever heard or read?

Reading Program that works!

Ilene — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:43:23 GMT

Fletcher's Place is a fun and easy to use reading program that has been successful with all types of learners. Check out the website for data. I have been using this program for years and parents are pleased with the reading success their children make. I enjoy teaching with this program because the children become excited and look forward to reading.

Special Education Struggles

eoauk — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:50:19 GMT

Special education still has to be fought for in some places to ensure special eeds education for disabled kids -this interesting story of efforts to have special needs education where none existed may inspire re. special education : http://www.geocities.ws/refiaariwomanoftheyear/index.html

Games

Ilene — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:21:39 GMT

Games can be a great educational tool to motivate students and to have fun while learning. Commercial games that teach can be used as they are intended or can be re-purposed to meet individual students' needs. Teachers are very creative and can make terrific learning games to match the needs of their students. Many of these games should be published, but most teachers are just concerned with reaching all of the students in their charge.

new school year

Ilene — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:10:03 GMT

I hope students get started in the right direction at the beginning of the school year, with IEPs and services in place. Parents and teachers must keep on top of this so students have everything they need. Services and accommodations can be overlooked in the confusion of a new school year.

Apathetic about Learning? Some Guidelines from "The Psycho-Educational Teacher"

Carmen Y. Reyes — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:46:31 GMT

1. Make sure the child clearly sees the connection between his own effort and school success. Children who perceive this connection are more likely to respond to difficult tasks and/or failure with less frustration and with positive expectations about the outcome of the event.

2. Make sure that you define "effort" correctly, telling the student that effort is spending effective and strategic time on the learning task. Just trying harder or spending time doing random activities that are not working is not effective effort. Effective and strategic effort focuses on using learning strategies and procedures, that is, trying hard in a particular way is what leads to success. When the strategy or procedure that the child is trying is not working, we tell him or her to try a different strategy or procedure. Teaching students to make strategic effort attributions help them see failure and academic difficulties as problem solving situations in which the search for a strategy to use becomes their focus. When we train an apathetic and unmotivated student in using strategic effort attributions, we can weaken the child's perception that his/her lack of ability is the problem, helping the child understand that the problem lies in using an ineffective learning strategy or procedure. The child simply needs to find a better strategy to solve that particular problem.

3. Teach the child to see academic errors and mistakes as her cue to change the learning strategy that she is using.

4. Model the student how to manage failure and setbacks in a constructive and strategic way, for example, you can say, "This is not working. What is another way that I can do this?" Alternatively, you can say, "What is another strategy that I can try?"

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Which LD Strategies Really Work?

Joan — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:53:13 GMT

Welcome to you as we look toward a new school year! We need to open up this board so that effective LD ideas and strategies can be shared by all. What techniques in your "toolbox" do you always implement when given the opportunity? Which ones are your favorites and why? Don't be shy! This is your chance to get the feedback and kudos you deserve for all the thinking, problem solving, and prep time it has taken to make these "little gems" shine. Can't wait to hear from you!

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Spelling Program

teachermum — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 06:57:20 GMT

Our school is looking at implementing a new spelling program and throwing out the one we are currently using. In all my years as a special education teacher I have never used a specific spelling program but have rather been eclectic in my choices.

Does anyone out there have any suggestions are want to share names of successful spelling programs that target mainstream and special ed kids.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

New Principal/special Education

jrobinson — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 21:58:55 GMT

I have two new items going in my life at the same time! (1) I have a new principal-not new to education or the district but to the position. Because he is new he likes he likes to have the students actively engaged. (2) I am working with a group of specian needs students. These students are new to me. I would love to have a list/lesson plans that I can use with Life Skills students from K-3rd grade. Thanks! James Robinson jrobinson_jr@hotmail.com

Special Education Philosophy of Inclusive vs. Self-contained classrooms

Teacher22 — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:44:23 GMT

Hello, I a seeking advice and opinions on the philosophy of education for both Inclusive and Self-contained classrooms. If you can help this is the type of information I am hoping to obtain;

What is your philosophy on inclusive classrooms?

How do you implement this philosophy into your
classroom?

Do you have a Mission statement?

Do you have a
theory of knowledge?

What is your opinion on self-contained
classrooms?

Thank-You!!!

Assisitive Technology

rachelperla — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:37:17 GMT

Hello all!

Any body have experience working with students with special needs and have specific assistive technology that they like?

Thanks!

Improving student learnin

Taureau — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:24:19 GMT

I am a special education teacher in Northeast Ohio. I teach in a classroom of 5 autistic boy and on autism girl. I am currently trying to get prepared for next year. I teach multi-grade levels in my room and the class will consist of 1 third grader, 4 fourth graders, and 1 fifth grader. i have held this position for four years now and am very comfortable in the areas of language arts and math. My problem is trying to teach science ans social studies at grade level when I have only one student in that grade. Plus I only get 45 minutes to teach all three levels. Does anyone have a suggestion on how to do this successfully?

new law

danna — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:34:47 GMT

I have a new news for the family of children with special needs.
Did you know that students with health or cognitive problems who aren’t
eligible for services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
have protection under another federal law: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
This was first said on the article of Christina Samuels in in Education week.
I think that this is very helpful especially to those who are in need financially.
Good day!

Software for comprehension

rebelteach — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:14:53 GMT

Help me!!!!! My eyes have gone cross-eyed looking for comprehension software on the Internet. Next year each of my students will have access to a lab top and I would like to find a program. I am trying to find a software program to help improve my middle/high school special education students. I would like to find one that assess each child's ability and then gives them individual programs. I have seen several these but I have no idea which one is the best. If any one has heard of or is using one please let me know. All inform is welcome.

All Teachers program to help teachers with funding in their classroom..

RitaMarie — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:16:06 GMT

I just found out about this. They're giving $1million in classroom projects! All you do is register at DonorsChoose.Org/teacher and then submit your project in in August. You might want to request software for your students. There are a lot of web sites that offer software that help special ed kids. Just search keyword "Brain" on Google or Facebook! Good luck!