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The following review is from the video: How Difficult Can This Be? The F.A.T. City Workshop written by Richard D. Lavoie and produced by Peter Rosen in 2004 at the Eagle Hill School in Greenwich, CT. Perhaps if everyone realized the wisdom in the famous proverb, “before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes”, people would have more empathy for those who may seem to be atypical. The video How Difficult Can This Be? The F.A.T. City Workshop presented by Richard D. Lavoie effectively gets participants to experience the feelings and stress of children with learning disabilities. Lavoie draws his participants into the classroom experience with well developed exercises that elicit the frustration, anxiety, and tension of children with …show more content…
Lavoie’s workshop provokes an emotional response. After viewing life through the eyes of a child with special needs, I cannot help but have a more significant understanding of what people, especially children with disabilities, must deal with every day, everywhere. During the many years that I have worked with children with various disabilities, I have encountered each of the topics discussed in Lavoie’s workshop and agree with the points he makes regarding children with disabilities. Particularly impacting the way I interact with my students are the topics concerning: anxiety, reading comprehension, and fairness. A child with learning disabilities can easily develop anxiety at any time throughout the day. Lavoie demonstrates ways anxiety can build in the classroom when teachers use sarcasm, give rapid instructions, demand answers quickly, and act intimidating. Lavoie mentions that children with disabilities do not understand sarcasm and it stays with the child all day, yet adults will forget what they said within minutes (Rosen, Lavoie, Eagle Hill School Outreach, Peter Rosen
The documentary follows five families dealing with a differently abled child; The film focuses on difficulties the families go through, professionalism or lack of it by school officials Misunderstood Minds, documentary, is an excellent reminder of the fact that while there is a constant battle concerning over diagnosis, Every parent wants the best for their child, after all a child is a person’s most precious possession. For this very reason having a child with a learning disability becomes overwhelming.
This Semester I observed a three-year-old girl named Allie. Allie attends preschool at Land of Learning; she is diagnosed with cerebral palsy. It was my pleasure observing her and getting to know her. She is a very sweet outgoing girl that doesn’t let her disability get to her. I observed and assisted Allie throughout her days at preschool. I assisted her and observed her with recess activities, eating lunch, and daily school projects. My past observation experiences I observed at Westgate elementary school in a class room mixed with students with learning disabilities, ADHD and also ELL students the class was taught by Ms. Lewis. I observed a second grade ELL classroom and also a fourth grade classroom. I observed these students during school
Once the students begin to feel comfortable, I am flooded with questions. Students are able to expand their knowledge on a variety of disability-related issues. The real challenge is to help them change their perception of people with disabilities. Students have to be convinced that a disability is a limitation and every human has his or her own limitations. A disability is not a sickness someone can catch like a cold. When the students begin to see that we are all equal, then the Disabilities Awareness program has really done its job. The students are stubborn at first to new ideas but, after challenging them, they begin to see the truth behind these ideas and start accepting them.
Graziano’s article over the handling of his son’s disability in the classroom also involves issues that relate to teachers detecting signs of mental illness in the classrooms, how teachers identify a behavioral troubled child, and training school counselors on the Section 504 policy that are all happening in the world today. Realizing these issues can help parents with giving their child the best out of their education and can also help teachers understand the importance of their relationship with students. Everyone should have the opportunity for a brighter future and having a learning disability should not be the end of the road for any student.
I chose a clip from KTXS News. The news clip was titled: Back-to-school an anxious, stressful time for children with special needs. If I had watched this video with no previous knowledge of students with disabilities, the news clip would have taught me that students with Autism need special attention, routine, have sensory aversions, and that life is challenging. This information is not false, however, it is not true for every child who presents with Autism. The video depicts students with Autism as having lots of struggles. The first thing they mention in the clip is the child’s name, the school he attends, and 3 things that he is not able to do as a result of his disability. There are no doubt struggles for families of children with disabilities,
In the video presentation of How Difficult Can This Be? The F.A.T. City Workshop, Richard Lavoie is able to simulate several of the difficulties that a student with a learning disability has to face at school. Some of the difficulties experienced by the students are intrinsic to the disability itself, but many other difficulties are directly related with the emotions that the student experiences when attending a class, and as a result of his or her interactions with teachers and classmates. Both the United States law and the education system, have the opportunity to make a huge difference in the learning experience of every student with disability. Students with disabilities need to be guided to a path to education that is both feasible and accessible for them; with achievable goals, and by being provided what they need in order to succeed, and to be able to overcome any obstacles.
Two years ago, I embarked on a journey that would teach me more than I had ever imagined. As a recent college graduate, I was thrilled to finally begin my teaching career in a field I have always held close to my heart. My first two years as a special education teacher presented countless challenges, however, it also brought me great fulfillment and deepened my passion for teaching students with special needs. The experiences I have had both before and after this pivotal point in my life have undoubtedly influenced my desire to further my career in the field of special education.
“Educating Peter” is a documentary that depicts the story of a little boy name Peter Gwazdauskas, a child with Down Syndrome, who from the start of his educational experience up to the 3rd grade attended classes with children who were like himself. However, at the completion of his second-grade year, a Federal law was passed that required children with disabilities be educated in regular classes with normal children. The documentary covers the first year of Peter’s experience in a regular classroom. The first half of the documentary shows how Peter struggled to adjust to being in a new environment. It also showed how the teacher and other students struggled to cope with Peter and his unpredictable behavior. Peter had a difficult time expressing himself, following direction, and staying on task. This caused Peter to have frequent verbally and physically violent outburst in the class.
As many as one in five people in the United States has a learning disability. About 5% of the total population of all school-...
Sable and I have a great working relationship, and he was eager to assist me with this assignment. Our interview was informal and conversational. The first question I asked Mr. Sable was what were some of the greatest challenges he encounters while providing services for students with disabilities. Mr. Sable said that the greatest challenge is ensuring that students with disabilities are provided with equal access to public education. He stated, “It is difficult to provide this when there are low expectations of SWD, and they are categorically defined as not being able to benefit from a program.This low expectation often becomes the barrier to access. There is often a belief that SWD often is the barrier to having successful classrooms and hence access to all aspects is limited.” I asked Mr. Sable what “scares” him the most about special education and he provided me with two answers. 1. That students with disabilities do not have access to all aspects of public education and 2. When budget cuts occur, everyone wants to take the monies from special education services
Sapon – Shevin states when students are uncomfortable with their peers who are different from them this situation can be a teaching moment for the teacher, in other words educate the students on the differences of others, not only disabilities, b...
Children with handicaps, whether they are physical or mental, also fit into the category of disadvantaged children. These children do not, and will never, have the same opportunities as children who are so-called ‘normal.’ However, early childhood education programs “can effectively raise the intelligence of disadvantaged children, guide them toward better social adjustment and help them learn more in school” (Unknown, 1977, par. 1). Therefore, even if a student does experience a handicap, they may have a better chance at doing well in school and when they enter into a real societal working atmosphere.
The law requires that this instruction fundamentally tailors to the unique need(s) of the child with the disability. Society considers children with disabilities minorities in the school, and since the late 1960’s parents, schools, legislators, and educators have been fighting for the rights of children with disabilities. In 1975 the first Act, P.L.94-142, Education for All Handicapped Children Act was passed, setting all the guidelines for special education as a field (Bicehouse & Faieta, 2017). Researchers Spaulding & Pratt (2015) mentioned efforts to educate individuals with disabilities began as early as a century before the 1960’s reform movements. A time when the law did not afford a disabled person the opportunity to go to school or the family placed him or her in an
I sent out multiple emails, trying to find someone willing or have the time to answer my interview question. The first person I interviewed was the Head of the Special Education Department, in my High School, Sue Shlapack. The first question I asked her was what advice would you give a future special education teacher? She responded with really listening to the parent. What I found interesting was Shlapack not only said to listen but said why by explaining how in her experience most parents are feeling. “Some parents present as feeling very guilty that their child has a disability. Reassure parents that they are doing a good job and that you understand that parenting can be difficult for anyone.” I never really considered this angle of thought
Over the last eight weeks this writer has learned a monument amount of knowledge in a short period of time. Each module and activity clearly defined each objective covered in the readings. Reflection plays a huge part in increasing one's self awareness, after having reflected on the course assignments writer is prepared to use the knowledge that they have attained. Having taken this course one feel comfortable utilizes the materials in the professional world successfully. Before taking this course many things about the laws and right guaranteed to students with disabilities were unclear. Knowledge is power and knowing has opened this writer up to understanding how a special educator a...