Essays on Learning Disabilities

Special education encompasses all the methods and strategies employed to ensure that children who have specialized educational needs such as learning disabilities, developmental disabilities, emotional and behavioral disorders, physical disabilities, and communication problems among other aspects that may require individualized attention. Such students may benefit from services provided within the tenets of special education. This paper will focus on creating a flow chart depicting the process and laws of special education and also provide a summary of the chart indicating the roles of parents, students and schools.

The chart below depicts a comprehensive outline of the special education process and laws that are followed within the school.

Materials and resources provided to parents of children with specialized needs Parents ...

What would you do to create a supportive academic climate in your classroom describing what you would do to ensure success for ALL your students? Include steps you would take to alter instruction and modify assignments for students with learning differences and disabilities. The classroom has learners with different abilities, learning differences, and disabilities. The modern teacher is challenged to ensure the inclusive classroom provides for the different needs in the learning experiences. Through a consideration of the learning environment, time, resources, and learners, one can create a classroom environment increasing the learners’ abilities to learn, cooperate, and feel ...

In the past, students with disabilities were often separated from nondisabled students and placed in “special” classes. This had the effect of creating social and educational disadvantages for them that are viewed as unacceptable under current law. Students with disabilities have enough to overcome without their parents having to fight the system as well. Disabled students can often face problems in school, ranging from learning difficulties, language barriers, concentration issues and behavioral/socialization difficulties. The issues were difficulties these students encounter in school can be related to a number of different things, such as physical disabilities, emotional problems, learning disorders, ...

The first wedsite I believe will help to facilitate the process of education of children with math learning disabilities is http://www.bestappsforkids.com/category/apps-for-education/math-apps-apps-for-education/. This website suggests a variety of various apps that influence different systems of perception and, thus, help children study in an unconventional path. The second website is https://www.khanacademy.org, because it offers a number of lessons for children, parents, and teachers. A student can by himself choose skills he wants to develop and the lessona will be aimed at those skills. Interactive exercises will facilitate the process of studying of children with math learning disabilities. Khan Academy offers lessons ...

Chapter 2: Literature Review

Chapter 2: Literature Review

Introduction

The chapter contains details of the information regarding special education and challenges associated with it. The chapter is divided into four sections to facilitate the users of the study. The theoretical framework comprises of theories and definitions of key terms mentioned in the study. Another section contains the material extracted from past studies that provide clear evidence on the arguments. A conceptual framework is also included that represents the selected approaches from past studies and elaboration of the definition. The summary is also provided at the end of this chapter to provide a concise view ...

Abstract

This paper presents the research study on a public relation campaign run for positive motivation and psychological perspective of the children with physical disabilities. The paper discusses the background of the campaign #ToyLikeMe and how public relation and other communication tools falling under the umbrella of public relation helped campaign reach to millions of people across the world. The paper utilizes the knowledge of internal and external markets, launch and openings, promotional materials, social media, visuals and images and other tools to understand the importance of communication as one of the most effective strategies for the success of a ...

Introduction

Self-control has been identified has the single, most basic differentiating characteristic that separates human beings from the animal species. In psychological circles as well as in past research on the subject, the term has been used interchangeably with self-regulation and behavioral regulation . Before examining the details of how and why this aspect of human behavior is crucial in ensuring that people are able to lead normal lives, it is important to understand the boundaries of the concept in itself. In the simplest of terms, self-regulated behavior is an individual’s ability to suppress their immediate impulses instead of acting ...

The idea that schools should provide accommodations for those students who experience difficulty and disability is a relatively new one. In the past, primary, secondary, and tertiary educational institutions existed as institutions; however, as the sciences advanced and more became known about the nature of human learning disabilities, institutions of all different types and sizes began to realize that a learning disability is not necessarily associated with an intellectual disability. With this realization came the development of a number of important programs, all of which have one particular end goal: to develop an educational system in which people can ...

Reflection

Reflection

Article 1: “Considerations for Special Education Assessment Systems."

Special education involves students with some physical or mental complication that requires special attention from their teachers. Such students are given specific attention as compared to normal students because their conditions affect their understanding and performance in general.

Information Gathering

The article “Considerations for special education assessment systems” was published by the National Center of Educational Outcomes 2014. The article was presented as a clear assessment of student inventory for school districts by the school district leaders whereby they sought to deal with the concerns about the magnitude of student testing, which is conducted through the assessment inventory process. The ...

Introduction

The contemporary education environment has changed in response to the needs of the market. The skill requirements at present are different from those of earlier periods. The integration of technology in the classroom is in response to the significance of technology in the contemporary environment as well as the need to increase the effectiveness of the instruction process. Educational technology has many applications in the classroom. In addition to differentiating the instruction process, teachers can also use technology. This paper focuses on the use of education technology in the instruction and assessment of the students.

Section One: Mission and Vision Statements

Mission Statement It is ...

Smart watches

It is evident that smart watches have revolutionized the contemporary and highly technological world tremendously. However, the current use of smartphones only offer a glimpse of what smart watches can do in the future when its application is fully embraced. Consequentially, the application of smart watches is postulated to stretch beyond its current range of use that merely involves the retrieval of data from other devices and the collection of information from both external and internal sensors. Given, smart watches are invaluable wearable gadgets when it comes to the collection of personal information including blood pressure and heart rates. ...

It is indeed right to appreciate the fact that change is inevitable. In every aspect of our living, it is very difficult for many factors to remain the same because humans are dynamic beings. A paradigm shift is a significant change that is seen on a particular aspect and usually takes a period for the change to be effected. There are many factors in the world we live in today that have experienced significant degrees of change; they include human interaction, science, the family setting, governance, education and many others. In this case, the primary concern will be drawn ...

Background

I volunteered to work with Goodwill Easter Seals of the Gulfcoast. This organization was founded in 1902 by Rev. Edgar J. Helms, an early social innovator and Methodist minister. Helms used to collect clothing and household goods from affluent parts of the city, then proceeded to hire people who could mend the goods. After that, the goods were resold or given to individuals who repaired them. This system became successful and resulted in the Goodwill philosophy which stated that “a hand up, not a hand out”. Dr. Helm’s vision set the precedent for the $4 billion non-profit organization ...

Introduction

The field of martial arts has many benefits. These are not just physical benefits, but mental ones as well. Over time the field of psychology has acknowledged these benefits and use them to help in many aspects of psychological stress and disorders. Dealing with this issue as imagined, can be not only stressful for the children but for parents and educators as well. There are so many psychological treatment methods that have been tried and tested and failed to at the least engage the child in their own control mechanisms. The field of psychology has always been a controversial ...

Importance of the Topic for the Early Childhood Education Field “Challenges Surrounding Parents and Children who are Homeless”

The significance of the larger topic Challenges Surrounding Parents and Children who are Homeless for The Early Childhood Education Field Homeless children are at great risk of different negative effects, such as poor well-being or negative social outcomes (Moore & McArthur, 2011). This paper deals with the topic of early childhood education. The main goal of this paper is to reveal the main questions regarding the issue of challenges that homeless children face in everyday life and how it can affect their education. In order to deal with this issue successfully, different sources of information were carefully examined and analyzed. ...

Inclusion and Children with Disabilities

Exclusion of children with disabilities is a controversial issue. All over the country, children with disabilities as well as their families are not fully enjoying their fundamental human rights and are facing constant barriers to inclusion in society. Marginalization of disabled children deters them from realizing their full potential in life. Though there has been a positive change toward positive perception of children with disabilities, what people refer to as inclusion is not what inclusion implies since there are many incidences of differential treatment not only to children with disabilities but also to their families.

Different people describe inclusion ...

The first discussed organization is the Happy Hippie Foundation established by a singer, performer and actress Miley Cyrus. The organization’s official website page can be found at the following address: http://www.happyhippies.org/. It is a non-profit organization that operates on a national level. The stated mission of the organization is to “rally young people to fight injustice facing homeless youth, LGBTQ youth and other vulnerable populations” (“The Happy Hippie Foundation,” 2014). The foundation speaks out against judgement of young people, who differ from the majority of population on the basis of their sexuality, sexual preferences, social status and other ...

Summary of the article

This article is about a study that was conducted to check the abnormal short latency synaptic plasticity in the motor cortex of subjects with Becker muscle dystrophy (BMD). Before the research could take place, the author indicates that the assessment of the cortical function especially with patients with BMD has brought about contradicting results. The researchers used the repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) so as to explore the excitability of the motor cortex. Therefore, the participants of the study were thirteen patients suffering from Becker Muscle dystrophy. Out of the thirteen patients, six of them are stated to have ...

The growing number of smaller class sizes within British schools has sparked a lot of debates on their efficiency for pupils in contrast with larger classes. Many people consider this new type of education as a waste of money since they do not believe that smaller classes may be more efficient than the larger ones. However, studies on the efficiency of smaller classes show that such type of education has a number of benefits which are not proper to larger classes. According to the studies carried out by the Institute of Education of the London University in 2003, smaller ...

Introduction

Individuals who are suffering from learning disabilities need attention, reinforcement, and care. The delivery of the stated elements allows them to appear with a robust wisdom of self-worth, self-assurance, and the willpower to behave actively in critical situations. Continuous research provides evidence that attests to the ability of children with learning disabilities to adopt and learn. Consequently, it is the responsibility of teachers and schools to foster the integration of these children to teach them to cope and learn, as well as to compete favorably and hold their knowledge with their heads held high among their counterparts in school. ...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is recognized as a common neurodevelopmental disorder among children; in the United States, the prevalence is thought to be between 5 percent and 11 percent of children ages 4 through 17 in 2011 or approximately 6.4 million children (American Psychiatric Association, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder ; CDC.gov, Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder). Kessler places the adults with ADHD at 1 percent to 6 percent of the population (Kessler 717). A meta-analysis of 32 published research articles concluded that when children met the full diagnostic criteria for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, 15 percent continued to show symptoms at ...