- 1. Teaching Students With Special Needs Navigating the World of
IEPs and Accommodations With No Fear!
2. Regular Teachers and Special Children
- Regular education teachers are expected to teach special
education students with as much passion as those who are considered
regular education students.
- Incorporating your special ed students into the positive
community of your classroom is not hard!Sometimes you may need to
make minor changes to assignments, procedures, or even the overall
look of your classroom.
- Using some of the techniques listed in this presentation will
help you help your students.Use them with confidence and you will
watch your students succeed!
3. Qualifying for an IEP
- Students who have an IEP have a variety of disabilities:
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- Hearing/Visual Impairment
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- Speech/Language Impairment
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- Emotional/Behavioral Disorder
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- Other Health Impairment (OHI)
4. IEP Lingo
- Least Restrictive Environment
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- Students with IEPs are now generally served in the regular
classroom, resource classes only being offered to those with
extreme disabilities.They are entitle to the same education and
social opportunities as their non-disabled peers.
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- This is the term used to describe including special ed students
into the regular population.They attend the same classes as other
students, but may receive additional support from inclusion
teachers and receive accommodations.
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- This term is used to describe the changes educators are
expected to make in the childs daily educational routine.
5. Decoding Typical IEP Accommodations
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- Providing a large print dictionary for students when defining
terms
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- Enlarging worksheets to a larger font
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- Providing students with a copy of power points with blanks for
key words
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- Go over instructions with students to ensure comprehension
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- Ask students to then explain to you what they are supposed to
do
6. Decoding Typical IEP Accommodations
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- Allow students to verbally answer discussion questions
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- Allow tudents to type responses
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- Allow students to record answers in test booklet instead of
bubbling their answers
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- Give students broken up versions of long assignments, requiring
them to get the next part from you
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- Students may need more time to complete assessments
7. Decoding Typical IEP Accommodations
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- Place student near your desk
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- Do not over decorate your classroom with posters and
colors
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- Place animals at the back of the classroom
8. Decoding Typical IEP Accommodations
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- Use two/three choices instead of four in multiple choice
questions
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- Break large groups of matching down- Groups of five instead of
twenty
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- Include more white space on each page
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- Allow students to test in the library or another teachers room
during their planning
9. Assistive Technology
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- Essentially a hearing aid with boost to help filter our
background noises and poor acoustics
- Computerized Speech Recognition
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- Changes spoken speech into computer text
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- Provides text to all movies/videos shown in the classroom
10. Assistive Technology
- Mac is introducing many new technologies that will help
students with disabilities in the classroom:
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- VoiceOver: Screen reader for visually impaired students
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- Touch Technology for low motor skilled students
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- By using the above technology, students may read and complete
assignments in the same aspect as regular ed students
11. Other Good Ideas
- Use a homework folder or agenda to write down assignments
- Ask special education teachers for help
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- Advice for modified instruction
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- Look over assessments, Is this correctly modified?
- Email parents to report progress and keep communication
constant
12. Other Good Ideas
- Give hyperactive students a stress ball or beaded bracelet to
keep in hand
- Give pencil tappers a sponge as a tapping surface
- Write all oral directions on the board for students to
reference
- Give students with motor skill difficulty large pencils or
markers to write with
- Trade your typed/neat notes for your students messy notes
13. Other Good Ideas
- Talk to former/current teachers for techniques they use(d) for
a particular student
- Talk to the student ask them what they need or what would help
them in class
- Teach study/note taking skills
14. Resources
- http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/learning/iep.html
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http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/learning/adhd.html#a_ADHD%20in%20the%20Classroom
- http://www.ldonline.org/article/8022
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http://www.examiner.com/x-13056-West-Palm-Beach-K12-Education-Examiner~y2009m6d14-Assistive-technology-in-the-classroom-for-ADHD-students
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http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/treatment/assist_tech.htm
- http://www.tsbvi.edu/technology/principles.htm
- http://www.apple.com/education/resources/
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_Restrictive_Environment