Sunday, July 14, 2013

Blog Post #14

Blog Post 14 Instructions:
Visit the website NICHCY.org, this is a website for special education. Read the article 10 Basic Steps in Special Education. Explain the 10 basic steps, and how they are useful. Explain also what you learned from this website.



My blog post: This webpage not only has tabs and other clickable links for disabilities, children (3-22) with disabilities,education laws, and etc. but it helps you identify whether a student has a disability. Sometimes disabilities are very easy to recognize by looks or someones dialogue. However, sometimes children may not show they even have a disability for years. It may not become noticeable until the child is in school. For example, the child may have a disability with reading or learning. When a child has a disability this puts them in the category of special education. Special education teachers need to follow the 10 Basic Steps in Special Education for the child. The first three steps are about identifying whether the child needs special education or related services and evaluating them. After the fourth step of the child being found eligible for special education, then an IEP meeting is scheduled. An IEP,individual education program, is a written statement of the child's education program that is designed to meet their needs. Every special needs student is required to have one, and it outlines their expected work and program in the classroom. After the IEP meeting is held and the IEP is written, then step 7 is carried out. This is providing the services to the disabled child, and then step 8 reports the progress and informs the parents of it. Step 9 is the IEP is reviewed. The IEP is revised every year. The child may progress and need something more difficult in the classroom, or it could be the opposite. The last step is to review the child. The disabled child is required to be reevaluated every three years. However, they can be reevaluated sooner if  the child is doing very well. They need to see if the child still has a disability, because sometimes it could just be a simple reading disability that can be treated in a couple years. I think this article is very helpful for special education teachers. It can also be helpful for elementary teacher too because they may have a child with a learning or reading disability. They can see how to set up an evaluation for a student they may have concerns for.

2 comments:

  1. Seems like it will be a good assignment. You can make your picture smaller by changing the size given when you uploaded it to your blog.

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  2. Be sure to use this in your Special ed classes/ studies.

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