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Katherine Haugheykhaughey_at_holyfamily.eduhttp
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Teaching Special Education ChildrenPrepared July
19, 2007
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Slide Contents

• Introduction
• Summary Findings
• Detail Findings
• OPENING A SPECIAL ED CLASS
• PHYSICAL CLASSROOM ARRANGEMENT
• BULLETIN BOARDS
• CLASSROOM INTRODUCTIONS
• THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS
• THE TOP FOUR SURVIVAL TIPS
• Inclusion
• Autism
• PBS Teachers
• ADDitude
• Conclusions
• Appendix

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Introduction

• Gather Internet Resources on Special Education.
• Websites that are beneficial to me now and in the
  future.
• Currently K-5 at the John Marshall Elementary
  School in Philadelphia.
• School has an increased population of special
  education students.
• Physical Handicaps and Disabilities as well as
  Inclusion students
• I plan to receive two certifications, one in
  Elementary Education and one in Special
  Education.

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Summary Findings

• Extremely helpful to me as an experienced
  educator
• Websites with techniques and strategies for
  Special Education or Learning Disabled students.
• Websites categorized as Commercial,
  Organizational, Government and Educational sites
  Non-profit organizations.
• My top five websites are OPENING A SPECIAL ED
  CLASS, Inclusion, Autism, PBS Teachers and
  ADDitude.
• Through this research report I have discovered
  many useful websites that can be found in the
  Appendix of this report.

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Detail Findings

• The Top Five Sites
• OPENING A SPECIAL ED CLASS
• Inclusion
• Autism
• PBS Teachers
• ADDitude

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OPENING A SPECIAL ED CLASS

• Important tips for special education teachers or
  first year teachers.
• Teacher sets the tone in the beginning of the
  year of whats expected, gives the students a
  sense of structure and community.
• well organized
• follows a routine also gives the students a sense
  of structure and community.
• The five focal points
• physical classroom arrangement
• bulletin boards
• classroom introductions
• the first couple days
• the fop four survival tips.
• For a complete listing just click on this link
  http//www.pacificnet.net/mandel/SpecialEducation
  .html.

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OPENING A SPECIAL ED CLASSContinued

• PHYSICAL CLASSROOM ARRANGEMENT
• Own Personal Desk...no sharing or grouping, as
  this leads to major distractions for the special
  education child.
• BULLETIN BOARDS
• Reserved for the students' work
• topics also being covered in the curricula at
  that time.

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OPENING A SPECIAL ED CLASSContinued

• CLASSROOM INTRODUCTIONS
• CLASSROOM RESPONSIBILITIES, SCHOOL STANDARDS,
  PERSONAL EXPECTATIONS
• Special education students, you must be clear
  about choices they make, and positive and
  negative consequences of those choices.
• THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS
• Placement tests Begin the first day giving at
  least one placement test (the sooner you have the
  students in a routine, the better)

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OPENING A SPECIAL ED CLASSContinued

• THE TOP FOUR SURVIVAL TIPS
• ? Always PLAN much more than youll get through
  in the day.
• ? Be prepared to THINK on your feet.
• ? Be FLEXIBLE.
• ? ENJOY your kids.
• submitted by
• MELODIE BITTERLORNE STREET SCHOOLLOS ANGELES,
  CAmandel_at_pacificnet.net

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Inclusion

• Becoming more and more likely in our school
  community.
• Important for all teachers to teach both general
  education students and special education
  students.
• http//www.uni.edu/coe/inclusion
• - teaching strategies
• - abilities needed to teach an inclusion
  classroom
• - decision making process
• - how to prepare for an inclusion classroom.

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Inclusion continued How to prepare for an
inclusion classroom

• Address attitudes and values - involved persons
  identify what areas they are comfortable with,
  don't put values on these just identify them.
• Information - Read books, watch videos, talk to
  teachers of inclusive classrooms, do simulation
  activities for an inclusive classroom, visit
  inclusive schools to get information
• Application - Take the risk with a support system
  to accommodate children with greater needs this
  takes a whole attitude of acceptance, tolerance,
  and respect

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Autism

• Interested in finding support for me as a teacher
  
• Different approaches and strategies used to help
• behavior, language and communication skills with
  children of autism.
• Visual aids Comic Strip Conversations
• Social StoriesTM Social skills
• The Picture Communication Exchange System (PECS)

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Autism continued

• For a complete Description visit
• The National Autism Society
• at http//www.nas.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d13
  93a10143

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PBS Teachers

• Fabulous resource to all teachers
• Lessons include students interests
• Lesson plans correlate with programs
• http//www.pbs.org/teachers/about/

• Arts

• Health and Fitness

• Math

• Reading Language Arts

• Science Technology

• Social Studies

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PBS Teachers Continued

• Sample Lesson A Cultural Celebration!
• Grades 1-4
• Subject Areas Language Arts, Math, Social
  Studies, Art
• Summary In this lesson, English Language
  Learners and English language speakers explore
  the Mexican ritual of Dia de Los Muertos or the
  Day of the Dead.

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PBS Teachers Continued

• Objectives
• To become aware of the traditions associated with
  a Mexican holiday
• To make sugar skulls using math measurement and
  artistic expression
• To use conversational English and Spanish (or a
  students own native language) vocabulary to
  share perspectives and cultural understanding
• Materials Sugar Skull and Royal Icing recipe
  (listed below) Printout - Follow the
  Butterflies.

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PBS Teachers Continued

• Procedure (Session One)
• Ask students to share perspectives about holidays
  that their own families celebrate
• Read brief description of Day of the Dead
• Assessment
• Successfully demonstrate cultural understanding
  of the Mexican celebration the Day of the Dead in
  English
• Actively participate in making sugar skulls by
  using math measurements and artistic expression.

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PBS Teachers Continued

• Extensions in Learning
• Did you know that it is believed that when
  Monarch butterflies return to Mexico in the
  autumn, after spending their summer in North
  America, they are thought to bring home the
  spirits for the Day of the Dead? Find out more
  about the migration of Monarchs by using the
  printout Follow the Butterflies.
• Learn how other cultures celebrate by reading
  How I Celebrate A Young Childs Guide to
  Celebrations of the World by Pam Robson (Ages
  6-10).
• Watch Maya Miguel episode "La Calavera."

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ADDitude

• ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) and Learning
  Disabilities
• http//www.additudemag.com
• Sections included at site
• Just Diagnosed
• Treating ADD
• Parenting ADD/LD Kids
• School Learning Disabilities
• Adult ADD LD
• Tabs lead to different resources, connecting to
  others through discussion groups or stories and
  their magazine titled ATTITUDE.

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ADDitude Continued

• Specific information that is most important
• ADDitudes Classroom Accommodations to Help
  Students with AD/HD.
• The information is linked as a PDF file

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Conclusions

• The Internet is a highway of information for
  teachers who are just starting out or those who
  have been teaching for years.
• I used the Internet search engines to focus on
  websites that discussed teaching techniques and
  strategies for students who were classified as
  Special Education or Learning Disabled.
• Discovered an abundant amount of useful
  information.
• My top five websites are helpful and recommended
  resources for all special education teachers.
• Click Here For Closing Remarks

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Appendix

• Following are hyperlinks for the files that were
  used to compile this report.
• Research Excerpts File
• Internet Address Book
• OCR Scan