As a special educator, I have seen a variety of students who
have disabilities. I enjoy working with students with disabilities and find
much fulfillment in my job as a special educator when I can change the life of
a young individual. In my experiences, I have had the privilege of working with
students who had intellectual disabilities.
Students with intellectual disabilities often have difficulties
with processing information and generalizing what they have learned in class
with the real world. Some children with this disability have speech delays or
have trouble vocalizing and verbalizing.
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In my experience, I worked with a child who was diagnosed
with IDD or intellectually and Developmentally Disabled. He was a cheerful
young child who had many issues with number since and sight words. He often did
not have comprehension of stories but he was very good at telling time and
awareness of his surroundings. I think
that students with this disability are often overlooked because of what they cannot
do but we should be focusing on what they can.
Assistive Technologies are very vital to this group of individuals.
Having Eye Gazes, Picture Schedules, and other communication devices help us as
teachers to interact with our students with intellectual disabilities who have difficulties
with speech and communication. It is important to provide such devices so that
their voices can be heard.
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Direct Instruction is another key element when teaching
students with intellectual disabilities. One-on-one assistance is important for
students who have intellectual disabilities. Also using various co-teaching
strategies such as parallel teaching and station teaching can help with the
ratio of teachers to students. Overall using different instructional strategies
with these students is important to enhance the learning of these students but
also of all students with disabilities.
Citations:
Citations:
Fecich, S. (2015, July 7). GCSE657. Graduate Class. Lecture conducted from , 2015, 7 July- 2015, 20 August.
First off, I would like to add how much I like "train the talent, diminish teh disability." Excellent qoute to incorporate and take through our teaching strategies.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you that people usually look at students with intelletual disabilities as not being able to do a lot. Instead we need to look into what they can do and what they like to do to make life as meaningful for them as possible. They are capable of a lot more than they are viewed. Students with ID are unique and brilliant in their own ways; maybe not intellectually brilliant, but there are so many more aspects of life that they can excel in to live happily.
Thank you Michael!
TMath