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'Handicapped' conveys images that affect our attitudes and behaviors. The Common Core Standards have been an improvement on NCLB. There is a shortage of special education teachers in the education system.
'Handicapped' conveys images that affect our attitudes and behaviors. The Common Core Standards have been an improvement on NCLB. There is a shortage of special education teachers in the education system.
'Handicapped' conveys images that affect our attitudes and behaviors. The Common Core Standards have been an improvement on NCLB. There is a shortage of special education teachers in the education system.
a. Using words such as handicapped conveys images that affect our attitudes and behaviors. We want to use words and phrases that avoid dehumanizing stereotypes and ones that dont sound as if we are making judgements about the person with a disability. 2. Common Core Standards: What Special Educators Need To Know a. The Common Core Standards provide states with common standards for all students in English/language arts and mathematics. They are designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, providing a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teacher and parents know what they need to do to help them. b. The CCS have been an improvement on NCLB by putting more attention to the individualized learning needs of students with disabilities. c. The difficulties in ensuring that special education students meet these standards lies within the teachers. All teachers must further develop their skills and knowledge. They must have the skill to scaffold low enough for students to be able to access the information, but high enough for the standards to be met. All teachers must be familiar with efficient and frequent means of assessing progress, and they must be deeply knowledgeable of strategies for teaching reading and math that have been shown to produce results. 3. There are problems that threaten the full implementation of IDEA: a. Funding- Paying for an appropriate education for each student with disabilities is the leading challenge for districts. The money available has a dramatic impact on the placement and types of services a student with disabilities receives. This funding issue builds tensions between special education and other programs within the schools. b. Teachers- There tends to be a shortage of special education teachers in the education system today. This is because of the increased requirements for certifications. There are also growing shortages of special education administration, paraprofessionals, and other school staff as well as disability specialists such as speech/language pathologists. c. Civil Rights vs. Education - Many argue that IDEA as a Civil Rights Law overemphasized the process of providing educational services rather than the outcome of those services.
d. Identification - It is a difficult process to determine whether a student is eligible for
special education services and this identification as special needs affects the student for the rest of his/her life. With all the new identifying comes issues with misdiagnosis. There is a higher number of students being identified as special education and experts argue that many would not be classified if they had been taught appropriately and received early intervention in the regular classroom. The increase in the amount of students diagnosed causes increases and problems with funding. e. Litigation - There is always a lack of agreement of what creates an appropriate education
for students with disabilities. This causes an increase in FAPE and lawsuits. These disputes (lawsuits) cost money, time, and resources on each party's side.