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226 (Educating the Exceptional Learner) Entire Course
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226 Full Course
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226 Topic 1 DQ 1
Explain
the concept of special education. What is the impact of both cultural diversity
and linguistic diversity on special education? Be sure to remember that
students with linguistic diversity are not necessarily special education
students.
SPE
226 Topic 1 DQ 2
Max
Points: 5.0
If you
were to propose a reauthorization to IDEA, what changes would you propose
regarding special education?
SPE
226 Week 1 Assignment Attitude, Legislation, and Litigation
Details:
Write an
essay of 1,000-1,250 words in which you address the social implications of
attitude, legislation, and litigation on the lives of students with
disabilities. Include the following components in your essay:
1.
Explain how thinking has changed regarding the understanding of
students with disabilities. How has legislation and litigation influenced the
education of students with disabilities?
2.
There are many challenges facing educators, which include
increasingly higher standards and teacher accountability for student
performance. What do you predict will happen to students with disabilities in
the current educational climate and special education in the future?
3.
What was your initial response during your first personal
encounter with an individual with a disability? Based on your current knowledge
and experiences, how would your response be different now?
Prepare
this assignment according to the guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide,
located in the Student Success Center. Be sure to use three scholarly sources
to prepare your paper.
This
assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the
assignment to become familiar expectations for successful completion.
You are
required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
SPE
226 Week 1 Weekly Journal 1
Details:
Write a
reflection journal of 350-400 words that addresses the following questions:
1. What are
the key points in the assigned textbook reading for this week?
2. Based
upon your experience in education, how might you apply this content to a
classroom and instruction?
While
GCU format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic
writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented
using GCU documentation guidelines, which can be found in the GCU Style Guide,
located in the Student Success Center.
You are
required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to directions in
the Student Success Center. Submit this assignment by the end of Week 1.
SPE
226 Topic 2 DQ 1
What are
the challenges that special educators face in planning and providing special
education services to students with disabilities? Which do you think are the
most significant and why?
SPE
226 Topic 2 DQ 2
What are
existing support systems, services, or resources for parents and families of
children with special needs? Focus on those of local, state, and federal
government. Research privately run support systems and share those with the
class. If you were the parent of a special needs child, what would draw you to
any of these and why?
SPE
226 Week 2 Assignment Collaborative Learning Community: Inclusion In-Service
Presentation
Details:
This is
a CLC assignment. Your instructor will assign you to a CLC group.
Each CLC
member should submit to the group a list of concerns a teacher might have about
inclusion and a list of benefits for the inclusion of students with
disabilities in the classroom.
Next,
compare and contrast the two lists each member submitted, noting any
similarities, differences, and themes. Some points to consider are:
1. What
might be the reasons for the similarities and differences?
2. Are
there any themes?
3. How
might teachers alleviate their concerns about inclusion of students with
disabilities in the classroom?
4. What are
the benefits of inclusion?
5. What
types of training programs could be created for regular education teachers in
order to meet the learning needs of students with disabilities?
Finally,
as a group, create a 10-15-slide PowerPoint presentation designed to be given
at a teacher in-service, that could help alleviate teachers’ concerns about
including students with disabilities in their classrooms. Emphasize the
benefits of having these students in the classroom. Support your position with
research.
Be sure
to include speaker’s notes, detailing what would be said if actually giving the
presentation.
While
GCU style format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid
academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be
presented using GCU documentation guidelines, which can be found in the GCU
Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This
assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the
assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are
required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
SPE
226 Week 2 Weekly Journal 2
Details:
Write a
reflection journal of 350-400 words that addresses the following questions:
1.
What are the key points in the assigned textbook reading for
this week?
2.
Based upon your experience in education, how might you apply
this content to a classroom and instruction?
While
GCU format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid acadmic
writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented
using GCU documentation guidelines, which can be found in the GCU Style Guide,
located in the Student Succcess Center
You are
required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to directions in
the Student Success Center.
SPE
226 Topic 3 DQ 1
How
would you explain the critical need for transitional services for students with
disabilities? What are challenges associated with transitions for students with
disabilities?
SPE
226 Topic 3 DQ 2
Early
childhood special education services assist parents of infants and toddlers
with special needs. In your opinion, what are the ways you can assist the
parents and families to cope with the challenges? Support your opinion with
research.
SPE
226 Week 3 Assignment Lifelong Learning
Details:
Write an
essay of 1,000-1,250-words in which you discuss the following:
1. Diagnosis
of developmental disabilities, early intervention priorities, educational
programs, services for the young exceptional learner, and transitional programs
and procedures for young students with disabilities.
2. Strengths
and weaknesses in the assessments and interventions used in early childhood
special education and suggestions for improvements
3. Transitional
programs for young students with special needs and outcomes expected from these
programs.
Prepare
this assignment according to the GCU guidelines found in the GCUStyle Guide,
located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This
assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the
assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are
required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
SPE
226 Week 3 Weekly Journal 3
Details:
Write a
reflection journal of 350-400 words that addresses the following questions:
1.
What are the key points in the assigned textbook reading(s) for
this week?
2.
Based upon your experience in education, how might you apply
this content to a classroom and instruction?
While
GCU format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic
writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented
using GCU documentation guidelines, which can be found in the GCU Style Guide,
located in the Student Success Center.
You are
required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to directions in
the Student Success Center.
SPE
226 Topic 4 DQ 1
TASH
supports total inclusion of regular students with students with severe and
multiple disabilities. How do you respond to this statement? Support your
response with evidence.
SPE
226 Topic 4 DQ 2
Why are
intelligence and adaptive behavior used to measure intellectual disability?
What other measure would you prefer to use and why?
SPE
226 Week 4 Assignment Educating Special Needs Students
Details:
Write an
essay of 1,000-1,250 words in which you address the following:
1. Define
intellectual disability, autism, and multiple disabilities, their causes, and
the impact of the disabilities on the education of the student with
intellectual disability.
2. Identify
areas of curriculum necessary for students with mild to moderate disabilities
and explain why they are needed.
Prepare
this assignment according to the GCU guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide,
located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This
assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the
assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are
required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
SPE
226 Weekly Journal 4
Details:
Write a
reflection journal of 350-400 words that addresses the following questions:
1. What are
the key points in the assigned textbook reading for this week?
2. Based
upon your experience in education, how might you apply this content to a classroom
and instruction?
GCU
format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing
is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using GCU
documentation guidelines, which can be found in the GCU Style Guide, located in
the Student Success Center.
You are
required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to directions in
the Student Success Center.
SPE
226 Topic 5 DQ 1
What is
the difference between a communication disorder and a learning disability? Why
do many children with learning disabilities also have communication or language
disorders?
SPE
226 Topic
5 DQ 2
Max
Points: 5.0
In your
opinion, what are the key characteristics of learning disabilities? Do
individuals with learning disabilities have low IQs? Support your response with
research.
SPE
226 Week 5 Learning Disability Communication Disorder Chart
Details:
Create a
“Definition Chart” that defines learning disabilities and communication
disorders, identifies characteristics and causes, and describes, with examples,
effective teaching strategies and placement options.
GCU
format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
This
assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the
assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are
required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
SPE
226 Weekly Journal 5
Details:
Write a
reflection journal of 350-400 words that addresses the following questions:
1.
What are the key points in the assigned textbook reading for
this week?
2.
Based upon your experience in education, how might you apply
this content to a classroom and instruction?
While
GCU format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing
is expected and in-text citations and refernces should be presented using GCU
documentation guidelines, which can be found in the GCU Style Guide, located in
the Student Success Center.
You are
required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to directions in
the Student Success Center
SPE
226 Topic 6 DQ 1
What
questions do you still have regarding special education?
SPE
226 Topic 6 DQ 2
How
important are support systems for students with disabilities? How important are
they for the special education teachers? What did you learn about support
systems in this class that you will apply to your work environment?
SPE
226 Week 6 Assignment Benchmark- Teaching for Exceptionalities
Details:
General
Practicum information:
Students’
practicum experiences should follow the practicum experience requirements,
including the diversity and hour requirements for this course.
Benchmark
Assessment:
Contact
a school, identify yourself as a GCU student, and request an opportunity to
observe and participate in two different educational settings/grade levels that
serve students with mild to moderate disabilities. Legally, you may not ask
what the student’s disability is and you may not look at the IEP without
parental permission. Of the total 15 hours required schedule to spend a minimum
of 5 hours with the student during this practicum experience in one of the
educational settings.
Spend a
total of 15 hours, approximately 7.5 hours in two different grade levels. Each
setting needs to serve students with mild to moderate disabilities.
During
your initial observations of the student, take note of which modalities are
strongest for the student (auditory, visual, kinesthetic, etc.). Also, note the
curricular areas in which the student exhibits strengths and weaknesses.
Obtain a
lesson plan that has been written by the teacher in a curricular area that is a
challenge for the student (math, writing, reading, science, etc.). Make a copy
of this lesson to submit with the Benchmark Assessment. Review the learning
objective, activity/assignment description, and assessment (where applicable).
Write an
Accommodation/Lesson Plan based on your observations and inclusive of the
following. Ensure that you review the plan with the mentor teacher(s).
·
A brief description of the targeted student with a disability:
(a) Age and grade level of student, (b) Areas of academic strengths/weaknesses,
(c) Student’s preferred modalities of learning.
·
A learning objective that would be more appropriate for the
targeted student with disabilities.
·
An activity/assignment that would match this objective and would
be appropriate for the student based on his or her cognitive level.
·
An assessment for this activity that would be appropriate for
the targeted student; consider and describe technologies and other
instructional supports that would enhance the learning for this student.
Implement
the modified lesson with the targeted student. Seek the mentor teacher’s
feedback on your teaching.
Write a
1000-1250-word Reflective Analysis.
Consider
the following. Ensure your responses are inherent in the essay, not simply
short answers to these questions:
1. Which
accommodations and modifications were successful?
2. If you
taught this lesson again, would you do it the same/different? Explain.
3. What
other accommodations/modifications might the student’s regular education
classroom teacher make?
4. What
other accommodations/modifications might the student’s special education
classroom teacher make?
5. What
other accommodations/modifications might related service specialists make
(where applicable)?
Prepare
this assignment according to the guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide,
located in the Student Success Center.
Ask the
classroom teacher to complete the Classroom Teacher Evaluation Form. Include
it, the classroom teacher’s lesson plan, your Accommodation/Lesson Plan, and
your Reflective Analysis as the Benchmark Assessment submission to the
instructor.
Submit
your benchmark assignment and Field Experience activity log to Taskstream.
Directions for submitting to Taskstream can be found on the College of
Education site in the Student Success Center.
SPE
226 Weekly Journal 6
Details:
Write a
reflection journal of 350-400 words that addresses the following questions:
1. What are
the key points in the assigned textbook reading for this week?
2. Based
upon your experience in education, how might you apply this content to a
classroom and instruction?
While
GCU format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic
writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented
using GCU documentation guidelines, which can be found in the GCU Style Guide,
located in the Student Success Center.
You are
required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to directions in
the Student Success Center.
SPE
226 Topic 7 DQ 1
Functional
behavioral assessment (FBA) is a popular topic in special education literature.
What is FBA and how does it assist with behavioral challenges?
SPE
226 Topic 7 DQ 2
What
does a teacher need to consider in the instructional planning for students with
physical and/or health impairments, and traumatic brain injury? Why are
these considerations important? What difference does specialized instructional
planning make for students with these issues?
SPE
226 Week 7 Assignment Emotional,
Behavioral, and Physical Disabilities
Details:
Write an
essay of 1,000-1,250 words in which you address the education of students with
emotional and behavioral disorders, physical disabilities, health impairments,
and traumatic brain injury. Include the following:
1. Describe
and give examples of effective research-based teaching strategies in Math and
English Language Arts for students with emotional and behavioral disorders,
physical and health impairments, and traumatic brain injury.
2. Describe
what you can do to nurture the self-esteem and self-determination, and enhance
the self-advocacy skills, of students with emotional and behavioral disorders,
physical and health impairments, and traumatic brain injury.
3. Describe
what can be done to help regular students understand, respect, and respond
appropriately to students with disabilities in a class.
Include
a summary of ONE of the following topics in your essay:
1. Investigate
the policies, procedures, and programs for the education of students with
emotional and behavioral disorders, physical disabilities, other health
impairments, and traumatic brain injury in Math and English Language Arts for
your local school district. Describe how those procedures are implemented with
individual students at a local school.
2. Attend
an IEP meeting of a student with emotional and behavioral disorders, physical
disabilities, other health impairments, or traumatic brain injury, or discuss
an IEP meeting for one of these students with a member of an IEP team.
NOTE: You must obtain written parental permission before attending the IEP
meeting.
3. Visit,
observe, and participate in inclusionary and/or special classrooms serving
students with emotional and behavioral disorders, physical disabilities, other
health impairments, and traumatic brain injury. Discuss behavior modifications
and/or academic modifications in Math and English Language Arts that you
observed in each setting.
Prepare
this assignment according to the GCU guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide,
located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This
assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the
assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are
required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
SPE
226 Weekly Journal 7
Details:
Write a
reflection journal of 350-400 words that addresses the following questions:
1. What are
the key points in the assigned textbook reading for this week?
2. Based
upon your experience in education, how might you apply this content to a
classroom and instruction?
While
GCU format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic
writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented
using GCU documentation guidelines, which can be found in the GCU Style Guide,
located in the Student Success Center.
You are
required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to directions in
the Student Success Center.
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