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Schools are pressed in terms of their funding, and cannot always provide as much individualized education as is necessary to help students in the classroom.
The results of this study support the notion that preschool intervention can be extremely valuable for helping children with autism, even before the children enter kindergarten. Unfortunately, early intervention programs are struggling to find financial support even more so than standard public schools. Furthermore, children who lack economic resources may not be diagnosed adequately by parents and physicians at an early enough age to fully benefit from treatment and may receive less individualized treatment in their school environment.
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Early interventions for 'challenged' children has consistently been shown to be valuable, and to 'pay off' in terms of the academic gains children are able to make, provided the students continue to receive support. The article's suggestion for an intervention was relatively simple, but...
While preschool children identified as disabled are entitled to early interventions under IDEA, the scope of who is identified as autistic at a young age may need to be widened even further to include 'at risk' students who do not yet have a formal diagnosis, but display autistic tendencies.
The specific findings of the article in terms of the potential of using 'mimicking' as a way of arousing on aspects of the children's social behavior can be performed by mainstream teachers and parents as well as special education teachers. There still remains a need for professionals to use such techniques and to teach them to parents for effective us at home. Although calls for budget-cutting continue, the cost to society will be much greater if interventions are not made, and under the law every child is entitled to access to an education that is comparable (and not necessarily) identical to his or her peers.
Special Education and Gifted -- Talented Students Over the last several years, the issues surrounding gifted and talented as well as special needs students have been continually brought to the forefront. Part of the reason for this, is because a number of different pieces of legislation have been directing educators to improve the various techniques that they are utilizing to reach out to these individuals to include: IDEA 2004 along with
Meanwhile, paraprofessionals and special education facilitators are available in greater supply and provide considerable relief to the burdens placed upon dedicated fulltime special education professionals (Suter & Giangreco, 2009). Whereas the traditional model of separate education for special-needs students requires that school systems rely on fulltime special educators and depends, necessarily, on their availability, that is not the case with inclusion programs. The inclusion of special-needs students within the regular
" And following that experience the class can discuss what acid rain does to the ecosystem and the teacher can show a video of a forest devastated by acid rain, or just photos of depleted forests and dead fish floating on a stream or lake (waters that have been polluted by acid rain). About this time, students are asked: "Where does the acid rain come from?" Let them guess, and talk
Elementary Special Education Teachers Place Value in the use of Technology Resources for Students? Technology is an integral part of society. People share and communicate ideas using emails, Skype, and public/private forums. For numerous organizations and businesses technology is a must to increase productivity. This is why schools have begun the process of creating an environment that immerses staff and students in technology, with school administrators taking on the technological transition
country's public schools are experiencing dwindling state education budgets and increased unfunded mandates from the federal government, the search for optimal approaches to providing high quality educational services for students with learning disabilities has assumed new importance and relevance. In an attempt to satisfy the mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, a growing number of special educators agree that full inclusion is the optimal approach
This free 11-page�essay�(with 15 sources)�on Special Education and Technology is for students to use as a template/guideline/reference in helping them complete their own paper. �This was provided by a student who completed this essay and wanted others to benefit from it with their own studies. �If you seek further assistance on how to write an essay, you can email or call us at anytime. Technology and�Special Education Technology is an important aspect