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(Addison Wesley, 2003) contains some strong points relating to the need to help instill basic life skills in all students, and expanding the concept of basic life skills beyond the types of skills that can be conducted within the immediate context of the classroom, like grooming and toilet training. The authors' point that cultural diversity affects adaptive development is important as well, as some mothers and fathers may expect their children to be more or less dependant or independent upon the family unit, within particular cultural settings. For example, I have noticed that children from Hispanic and Mediterranean backgrounds often are more enmeshed within their families, regardless if they are special needs students or not.
However, I also feel that must not be blind to the fact that because a student has special needs, cultural expectations may be lowered and encourage students to be even more dependant than their peers. While some skills or ways of relating to a child may be affected by culture, a teacher must prepare a student for a specific kind of education and social environment within the classroom, regardless...
A young child to be functional in the classroom, any teacher and not just myself can appreciate, must engage in basic self-help skills, such as dressing, toileting, and grooming. I do agree however that what constitutes higher-level adaptive skills and adaptive behavior have changed over time, and that not all adaptive skills are as easily defined as basic grooming, especially adaptive skills as they relate to others across cultures. Some students from different cultures may be more reticent, or more defined by gender roles. But if a teacher is too tempted to 'bend over backwards' and allow a silent student from a less talk-oriented culture to remain silent, or a girl not to strive to achieve from a culture where female education is less important than male education, that child will not be able to progress within the school system, even the school system as defined for students with special needs.
Works Cited
Cohen Libby G. And Lauren Spencier. (2003) Assessment of Children With Special Needs. New York: Addison Wesley.
Sections summarized are…
Works Cited
Cohen Libby G. And Lauren Spencier. (2003) Assessment of Children With Special Needs. New York: Addison Wesley.
Sections summarized are from 14.1 and 14.2 of the volume.
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