Math Lessons: http://www.updc.org/counting-objects/ & Touch Math
The website is the Utah Personnel Development Center. It is a program for teaching one-to-one correspondence and counting objects in random order. The site has four different unit videos for examples.
Touch Math is a methodology that can be tremendously helpful for some children. It reaches children who need kinesthetic learning techniques and visual cues when counting. This program will eventually be faded out for children and not every child will grasp onto this concept. But for some children, Touch Math really grabs their attention and teaches strategies for counting.
Prompting Hierarchies: http://instructionalprogramming.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/7/3/13733774/prompting_hierchies.pdf
This PDF is a great resource to print off and laminate for a reference. Prompting hierarchies provide a systematic method of assisting students to learn and use new skills, as well as, a framework for teachers and TAs to communicate about a student’‛s learning and level of independence.
Step-by-Step IEP and IP Planning: http://instructionalprogramming.weebly.com/
This blog was created by one of my professors at Westminster College. This site has helped me go through my planning and provided templates for previous Instructional Planning. Great snap shot for teachers and TA's.
Looking Up On Down15 minute movie clip
I was introduced to this movie from a friend of mine and I fell in love with it. Professor Feuerstein founded the institute in 1965 in Jerusalem working with families and children with Down Syndrome. "Prof. Feuerstein’s main thesis is that human intelligence is not a fixed entity, but rather that human beings of any age, culture, or economic conditions have an inherent and unpredictable propensity to improve their cognitive abilities regardless of age, status, cultural background, or even developmental disabilities. Around this thesis he developed a unique educational method, directly flowing from the theory that enables the development of learning aptitude and the enhancement of intelligence." --It's worth a look! Institute Website
Friday, April 26, 2013
Monday, April 22, 2013
Assessments
Ethics and Considerations
Testing Ethics Policy
This site specifically tells teachers what is good and legal practice for different types of testing. This pdf would also benefit parents to know what is legally expected of the state for testing information.
Accommodations
Accommodations and Modifications & NCEO
The Organized Special Education Teacher is a great site that provides ideas for accommodations during testing. The whole blog is for every teacher, home school- to- religious teaching. NCEO is from 2001 but provides information on accommodations and controversies of the different types of accommodations.
Dynamic Learning Maps
Dynamic Learning Maps
The new DLM alternate assessment system will let students with significant cognitive disabilities show what they know in ways that traditional multiple-choice tests cannot. This new testing will be implemented in 2014 in 14 different states. Special Educators will be using the new form of assessment- now you can brush up on new facts!
Templates of Summary Reports
Sample 1 & Progress monitoring templates
Using the scores from an assessment (let's say the WJ III) you can then progress monitor. This way, a teacher can actually keep data and have more accurate data.
Testing Ethics Policy
This site specifically tells teachers what is good and legal practice for different types of testing. This pdf would also benefit parents to know what is legally expected of the state for testing information.
Accommodations
Accommodations and Modifications & NCEO
The Organized Special Education Teacher is a great site that provides ideas for accommodations during testing. The whole blog is for every teacher, home school- to- religious teaching. NCEO is from 2001 but provides information on accommodations and controversies of the different types of accommodations.
Dynamic Learning Maps
Dynamic Learning Maps
The new DLM alternate assessment system will let students with significant cognitive disabilities show what they know in ways that traditional multiple-choice tests cannot. This new testing will be implemented in 2014 in 14 different states. Special Educators will be using the new form of assessment- now you can brush up on new facts!
Templates of Summary Reports
Sample 1 & Progress monitoring templates
Using the scores from an assessment (let's say the WJ III) you can then progress monitor. This way, a teacher can actually keep data and have more accurate data.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
SPED Behavior Supports
LRBI Manual : This document incorporates the model of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) and Response to Intervention (RtI). It suggests that effective educational practices remain implemented throughout the educational programming and across settings, even when more intensive and intrusive procedures are selected.
Issues with Bullying : The issue of bullying is particularly important for students with exceptionalities and therefore for special educators. It can be an unintended side effect of inclusion: when exceptional children are exposed to the general classroom, the risk of bullying increases.
Positive Behavior Systems : Almost a decade of research has identified the most effective approach to addressing issues of behavior before they become a problem: schoolwide positive behavior support (SW-PBS). The most successful schools use this as part of a continuum of support that involves three levels.
Social Skills and Relationships :
Utah Mental Health Resources : Provides a list of local services and agencies as well as support groups, personal advocacy resources and evidence based practices. Click on an area that pertains to your situation and see what schools are available.
Issues with Bullying : The issue of bullying is particularly important for students with exceptionalities and therefore for special educators. It can be an unintended side effect of inclusion: when exceptional children are exposed to the general classroom, the risk of bullying increases.
Positive Behavior Systems : Almost a decade of research has identified the most effective approach to addressing issues of behavior before they become a problem: schoolwide positive behavior support (SW-PBS). The most successful schools use this as part of a continuum of support that involves three levels.
Social Skills and Relationships :
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Wrap up
Overall, I feel like my experience was ....interesting. I did not work with one particular student the whole time. I saw the relationship between the special ed teacher and the gen ed teacher and found that I do not one like my current example. I learned that respect and communication is key for corroborating with co-workers. I would love to see another example of co-teaching in a positive light for a more well-rounded experience.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Three Days into One
2/29- SPRING BREAK! had the week off :)
3/7 - This day was quiet boring. My teacher didn't do anything but sit and observe next to me. As I have spent my time here, she sits with me more and more and will not help out because there isn't much time to help other students. Most of the time I am there is lecture from the General Educator. I get more and more confused of why my teacher sits in the room.
The class lesson was about nouns, verbs, and adjectives. My teacher took notes on her iPad to help with after school lessons.
3/14 It was a reading day. They spent three hours in their 1st period class reading. She sent me home! haha Nothing to observe that day.
3/7 - This day was quiet boring. My teacher didn't do anything but sit and observe next to me. As I have spent my time here, she sits with me more and more and will not help out because there isn't much time to help other students. Most of the time I am there is lecture from the General Educator. I get more and more confused of why my teacher sits in the room.
The class lesson was about nouns, verbs, and adjectives. My teacher took notes on her iPad to help with after school lessons.
3/14 It was a reading day. They spent three hours in their 1st period class reading. She sent me home! haha Nothing to observe that day.
2/22
New exciting news: New BOOKS! She had a huge box of books for her classroom and stalked the shelves. The school also announced that they raised $8,000 for the school! How great is that?! :)
I heard the teacher gave the class a compliment for the first time eve in three weeks. The teacher seemed to be in a very good mood this morning.
Today, the students were learning about sentence structure and compared English and Spanish sentences. Most students did not understand sentence structure in either language. Then the students went to the computer lab. We went to a Math classroom to switch things up a bit. The Math class was much more interesting to me because the students were much more engaged in their learning. I vaguely remember how to do the sam math problems and the students were getting the problems better than me. The teacher would talk around the room to the different groups and helped the students who asked for help. Some students however would just sit there and not do any work until a teacher would help them. They didn't really need the help; they could do it, but just did not have the confidence to do so.
I heard the teacher gave the class a compliment for the first time eve in three weeks. The teacher seemed to be in a very good mood this morning.
Today, the students were learning about sentence structure and compared English and Spanish sentences. Most students did not understand sentence structure in either language. Then the students went to the computer lab. We went to a Math classroom to switch things up a bit. The Math class was much more interesting to me because the students were much more engaged in their learning. I vaguely remember how to do the sam math problems and the students were getting the problems better than me. The teacher would talk around the room to the different groups and helped the students who asked for help. Some students however would just sit there and not do any work until a teacher would help them. They didn't really need the help; they could do it, but just did not have the confidence to do so.
2/14
Class naturally divides themselves boys vs. girls
Beginning of class they read for 15 minutes but most of the students hate it.
The teacher I am shadowing was told to straighten up a bookshelf-she did- then the other teacher just shoved her aside and said "Actually, I can do this later. Just sit down." She said that in front of me and in front of the students... I felt so bad for her :(
However, the Gen Ed teacher was much softer than last time. So i think we're making progress...
For the class, they are learning about poetry and had to find different characteristics of poetry in songs they hear on the radio. I really like this idea because most songs were rap/hip-hip songs, which the students seemed to enjoy. Even though the students liked the activity, they still did not know poetry characteristics. My teacher walked around the room and tried to help but she did seem a little confused. The Gen. Ed. teacher really shot her confidence for the day.
Beginning of class they read for 15 minutes but most of the students hate it.
The teacher I am shadowing was told to straighten up a bookshelf-she did- then the other teacher just shoved her aside and said "Actually, I can do this later. Just sit down." She said that in front of me and in front of the students... I felt so bad for her :(
However, the Gen Ed teacher was much softer than last time. So i think we're making progress...
For the class, they are learning about poetry and had to find different characteristics of poetry in songs they hear on the radio. I really like this idea because most songs were rap/hip-hip songs, which the students seemed to enjoy. Even though the students liked the activity, they still did not know poetry characteristics. My teacher walked around the room and tried to help but she did seem a little confused. The Gen. Ed. teacher really shot her confidence for the day.
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