Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time Prompt.5 I think that in the book The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time, Mark Haddon tried to show us how people view special needs children and how they view themselves, how different people cope around them, and how their brain may function to do things on a daily basis. In the book Christopher mentions the kids from another school calling them names such as stupid, retarded, etc. but then lets us in on how he thinks of himself; like a normal person. He thinks that everyone is a special needs person because everyone needs something. Christopher gives us examples on how everyone is “just like him”, his dad being special needs because he needs his medicine and how some people needed …show more content…
In the Story Judy explains that she became crossed very quickly and could not deal with Christopher. She blew her fuse faster and was much less patient than his father who could keep calm and wait. I feel that the author accomplished what he set out to do. I feel strongly about this because I learned from this book and thoroughly enjoyed it too! I wanted to keep reading and that’s exactly what I did. My knowledge on special needs students was broadened. I think he succeeded in showing two different kinds of people towards special needs. He showed why it can be so hard to to cope with special needs too. I think that everyone should read this book honestly. It can open so many people’s eyes. It teaches you a lot about how special needs might think and for people like me who are not exposed to special needs students yet, when they encounter one they will know how it’s like and what to do. I think it will appeal to those who have not encountered a special needs student and those who are a special needs student because those who have not encountered a special needs student can get a taste of how it is and those who are a special needs can read it and be happy that this book emphasises …show more content…
It’s my first time here, and you probably won’t find me around here because this is a public school and I don’t go to public schools because I’m a special needs student and I have to go to a segregated school. I don’t really get why I have to go to a different school because I’m a special needs student when everyone needs help with something. Many kids at Academy at palumbo wear glasses and that means they are special needs because they need something to help them see and others have crunches, cast and wheelchairs, so the term “special needs” confuses me on why specific people get that title. But today I am here because I want to know how it feels to be in a public school. Normally I would not like the idea of going into a public school because it is not my school there are so many people here, they are all also strangers and I don’t like strangers they make me very uncomfortable. I’m prepared though, I asked Siobhan if she could come with me because I’ve known her for a while so I am very comfortable with her, I also brought my swiss army knife just incase a stranger bumps into me and tries to do something. When Siobhan and me walked into the school there was a big line of people putting their stuff under a machine and walking
I think that the messages this book displays are important for anyone to think about, and apply to their lives every day.
Unfortunately, a lot of parents may have a difficult time accepting their child, and coping with their needs and the responsibilities. From the book “The Elephant in the Playroom,” some families dealt with depression and physical and mental deterioration of their health. These struggles were shown in the story by Laura Cichoracki. Laura’s son’s name was Patrick. Patrick was a 6-years-old boy with autism. “I wasn’t eating right, I wasn’t showering regularly, I wasn’t sleeping well” (Brodey, p. 64). I also read the story told by Susan Marrash-Minnerly, which highlighted emotions that parents face. Susan also shed light on how wonderful children with special needs can be to a family, such as her ten-year-old third grader who had autism. Susan talked about how it was normal to feel angry at times, especially with the ups and downs a child’s disability may come with. “When I look back, I want to tell other parents that a child’s future is worth grieving over – but it’s not the end of the world” (Brodey, p. 75). After reading these stories, it became apparent to me that families who are raising kids with special needs, need support, kindness, and available resources. “I was fortunate to be surrounded by other moms who understood my pain…who could be supportive and emphatic.” (Brodey, p. 67). Overall, educators can use this kind of information that was shared in “The Elephant in the Playroom” about family systems and risk/resiliency by creating lines of open communication between families. This is to connect parents together that share similar struggles. By creating open communication is can allows for the teacher and parents to be on the same page when it comes to the issues affecting special needs students and
At the beginning of the story, he told many incidents of the past of screaming in situations where mass amounts of people were in the same area as him. However, near the end of the novel we see him riding on a train and reaching his mother by himself. This realization of self-worth and ability to do anything he sets his mind to was a major lesson that throughout the book Christopher learned. Also, since Christopher is on the autism spectrum when he learned about complex facial expressions, such as worried or scared, it was an important lesson about human nature and communication. During the course of the novel, Christopher discovered his self-worth and the meanings of complex facial expressions. After reading this novel, I learned that the lessons you learn are based largely on where you start and the things you
“Including Samuel” is a documentary that tries to tie in the challenges and strives of inclusion. This documentary starts by a father named Habib about his youngest son Samuel, who has cerebral palsy. It’s the parents’ concern mostly about how their son being different is going to make him fit in with everyone else. That’s where the word inclusion comes in, the fact that they want kids with disabilities to feel included and also be included. They aren’t any different from you or me and that’s how they should feel as well. It ties in Samuels condition through his fathers perspective, and also including the real life stories of those with a range of disabilities. The effectiveness of this story to me comes from the family’s point of view and
His smart ways of solving problems and his odd way of communicating changes people and their views on life. An example of this is his mother. She felt so such regret for what she did. She knew that it was hurting him day after day. But when he showed up at her doorstep that one fateful evening, all of her regret turned into pure love. She wanted to make him feel loved and appreciated any way she could. He had such an impact on her that she decided to change her entire lifestyle, again. She went back to Swindon with Christopher to go live with his father. She wanted to start over all because of him. He also had an awe-inspiring effect on his father. Even though his father could be rude or impatient, Christopher mad him feel true guilt for his action on page 197 when Edward says, “Christopher, I’m really, really sorry” this one line shows how much guilt he has for hurting Christopher. Christopher’s resentment towards his father caused him to feel immense amounts of guilt. Christopher has affected both his parents so strongly and they have all ended up benefiting from
I began my adventure at Tesnatee Gap Elementary school during the latter part of March. I had no idea what to expect at all. Previously, I had absolutely no experience with public school. Before taking my education course I had little knowledge of the way the public-school system worked, and no knowledge at all about the way public schools run special education classes. This was all so completely new to me, and I’m thankful that I had such wonderful teachers and classes to observe, as well as tons of applicable knowledge for me to take away and apply into my own classroom.
To illustrate, I sat with Mr. Glover, an Autism specialist at Mountain View Middle School, he talked to me about a young ma...
My personal philosophy of special education drives not from teaching in the field, but from, observations, and personal experience, and the workshops I attended. I have had the opportunity to work with individuals with special needs in many different settings, all this help cultivate my knowledge in handling the needs of the special needed student. Special needs students have the ability to learn, to function, to grow, and most importantly to succeed. The difference comes into how they learn or how they need to be taught. There are as many beliefs about the "hows" as there are teachers and each of us forms our own philosophy through our experiences and research. As a student in a special education teachers’ program, learners with special needs includes all students in special education programs in the public school system or other appropriate settings. However, the students I would like to focus on in my career are students with learning disabilities and therefore when thinking about learners with special needs, my mind focuses on this population.
After finding out about his father’s secrets, Christopher Boone was stuck in a state of confusion. Finding out his mother was alive after thinking for so long that she had died and finally learning that his very own father killed the lovable neighbor’s dog Wellington is a shocking event. Once over his state of shock, Christopher was able to decide to go on a life-changing trip to find his mom and break away from the regularities in his life. An example of Christopher breaking away is when he goes past his school and the corner store. This represents a threshold that he had never past before and was very unfamiliar with. Besides, Christopher says, “But I was frightened in two different ways. And one way was being frightened of being far away from a place I was used to, and the other was being frightened of being near
As a young child in elementary school, I struggled in the regular classes of language arts and math, and this caused my teachers to put me into Special Education. I recall hearing the regular students call me “stupid” all the time behind my back. When I had my regular classes in Social Studies or Science none of the other students wanted to be my partner in the group projects. I felt like an outcast, and my self-confidence was exceedingly low. However, I knew that I was not the smartest kid, but I was a hard worker. I begged my mom to help me convince the teachers to allow me to to join the regular classes in the 5th grade. Fortunately, my teachers agreed, and in my regular language arts class I was motivated to prove to my teachers, my classmates,
After seeing so many negative representations of people with disabilities, I decided I wanted to do something to help change the common misconceptions the general public had. I started to take notice of the challenges that people with disabilities faced every day. Some of them were concrete problems like the inaccessibility of buildings and the lack of accessible public transportation. I began to notice where people with disabilities couldn't go. I began to see that some of the worst challenges they faced, however, were attitude problems like the endless teasing or using the names of different disabilities as insults. I began to notice how people communicated (or failed to communicate) with disabled people. I observed that people thought someone with a disability was only a disability, therefore less human, and inferior to us. Expectations were low for them and they were more often sitting alone in a school cafeteria or not included in social events after school.
After working on this project, I came to conclusion that typical students and special needs student should come together because our differences can be beneficial to one and other. I really enjoyed this project, I felt that I did not only argue for special needs students to be in typical classrooms, but I also made an argument for students with differences coming together.
Christopher is temperamental and his mother has difficulties adjusting to his behavior. Both the parents seem to be having challenges figuring it out how Christopher will fit in their lives. In these challenges, the reader also sees the effect that Christopher’s condition has on his mother, giving the reader more insight into why she left Christopher and his father years before. This hardships even lead to the mother being depressed (Haddon 120). Christopher’s mother frequently feels frustrated by his behavior and his inability to sympathize with her or understand her position on an emotional level. She finds Christopher indifferent to her needs, for instance, when she tries to explain to him that she cannot take him to Swindon for his A-level math test (Haddon, 190). She even loses her job and frequently argues with Mr. Shears. She is overwhelmed by stress and requires pills from the doctor to help her manage it. These details further clarify his mother’s decision to leave years earlier by showing how emotionally taxing she finds to care for
I was working at a camp and got into a conversation with a friend who has Asperger Syndrome about his experience with special education. He told me how long it took him to get into a program and how much those teachers had helped him to become the person that he was. The teachers were able to help him understand what he was learning as well as life lessons. He and other children with special needs at the camp I have worked at for the past few summers have instilled in me a stronger need to reach out to those in both special and general education classes. This was again enforced in the class “Intro to Special Education.” I was taught even more that school is not just about learning the information, but learning about yourself and how to grow in yourself. Each student is different and therefore each student must be seen as
could change that child’s attitude. Stand up for the special needs kids and treat them like