My high school involved the students with disabilities in physical education as much as possible. They always focused on the concept that every student, whether they had a disability or not, had the ability to learn something. Every student that had a disability was given the same opportunity as the students that did not have a disability. The only thing that was slightly different is that the students that had a disability had accommodations to help them be successful in whatever we were doing at that time. My school had a variety of students that had a disability. Some of the disabilities the students had were autism, learning disability, orthopedic impairment, and being either blind, deaf or both. Most of these students were very active in our …show more content…
For example, he could play catch with everyone, but he could not play the popular sport that we played every day, which was kickball. So our PE teacher let him throw the ball to the kicker while he sat in his wheelchair. The kicker kicked the ball into the field and ran the bases. This made the student that had an orthopedic impairment apart of the game because he did that for both teams, and it was something that he could actually do instead of just watching everyone else play the game. Some of the students that had a disability were also very active on our different sports team for the school. For example, one of the students that had a learning disability was the star of our basketball team. He ended up signing a full scholarship to play with the University of Montevallo. I think it was very fortunate that the students that had disabilities got a chance to participate in PE and play sports because it helped them understand that they too could do what the other kids where doing with the necessary accommodations. When they participated in PE, our teacher treated them equitably and he made sure that they had an opportunity to be active in the
As societal pressures for higher education increase, more emphasis has been placed on the importance of a minimum of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. This has led to the increased enrollment of students with learning disabilities over the past decade. According to a recent survey from the National Clearinghouse on Postsecondary Education for Individuals with Disabilities, one in eleven full-time first-year students entering college in 1998 self-reported a disability. This translates to approximately 154,520 college students, or about 9% of the total number of first-year freshmen, who reported a wide range of disabilities, ranging from attention deficit disorder to writing disabilities (Horn).
Bryant, D. P., Smith, D. D., & Bryant, B. R. (2008). Teaching Students with Special Needs in
When I was growing up, sports were always a tremendous part of my life. I participated in soccer, lacrosse, and football as a child and I never knew how lucky I was to have the opportunity to be apart of these activities. I rarely took into account the struggles children with disabilities encountered on an everyday basis until I volunteered for the Miracle League of Plymouth. The Miracle League gives all disabled children, regardless of their abilities, the chance to play baseball once a week. My buddy I was partnered with changed my perspective on life. Her name was Porscha, and was bound to a wheelchair, but always had a smile on her face. Porscha couldn't hit the ball on the tee alone, and needed my help doing so. Every time she knocked
Just like in basketball their are people who play that our not disabled and those who are at the end of the day they are both on the same playing field just like students who are not disbaled and those who are should be at college campuses.Rachel Adams wrote a piece called ‘’Bringing down the barriers Seen and unseen’’,which was published on November 6,2011 in the chronicle of education.In this article Adams argues that disabled students are not treated fairly on college campuses despite their being a Disabilties act.*which prevents professors in schools from discriminating against college students.Adams wants all students to be treated fairly and not looked as different.She begins to build a strong effective argument by using her own personal
Schools in today’s society are rapidly changing and growing striving to implement the best practices in their schools. Nonetheless, before a school can implement a program in their school, they need reliable evidence that the new program will work. A new program that schools are aiming to implement is inclusion in the classroom because of the benefits inclusion could bring. The implementation of inclusion is strongly connected by people’s attitudes whether they are positive or negative. However, while inclusion is being widely implemented, there is comparatively little data on its effectiveness. It may be that inclusion benefits some areas such as reading and social skills, more than it does others.
Students with high-incidence disabilities or HID are the most common in schools. The group of high incidence disabilities include students with emotional, behavioral or mild intellectual disabilities as well as those with autism, speech or language impairments and attention deficit disorder (Gage et al., 2012). Students with HID are usually taught within the general education classroom. There are either co-teachers or a resource teacher that takes the students out of the general education classroom for short periods of time to work in a more individual, structured environment (Personal Improvement Center, n.d.).... ...
...rt for all types of people: men, women, and children. Without basketball, the integration of college sports might have never been achieved. Without basketball, wheelchair basketball might have never been formed. Paraplegics might have never been given the opportunity to participate in one of the best sports in history. Basketball has given people with disabilities the hope of a normal life. It has given them the ability to engage in such a physical activity that would let them compete against people just like themselves. In contribution to the integration of college sports and the formation of the NWBA, basketball has acted as an outlet for those troubled children who grew up living a hard life. As you can see, throughout history, basketball has made a huge impact on our society today and it has helped many people grow into someone they never thought they could be.
The majority of students with disabilities should be in an inclusive setting. These students are generally placed based on the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE). Furthermore, the majority of these students are able to keep up academically with their peers, even
For an example, the student with the physical disability probably feels as though they want to be treated like any other student, and want to try to fit in as best as possible. Adding to that, I’m sure the parent of that child wants the best for them as well, and that includes physical activity of some sort. Unfortunately, there may be some negative attitudes towards this topic. I can see how community members of a certain school may be frustrated that their child is getting time taken away from them while the Phy-Ed teacher is creating an accommodation for the child with the physical disability. I wish this weren’t true, but there are ignorant people out there that will and have had this in their
To be truly inclusive teachers, we need to first know the student and identify the real reasons for any individual to be classified as having a learning disability.
When dealing with students with intellectual disabilities as an educator, it is important to keep in mind the four different categories. These categories contain: Mild (MID), Moderate (MOID), Severe (SID) and Profound (PID). Students are graded on three main factors that determines whether the child is MID, MOID, SID of PID. The three factors include adaptive behavior, intellectual functioning, and their educational performance. Students that score within 55-70 are considered our MID students.
When teaching students with disabilities it is important to know and understand the needs of all the students in the classroom. Ultimately, the goal for any educator is to educate all of the students in the classroom and ensure that appropriate accommodations are being made for students with disabilities. By utilizing these skills in reading, writing, and classroom management, an educator will be able to help all students be successful.
I have always grown up in a more ‘normal’ setting and seeing people with disabilities was something that was rare to me. When I was younger, my thoughts on people with disabilities were that they could only be physically seen, nothing else (mentally, intellectually, etc.). As I reached middle school, I realized how broad the world is and how many ways people were affected by disabilities. Some of them led a more normal life and some have a harder time adjusting. Just seeing and reading how so many are affected and how harder it is for them really opened up my mind and allowed me to have a wider perception of how broad things are in the world.
The students with disabilities can even do projects with project based learning. While researching I came across a girl that would not talk in class. When her teacher partnered her up with other students, she became very talkative. She would not communicate with other students and refused to work in groups. She would always choose to work alone. With PBL she learned to work with other people and she opened up and communicated with other students. With PBL all students can participate. Students will be much more comfortable because they are not getting taught by teachers and they get to answer questions from their everyday life. The students get to be creative and outgoing with their projects. Projects students create can be anything and everything. They can create a community garden, a habitat for animals, and they can plan a dinner for classmates or their teachers. “PBL is not just a way of learning; it 's a way of working together. If students learn to take responsibility for their own learning, they will form the basis for the way they will work with others in their adult lives” (Why is project based learning important?, 2007). Students are not learning they are preparing for the world around them. They are learning to consider more than just themselves in school. They are thinking about how to make their world
For my observation experience I went to Southern High School in Harwood, MD. Southern High School has a special education department for the students with disabilities. The teacher that I met with for this classroom observation was Ms. West. In the classroom there were at least four assistant teachers that helped Ms. West throughout the school day. The assistant teachers helped Ms. West co- teach the class and were there to help the students if they needed extra help. The school also has a couple of student aides that come in to help the teachers and the students in the classroom. There were at least twelve students in the classroom. The students in the class had many different exceptionalities such as learning disabilities, Down syndrome,