When I first heard about this project, I instantly knew that I wanted to recast my project into a piece of art. My argument was that special needs students should be in typical classroom. I chose this median because I have always had a passion for art, but the main reason why I chose this median is because I have seen many special needs students reflect through art. In my personal experience, children with special needs are often very skilled at art, or just love creating pictures, paintings, etc. Since the majority of special needs students love art, I decided it would be cool if I could make an argument through art. The audience I created my project toward is teachers, students, and parents. My project is open to interpretation. Different people will have different feeling when looking at it. Even though my goal in creating this project was to argue special needs students in typical classrooms, I think there are many other ideas when one looks at this median. When approaching this project, I know that I wanted to have children of different kinds together holding hands. I also new that I wanted to have both positive words and negative words that special needs students are called on a regular basis. But other than theses few thing, I left my project open ended. When I was thinking about creating my project, I went to Michael’s to get ideas and the necessary tools I needed to recast my argument. I left Michael’s with a blank white canvas, paint, and clear beads. That night, I came back and looked over my exploratory paper and my research argument paper to find words that I was going to use surround the children. The authors I used in my other papers had differing examples of words that other called special needs kids, both posit... ... middle of paper ... ..., I felt more connected to my topic and argument. I came to the conclusion that special needs students should be in typical classrooms because all the difference among the students can make a better community. Even thought the beads did not work on my first painting, I decided to layer them over the students. This affect creates a distortion of the students. As I mentioned before, I want the audience to have their own interpretation on the painting, and the distortion of the beads did just that. 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.
Including Samuel is a documentary of the son of Dan Habib and Betsy McNamara. Samuel has cerebral palsy, and the documentary is about his challenges and joys. This documentary addresses the concerns, problem, and feelings of his parents. Also the documentary addresses the issue of inclusion and how to teach a blended class. This documentary is about being open minded and understanding of children with disabilities. Though Including Samuel, it has force me to look back on my experience with children with disabilities in the educational system.
At Krannert Art Museum this year Social Studies put out their third exhibit featuring eight artists? works that provoke viewers to reflect on issues of identity, tolerance, equal rights, and integration as they apply to education now. When I walked in to the exhibit I noticed a very interesting portrait to begin with. It was five separate portraits of two women, one white, one black, both attempting to sit in the same chair. The title of the work was Plessy vs. Ferguson, in memory of the Supreme Court decision that made segregation legal. The separate part seemed to hold true but the equal part was far more than lacking. Most cases seemed to be that there wasn?t enough to separate hence the reason for the two women struggling over the same chair. This art took me awhile to understand because my brain had not been geared to what I was actually witnessing. It wasn?t until I sat down on a retro style couch resting on a beige shag carpet rug facing a silent movie projection. The obvious use of perspective in this art form helped me understand the side by side projection of two different family videos. One was footage from a Jewish family and the other was an African American family?s footage. Both of the videos depicted family gatherings for celebrations such as barbeques, birthday parties, trips to Disney World and religious holidays.
Students with disabilities are not the only students who can benefit from creative tasks, projects, and assessments. A positive and caring approach to dealing with all student regardless of culture, disability or any other thing that make then different from the norm is key to the success of all concerned.
The importance of this topic to me is that this is what I want to do when I get older. I enjoy working with these children and helping them to learn while learning myself. I want to do this project because I want to learn more about children with disabilities and "ordinary" children that then of what I already know. I got involved in this subject last year while I was in Government Class with Mrs. Leach. I was looking to do something for my community service hours but I didn't want something boring to do. Mrs. Leach came up to me and asked me if I would be interested in working at William Grace Elementary in the special needs classroom. I said ok, boy am I happy I said yes. That was a great learning experience for me. My interest in working with children has always been there ever since I was little. My mom always tells me that since I was little I had a way with children. No matter if they were older, younger, or even my same age. My topic fits my personality because I love people. I love talking with, listening to, and helping all different types of people with all different types of situations. I work well with all types of different people too so I am usually found to be very friendly. It connects to my life in many different ways. In one way I work at a daycare where I am running into different types of children with all different types of needs almost everyday. Another situation it runs in with is the fact that I want to be a special needs k-8 teacher when I get older and I also be able to work with "ordinary" second grade kids.
Disability can affect development in a variety of ways. It is important that every pupil feels valued and included. Diversity should be welcomed. Children should not be stereotyped because of
I share responsibility for taking care of my special needs younger brother named Anuj. Teaching Anuj how to speak, taking care of him, participating in his speech and applied behavior analysis therapies, and motivating him to attempt new tasks with his abilities reflected in my personality as a mentor. As a result of prolonged care, love, and the efforts of an army of therapists, teachers, doctors, and our family, Anuj started repeating sounds and words near his third birthday. While this experience may not seem substantial, Anuj’s progress taught me importance of being empathetic and to understand other person from their point of view. I learned to focus on ability instead of disability and how Inclusion promotes a healthy interdependence, which identifies everyone as unique pieces of a larger puzzle.
I have been a Special Education Para-Educator for eleven years now. My decision to do this was based on the needs of my family and kids. When my last child was born, the doctors did not think that he would make it. He had a heart malfunction and was born with RSV and Von Villibrantds disease (which I did not find out until he was three); those factors lead me to want to work with special education kids, knowing that I could make a difference.
Inclusion of all students in classrooms has been an ongoing issue for the past twenty-five years (Noll, 2013). The controversy is should special education students be placed in an inclusion setting or should they be placed in a special education classroom? If the answer is yes to all special education students being placed in inclusion, then how should the inclusion model look? Every students is to receive a free an appropriate education. According to the Individual Education Act (IDEA), all students should be placed in the Least Restrictive Learning Environment (Noll, 2013).
When I asked Jennifer if she gets any training or workshops to support the children in the classroom, she stated:
My topic for this research project was the Indiana School for the Deaf. This school has some unique history because it was made so long ago, which was when deaf schools were considered asylums. It gave people another view on anyone who is deaf or have hearing disabilities. In February of 1843, citizens of Indiana decided they should educate the deaf children. They decided this because after the Cobbs School, a school made in the early 1800's, shut down, schools just used the oral method, which only allowed students and teachers to speak. If any students were caught doing Sign Language they were usually punished for it. So a deaf man named William Willard who was teaching at a deaf school in Ohio, came to Indiana and proposed they make
Historically, teachers have not been favourably disposed to the policy of increased inclusion of children with special needs within the regular classro...
As I ponder over my personal professional development experiences as an educator the realization of how one has developed over time is personally satisfying. Educating children especially children with special needs is a challenge within its self. As a teacher it is important that this writer makes a positive influence with students. There are going to be certain ideas that one tries to uphold and other discriminations that one will not allow. Everyone has their own beliefs teachers should do what is necessary not to infringe on others, but show children different way to think so that they have all the information needed to make educated choices. Children are open-minded they have not yet had to deal with or understand the injustices that they will encounter. If children are taught from an early age they will have the ability to succeed especially children with special needs as an educator my main goal is teaching the purpose of public schools, and education reform. It is my purpose to influence children and be positive influence.
Special education is an incredibly important, but often underappreciated aspect of education. There is a stigma around individuals with disabilities, that leads people to assume those in special education are less capable or smart as their peers in in a strictly traditional classroom setting. That could not be farther from the truth though, and the individuals in special education are just as capable of learning and maturing in to successful adults. As a future teacher, I was not really aware of how little I knew about special education until I enrolled in this course. This course has helped change and shape my views of special education, and helped me gain a better understanding of what exceptional children are and how I can better serve them
Art has a more powerful impact in the pursuit of social justice because it conveys emotions that no book, article, or study could ever convey. Using art in social work formulates a deeper understanding of the issue at hand, provides a stronger method of communication amongst those involved, and creates a longer-lasting, more powerful impact.
Special Education 332 (Education and Inclusion of Individuals with Special Needs) has been enlightening for me as a secondary mathematics educator. In the beginning of the semester, my feelings towards special education were those of apathy and insensitivity. I now understand that my feelings were due to my lack of knowledge and my judgment based on stereotypes.