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Assignments for CHFD312 D003 Fall 15

Directions: Read the brief description of the IDEA procedural safeguard presented below. Then respond to the scenario presented after the description. 

IDEA Procedural Safeguard # 1 Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) Description: According to the Individual’s with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), all children are afforded the right to a free and appropriate public education. This means, that irrespective of a student’s education needs, under the law (i.e., IDEA), they are afforded the right to access a free and appropriate public education. At times, the extent of a student’s educational needs may extend outside of the range of educational services that their school district offers (e.g., students who may require a therapeutic day school placement but their school district may not have a therapeutic day school within the district). In this case, the school district would still responsible for meeting the educational needs of the students even if the student required an educational placement outside of their home school district. Visit FAPE online at http://www.fape.org/ for more information regarding this procedural safeguard AND our book has abundant information on this as well.

Scenario: Michael has been referred for special education services after teachers and his parents had tried several problem-solving efforts within his current public school and classroom to help meet his education needs. Results from Michael’s full case study evaluation suggest that he possesses behaviors consist with an emotional disability and requires special education services for more than 50% of his school day in order to help meet his educational needs. Michael’s Individual Education Plan (IEP) team decides that he requires a therapeutic day placement in order to meet his educational needs.  An administrator within Michael’s home school district states that the school district does not offer a therapeutic day placement option for students and Michael must attend a placement outside of the county.  This placement will cost over $5,000 per year, but the school has stated they can only pay $3,000 for an out of district therapeutic day placement.

Based on what you have learned about FAPE, explain why or why not this is an acceptable solution for Michael.  IN YOUR FIRST TWO OR THREE SENTENCES, PLEASE STATE CLEARLY WHY YOU BELIEVE THIS IS AN ACCEPTABLE SOLUTION OR NOT.  Then complete the rest of the assignment with your supporting content and ideas.

 

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Grading rubric

	Possible points	Student points
Your response demonstrates a clear understanding of the requirements of FAPE.	50
You demonstrated a consistent command of sentence boundaries and spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and usage conventions. Although minor errors may be evident, they do not detract from the fluency of the writing or the clarity of your essay.	20
You used at least 2 appropriate references, and cited them following APA 6th ed. formatting style.	10
Paper was at least 500 words long.	20
	100

 

 

 

Directions: Read the scenario below and then respond to the questions/statements which follow. 

Scenario: Sally is a 3rd grade student with an identified specific learning disability in the academic areas of reading comprehension and math reasoning. Sally requires a resource level of support whereby she spends the majority of her school day within her general education 3rd grade classroom. Sally spends at least 20% of her school day receiving specialized instruction in the areas of reading comprehension and math reasoning (i.e., the academic areas where her disability manifests itself). Sally’s specialized instruction may include small group instruction with the special education teacher outside or inside of her classroom.
 Based on what you have learned about inclusion:

1. Are Sally’s current special education services consistent with the inclusion model? Why? Why not?
2. What should Sally’s general education 3rd grade teacher do to help fully include her within the 3rd grade classroom?

Make sure you answer BOTH questions. Again, in the first few sentences answer if this is consistent with inclusion. Then support why or why not. The second question should be comprehensive with specific ideas.

 

 

 

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	Possible points	Student points
Your response demonstrates a clear understanding of the requirements of the inclusion model.	25
Your response fully addresses options for Sally’s general education teacher to help fully include her in the 3rd grade classroom.	25
You demonstrated a consistent command of sentence boundaries and spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and usage conventions. Although minor errors may be evident, they do not detract from the fluency of the writing or the clarity of your essay.	20
You used at least 2 appropriate references, and cited them following APA 6th ed. formatting style.	10
Paper was at least 500 words long.	20
	100

 

Emotional disabilities may inhibit one’s ability to manage emotions. This inability to cope with feelings may adversely affect one’s daily life. Children with emotional disabilities often also experience problems with learning.

For this worksheet, please write a short paragraph on EACH of the questions below:

1. Choose one emotional disability from only the listed (e.g., bipolar disorder, ADHD, eating disorders, oppositional defiant disorder, depression, recent exposure to violence or disaster, or conduct disorder) , and describe the characteristics of the disability
2. Describe the treatment for the disability.
3. What issues do you think might arise in a school setting for a child with this disability?
4. How might a school professional help the student cope with this emotional disability in the school setting?

Use resources from the APUS online library to help you learn more about the specific emotional disability you choose to examine. Additionally, you may click on the following link to learn more about emotional disabilities/disturbances in children and adolescents

 

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/children-and-adolescents-listing.shtml

 

Grading Rubric

Please do not copy the question into your response.	Possible points	Student points
Your response demonstrates a clear understanding of the teaching challenges, strategies, and accommodations for students with the disorder chosen.	50
You demonstrated a consistent command of sentence boundaries and spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and usage conventions. Although minor errors may be evident, they do not detract from the fluency of the writing or the clarity of your essay.	20
You used at least 2 appropriate references, and cited them following APA 6th ed. formatting style.	10
Paper was at least 500 words long. This ensures depth and desired detail. This does not include references.	20
	100

 

 

 

Provide a substantive paragraph or more for each question listed below.  Please include a reference to support your ideas in this assignment.  Take the time to cover all the elements of the question thoroughly and succinctly.

Intellectual Disability (ID) is one of several areas of disability under IDEA. Typically ID refers to individual students who possess cognitive abilities which are extremely below average (average IQ scores range from 90-110 and student with an ID have cognitive abilities below 70), and whose adaptive skills are at least 2 years below their same-age peers. Intellectual Disability is one of several areas of disability under IDEA. Although IDEA uses the term Mental Retardation, it should be noted that the term is controversial. Many special education associated groups, teachers and parents advocate strongly for the substitution of the term Intellectual Disabilities instead of Mental Retardation. Some states use the term, Cognitive Disabilities. At this time, lawmakers do not consider it a significant issue enough to change the language in the law. 

1. Research at least 2 websites which give good definitions of ID for both parents and educators.  List the URL address for these websites and share one positive use of each website for parents or educators.

1. Identify at least two appropriate classroom instruction accommodations for students with an ID and explain their relevance. Use outside resources or websites in order to find the information, and cite them within your response.

1. Discuss your own perception of students with an ID and their special education needs based on your research for this Assignment.

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Grading Rubric

Please do not copy the question into your response.	Possible points	Student points
Your response demonstrates a clear understanding of the teaching challenges, strategies, and accommodations for students with ID.	50
You demonstrated a consistent command of sentence boundaries and spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and usage conventions. Although minor errors may be evident, they do not detract from the fluency of the writing or the clarity of your essay.	20
You used at least 2 appropriate references, and cited them following APA 6th ed. formatting style.	10
Paper was at least 500 words long. This ensures depth and desired detail. This does not include references.	20
	100

 

Autism Spectrum Disorder is characterized as a disorder in which children display deficits in: a) social interaction, b) verbal and nonverbal communication, and c) repetitive behaviors or interests (National Institute of Mental Health, 2007). For this Assignment, visit the link below( or others) and read one individual story of a child with autism. Then answer the following questions:

1. Based on your reading, how can Autism Spectrum Disorders be treated? BE SPECIFIC!
2. What factors tend to influence the high prevalence rates in autism diagnoses amongst children today?

http://www.autismspeaks.org
 

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	Possible points	Student points
Your response demonstrates an understanding of how autism spectrum disorders might be treated.	30
Your response Identifies several factors tend to influence the high prevalence rates in autism diagnoses amongst children today.	30
You demonstrated a consistent command of sentence boundaries and spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and usage conventions. Although minor errors may be evident, they do not detract from the fluency of the writing or the clarity of your essay.	20
You used at least 2 appropriate references, and cited them following APA 6th ed. formatting style.	10
Paper was at least 500 words long.	10
	100

 

Directions: A substantive paragraph or more for each question should be included to demonstrate your understanding of the concepts.  Please include a reference to support your ideas in this assignment.  Take the time to cover all the elements of the question thoroughly and succinctly.

Children with impairments in sight and hearing constitute a small portion of students who currently receive special education services. However, the range of special education services for these students may be more restrictive than for special education students who are not deaf, blind, or hard of hearing. For this last and final worksheet, please do the following (based on your readings and web research this week):

1)    1) Describe at least three special education services for students with impairments in sight and hearing;

2)    2) Find and describe one professional organization dedicated to students with impairments in sight or hearing.

 

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	Possible points	Student points
Your response demonstrates a clear understanding of the requirements of accommodations and best practices to assist students with sight/hearing challenges within a classroom.	25
You provided one national organization that that helps children who have sight/hearing challenges.	25
You demonstrated a consistent command of sentence boundaries and spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and usage conventions. Although minor errors may be evident, they do not detract from the fluency of the writing or the clarity of your essay.	20
You used at least 2 appropriate references, and cited them following APA 6th ed. formatting style.	10
Paper was at least 500 words long.	20
	100

 

 

 

 

 

Week 8 Assignment

From the list below, pick a topic for the Week 8 Assignment.  Create a PowerPoint presentation that addresses the topic you have chosen. Using 8-10 slides, present information that will give the viewer an overview of the topic. Be sure to address any controversies surrounding the topic.  Cite at least 4 resources that you used to support your work, using APA formatting.

Topics:

• American with Disabilities Act – what ADA entails, how to implement it, examples of accommodations etc.
• IEP Process: define participants and their roles, sample IEP, IEP content, measurable goals and objectives (what does it mean, examples)
• IFSP (same content as IEP)
• Early intervention programs/Assessment/Strategies
• Response to Intervention
• Autism – characteristics, issues for education, educational and instructional strategies
• ADHD – characteristics, issues for education, educational and instructional strategies
• Learning Disabilities – characteristics, issues for education, educational and instructional strategies
• Behavior Modification Programs:  guiding principles, why they work, examples of classroom management techniques.  Functional Behavioral Analysis, ABC analysis (antecedent behavior consequence)
• Assessment strategies and alternate assessment strategies for exceptional children
• Effect of disabilities on families/ support for families /family resources
• Evidence based strategies for teaching children with disabilities
• NCLB and children with disabilities
• Transitional and Vocational Planning
• Assistive technology for various disabilities, augmentative and alternative communication devices
• Applied Behavioral Analysis and Autism
• Gifted Education
• Differential Instruction
• Co-teaching, multi-age classrooms, other teaching strategies
• You may propose a topic for approval

PPT or ppx format only please.

	Possible points	Student points
Your response demonstrates a clear understanding of the topic you have selected as well as how this impacts children.	35
Your response fully addresses controversies.	25
There was creativity in the visual aspect of the ppt. It conveyed information but the slides were not simply filled with text but were pleasant and informative. The presentation meets ADA requirements with regards to contrast.	20
You used at least 4 appropriate references, and cited them following APA 6th ed. formatting style. In-text citations are REQUIRED within the slide that you use the information. Please leave the last page of the presentation for a reference list.	10
Creativity	10
	100