Understanding Special Education Paper Assignment

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Overview

Special education provides educational opportunities for students who need additional support to make academic or social progress in schools. All educators need to understand the components of special education because effective special education programs include collaboration with a variety of educators, administrators, and school staff.

 

Instructions

For this assignment, you will write a 1,000-word research-paper in current APA format that focuses on the characteristics of students receiving special education, the laws governing special education, service delivery models for students eligible for special education services, and Biblical principles that support the inclusion of special education services in schools. The paper should contain the following sections:

  1. Introduction: Describe special education and why it is necessary. Include a Scriptural reference to support the necessity of special education in schools. Scripture must be supported by at least one sentence that explains how it relates to your discussion.

 

  1. Laws: Provide a brief history of the law that established special education in schools (IDEA) and some of the important components of that law (FAPE, LRE). Citations from at least one scholarly resource are required.

 

  1. Special Education Services: Describe the characteristics of students who receive special education services. How does a student become eligible for special education services? What kinds of services are provided under special education? Citations from at least one scholarly resource are required.

 

  1. Service Delivery Models: Special education services can be administered in a variety of ways. Describe three tiers of special education service delivery environments from least restrictive to most restrictive. Discuss the type of student who would be best served in each type of environment. Citations from at least one scholarly resource are required.

 

  1. Conclusion: Summarize the information shared in the previous sections of the paper. Include any additional information or insight you have gleaned from the process of writing this paper. Include a scriptural reference in the conclusion paragraph. Scripture should be supported by at least one sentence that explains how it applies to your discussion.

 

A title page and a reference page are required for this assignment.

Explains the collaborative process in relation to assessment goals for each individual child.

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As the Director of your program, you are also responsible for writing policy. The general policy for observation and assessment has been written but is missing a section that outlines the connection to the families and collaboration.

In this assignment, you will be creating an original section for your parent handbook about family conferences and collaboration between your program and families and their part in the observation and assessment process.

*Note: Only original work is accepted. You are creating this insert in your own words. Copies or use of your program’s parent handbook language, or that of another established program, is not acceptable and will result in you having to redo the assignment.

Instructions

Create an original insert for the parent handbook using research on collaborating, decision-making, and goal setting with families that

Explains the collaborative process in relation to assessment goals for each individual child.

  • Provide in-text APA citations from credible sources to support your ideas.
  • Describes how your program works with families to assess children’s development, strengths, and needs.
  • Demonstrates how these practices are aligned with the DAP position statement and the Code of Ethical Conduct.
  • Provide in-text APA citations from credible sources to support your ideas.
  • Details what the families’ responsibilities are in the observation and assessment process
  • Meets the following general requirements:
  • Headings for the sections are used to organize information and engage reader
  • Follows the conventions of appropriate grammar, spelling, and writing.
  • Provides references from at least 2 credible sources in APA format
  • Although no there is no length requirement, all of the above criteria must be included. Refer to the grading rubric for details.
  • Submit the insert for the parent handbook in a Word document.

*You will complete your Assignment as you normally do.

*You will then copy and paste the blue text that is in the document below (the rubric criteria titles and scores; image below) and put the top blank scored section on the very last page of your Assignment, beneath your References (on your References page).

*Fill in the scores you feel you earned. When you have given yourself a score, be sure to save your Word document and attach it to the Drop Box. 🙂

How will you review your learning and prescription to your wicked-problem?

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Read the literature under course information called “Critical Thinking”

Be sure to engage with your cohort on this discussion with questions about the readings or the above activities.

Remember that your responses will be assessed based upon the timeliness and quality of your work in this discussion.

The questions to be answered during the discussion this week are:

  • What role does critical reflection play in defining problems?
  • How will you review your learning and prescription to your wicked-problem?
  • When defining the problem over the last couple of weeks, was it emancipatory to all humanistic bias? If not how can you re-structure your work-based problem?
  • What is the importance of understanding bias when diagnosing problems?
  • Be sure to utilize 2 scholarly sources and cite them utilizing APA style!

Evaluation Of Video Lesson Assignment

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Overview

To be an effective educator, one must be able to evaluate strengths and weaknesses in observed lessons. Your teacher education program will include practicum experiences in classrooms where you will have a chance to observe and interact with students and teachers. While in-person observations are extremely beneficial, pre-service teachers can also learn a great deal from observations of pre-recorded lessons. This assignment will allow you to observe the video of a lesson and then evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the lesson.

Instructions

For this assignment, view the Fifth Grade Math Lesson video by the link provided and then answer the four questions on the Evaluation of Video Lesson Template.

Each response must contain at least 200 words. Each answer must include at least one citation from the course textbook, one citation from the Bible, and one citation from a scholarly journal article published within the last five years. This assignment must follow current APA format and include a title page and reference page

https://youtu.be/v5BLmWlwTQU (video)