In 500-750 words, identify the school setting, summarize, and reflect upon your interviews and explain how you will use your findings in your future professional practice.

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Flowchart/Graphic Organizer of Special Education Process

The process and timelines required for referral, evaluation, eligibility determination, placement, development of the IEP, and implementation of services is prescribed by law and all members of the IEP team are responsible for understanding the process.

Obtain information and materials for families of individuals with disabilities. Based on the materials provided to the families, create a flowchart/graphic organizer depicting the special education process and laws followed within a school. The flowchart/graphic should depict the processes of referral, evaluation, determination of eligibility, placement, development and implementation of the IEP, progress monitoring, and the reevaluation process. Timelines and required parental should be included.

In addition to your completed flowchart or graphic organizer, write a 500-750 word parent-friendly letter about the special education process. In the letter, explain the roles of the school, the parents, and the students.

Support your flowchart/graphic organizer with a minimum of two resources.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

Field Experience B: Special Education Teacher and General Education Teacher Interviews

The role of the special education professional is a collaborative role and requires a specific skill set and understanding of the laws and regulations that prescribe the procedures and processes to ensure a free appropriate public education to students with disabilities.

This is a Block 1 Field Experience. In this block, your field experience must be completed before or after school, or other designated times when students are not present.

You will interview a special education teacher and a general education teacher for this assignment to gain a better understanding of the roles and responsibilities of these service providers in the school setting.

Allocate at least 3 hours in the field to support this field experience.

Interview a certified special education teacher and a general education teacher from a K-12 setting about the following:

  1. What is your role in the IEP process?
  2. What steps need to be followed prior to an IEP being created for an individual with disabilities?
  3. How do you involve parents in the special education process?
  4. What support do you offer parents of individuals with disabilities?
  5. How do you collaborate with the school psychologist and administration in the special education process?
  6. What resources and training does the district provide teachers regarding special education?
  7. How do you collect data for IEP progress monitoring?

Additionally, ask the special education teacher the following

  • How do you collaborate with general education teachers to meet the needs of your students?

Ask the general education teacher the following:

  • How do you collaborate with the special education teacher to meet the needs of your students?

In 500-750 words, identify the school setting, summarize, and reflect upon your interviews and explain how you will use your findings in your future professional practice.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

Document the locations and hours you spend in the field on your Clinical Field Experience Verification Form.

Submit the Clinical Field Experience Verification Form to the LMS in the last topic. Directions for submitting can be found on the College of Education site in the Student Success Center.

 What are some of the challenges teachers can experience as they establish objectives and assessments and how would you mitigate the challenges?  

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 What are some of the challenges teachers can experience as they establish objectives and assessments and how would you mitigate the challenges?

RESPOND TO THESE TWO STUDENT POST

In your response to the postings of these two learners, review and provide feedback on their suggestions. From a real-world standpoint, will their suggestions contribute to inclusive and safe environments? Are they practical to implement? Why or why not?

Kianna post

I believe that a child’s environment can hinder or help the child. According to Swim (2006) (as cited in Allen & Cowdery, 2015, pg. 330), “Taking time to reflect on the physical environment is imperative as it is considered the “third teacher” in the classroom. In other words, the environment provides guidance to the children and adults about appropriate behavior (p. 101)”.  It is important that a child learns in a supportive, safe, and helpful environment. To demonstrate this environment, the indoor space should be in an open environment. Open environments should be spaced out, children should be able to move freely, and be clutter-free. Your students should also have easy access to everything in the classroom. With that, children can get developmentally appropriate materials (level books, puzzles), resources, or manipulatives on their own through appropriate furniture. Furniture such as cabinets, couches, tables, cubbies, etc. should be child-sized. According to Watson & McMathren (as cited Allen & Cowdery, 2015, pg. 340), “Furniture is stable and at varying heights to meet the needs of the children”. Other than stable furniture, the furniture (cubbies, cabinets, or desks) should not have sharp edges, to ensure safety while learning. Also, your outdoor play area should have the appropriate equipment such as swing sets, slides, seesaws, etc. To create an inclusive environment, the outdoor play should follow the SAFE program. According to Thompson, Hudson, & Olsen (2006), “The areas include adequate Supervision, Age-appropriate design, suitable Fall surfacing, and Equipment and surface maintenance (as cited in Allen & Cowdery, 2015, pg. 341). It is important that we, as adults, monitor the children and make sure the equipment safe to use.

Treena post

 

An inclusive classroom and outdoor play are essential in fostering lifelong learners. Allen and Cowdery (2015) help us to understand many ways to create a safe environment and enabling the foresight of knowing the classroom is another teacher (p. 330). Bredekamp & Copple (2009) mention that teachers who are familiar with the safety policies and procedures are better to equip at providing appropriate measures to ensure safety. Another safety provision, some teachers take for granted is “attentive supervision” (p. 152). Marie is playing in the school’s gym. The gym has some riding vehicles, a slide/jungle gym combo, and a safety mat. Marie’s class is playing in the gym; her teacher is talking with the assistant teacher, so she was unaware that Marie hurt herself. Marie fell as she was running and, slipped on the safety mat. If Marie’s teachers were more attentive, this incident was preventable. Ideal inclusive classrooms are clutter-free, purposefully design with established routines  (Allen & Cowdery, 2015, p.331). Therefore, child-size furniture, developmentally appropriate content such as blocks, dramatic play, books, carpeting, centers, cubbies should meet all safety standards.

Teachers should continually assess their learning environment to discern if their environment is safe, developmentally appropriate, and inclusive. In my school, we do not maintain the outdoor play area; however, it is our responsibility to ensure our student’s safety. The most effective ways are providing outdoor play rules, name to face recognition procedures, and logic. Monkey bars are used to assist children with gross motor skills; however, they can be dangerous. We must always think about our children and how to create memorable learning experiences in the safest ways possible.  Indoor or outdoor, we must ensure that all equipment is in good, working condition, correctly and appropriately place, and clean. In conclusion, as the new school year approaches, we must take this and every opportunity to ensure our children are learning in an environment that is safe, inclusive, and developmentally appropriate.

Would reporting mental illness as a part of gun control background checks be a violation of HIPAA or the privacy act? Would it solve the problem or even make a difference?

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Current Event

Instructions: Students will participate in the discussion and answer the question(s) provided in the current event topic

Message from student: Here is my current event for the week. Lets treat this like a think tank and provide solutions and courses of actions to solve these problems.

https://www.cfr.org/in-brief/domestic-us-terror-threat-what-know The Domestic U.S. Terror Threat: What to Know, Council on Foreign Relations, August 6, 2019.

Here is a second very short article on the social media issues regarding the shootings. https://www.cfr.org/blog/terrorism-social-media-and-el-paso-tragedy Terrorism, Social Media, and the El Paso Tragedy, 

Council on Foreign Relations, August 6, 2019. 

In the past two (2) consecutive weeks the United States has experienced three (3) active shooter/mass killings. One here in our area. These killings bring up some volatile policy topics that have been

debated and ignored for years. As Public Administrators we are tasked to make “tough” policy decisions that are grounded in ethics, accountable, demonstrate social responsibility, feasible,

truthful & factual, follow the rule of law, constitutional, protect the public, and actually solve the problem.  As Public Administrators(not Politicians), How do we solve the problems that are weaved

into the fabric of these heinous crimes while providing realistic strategies and preserving our Constitutional Rights. The following are questions and reasons(I say that loosely) that have come up since these shootings took place:

· Hate groups-How do we address violent extremist groups? White Nationalism, xenophobia, Anarchist-ANTIFA, racial and ethnic prejudice.  When does Free Speech become a crime? Are there limits? Is the President’s rhetoric contributing by fanning the flames?

· How do we realistically stop the violence? Does it involve Gun Control-Universal Background Checks, High Capacity Magazines/Drums, Assault Weapons? What is your policy recommendation?

· Would reporting mental illness as a part of gun control background checks be a violation of HIPAA or the privacy act? Would it solve the problem or even make a difference?

· Is Social Media, Cyber activities, Video games, or bad parenting to blame? Does it need regulating or do we let it be a “deep web” free for all? Do we need a PATRIOT ACT LITE type of policy implementation to monitor home grown extremist groups?

· Domestic Terrorism vs. Terrorism is there a difference and are we actively doing enough to stop it?

Discuss the defense mechanisms that can be used to prevent an attack by unmanned aerial vehicles. After reviewing this article, do you believe that drones could be used to attack first responders at the scene of a minor or major incident response?

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n this unit, you have learned about the different types of unmanned aerial vehicles that exist in the public and private sectors. You have also learned about the use of drone technology used by first responders to prepare for, respond to, and recover from an incident. What is the feasibility that the same technology will be used in a terrorist or lone-wolf attack in the United States?

For this assignment, you will read and review an article that attempts to answer that very question. Click the link provided to access the article, and read pages 2–17 of the PDF.

Hughes, M., & Hess, J. (2016). An assessment of lone wolves using explosive-laden consumer drones in the United States. Global Security and Intelligence Studies, 2(1), 62–80. Retrieved from https://apus.libguides.com/ld.php? content_id=41237096

After reading the article, write a review that addresses, at a minimum, the following areas: Give a brief overview of the article and the study’s purpose. Explain lone-wolf terrorism in the United States today. How have lone-wolf terrorists begun to integrate technology such as drone usage into their plans to orchestrate attacks in the United States? Discuss why the use of drones by terrorist groups or lone-wolf terrorists is expected to increase in the future. Discuss the defense mechanisms that can be used to prevent an attack by unmanned aerial vehicles. After reviewing this article, do you believe that drones could be used to attack first responders at the scene of a minor or major incident response? What are the motives? The authors conclude with several suggestions for future research in this area. Which area do you feel is most critical and should be prioritized? Explain your opinion. Conclude your review with your overall thoughts and viewpoints on the article. Do you agree or disagree with the authors’ points? How do you feel the information presented relates to the concepts you learned in this unit and the future of homeland security?

Your article review should be a minimum of three pages in full length, not counting the title and reference pages. It should be well organized and offer an insightful and thorough analysis with a strong argument and evidence. You are required to use at least two sources in addition to the Hughes and Hess article to support your analysis. All sources used must be properly cited. Your article review, including all references, should be formatted in APA style.

Reference:  Baggett, R. K., Foster, C. S., & Simpkins, B. K. (Eds.). (2017). Homeland security technologies for the 21st century. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.

Down below is the article you have to read and write about.