SPE 226 Educating the Exceptional Learner
SPE226
Educating the Exceptional Learner
SPE226 Full Course-GCU
SPE 226 Topic 1 DQ 1
Explain the concept of special education. What is the impact of both cultural diversity and linguistic diversity on special education? Be sure to remember that students with linguistic diversity are not necessarily special education students.
SPE 226 Topic 1 DQ 2
If you were to propose a reauthorization to IDEA, what changes would you propose regarding special education?
SPE 226 Week 1 Assignment Attitude, Legislation, and Litigation
Details:
Write an essay of 1,000-1,250 words in which you address the social implications of attitude, legislation, and litigation on the lives of students with
disabilities. Include the following components in your essay:
Explain how thinking has changed regarding the understanding of students with disabilities. How has legislation and litigation influenced the education of students with disabilities?
There are many challenges facing educators, which include increasingly higher standards and teacher accountability for student performance. What do you predict will happen to students with disabilities in the current educational climate and special education in the future?
What was your initial response during your first personal encounter with an individual with a disability? Based on your current knowledge and experiences, how would your response be different now?
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. Be sure to use three scholarly sources to prepare your paper.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
SPE 226 Week 1 Weekly Journal 1
Details:
Write a reflection journal of 350-400 words that addresses the following questions:
What are the key points in the assigned textbook reading for this week?
Based upon your experience in education, how might you apply this content to a classroom and instruction?
While GCU 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 GCU documentation guidelines, which can be found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to directions in the Student Success Center. Submit this assignment by the end of Week 1.
SPE 226 Topic 2 DQ 1
What are the challenges that special educators face in planning and providing special education services to students with disabilities? Which do you think are the most significant and why?
SPE 226 Topic 2 DQ 2
What are existing support systems, services, or resources for parents and families of children with special needs? Focus on those of local, state, and federal government. Research privately run support systems and share those with the class. If you were the parent of a special needs child, what would draw you to any of these and why?
SPE 226 Week 2 Assignment Collaborative Learning Community: Inclusion In-Service Presentation
Details:
This is a CLC assignment. Your instructor will assign you to a CLC group.
Each CLC member should submit to the group a list of concerns a teacher might have about inclusion and a list of benefits for the inclusion of students with disabilities in the classroom.
Next, compare and contrast the two lists each member submitted, noting any similarities, differences, and themes. Some points to consider are:
What might be the reasons for the similarities and differences?
Are there any themes?
How might teachers alleviate their concerns about inclusion of students with disabilities in the classroom?
What are the benefits of inclusion?
What types of training programs could be created for regular education teachers in order to meet the learning needs of students with disabilities?
Finally, as a group, create a 10-15-slide PowerPoint presentation designed to be given at a teacher in-service, that could help alleviate teachers’ concerns about including students with disabilities in their classrooms. Emphasize the benefits of having these students in the classroom. Support your position with research.
Be sure to include speaker’s notes, detailing what would be said if actually giving the presentation.
While GCU style 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 GCU documentation guidelines, which can be found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please 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 Turnitin.
SPE 226 Week 2 Weekly Journal 2
Details:
Write a reflection journal of 350-400 words that addresses the following questions:
What are the key points in the assigned textbook reading for this week?
Based upon your experience in education, how might you apply this content to a classroom and instruction?
While GCU format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid acadmic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using GCU documentation guidelines, which can be found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Succcess Center
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to directions in the Student Success Center.
SPE 226 Topic 3 DQ 1
How would you explain the critical need for transitional services for students with disabilities? What are challenges associated with transitions for students with disabilities?
SPE 226 Topic 3 DQ 2
Early childhood special education services assist parents of infants and toddlers with special needs. In your opinion, what are the ways you can assist the
parents and families to cope with the challenges? Support your opinion with research.
SPE 226 Week 3 Assignment Lifelong Learning
Details:
Write an essay of 1,000-1,250-words in which you discuss the following:
Diagnosis of developmental disabilities, early intervention priorities, educational programs, services for the young exceptional learner, and transitional programs and procedures for young students with disabilities.
Strengths and weaknesses in the assessments and interventions used in early childhood special education and suggestions for improvements
Transitional programs for young students with special needs and outcomes expected from theseprograms.
Prepare this assignment according to the GCU guidelines found in the GCUStyle Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please 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 Turnitin.
SPE 226 Week 3 Weekly Journal 3
Details:
Write a reflection journal of 350-400 words that addresses the following questions:
What are the key points in the assigned textbook reading(s) for this week?
Based upon your experience in education, how might you apply this content to a classroom and instruction?
While GCU 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 GCU documentation guidelines, which can be found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to directions in the Student Success Center.
SPE 226 Topic 4 DQ 1
TASH supports total inclusion of regular students with students with severe and multiple disabilities. How do you respond to this statement? Support your response with evidence.
SPE 226 Topic 4 DQ 2
Why are intelligence and adaptive behavior used to measure intellectual disability?
What other measure would you prefer to use and why?
SPE 226 Week 4 Assignment Educating Special Needs Students
Details:
Write an essay of 1,000-1,250 words in which you address the following:
Define intellectual disability, autism, and multiple disabilities, their causes, and the impact of the disabilities on the education of the student with
intellectual disability.
Identify areas of curriculum necessary for students with mild to moderate disabilities and explain why they are needed.
Prepare this assignment according to the GCU guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please 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 Turnitin.
SPE 226 Weekly Journal 4
Details:
Write a reflection journal of 350-400 words that addresses the following questions:
What are the key points in the assigned textbook reading for this week?
Based upon your experience in education, how might you apply this content to a classroom and instruction?
GCU 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 GCU documentation guidelines, which can be found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to directions in the Student Success Center.
SPE 226 Topic 5 DQ 1
What is the difference between a communication disorder and a learning disability? Why do many children with learning disabilities also have communication or language disorders?
SPE 226 Topic 5 DQ 2
In your opinion, what are the key characteristics of learning disabilities? Do individuals with learning disabilities have low IQs? Support your response with research.
SPE 226 Week 5 Learning Disability Communication Disorder Chart
Details:
Create a “Definition Chart” that defines learning disabilities and communication disorders, identifies characteristics and causes, and describes, with examples, effective teaching strategies and placement options.
GCU format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please 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 Turnitin.
SPE 226 Weekly Journal 5
Details:
Write a reflection journal of 350-400 words that addresses the following questions:
What are the key points in the assigned textbook reading for this week?
Based upon your experience in education, how might you apply this content to a classroom and instruction?
While GCU 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 GCU documentation guidelines, which can be found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to directions in the Student Success Center
SPE 226 Topic 6 DQ 1
What questions do you still have regarding special education?
SPE 226 Topic 6 DQ 2
How important are support systems for students with disabilities? How important are they for the special education teachers? What did you learn about support systems in this class that you will apply to your work environment?
SPE 226 Week 6 Assignment Benchmark- Teaching for Exceptionalities
Details:
General Practicum information:
Students’ practicum experiences should follow the practicum experience requirements, including the diversity and hour requirements for this course.
Benchmark Assessment:
Contact a school, identify yourself as a GCU student, and request an opportunity to observe and participate in two different educational settings/grade levels that serve students with mild to moderate disabilities. Legally, you may not ask what the student’s disability is and you may not look at the IEP without parental permission. Of the total 15 hours required schedule to spend a minimum of 5 hours with the student during this practicum experience in one of the educational settings.
Spend a total of 15 hours, approximately 7.5 hours in two different grade levels. Each setting needs to serve students with mild to moderate disabilities.
During your initial observations of the student, take note of which modalities are strongest for the student (auditory, visual, kinesthetic, etc.). Also, note the curricular areas in which the student exhibits strengths and weaknesses.
Obtain a lesson plan that has been written by the teacher in a curricular area that is a challenge for the student (math, writing, reading, science, etc.). Make a copy of this lesson to submit with the Benchmark Assessment. Review the learning objective, activity/assignment description, and assessment (where applicable).
Write an Accommodation/Lesson Plan based on your observations and inclusive of the following. Ensure that you review the plan with the mentor teacher(s).
A brief description of the targeted student with a disability: (a) Age and grade level of student, (b) Areas of academic strengths/weaknesses, (c) Student’s preferred modalities of learning.
A learning objective that would be more appropriate for the targeted student with disabilities.
An activity/assignment that would match this objective and would be appropriate for the student based on his or her cognitive level.
An assessment for this activity that would be appropriate for the targeted student; consider and describe technologies and other instructional supports that would enhance the learning for this student.
Implement the modified lesson with the targeted student. Seek the mentor teacher’s feedback on your teaching.
Write a 1000-1250-word Reflective Analysis.
Consider the following. Ensure your responses are inherent in the essay, not simply short answers to these questions:
Which accommodations and modifications were successful?
If you taught this lesson again, would you do it the same/different? Explain.
What other accommodations/modifications might the student’s regular education classroom teacher make?
What other accommodations/modifications might the student’s special education classroom teacher make?
What other accommodations/modifications might related service specialists make (where applicable)?
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
Ask the classroom teacher to complete the Classroom Teacher Evaluation Form. Include it, the classroom teacher’s lesson plan, your Accommodation/Lesson Plan, and your Reflective Analysis as the Benchmark Assessment submission to the instructor.
Submit your benchmark assignment and Field Experience activity log to Taskstream.
Directions for submitting to Taskstream can be found on the College of Education site in the Student Success Center.
SPE 226 Weekly Journal 6
Details:
Write a reflection journal of 350-400 words that addresses the following questions:
What are the key points in the assigned textbook reading for this week?
Based upon your experience in education, how might you apply this content to a classroom and instruction?
While GCU 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 GCU documentation guidelines, which can be found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to directions in the Student Success Center.
SPE 226 Topic 7 DQ 1
Functional behavioral assessment (FBA) is a popular topic in special education literature. What is FBA and how does it assist with behavioral challenges?
SPE 226 Topic 7 DQ 2
What does a teacher need to consider in the instructional planning for students with physical and/or health impairments, and traumatic brain injury? Why are these considerations important? What difference does specialized instructional planning make for students with these issues?
SPE 226 Week 7 Assignment Emotional, Behavioral, and Physical Disabilities
Details:
Write an essay of 1,000-1,250 words in which you address the education of students with emotional and behavioral disorders, physical disabilities, health impairments, and traumatic brain injury. Include the following:
Describe and give examples of effective research-based teaching strategies in Math and English Language Arts for students with emotional and behavioral disorders, physical and health impairments, and traumatic brain injury.
Describe what you can do to nurture the self-esteem and self-determination, and enhance the self-advocacy skills, of students with emotional and behavioral disorders, physical and health impairments, and traumatic brain injury.
Describe what can be done to help regular students understand, respect, and respond appropriately to students with disabilities in a class.
Include a summary of ONE of the following topics in your essay:
Investigate the policies, procedures, and programs for the education of students with emotional and behavioral disorders, physical disabilities, other health impairments, and traumatic brain injury in Math and English Language Arts for your local school district. Describe how those procedures are implemented with individual students at a local school.
Attend an IEP meeting of a student with emotional and behavioral disorders, physical disabilities, other health impairments, or traumatic brain injury, or discuss an IEP meeting for one of these students with a member of an IEP team. NOTE: You must obtain written parental permission before attending the IEP meeting.
Visit, observe, and participate in inclusionary and/or special classrooms serving students with emotional and behavioral disorders, physical disabilities, other health impairments, and traumatic brain injury. Discuss behavior modifications and/or academic modifications in Math and English Language Arts that you observed in each setting.
Prepare this assignment according to the GCU guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please 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 Turnitin.
SPE 226 Weekly Journal 7
Details:
Write a reflection journal of 350-400 words that addresses the following questions:
What are the key points in the assigned textbook reading for this week?
Based upon your experience in education, how might you apply this content to a classroom and instruction?
While GCU 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 GCU documentation guidelines, which can be found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to directions in the Student Success Center.
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