Ch. 5 Learning Log

What?

This chapter discusses about Students with Special Needs. We learned that IDEA is Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Which is the U.S. legislation granting educational rights from birth until age 21 for people with cognitive, emotional, or physical disabilities. Each of those students have an IEP (Individualized education program) which is a written description of an appropriate instructional program for a student with special needs.
In schools today they are trying to do more inclusions. Which is a practice of educating all students, including those with sever and multiple disabilities in neighborhood schools and general education classrooms. With doing that there is a least restrictive environment which is most typical and standard educational environment that can reasonably meet the needs of a student with a disability. Along with the special needs we also have gifted students. Those are ones who have unusually high abilities or aptitude in one or more areas, to such a degree that students require special educational services to help them meet their full potential.



So What?
It is very important to know about the things talked about in this chapter because we will be dealing with all types of students when it comes to being a teacher. We need to be well prepared before we become a teacher to know the different types of students we will have. Its important to know especially a great amount of information on the students who have special needs, since they will be needing more attention than the other students in my class.

Now What?
Learning about the students with special needs will help me be prepared when I become a teacher. I need to not see these students as weird people or objects. Its also important to teach these things to my students so that they do not think differently about the students with special needs. It is important to be well educated with the students, so that you can have a special relationship with the students who have special needs. Inclusion is very important for having all the students learn how to work with other people who are not like themselves. By having inclusion this will help to promote better relationships with others.