...Abstract This paper includes a reference list of literature relating to components of successful inclusion for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder. In general, the literature seems to indicate what practices are effective for successfully including ASD students with typical peers, as well as, if inclusion is right for all ASD students. The literature includes evidence that the different components support students’ progress in general education settings. More empirical data needs to be collected to see if different components work for all students with Autism Spectrum Disorder while with typical peers. Keywords: students with ASD, inclusion, typical peers, successful strategies, perceptions of inclusion, support, and modification for students. Topical Reference List: Inclusion of Autism Spectrum Disorder Students Until recently, the common practice was to pull children with Autism or other disabilities out of regular education classrooms for majority of the day or even have them completely segregated. It seemed more efficient to provide specialized instruction in separate classrooms where children with Autism could received individualized attention without having to alter the mainstream curriculum that typical peers received. But, different practices were proposed in the 1980’s for greater efforts to “include” students with disabilities into regular education classrooms. The main purpose of my study is to determine how full inclusion makes a difference...
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...Section 4 How can I create an inclusive workplace? This section offers step-by-step advice on the measures you can take to make your workplace more inclusive. There are five stages in this process: 1. Consider what you want to achieve and what the benefits will be. 2. Undertake an inclusion review of your workplace. 3. Decide where work is needed and create an action plan. 4. Communicate the plan with staff and put the plan into action. 5. Review, monitor and evaluate the plan's impact and use what you find to plan future action. Consider what you want to achieve Do an inclusion review Create an action plan Communicate the plan and put it into action Review and monitor the plan’s impact Consider what you want to achieve Do an inclusion review Create an action plan Communicate the plan and put it into action Review and monitor the plan’s impact 4.1 Consider what you want to achieve This first stage of the process involves looking at your organisation: its size, the type of work it does, where it is located, who it employs, who uses its services, and what its goals are; and thinking about how it could become more inclusive. Your organisation has particular characteristics, and business needs must be factored in. There may be sector-specific standards and legal requirements and duties with which you need to comply and you might provide services for very diverse or very similar communities and customers. You might experience particular...
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...on health and development during pre-pregnancy, pregnancy and breastfeeding. Understand the nutritional needs of children. Understand the impact of poor diet on children’s health and development. Understand individuals’ dietary requirements and preferences. Be able to support healthy eating in own setting. Unit 1.2 WB (A/505/9809) Promote healthy lifestyles for children through exercise The learning outcomes for this unit are: Understand children’s need for exercise. Be able to support children’s exercise in an indoor and outdoor space Unit 1.3 WB (M/505/9810) Support physical care routines for children The learning outcomes for this unit are: Understand the physical care needs of children. Be able to use hygienic practice to minimise the spread of infection. Understand rest and sleep needs of children. Understand childhood immunisation. Be able to support children in personal physical care routines. Unit 1.4 WB (T/505/9811) Promote children’s emotional well-being The learning outcomes for this unit are: Understand children’s needs in relation to emotional well-being. Understand the requirements for promoting emotional well-being in relation to current frameworks. Understand the needs of children during transition and significant events. Be able to promote the emotional well-being of children in own setting. Unit 1.5 (A/505/9812) Understand how to support children who are unwell The learning outcomes for this unit are: Know common...
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...being open to different perspectives, being aware of stereotypes and prejudiced behavior in your class, and being ready to help every student in your class become engaged in the material and learn. Getting the student familiar with the new environment is an important part to make the student feel welcome. Fostering social interaction also plays a crucial role in determining how well and healthy a child adjusts to the new environment. To help foster social interaction begin by giving the new student jobs such as distributing or collecting handouts, crayons, napkins, etc. This will help the student feel as though they play a role in the everyday function of class. Also, see that they have the appropriate texts and supplies. A student’s parents can offer a lot of insight and information into a student. You can learn some possible ways to aide in the new student’s...
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...Classroom Management 1. Describe and critically discuss the major features of the main approaches to behaviour management the Porter (2007) describes in her text. 2. Critically review the appropriateness of each model to Australian Primary or Secondary School settings. INTRODUCTION Classroom management is a highly emotive and at times spurious phrase. It conjures up many images and experiences in which there are abundant publications bursting with competing theories, applications and never-ending analysis. Google the phrase and over 100,000 pages are listed with various approaches that range from common sense applications to profound theoretical dissertations on the subject (50 ways to handle the difficult class, 10 ways to deal with defiant students, Managing excessive talking successfully, etc...). However, disruptive behaviours in the classroom have real costs including: • distracting other students and the teacher in class • reducing student involvement in the learning process • lowering other students' motivation in or out of class for that particular subject • influencing fairness in assessment • using the teacher’s teaching time unproductively • teacher and students experience a lack of respect Porter (2007)[1] draws down on all the competing theories of classroom management and summarises five/six approaches which take in holistic, constructive, preventative and remedial strategies. These approaches include: ...
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...NBT1 Classroom Management (1114) Task 1 Michael Huffman 000425912 20160316 A1. Positive Social Interaction Ms. Smith’s homework policy has some positive ideas within it in order to develop the students and parents social and interaction skills. For example by providing handouts for students to review and give to their parents allows the parents to get involved in the child’s education and provide guidance for them in regards to homework requirements. Also, by writing the assignments on the board it forces students to get into the classroom mindset prior to the beginning of class (Akalin, 2015). Furthermore by allowing students to appeal their homework grade after an assignment is completed lets them have a voice within the classroom and challenge the decisions of others when they feel as though they are correct. I hope to teach in the fifth grade and this type of policy would open a line of communication between myself and the students as well as between myself and the parents. A2. Self-Motivation This policy extensively promotes each student to take personal responsibility for their own completion of all assignments as well as encourages parents to get involved in their child’s educational requirements. Ms. Smith provides the guidance by issuing handouts as well as daily details on the whiteboard for the students to reference. After that, the students must ensure the homework is complete, turned in and picked up on time in order to obtain the proper grades for the assignments...
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...to adopt; and allows second parent same-sex adoption (Lifelong Adoptions, 2013). New Jersey has passed progressive laws and policies that prohibit discrimination charged against LGBT individuals in the adoption process (Lifelong Adoptions, 2013). New Jersey state law also bans discrimination against LGBT individuals in the foster parent process (Lifelong Adoptions, 2013). New Jersey Statutes Annotated 9:3-43 enables for any person to adopt permitted the said person(s) pass a background investigation and meet adoption criteria for eligibility (Onelce, 2012). Unmarried joint adoptive parents petitioning to adopt a child can do so because of N.J.S.A. 9:3-43 (Onelce, 2012). In “Re-adoption of Two Children” by H.N.R., 666 A.2d 535 (Onelce, 2012) addresses second parent adoption; this statute exercises the possibility for an individual to petition for shared rights of custody with a parent who already possesses legal parental custody of a child. Several states prohibit joint adoption due to unmarried status. This statute is favorable for unmarried parents seeking to adopt in New Jersey. This New Jersey statute provides for an overall tolerant atmosphere for LGBT individuals and couples looking to adopt or become foster parents. In summary, laws and policies regarding same-sex adoption vary from state to state. Forms of Adoption The three common forms of adoptive guardianship are individual (single) parent adoption, joint adoption, and second parent adoption (Adoption, foster care...
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...Process Evaluation DRAFT Report School Community Liaison and Security Programme Prepared for the National Committee for Families and Children (NPA M&E Sub-Committee);and Ministry of Education, Youth & Sports John D. Flowers Table of Contents Executive Summary ......................................................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. 1.0 1.2 1.2.1 1.2.2 1.1.3 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.2 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.2.1 3.2.2 3.2.3 3.2.4 3.2.5 3.3 3.5 3.5.1 3.5.2 3.5.3 3.5.4 3.6 Background ................................................................................................................................................................................ 2 Project Description and Scope .......................................................................................................................................... 3 Purpose of the Consultancy ..................................................................................................................................... 4 Scope ............................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Key Activities and Main Deliverables .................................................................................................................... 4 Evaluation Design and Framework .....................................................................
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...success: family expectations, relationships with caring adults in the school, ambition to overcome poverty and their ability to elude gangs as the most important. As a Latino immigrant, public school graduate, urban educator and parent engagement advocate, this topic speaks to me in a very personal way. I would also cite the aforementioned as important factors in my success. I believe family and home relationships are crucial to the potential success of our minority students. I have been teaching regular and ESL students for 13 years; I have no doubt that our families want the best of their children and want them to succeed; the disconnect lies on how minorities define and measure success as opposed to middle class America. I can certainly speak for my family and the Latino community I represent. Many Latino parents believe that learning the language and securing a job is being successful. The majority of Latino families come from poor and oppressed third world countries; therefore it is understandable that for those families living in the United States, having a job and sending their children to school can also fit the definition of success. American schools revolve around norms and language that are foreign to our minority students and parents. Urban school communities need to revisit or create home-school communication protocols with the conviction that these relationships are...
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...Is there a link between Inclusion and Pupil Achievement During the course of this assignment I would like to investigate attitudes and beliefs with regard to the links between inclusion and pupil achievement. I will demonstrate how my role within the workplace incorporates certain responsibilities towards this. I will discuss inclusion procedures used within the workplace and express where my research indicates it could be improved. An overview of my current role I am currently acting as a volunteer at a local secondary school, working in a specialist centre where children attend since for varying reasons, they are unable to study in mainstream school. The centre is very small so the staff take on many changing roles and I find that so do I. The centre aims to achieve understanding of the child’s needs, dealing with any issues influencing the child’s behaviour and ultimately giving the child the security he or she needs to learn in the centre, of if possible eventually retuning to mainstream school. Above all we set out to achieve the five outcomes set out in Every Child Matters: Change for Children in Schools (DfES 2004e) by ensuring the children are: • Healthy • Stay Safe • Enjoy and achieve • Make a positive contribution • Achieve economic and social well-being Reasons for undertaking this research There appears to be three levels of inclusion used for special needs pupils these are: • Inclusion in the classroom within the mainstream school...
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...The Benefits of Inclusion for Exceptional Students George Santos Brandman University EDUU 511 Abstract Inclusion is a very controversial concept in education today. It is the idea of including special education students in a general education class. This class will provide the special education, or exceptional student, with the support and resources needed to succeed in that environment. This paper will analyze and discuss inclusion. Evidence and support will be provided to defend the position that inclusion provides benefits for both exceptional and non-disabled students. The Benefits of Inclusion for Exceptional Students One of the most controversial concepts in all of education is the concept of inclusion (Hallahan, Kauffman, & Pullen, 2012). Inclusion is the idea that a student with special needs, or an “exceptional student”, attend and is educated in the classroom that this student would normally attend if they were non-disabled. Erwin explains that "the true essence of inclusion is based on the premise that all individuals with disabilities have a right to be included in naturally occurring settings and activities with their neighborhood peers, siblings, and friends" (Erwin, 1993, p. 1). Inclusion includes the commitment to bring resources and services to the exceptional students as opposed to moving them to a segregated location that holds these services and resources (Lipsky & Gartner, 1994). Inclusion is the idea for exceptional students to begin...
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...your assertions with evidence from the readings and your own experiences LD Processing. Watch the video F.A.T. City LD Processing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?) by Rick Lavoie. Based on the readings, your experiences, and this video, what are some of your new insights on students with learning disabilities? What are some of the social, emotional, and academic, and processing needs of students with LD? What are five strategies you can use to support their needs? Inclusion. Reflect on this week’s learning on inclusion. Why do you think inclusion is an important element in meeting the needs of students with disabilities? What factors do you think would impact inclusion being successful in a school? How would you define “success” for an inclusive classroom? Raising Disability Awareness. For this assignment, you will explore disability areas to increase awareness regarding the characteristics and educational needs of each area. The disability areas that will be explored are learning disabilities, emotional/behavioral disabilities, intellectual disabilities, and autism. For each disability area, find one source specific to the disability (i.e. children’s book, journal article, multimedia resources, advocacy organization websites, professional...
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...of school going. In fact participation in high-quality after-school services is related to a positive outcomes for participants, including greater self-confidence, increased civic engagement, better school attendance, improved academic achievement and decreased delinquency. 1. School age childcare. After school projects can be organised in different ways and in different settings. The most common types of services available include: 1. A project where children and young people are cared for in a safe and secure play and recreational environment. 2. Mixed environments where children and young people can play, do homework and are supported in all activities. Social, sporting and cultural activities are seen as the most important features of these programmes. Afterschool Care for children of school going age, after school until you finish work. Usually incorporates an evening meal or snack and supervised time to complete homework exercises. But it’s not all work, afterschool play and outdoor activities are also included! Basically we can define School Age Childcare as being “Childcare for school going children provided outside of normal school hours where the same children attend the childcare facility on a regular basis and access to the service is clearly defined by agreement with parents and guardians.” (http://cmi.mannadev.net/) 2. Participation Participation is closely linked to freedom of expression, essentially meaning involvement or having a say in something...
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...Capacity Building Series SECRETARIAT SPECIAL EDITION #20 Student Voices Teacher: What happens in your mind when you read a chapter book? Student: I dream of something – like I’m flying or I can be a superhero. In my mind I can be anything I want from those books. Conversation with Grade 2 student Student Identity and Engagement in Elementary Schools Developing awareness, understanding and respect for what matters to students has become critical in education today because “learning can no longer be understood as a one-way exchange where we teach, they learn.” Rather, “it is a reciprocal process that requires teachers to help students learn with understanding” (Willms, Friesen, & Milton, 2009). In the shift from a transmission to a discourse model of education, researchers verify what classroom teachers know intuitively – that ensuring students are listened to and valued and respected for who they are leads to greater student engagement which, in turn, leads to greater student achievement (Cummins, et al., 2005; Flessa et al., 2010; Leithwood, McAdie, Bascia, & Rodrigue, 2006; Willms, Friesen, & Milton, 2009). In their recent work on education reform, Andy Hargreaves and Dennis Shirley (2009) also build on this insight, urging education leaders and policy makers to ensure that students are recognized as “partners in change rather than merely targets of change efforts and services – more involved in their own learning and learning choices, actively consulted about the quality...
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...models. I truly believe teachers are the future of our education. One thing that specifically led me into teaching is having parents in the education system. My mom being a Kindergarten teacher and my dad being an 8th grade social studies teacher has empowered me to further the role of “teaching.” Also, being able to have an impact on many students through the years seems to be very rewarding. Ultimately, the teacher can be a very vital resource for the students and to have the responsibly of that can be very powerful. Part of being a teacher is arranging your classroom according to your fit and your students fit. With this being...
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