...Special Needs Lora D. Purcell SOC120 Instructor Sue Meckert February 20, 2012 Beginning a new career choice at my age; has been a bit overwhelming. I have had to write many challenging papers. This paper for SOC120 has been especially difficult for me to write. I could not relate to the topics my instructor gave us to choose from, none of them clicked with me. We were given permission to write about any topic, as long it was okay with her. I chose a topic that is very dear and passionate to me, special needs children. That is why it becomes difficult for me to write theory based papers, I write from my heart and tend to forget to add the theoretical points to my paper. I hope to share how my thoughts on the subject of special needs will be informative and will enlighten the reader. Trying to inform the public of the special needs environment is a challenge. People need to be taught how to react and respect them, along with family members that care for them. As it is stated; America is a wonderful melting pot of cultural diversity. I believe that the majority of people are open minded and try to be fair. Something happens, though, when some people come in contact with adults and kids with disabilities. It is understandable to be fearful of the unknown. (1) The community I live in is becoming more aware of how they should react and respond to the special...
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...THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT IN NIGERIA HAS NOT DONE ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN NIGERIA INTRODUCTION Special needs may be referred to a term used in clinical diagnostic and functional development to describe individuals who require assistance for disabilities that may be medical, mental, or psychological. Types of special needs vary in severity. People with autism, Down syndrome, dyslexia, blindness, ADHD, or cystic fibrosis, for example, may be considered to have special needs. However, special needs can also include cleft lips and or palates, port wine birth marks, or missing limbs. Students with disabilities, otherwise known as People with special needs are those people with one form of disabilities or the other, capable of limiting their involvement and participation in the regular educational programmes, and subsequently affect their academic performance and functionality in the society. The Nigerian society, like every other one, is composed of individuals with special needs. In Nigeria there is a severe lack of legislation relating to the education of disabled children with the National Policy Education (NPE) and the 'Nigerians with Disability Decree' the only government literature available. Released in 1977, the NPE set out the aims of special education in Nigeria: • To give a concrete meaning to the idea of equalising educational opportunities for all children; their physical, mental and emotional disabilities notwithstanding; • To provide adequate education...
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... Lalitha was busy attending to her patients at her home based clinic, she got a call from the office of Rachna Foundation. The office staff had received a call from the Paper cup machine supplier in Sivakasi, Tamilnadu requesting them to send a scanned copy of the draft at the earliest. The task was simple but a copy of requisition letter signed by her was also required along with the copy of the draft. She hurled into the office at 11 am, completed the formalities and ordered the office staff to complete the rest of the task. In her 2 hours stay at the office, she attended to the teaching staff’s issues and concerns, talked to the parents, called up the corporation office to fix an appointment with the counsellor and called up an NGO which was willing to collaborate with Rachna Foundation. One her way back to the clinic (also her home), she thought of paying a visit to Rachna Foundation’s new building at Palluruthy, Cochin. Even under the 40 degrees hot sun, the construction work was in progress and she was happy with the progress made so far. She slid into her car and was dreaming of the new building which was planned to become operational from July, 2010. It will indeed be a moment of great pride for her and the Foundation when the gates of the new building will be opened to her 150 students strong special school. Pragmatist that she was, she was soon worrying about the challenges the Foundation was already facing in areas of administration, staffing, recruitment of teachers/trainers...
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...How using technology in the special needs classroom can help students learn Shannen M. Brown Florida A&M University Abstract In this research paper I will be examining the best ways to use technology within the special needs classroom to enhance learning. I will be talking about the different assistive technology that can be used, and the adaptive technology that can be used which will all increase the learning ability for these students. The special needs students are sometimes left behind because of their inability to use some of the same tools as the other students, in this research paper I will examine the different technologies and how they can help special needs students. As the world is becoming more and more dependent on technology every aspect of life has to assimilate to that idea including education. Today’s students are growing up with complete knowledge on certain devices that 20 years ago teachers and parents were just getting familiar with. It almost seems as if students are born with knowledge on how to use all these new and exciting things which should make it that much easier to incorporate technology within the classroom. From computers, to smart boards and to ipads our dependence on technology is increasing, increasing at such a high rate maybe pencil and paper will be obsolete in the near future. Within the mainstream classrooms teachers have been working hard to include computer time for the students to help enhance education while some...
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...Special Offenders Vin Sharma CJA/234 4/24/2014 Keone Thomas Special Offenders Definition According to “(Prison Glossary)” Offenders whose mental and/or physical condition requires special accommodation by DOC employees, contract workers, or volunteers. Special needs offenders may include, but are not limited to, drug or alcohol addicts or abusers, the emotionally disturbed, mentally retarded, suspected mentally ill, physically handicapped, chronically ill, the disabled or infirm, those with documented custody issues and those with limited academic ability or learning disability “(Prison Glossary)”. With that being said there are many special needs prisoners, one that many people are familiar with are the mentally ill, and substance abusing. There are many other illnesses then obvious ones, some prisoners have physical problems, others have infectious diseases like HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, while some have serious substance abuse issues. One special offender no one thinks about is the elderly offenders in 2007 over ten percent of inmates in prisons were 50 years or older and many with serious health problems. Mentally ill and substance abusing prisoners In this paper I will be discussing the two common types of special needs offenders, the mentally ill and the substance abusing offenders. Among the prison population there are mentally ill prisoners, special needs offenders, and substance-abusing offenders. These special offenders affect...
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...Case Management Overview Paper Sarah Pierce BSHS405 May 21, 2014 Glenn Cummings Case Management Overview Paper The purpose of this paper is to give a brief overview of case management. This paper will first discuss the 13 various roles and responsibilities of a case manager. Then, it will explain the importance of being able it identify problems and causes of behavior theoretical models. Finally, this paper will define what a special population is and what potential issues a case manager should be prepared to address. Roles and Responsibilities There are many different roles and responsibilities for a case manager; 13 of which are briefly covered below. 1. Outreach worker: Reaches out in the field to find people who need help and refers them to the services they need, then they follow up them to make sure they received the most help or if they needed anything more. 2. Broker: Helps people get to the services they need and also helps the services and the clients communicate. The broker makes contact with the agencies that offer the services for the clients. 3. Advocate: Fights and pleads for change, services, policies, rules, regulations, and laws that will benefit the client. 4. Evaluator: Evaluates client or community needs and problems. The problems could be medical, psychiatric, social, or educational. After evaluating the problems the evaluator formulates a plan. 5. Teacher/Educator: Performs instructional activities 6. Behavior Changer:...
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...Therefore, the quality of education delivered to children with disability in general education was of much debate. It was noted that of the approximately 71,000 students with special needs in secondary schools, 45% goes to ’Hauptschulen’ which are secondary schools to which any child who attended primary school can go to. In contrast, only one in 10 students who manage to attend the 'Realschule', schools which require higher marks for...
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...Abstract Developing countries seeking to build their economy commonly look to attracting multi-national corporations (MNCs) through low cost labor and lucrative tax incentives plans in the hopes of creating a mutually benefiting relationship between both parties. However bringing in these outside businesses poses a legitimate threat to elite special interest groups already existing and thriving in the current economic state. MNCs must due their due diligence when selecting a potential host country and then determine the best strategy to deal with these groups in order to mitigate as much risk as possible. Contents Abstract ……………2. Contents……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3 Intorduction 4 Literature Review 6 MNCs must determine the political environment 6 Why elite special interest groups exist 8 Strategies for dealing with elite special interest groups 9 Corupption………………………………………………………………………… 9 Assisting host government in creating a functioning economy………………… 11 Methodology 12 Conclusion 12 References 16 Multi-National Corporation’s Strategies for Special Interest Groups within a Host Country Research of developing countries has shown that economic growth is closely correlated to its cash flows and the quickest way for developing countries to increase those cash flows is through attracting new businesses. Technology has played a major role in the globalization of business and has made it much easier for corporations...
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...For this paper, I have selected one special population that I believe I want to work with and assist. The first step involves discussing the populations reviewed and the one selected as well as why the selection was made. The writer will discuss why the interest formed on that specific area and what she thinks she would bring to helping that would benefit this specific population. Special populations include groups of people who may face vulnerabilities because of circumstances. People within these populations are cannot advocate for themselves and depend on others for support and services. People who fall into the category of vulnerable populations are children, the elderly, the disabled, and the mentally disabled. Populations Reviewed For the purposes of this paper, I looked into two different special populations. The first group I reviewed was the elderly. The elderly often face ridicule and stereotyping and this can lead to abuse and neglect. In fact, many elderly people function independently in society but for others, aging cause problems with their ability to make sound decisions, care for their own physical and financial needs, and several other issues. This is why many of the elderly need the assistance of support services. I am really interested in elderly care do to the fact I hear so much in the news about elderly mistreated. I think of my grandparents while hearing this. I feel even though they are elderly doesn’t mean they don’t have feeling. I...
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...An Essay: An evaluation of how workplace practice is influenced and directed by a specific social policy. Social policy is “the theoretical pursuit of norms about how we think society ‘ought’ to behave” (Alcock et al. 2008) in action it consists of plans and interventions put in place by the government and social services to improve the wellbeing of society. There are five main areas influenced by social policies derived to improve services for the classic welfare state namely, education, housing, social security, health and social work. Social policy is intimately concerned with how to address and ameliorate social problems and with the analysis of the success or failure of policies designed to improve welfare and wellbeing (Alcock et all. 2008:2-3) Historically social policy can be seen as far back as 1388 when “attempts were made to fix wages and to limit the mobility of labour which may cause wages to rise” (Alcock, 2008:9) a more methodical system of poor relief was introduced in Victorian times, the Elizabethan Poor Law Acts of 1598 and 1601 to house and provide work for the poor under the direction of local parishes. Following this the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 set the foundations for social policy and the modern welfare state today by changing the way that poor law was dealt with, it was streamlined into universal laws and principles that towards the end of the 18th century prompted formation of the English government. The...
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...THE FORMULATION OF SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION POLICY BOAZ Paper presented at the Fourth International Special Education Congress, Birmingham, 10-13 April 1995 University of Manchester School of Education April 1995 THE RELEVANCE OF INDIGENOUS CUSTOMARY EDUCATION PRINCIPLES IN THE FORMULATION OF SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION POLICY Joseph Kisanji INTRODUCTION The Salamanca Statement and Framework for Action on Special Needs Education adopted at the World Conference on Special Needs Education in June 1994 reaffirmed commitment of the world community to “Education for All” and urged governments to “give the highest policy and budgetary priority to improve their education systems to enable them to include all children regardless of individual differences and difficulties”. The United Nations (1994) in its “Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities” urges Member States in Rule Number 6 to ensure special needs education “is an integral part of the education system”. These statements in support of the “Education for All” campaign which was given the blessing of the international community at the 1990 Jomtien Conference provide broad guidelines for national and local action. However, national governments have to unpack the guidelines to make "Education for All" a practical reality for people with special needs. This unpacking,...
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...debate that has been occurring for years is whether or not special needs students should either be included or excluded from exiting assessment testing for graduation. There are facts that show that these students should be exempt because the tests that are being used to not test the students true knowledge. The standardized tests are based on normal student knowledge on what was being taught and that their comprehension skills are normal. Special needs student should not be exempt from testing to graduate as this will give the student a higher level of self esteem. The bureaucrats and politicians are directing on what students have to due to pass to each grade or to graduate. They are not taking into consideration the special needs student like student that have English as a second language. Bureaucrats and politicians have placed on school some unreasonable requirement that no child be left behind but they do not given the school districts the freedom to achieve this. Schools have to show improvements in such a short time frame that it places undue stress on the principles, teacher and students. All special needs student need to be included in testing for advancement and graduation to make these students able to obtain jobs in the future. According to Hurren, B. L., Rutledge, M., & Garvin, A. B. (Feb 2006) the way to help these student the skills is assess the student during the year and determine what needs to be changed in the classroom. In this study a teacher Matt...
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...Research the History of Special Education SPE/300 September 8, 2014 SONJA Lamppa Research the History of Special Education Accessible housing. (N.D.). Website: http://www.accessiblehousing.org/rights/disabilities.asp This website offers detailed information on accessible housing and the rights offered for disabled Americans when housing is considered. According to the laws in the United States of America afforded to all American’s, and does not allow for discrimination for disability, race, color, religion or any other reason. This website also offers information for the fair housing act from the start in 1973 and all the changes throughout the years. Also this website offers information on housing programs, rental programs, as well as community resources and every property search options. Americans with Disabilities Act (N.D.) Website: http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/disability/ada.htm This website is the website for the United States department of labor and offers information on the Americans with Disabilities Act and a person with disabilities rights as a disabled person. As well as many other resources are available on this site including current wages, unemployment insurance and rights to all Americans with or without disabilities. Moody, A. (2012). Website: http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2012/05/the-education-for-all-handicapped-children-act-a-faltering-step-towards-integration/ This website offers information from...
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...Should Special Needs Students Be Exempt from Graduation Test Misty A. Clark AED/200 September 16, 2012 Kimberly Jackson Should Special Needs Students Be Exempt from Graduation Test The debate of should special needs students be exempt from taking Graduation tests has been going on for years. There are facts in which shows these students should be exempt from these test because these test are based on normal students’ knowledge. The standardized test is based on what normal students have learned and on their comprehension skill. Special needs students should not be exempted from taking this test to graduate because it will help with their self-esteem and also will give them a higher level of knowing what they can achieve. The Bureaucrats and Politicians who passes these education laws on which test the students has to passed to graduate or even which grade they need to be in don’t put into consideration on students with special needs or students who haves English for a second language. Bureaucrats and politicians has padded a law called “No Child Left Behind” in which is telling the schools for any reason no child should be left behind and are not giving the school districts the freedom to achieve this. This is putting a lot of stress on the principal, teachers and even the students because there are some students who work at a slower pace than others and the school system is not achieving the score they need to be achieving. Some of the school system is not...
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...Despite the promotion of inclusive education, Govt. has focus on inclusive education as being about inclusion in the education system, but not specifically in the mainstream. We have adopted qualitative approach and secondary information on the status of inclusive education obtained from government documents, reports and available literature for the study. The review concludes although India’s remarkable progress to provide inclusive education, there is need to bridge the gaps in education system to build a strong system of inclusive education and must continue to improve the lives of its citizens. The study will help us have holistic perspective with respect to dealing with inclusive education. Keywords: inclusive education, legislation, India Introduction: Inclusion is an educational approach and philosophy that provides all students with community membership and greater opportunities for academic and social achievement. Inclusion is about making sure that each and every student feels welcome and that their unique needs and learning styles are attended to and valued. Inclusion remains a controversial concept in education because it relates to educational and social values, as...
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