This week we focused about students that have special needs other than disabilities. In lecture, we talked about the differences between a 504 plan and an IEP through IDEA. This concept always confused me from when we first started learning about this at the beginning of the semester so it was very helpful to finally distinguish between everything and connecting all the dots. We also touched briefly on the rules with cyber bullying and harassment.When teachers are told or see first-hand students that are dealing with any kind of abuse: emotional, mental, or physical they are required by law to report it to the school psychologist and they take it further with the School Resource Officer. WE as teachers cannot be in trouble with reporting this as long as we are documenting EVERYTHING and are told first-hand, rather than by another student.
In lecture, we also explained the differences between UDL and UDA. Universal Design for Learning is preparing the curriculum before knowing the students. For example, building in advance ramps and other wheelchair accessible tools that is accessible to all, rather than having to change the building later. Universal Design for Assessment is creating assessments that are available to all, focusing on what the target skill is and what the access skill is.
Regarding children's health, it has been proven that stimulation and extra nutrition is crucial for students to succeed. In addition, protective relationships and guidance helps students have greater resilience to challenges that always come in life.
The group presentation was about traumatic brain injury and orthopedic impairments. Typically, traumatic brain injuries are a result of an injury. There are 2 types of injuries: closed head and open head injuries. We talked about primary damage and secondary damage. Moral of the story with Spina bifita-take prenatals with Folic Acid BEFORE getting pregnant in order to avoid this growth on the spine or other location on the body.
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