Understanding students with learning disabilities
By Chelsea Winter
EDI 15A Psychological Perspective: Teaching & Learning
School of Education
Long Island University, C. W. Post
February 12, 2009
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Today we watched a video on special education. The video was a great learning tool because I know very little about special needs children and how to work with them in a classroom setting.
One of the most important lessons I learned from the video was that students with special needs often don’t recognize when they do something wrong. If their parents ask them what they did, they sometimes don’t think they acted out. It is important for the parents and teachers to remember this and to be understanding rather than badger the child and accuse him or her of being a liar. There is nothing worse than your parents and teachers thinking you are a liar when you are really being sincere, and parents and teachers should try to see the situation from the child’s perspective before jumping to conclusions.
Another important point this video made was not to use the catchphrase, “Come on, it’s easy.” With my own teaching, I sometimes forget how things that come easily to me now used to be very challenging. I have used this phrase a few times before with my own students, but it should not be used with anyone and I plan on removing it from my teaching.
Teachers also have to remember that students learn material at different paces and all of those paces are going to be in inclusion classes. Teachers have to be sensitive to students of all abilities and try to remember that although the material is easy for them to understand, it may not be easy for the students to understand.
Long Island University, C. W. Post
February 12, 2009
.
Today we watched a video on special education. The video was a great learning tool because I know very little about special needs children and how to work with them in a classroom setting.
One of the most important lessons I learned from the video was that students with special needs often don’t recognize when they do something wrong. If their parents ask them what they did, they sometimes don’t think they acted out. It is important for the parents and teachers to remember this and to be understanding rather than badger the child and accuse him or her of being a liar. There is nothing worse than your parents and teachers thinking you are a liar when you are really being sincere, and parents and teachers should try to see the situation from the child’s perspective before jumping to conclusions.
Another important point this video made was not to use the catchphrase, “Come on, it’s easy.” With my own teaching, I sometimes forget how things that come easily to me now used to be very challenging. I have used this phrase a few times before with my own students, but it should not be used with anyone and I plan on removing it from my teaching.
Teachers also have to remember that students learn material at different paces and all of those paces are going to be in inclusion classes. Teachers have to be sensitive to students of all abilities and try to remember that although the material is easy for them to understand, it may not be easy for the students to understand.
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