Articles tagged 'special education'
November 4th, 2009
I had an EBD (emotional/behavior disorder) student who challenged me a lot. When the subject matter got tough, Elliot tried to engage me in an argument or heated debate. I struggled not to rise to the bait.
When working with students who have emotional or behavioral disorders in the classroom, you have to be careful not to be the spark to the EBD student’s tinder. This isn’t something I’m great at, but I’ve learned a few things to de-escalate behavior and redirect.
January 5th, 2009
Special Education law is increasingly layered with details, caveats and other complications that often result in schools and parents, neither being legal council, being caught in interpretation. Yet despite its cumbersome details, school districts and parents are after the same goal; to educate all children, regardless of disability.
And thus, the federal mandate (Public Law 102-119), known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act was born. This mandate states that all disabled children will receive a free appropriate public education by the school district and the district must provide all related services at no cost to the child or his/her parents.
December 17th, 2008
Special education is an alphabet soup of acronyms and these five are just the ones that floated to the top of the broth. The good folks at NICHCY, or the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (http://www.nichcy.org/Pages/Home.aspx), have come up with a list of five special education acronyms that classroom teachers should know.
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