Whoops! I am so sorry this is so late! I thought I posted this from Word, guess not!
This chapter covers teaching students with special needs, gifted and talented children and culturally ad linguistically diverse students. I found the descriptions of the various disabilities and impairments accurate and they served to reinforce previous knowledge of that subject. My major is special education, so this chapter had particular meaning for me.
The text, once again, provided useful information and I found the subject of specific learning disabilities, cognitive delays and emotional and behavioral disorders interesting. One term the authors used surprised me. “Mental retardation” is an expression that is frowned upon as my SPED professors have reiterated many times. Currently, it is acceptable to say “cognitively delayed or impaired.” I have no doubt within the next year or so, the terms will change again to something more appropriate.
That being said, I am aware of the glaring differences between educating regular education teachers and special education teachers. I was just chatting with a woman that was going into early childhood education and she peppered me with questions about teaching students with special needs. Her concern was that one course about teaching such students was not going to be enough to prepare her for the inclusion classroom. I couldn’t agree more. It is concerning. I also believe more could be done within the schools to foster a more collaborative relationship between teachers in general.
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