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Goal 1 Role of Parents in Special Education Importance
of Collaboration with Parents in Planning and Developing of
Intervention and/or Individual Educational Plans for Students with
Disabilities My
goal here is to examine and learn about the origins of parental
advocacy movement and how it had influenced the provision of special
education services to children with exceptionalities. I’d like
to focus on the importance of the collaborative processes in developing
intervention plans and particularly the significance of understanding
family contexts in building capacity for diversity in Canadian schools
with specific focus on Special Education
Role of parents in collaborative processes
Poster on collaborative processes between parents and educators in
developing and implementing Positive Behaviour Support plans and other
interventions
Parents Create Better Schools
This
paper I wrote at the end of EPSE 573, a course on Diversity in
Education, brought a together some of my thoughts on the research
papers I collected over the years as well as courses I took where I
focused on the role and importance of parents in the educational
system. I tried to emphasize here the importance of individual advocacy
efforts of parents as well as the importance of collaboration and
meaningful dialogue between parents, teachers and schools.
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My Reflection I
think that the best way to summarize my reflection of my journey in the
program I took is to look at the attached annotated bibiliography.
"Anna's Story" is an article that describes my feelings and untold
reasons for wanting to help those children who are different and learn
differently. It is my motive for wanting to help find a voice for
children with learning difficulities.
"Anna's Story"
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Goal 2 Learning Disabilities Learning Disabilities , Theory Practice Links My
goal here is to learn about the theoretical basis of Learning
Disabilities, to examine the definitions, types of LD, funding for LD
and latest approaches to interventions in LD. In particular my aim is
to find links between theories of Multiple Intelligences, Multisensory
teaching and their effectiveness in creating supportive and inclusive
learning environments for a wide range of learners.
Choices in Education
This is a buffet table of choices :Choices in Education and Choices in
the classroom.
This table of choices can serve as a powerful tool when teaching
children with learning disabilities as well as highly able learners. It
allows for freedom,creativity and choice in designing and accomplishing
tasks.
Learning Disabilities - Definitions
The following are some of the definitions of learning disabilities as discussed in my courses on LD
Math disabilities
Hands
on Math - this is a remedial approach to addressing Math disabilites
using Mortensen Math Manipulatives. This presentation is a result of a
workshop I took with Marilyn Wardrop. It involves the use of color
coded manipulatives , drawing and coloring the equations and
naming/writing the equations.
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Painting in the garden, colors, textures, feelings
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My resume In
addition to my academic accomplishments I think of myself as a creative
person, always learning and wanting to learn new things. My special
interests lie in the area of art and multisensory teaching, the use of
colour and artistic expression in learning and teaching. I have
completed courses and workshops in drawing, painting and the use of
colour and different art media in creating special effects. I
specialize in "face" and "body" painting in my spare time, where I
transform ordinary human beings into extraordinary animal look alikes.
I enjoy volunteering my time at community and school fairs as a
resident face painter.
resume
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Gifted Kids
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Goal 3 High Ability Learners In
this goal I would like to broaden my understanding of Gifted or High
Ability Learners, examine how learning disabilities fit into the
context of GLD and how Emotional Fragility changes the understanding of
what a gifted learner is. I would like to confirm my understanding of
the importance of creativity, interest and choice in achieving optimum
outcomes in the learning objectives of gifted and LD students. I
would like to learn about motivational constructs, how they are defined
and how they can be enhanced to provide a wide range of learning
opportunities and possibilities for such students.
Social-emotional aspects of highly able learners
This poster accompanies the above paper, it is a graphic representation
of a problem. It can be used as a presentation tool at a parent/teacher
interview, planning meeting etc. It can also serve as a template for
looking at problems and creating solutions.
Poster on Social-emotional aspects of a gifted learner
Creativity and the high ability student
Here
are some of my ideas on addressing high ability students and
creativity. I focused here on the use of Multiple Intelligences in the
classroom which would allow students to explore their passions and
learn using their innate strengths.
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Courses I took The
program consisted of a selection of courses, most in seminar form, all
offered by knowlegeable instructors, most of them experts in their
fields. I was fortunate enough to work professors and instructors from
academic as well practical fields. Some of them included Dr. McBride,
former director of the Special Education Branch for the Ministry of
Education of BC, Dr. Carter, director of Special Education Services for
several school districts in the province of British Columbia, Dr.
Porath, an expert in the field of High ability learners, Dr. Lucyshyn
and Dr. Mirenda both highly regarded academics in the field of
Functional Assessment, family collaborations and autism.
Courses
This is a list of the courses I took in my MEd Program
1.EPSE 512 Critical Issues in Special Education
2.EPSE 505 Developmental Psychology
3.EPSE 584 Motivation in Education
4.EPSE 433 Functional Assesement and Positive Behaviour Support Plans
5.EPSE 514 PBS and Intervention Plans
6.EPSE 565 Social-Emotional Developement of Gifted Learners
7.EPSE 573 Diversity in Education
8.EPSE 516 High Ability Learners
9.EPSE 526 Learning Disabilities
10.EPSE 316 Learning Disabilities
11.EPSE 590 Graduating Portfolio
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