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Session Topics

• Course expectations
• CI 403 Practicum
• Reviewing mild disabilities
• To categorize or not to categorize

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• Are you in the right
• class?

• Have you signed up for
• the practicum?

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Exploring the Course Practicum Syllabi
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Students with Mild Disabilities
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Students with Mild Disabilities
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Distinguishing AmongMild Disabilities
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Distinguishing AmongMild Disabilities
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Distinguishing AmongMild Disabilities
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Distinguishing AmongMild Disabilities
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Distinguishing AmongMild Disabilities
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Distinguishing AmongMild Disabilities
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Distinguishing AmongMild Disabilities
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Distinguishing AmongMild Disabilities
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Distinguishing AmongMild Disabilities
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Distinguishing AmongMild Disabilities
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Nevada Definitions of Disabilities
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Introducing Sam
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Introducing Sam
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Sam

• 8 years old in second grade
• Can say his ABCs, can read a few words
• Hyperactive short attention span
• Laughs at others mistakes
• Misbehaves often denies wrong doing
• Children dislike him

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Sam

• WISC-III V 83 P 108 FS 98
• Adaptive Behavior Inventory
• Family 35 ile
• Community 5 ile
• Peer Relations 5 ile
• Nonacad. School 8 ile
• Self-maintenance 30 ile
• Academic Achievement Testing
• Kindergarten level in most areas
• Early first grade level in math

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What are the advantages of labeling for Sam?
What are the disadvantages of labeling for Sam?
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Introducing Johnny
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Introducing Johnny
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Johnny

• 8 years old in first half of third grade
• Reading at mid second grade level poor spelling
• Difficulty with handwriting physically awkward
• Large fund of knowledge on a variety of topics
  excellent vocabulary
• Disorganized loses possessions frequently
• Cries easily anxious about performance
• Fearful of new situations and separation from
  parent

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Johnny

• WISC-III V 142 P 126 FS 137
• Woodcock Johnson Achievement Battery
• Basic Reading Skills 35 ile
• Broad Math Skills 86 ile
• Broad Written Lang. 49 ile
• Dev. Test of Visual Motor Integration
• Age equivalent 6 yrs., 8 mos.

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What are the advantages of labeling for Johnny?
What are the disadvantages of labeling for Johnny?
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How to be a Special Ed-y

• Children first (language and actions)
• Kids with disabilities are KIDS
• No magic
• Special education is not a PLACE
• Children with disabilities need to be TAUGHT in
  order to learn
• Special Education is a HARD job

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How to be a Special Ed-y

• You must be all things to all people
• Not everyone is cut out to be a special education
  teacher
• It is the most rewarding and the most frustrating
  job youll have
• You can make a difference!

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Next week well start Case Management