The Magic School Bus

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The Magic School Bus!!
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Physical Exceptionalities

• Vision Blindness URLs
• http//home.earthlink.net/deedaze/
• Hearing Deafness
• http//www.edu.yorku.ca/AcademicPrograms/DeafEd/
• Physical Disabilities Adapted P.E./Education

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Assessment Evaluation

• The Goal of educational assessment is to improve
  student learning. Assessment is a daily part of
  classroom programs, and regular classroom
  assessment strategies will provide an important
  range of information on students learning needs.

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Guiding Principles A/E

• The Special Educator seeks to,
• Provide programming information
• Build on assessment information from class
• Respect parent student needs
• Efficient cost effective
• Be current consistent with Ont. policy

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Levels of Assessment Evaluation

• Classroom Level IEP
• Work samples, projects, tests, observations
• Resource Program Level IEP
• Checklists, life skills, Brigance, Bader,
  Woodcock
• Keymath, phonological awareness, 5 senses check
• Board Level System IEP/AEP/IPRC
• Speech/Language, Peabody, Auditory, Processing
• Provincial Level Special Schools Limited?

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Best Helpers are peers!
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Hearing (Deafness)

• Auditory Acuity Hearing parts whole
• Auditory Processing Hear it get meaning
• Auditory Discrimination Word Pairs tug/lug
• Bader Tests of Literacy Reading, Writing
  Inventory 4th Edition 2002 Lois A. Bader
• ISBN 0-13-089598-9 Merrill Prentice Hall

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Deaf/Hard of Hearing - Defined

• An impairment characterized by deficits in
  language speech development because of a
  diminished or non-existent auditory response to
  sound

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Blind

• http//www.cnib.ca/library/
• The Canadian National Institute for the Blind
  (CNIB) is a national voluntary agency providing
  services to individuals across Canada to whom
  loss of vision is a central problem in personal
  and social adjustments.

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Braille

• http//www.langara.bc.ca/cba/CBA-home.html
• The CBA is comprised of a committed and dedicated
  group of users, producers and teachers of braille
  who work together for a common purpose, the
  promotion of braille as a primary medium for
  persons who are blind.

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Communicative Includes

• Language (Speech), Hearing, L.D., Autism
• Language Delay, dysfluency, voice/articulation
• Speech Neurological, psychological, physical,
  or sensory factors impacting transmission, via
  articulation, rhythm, stress
• L.D. impacts social academic situations
  complex
• Autism severe L. Disorder, rate, ability,
  mobility, perception, speech language

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What does that say?
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Behavioural

• Title Understanding and supporting
  children with emotional and behavioural
  difficulties ELECTRONIC RESOURCE / edited by
  Paul Cooper.
• Author
• Imprint London Jessica Kingsley
  Publishers, c1999.
• Related URL(s)
• http//www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?actionsummar
  yv1bookid13218
• BIB Call Number
• ISBN 0585122989 (electronic bk.)

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Inclusive Education

• http//www.quasar.ualberta.ca/ddc/incl/inbib.htm
  lBibliography
• An annotated bibliography of articles, books,
  journals, and mutli-media on Inclusive Education

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Who is exceptional?
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Autism

• Title Learning disabilities sourcebook basic
  information about disorders such as dyslexia,
  visual and auditory processing deficits,
  attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and
  autism, along with statistical and demographic
  data, reports on current research initiatives, an
  explanation of the assessment process, and a
  special section for adults with learning
  disabilities / edited by Linda M. Shin.
• Author
• Imprint Detroit, MI Omnigraphics,
  c1998.
• Related URL(s)
• BIB Call Number LC4705 .L425 1998
• ISBN 0780802101 (lib. bdg. alk. paper)

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Autism Ontario Support

• http//www.autism.net/html/thecentre.html
• Since 1974, Geneva Centre for Autism has been the
  leader in developing and teaching the most
  effective techniques for those affected by
  Autism/P.D.D. The Centre delivers services to
  enhance the lives of people affected by
  Autism/P.D.D.

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Ministry of Education

• http//mettowas21.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elem
  sec/speced/speced.html
• An Introduction to Special Education in Ontario

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Deaf, Blind Deaf-Blind

• http//mettowas21.edu.gov.on.ca/extra/eng/ppm/76
  c.html
• ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR
  DEAF, BLIND, AND DEAF-BLIND EXCEPTIONAL PUPILS

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Autism Ministry Monograph

• http//mettowas21.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elem
  sec/speced/monog4.html
• Special Education Monographs No. 4 Students With
  Autism
• Individual Education Plan (IEP) Resource Guide

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Ministry of Education

• Hearing and Communication, All Divisions A
  Resource Guide
• http//mettowas21.edu.gov.on.ca/extra/eng/ppm/9.ht
  ml
• REPORTING OF CHILDREN IN NEED OF PROTECTION

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Standards Ethics

• http//www.oct.on.ca/en/ProfessionalAffairs/stan
  dards-practice_E.asp The Standards of Practice
  for the Teaching Profession and the Ethical
  Standards for the Teaching Profession serve as
  the basis of the work of the Standards of
  Practice and Education Committee. Together, these
  documents articulate what it means to be a
  teacher in Ontario.

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IEP-IPRC-SNOW SITE!

• http//www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elemsec/spece
  d/speced.html
• IEP, OSR, IPRC, Funding, older documents, newer
  ones, SNOW

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AEP

• http//mettowas21.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elemse
  c/aep/planning.htmlT2
• The annual education plan is designed to teach
  students how to make informed decisions about
  their education.

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Waterloo District School Board

• http//www.wrdsb.edu.on.ca/specedplan.html
  (links to other Boards)
• Each year the Board reviews and updates a Special
  Education Plan about delivery of Programs and
  Services in the Board. The plan is written to
  inform the Ministry of Education and the public
  about special education programs and services
  that are provided by the board in accordance with
  legislation and ministry policy on special
  education.

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