Students with Severe and Multiple Disabilities

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Students with Severe and Multiple Disabilities With so many children being born with some types of disabilities it is vital that teachers and schools are prepared to provide the facilities, and the knowledge to provide a quality education. There are so many challenges a student with disabilities face, not only physically, but mentally as well. As long as the teacher provides appropriate instruction a student can achieve in the classroom. Special education teachers have many tools to help guide them through the instructional process, the IEP is a great tool that allows teachers to design curriculum that meets the needs of the IEP and guides the student towards the goals set for them. This paper will review interviews and conversation this author had with various educational staff regarding students who are intellectual disabled and/or have multiple disabilities. Defining Disorders in Terms of Education Defining disability disorders in terms of education to the teachers and staff this author met with all gave the same type of ideas. One teacher, Ms. Berland, who is a special education teacher with twenty years of teaching behind her feels that disabilities in terms of education means the student has achieved all testing and have been deemed disabled based on the legal definition by IDEA. Ms. Berland has several students who she works with in her classroom who have met the criteria and have implemented IEP’s for them. She also stated that some parents are reluctant to have his or her child tested for disabilities such as ADHD or a learning disability. This is disturbing to her because her focus is providing the best possible education to her students and when the student is not getting the assistance he or she needs, Ms. Berland feels that it is only cheating the child. Ms. Berland is very dedicated to her students, both with disabilities and without. Student

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