Dear Reader,
The writing process is vital to the success of students. Learning writing can be difficult to some students; but there is an even deeper concern for students with special needs. I think the biggest challenge is teaching writing to students with special needs while they are with the general education students. The primary focus of this website is teaching writing in an inclusion classroom. Inclusion is a philosophy that states all individuals, regardless of ability, should participate within the same environment with necessary support and individualized attention. Every student with a disability should be given the opportunity to start out in a general education and be given a fair chance to succeed. Law states that children should be taught in a least restrictive environment. IDEA defines Least Restrictive Environment as "to the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities, including children in public or private institutions or other care facilities, are educated with children who are not disabled, and special classes, separate schooling, or other removal of children with disabilities from the regular educational environment occurs only when the nature or severity of the disability of a child is such that education in regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily" (Sec. 612 (a)[5]). With this law in place and a growing demand for inclusion classrooms I wanted to find out exactly how to effectively teach writing to students with disabilities. This leading question led me to want to investigate this topic further.
I began research with a few questions in mind. The first of which was “What writing strategies are the best for helping students with special needs learn and improve writing?” Students with special needs have to work twice as hard. They have to overcome obstacles daily. Not only can there be a learning disability, but there could also be a physical and mental disability. With this being said, it is important to be aware of all aspects of special education and the array of different disabilities that you may encounter and how to properly deal with each. I wanted to know “What accommodations and modifications should be made for students with special need?” It is important to take into account modifications and accommodations when planning instruction. The main question I am trying to uncover is simply, “How do I effectively teach writing to students with special needs in an inclusion setting?”
Through my research, I was able to answer all of the questions I had. I also discovered many more concepts and ideas related to writing instruction in an inclusion setting that are very important for educators to know. I wanted to share this valuable information with other educators. I chose to express this information in a variety of interesting ways. These are a…... I hope you enjoy these valuable pieces of information and gain the precious information they embrace.
There are going to be many more students with special needs in the classroom so it is essential to have the knowledge needed to properly provide a quality education for them. Writing instruction specifically is very important to a student’s success. I hope that through my research that I have shared with you, you will have gained more insight into how you can better yourself as a teacher. Thank you for taking the time to review my information. I hope that it spurs questions that you may have about instruction and motivates you to increase your knowledge, as I have, in order to help our students be successful.
Sincerely,
Ms. Trevino
The writing process is vital to the success of students. Learning writing can be difficult to some students; but there is an even deeper concern for students with special needs. I think the biggest challenge is teaching writing to students with special needs while they are with the general education students. The primary focus of this website is teaching writing in an inclusion classroom. Inclusion is a philosophy that states all individuals, regardless of ability, should participate within the same environment with necessary support and individualized attention. Every student with a disability should be given the opportunity to start out in a general education and be given a fair chance to succeed. Law states that children should be taught in a least restrictive environment. IDEA defines Least Restrictive Environment as "to the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities, including children in public or private institutions or other care facilities, are educated with children who are not disabled, and special classes, separate schooling, or other removal of children with disabilities from the regular educational environment occurs only when the nature or severity of the disability of a child is such that education in regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily" (Sec. 612 (a)[5]). With this law in place and a growing demand for inclusion classrooms I wanted to find out exactly how to effectively teach writing to students with disabilities. This leading question led me to want to investigate this topic further.
I began research with a few questions in mind. The first of which was “What writing strategies are the best for helping students with special needs learn and improve writing?” Students with special needs have to work twice as hard. They have to overcome obstacles daily. Not only can there be a learning disability, but there could also be a physical and mental disability. With this being said, it is important to be aware of all aspects of special education and the array of different disabilities that you may encounter and how to properly deal with each. I wanted to know “What accommodations and modifications should be made for students with special need?” It is important to take into account modifications and accommodations when planning instruction. The main question I am trying to uncover is simply, “How do I effectively teach writing to students with special needs in an inclusion setting?”
Through my research, I was able to answer all of the questions I had. I also discovered many more concepts and ideas related to writing instruction in an inclusion setting that are very important for educators to know. I wanted to share this valuable information with other educators. I chose to express this information in a variety of interesting ways. These are a…... I hope you enjoy these valuable pieces of information and gain the precious information they embrace.
There are going to be many more students with special needs in the classroom so it is essential to have the knowledge needed to properly provide a quality education for them. Writing instruction specifically is very important to a student’s success. I hope that through my research that I have shared with you, you will have gained more insight into how you can better yourself as a teacher. Thank you for taking the time to review my information. I hope that it spurs questions that you may have about instruction and motivates you to increase your knowledge, as I have, in order to help our students be successful.
Sincerely,
Ms. Trevino