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Question: How do help handicapp studnets in our classroom without making them feel like they are less than the other students?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Before I was paralyzed, there were 10,000 things I could do. Now there are 9,000. I could dwell on the 1,000 I lost or focus on the 9,000 I have left."
Fact: There are five assumptions that nondisabled people commonly make about persons with disablities: 1) Disability is a biological problem of a particular individual, 2) Any problems for a person with a disability must stem from the disability, 3) A person with a disability is "victim", 4) Being disabled is central to self-concept and social comparisons for a person with a disability, and 5) Having a disability means a person will need assistance.
Fact- 10%-55% of students with severe disabilities were not allowed to attend their neighborhood schools. (p. 300)
ReplyDeleteQuote- "Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness... Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to fulfill it." (p. 294)
Question- Is it acceptable to adapt a lesson for a child with a disability and have the rest of the class do the original lesson? Should the rest of the class do the lesson the same way as the child with the disability? I want to be fair to all students.
GREAT quotes here! Adapt the lessons but make sure the same goals and objectives are met. Be aware of your language. The child comes first then the (dis)ability. Make sure you are meeting the child's needs and IEP too. Look at some of the "ableism" strategies from the "justics" and book ads too.
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ReplyDeleteWhen the United States entered the global community as a new nation, people with disabilities simply lived in communities, primarily cared for by their families, although, some religious facilities also provided care.
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ReplyDeleteIf our brothers are oppressed, then we are oppresssed. If they hunger, we hunger. If their freedom is taken away, our freedom is not secure. Stephen Vincent Benet
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ReplyDeleteHow can we as teachers help to improve negative attitudes towards handicap children?
In response to Heidi's question...
ReplyDeleteI do think that you can adapt a lesson to a child with disabilties. I feel like our goal is to help every child succeed. It may only take rephrasing words or a lengthier explanation to make the difference to a child. I know that all children do not learn in the same way and to expect blanket assignments to test all children is absurd. All children are differnt and all children learn in their own way.
In response to johnandlennie, I think teachers can help to improve the negative attitudes towards children with diablities if we research the disability, educate about the disability, and know how we can help a student with that disability. I know that it may be "extra work," but it our job to help the child succeed.
ReplyDeleteQuote I am not Broken! I am not broken! I am a represtitive of the diversity of the human race.
ReplyDeleteFact ableism is defined by Linton as teh negative determination of an individuals abilities based on his or her disabilities.
I was at a conference and a parent of a child with different physical and mental concerns made a flyer to explain to the children in this child new class about him and what had happened and what they will see. It broke the ice and helped with the transitions
In response to Heidi's post...I just got done taking EDU 315 and yes you need to adapt your lessons so that the (dis)abled students have the same advantage to learn that works for them. We also disscussed that you may find that ways your teach to the (dis)abled student may be a way that other students of yours better understand the material. This goes along with the different learning styles as well.
ReplyDeleteQuote: "I am not broken! I am not broken! I am a representative of the diversity of the human race." (pg 298) I liked this quote becuase it shows optimism and no fear.
Fact: (pg. 291) In the 1930s, people with a disability were classified as "unemployable" preventing them from being consdiered for jobs in federal and local work releif programs.
Question: At what point in time do you start teaching lifeskills a (dis)abled studnet may need to know in order for them to be able to live on their own? ...besides general education...reading...
Question: How can we change the views of our students regarding those with disabilities if the teachers don't change their attitudes? (pg. 298)
ReplyDeleteQuote: I liked the same one that Holly picked as well."Before I was paralyzed, there were 10,000 things I could do. now there are 9,000 I could dwell on the 1,000 I lost or focus on the 9,000 I have left.~Walter Mitchell
Fact: In 1960, experts assumed that 75% of people with cerebral palsy were retarded.
In response to gk mckinley, I think being straight forward with the other students is a great idea. I think with most children (and probably adults too) it is the fear of the unknown. If they know what they are dealing with they can get past being curious or afraid.
ReplyDeleteQuestion: What labels represent legitimate ways of identifying people?
ReplyDeleteFact: The first institutions charges with caring for people with disabilities were hospices built within monasteries.
Quote: Before I was paralyzed, there were 10,000 things I could do. Now there are 9,000. I could dewell on the 1,000 I lost or focus on the 9,000 I have left. Walter Mitchell (contemporary)
I like GKMckinley's quote: As teachers we have to remember just because a child has a disability does not mean the child is broken. They need the same oppurtunity to receive equal education as a child with no disability.
ReplyDeleteQuestion: How do we teach our students to be accepting of disabled students, but also ensure they treat them as they would others?
ReplyDeleteQuote: Negative attitudes are reflected in the language we employ to identify disabled people. The word disabled implies inability; the prefix dis is generally regarded as signifying not or no. Derived from Latin, the prefix actually means apart or asunder, which is consistent with the historic practice of keeping dis-abled people apart from society.
Fact: Ableism has been defined by Linton ( 1998) as the negative determination of an individual’s abili-ties based on his or her disabilities.
In response to Kristin: Immediately. As soon as it is apparent the student will need to be taught certain skills that others would be able to develop on their own, why not start the process immediately? The chances of a child being able to make substantial progress are much higher with early intervention, and I believe the concept applies with this situation as well.
Question: If there is a child with a disability in your classroom, how can we help them as a class without succumbing to the prejudice that they are "helpless?" Or without making them feel inferior?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "The point is, we are all one great big family, and any one of us can get hurt at any moment...we should never walk by somebody who's in a wheelchair and be afraid of them or think of them as a stranger."-Christopher Reeves
Fact: At a U.S. Congressional hearing, legislators were informed of a girl in a wheelchair being denied admission to a public school because the principle decided she was a "fire hazard."
I love Holly's quote. That kind of attitude is what everyone needs. Thinking positive gets things done instead of wallowing in the negatives. Also, in response to Holly Crawford's question, teachers need to become more open-minded. Our values in and out of the classroom are going to reflect on the students. So if we believe a disabled child is "helpless" or a "problem" then the students will began to pick up on that and have the same attitude. Teachers need to be compassionate. They need to walk a mile in someone else's shoes, so to say.
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ReplyDeleteI agree. You must be empathetic as socially just teachers. Building relationships with your students will help you a lot! It will help you with classroom management and their engagement too. They have to know they can trust you and that you really care about their success.
Question: If we have a student with disabilities in our classroom how do we educate our students about certain disabilities without causing them to think of the student with disabilities as being "helpless" or a "victim."
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Before I was paralyzed, there were 10,000 things I could do. Now there are 9,000. I could dwell on the 1,000 I lost or focus on the 9,000 I have left." - Walter Mitchell
Fact: People with disabilities are described as being "afflicted with" or a "victim of" a disability. Affliction is associated with disease, as is being a victim, so this language relates to the cultural image of the person with a disability as a diseased organism.
I like gkmckinley's quote. I think that it is important for everyone to understand it and treat people equally.
ReplyDeleteQuestion ~ How do we accomodate with offending? As teachers we have to provide the best learning environment possible for ALL students but where is the line between helping or accomodating too much and not enough?
ReplyDeleteQuote ~ "I am not broken! I am not broken! I am a representative of the diversity of the human race." - Norman Kunc (page 298)
Fact ~ One private corporation that provides "health care" was quoted in Business First saying that their three primary objectives were, "1. increase net profit, 2. increase net profit, and 3. increase net profit." Who's "health care" are they providing?!?! Perhaps only their own!
In response to Abigail's question about how to teach our students to be accepting of disabled students but also ensure that these students are treated no differently than other students I believe this is something that teachers need to be concious of as well. We as teachers should be models for our students. "Diabled" does not mean "not able"....something to make clear to our students.
ReplyDeleteQuestion: What is the alternate to placing people with disabilities in institutions?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "If our brothers are oppressed, the we are oppressed. If the hunger, we hunger. If their freedom is taken away, our freedom is not secure." Stephen Vincent Benet
Fact:European countries began providing social insurance and welfare assistance in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Abigail, I think modeling is the key. I think as teachers we need to model the behavior that we want the students to learn.
ReplyDeleteQuestion: How can we change negative attitudes in the classroom about people with disabilities? If there is someone in the classroom with a disability, how can we make students have positive attitudes?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "I am not broken! I am not broken! I am a representation of the diversity of the human race." -Norman Kunc
Fact: Every teacher will teach children or youth with disabilities.
Question: Take away the wheel chair, take away the cruches, take away the disability, what do you have left?
ReplyDeleteThe answer is a child who needs to be educated the best way we are able to educate them with what we have to educate them with.
Quote: I like the Christopher Reeves quote as well.
Fact: Education for children with disabilities was not mandated by law until the 1970's. Before this children with disabilities were hidden away in institutions.
In response to several questions/comments. If we look at ALL STUDENTS equally first we can find commonground to work from to satisfy their needs no matter if they have a disability or not with respect to their education.
Quote- "I am not broken! I am not broken! I am a representative of the diversity of the human race."
ReplyDeleteFact- In the twentieth century caregivers for institutionalized people with mental diabilities have been know to use cattle prods
Question- How do other countries treat people with (dis)abilities, better, worse?
Response- I think it is important to educate our students about diabilities. Many times they stare, but they are curious children. If we are open about disabilities and talk with our students they are more open.