Special Service Group

Special education is defined as a range of social and educational services by the public school system along with other educational institutes to individuals who are between the ages three and twenty-one that have disabilities. “Special education is designed to ensure that students with disabilities are provided with an environment that allows them to be educated effectively” (“Special Education.”). Special education is staring to grow in popularity across the U.S and has been raising awareness…

individual’s behavior requirements. “Response to Intervention (RTI) is a multi-tier approach to the early identification and support of students with learning and behavior needs”, according to the RTI Action Network. RTI provides early intervening services to students who are struggling to expand specific abilities. This approach is used to identify students who have learning disabilities as well. Response to Intervention guarantees to change the way the school supports all students with…

The third need for families with a student with special educational needs is special education services. Some of the educational services that may be needed for the family and their child are occupational therapy, speech therapy, audiology, orientation and mobility services, academic special education services, inclusion in general education classroom, and much more or less depending on child’s needs. Some of these services can be provided at the child’s home and/or at the nearest school…

assistance to students with language and literacy problems though various differentiations/modifications and assessments. This framework was introduced in 2004, after there was an increase in the number of students who were nominated for special education services. Many officials believed if the approach, Response to Intervention, was effectively implemented throughout schools, there would be a significant decrease in the amount of underperforming students. Response to intervention is composed…

Currently, there are millions of children in the United States that are living with some type of disability. Many of these special needs children are growing up with one or more siblings in their home. Most research that has been done involving children with special needs focuses on the special needs child or the parents, but it usually does not reflect the siblings of special needs children or how they are impacted. When thinking about this particular topic there are a number of different…

1. a. The textbook definition of inclusion is the state of being included in a group or structure. Which is basically saying that it is when someone is being included in to something. An example is when a child who is getting special education services is also included in the general education courses along with the special education services they are also receiving. The goal of inclusion is to make the child feel like any other student and not to feel different from everyone. b. Multi-tiered…

Federal Law on Special Education Children with special needs who are in public schools are usually taken care of by laws from the IDEA that is individuals with disabilities education act, the section 504 of the rehabilitation act of 1973 and the Family Educational and Privacy Rights Act. These children are supposed to be provided for with free and appropriate education from the schools. (Murdick, par 1) The children with special needs that are to receive these services from the federal…

intervention, and support for struggling learners to be successful in the classroom. 1. What principles relating to learning disabilities and the use of RTI to identify them were established by the Office of Special Education Programs in 2001? In August of 2001, the Office of Special Education Programs brought together leading researchers to make a consensus on identifying learning disabilities and the use of RTI. The team concluded that learning disabilities are a valid construct and span…

Every year thousands of students in New Jersey are classified within the Special Education Program in their school districts. In 2013, Point Pleasant Borough classified 451 students for Special Education and Related Services (NJ Department of Education, 2014). According to the New Jersey Department of Education, in 2013, there were 12,031 preschool age children classified for Special Education and Related Services (2014). Lastly, in the State of New Jersey, in the year 2013, 220,253 students…

Clermont Elementary School is located in Alexandria, Virginia, and is part of Fairfax County Public Schools. Clermont’s mission is “using a professional learning community to create a safe learning environment that ensures high academic achievement for all students by offering them a rigorous and relevant education supported by relationships” (Clermont Elementary School, 2015). Based on the statistics found on the Fairfax County Public Schools, Clermont hosts 532 students ranging from…