SPE 556 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp

1. SPE 556 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp

2. SPE 556 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp SPE 556 Entire Course SPE 556 Week 1 DQ 1 What is the definition of the terms disability, impairment, and handicap. Provide two real-life examples for each term. • SPE 556 Week 1 DQ 1 • SPE 556 Week 1 DQ 2 • SPE 556 Week 1 Individual Personal Experience Paper • SPE 556 Week 2 DQ 1 • SPE 556 Week 2 DQ 2 • SPE 556 Week 2 Learning Team Article Summaries

3. SPE 556 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp SPE 556 Week 1 DQ 2 SPE 556 Week 1 Individual Personal Experience Paper Write a 250- to 500-word description of your personal experiences working with an individual with a physical disability, other health impairment, or severe sensory disorder in either a school or other vocational setting. Identify who might be included in that population • How do school, work, and recreational settings make reasonable accommodations for individuals with physical disabilities, other health impairments, or severe sensory disorders?

4. SPE 556 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp SPE 556 Week 2 DQ 1 SPE 556 Week 2 DQ 2 What secondary health care issues must be considered for students with physical disabilities, other health impairments, and severe sensory disorders? • What are possible educational, cognitive, behavioral, communication, psychosocial, recreational or leisure, vocational, and family or community effects of physical disabilities, other health impairments, and severe sensory impairments?

5. SPE 556 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp SPE 556 Week 2 Learning Team Article Summaries SPE 556 Week 3 DQ 1 Who are individuals who participate in assessment, evaluation, and eligibility determination? What is their role? • Choose one condition from each of the four categories listed in the : Categories of Physical Disabilities, Other Health Impairments, and Severe Sensory Disorders on the student website. • Find an article related to each of the four conditions you chose. • Write a 250- to 500-word summary of each article.

6. SPE 556 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp SPE 556 Week 3 DQ 2 SPE 556 Week 3 Individual Resource Guide Select two conditions of a physical disability or other health impairment. Prepare a 350- to 700-word description of the types of resources and their purpose or purposes that are appropriate to support a student for each physical disability or health impairment you selected. . • What considerations does one need to consider when developing the Individual Education Program (IEP) for a student with physical disabilities, other health impairments, or severe sensory disorders?

7. SPE 556 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp SPE 556 Week 3 Learning Team SPE 556 Week 4 DQ 1 What are some curriculum and content options for students with physical disabilities, other health impairments, and severe sensory disorders? • Use library resources, the Internet, community resources, and national organizations to compile an annotated bibliography, with a minimum of 20 resources, of teacher, parent, or children's resources for the conditions listed in the : Categories of Physical Disabilities, Other Health Impairments, and Severe Sensory Disorders

8. SPE 556 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp SPE 556 Week 4 DQ 2 SPE 556 Week 4 Learning Team Checklist Develop a 750- to 1,000-word checklist of necessary topics to be discussed at a multidisciplinary evaluation team meeting when a student with a physical disability, other health impairment, or severe sensory disorder is being discussed • How might a student’s strengths and needs as defined in the IEP affect curriculum choices and instructional practice?

9. SPE 556 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp SPE 556 Week 5 DQ 1 SPE 556 Week 5 DQ 2 What are behavioral characteristics associated with students with physical disabilities, other health impairments, and severe sensory disorders? • What is prevention of disease transmission?

10. SPE 556 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp SPE 556 Week 5 Learning Team Reflective Responses SPE 556 Week 6 DQ 1 What are the necessary elements for collaborative partnerships in serving children with physical disabilities, other health impairments, and severe sensory disorders? • Write a 250-word reflective response to each of the following prompts: • • Describe implications of hearing, vision, or motor loss for a child in a kindergarten to 12th-grade school setting. • • Develop a list of all devices and supports you use to help in accomplishing a variety of daily tasks.

11. SPE 556 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp SPE 556 Week 6 DQ 2 SPE 556 Week 6 Individual Case Study Interview the special educator who works with this student and the child’s parent. Write a 2,000- to 3,000-word summary of your observations in which you address the following: • Describe characteristics of the student’s disability. • What are some issues of professionalism and ethical practice when working with students with physical disabilities, other health impairments, and severe sensory disorders?

12. SPE 556 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp SPE 556 Week 6 Individual Professional Ethics Article SPE 556 Week 6 Learning Team Home Write a 500- to 750-word check sheet that synthesizes key communication topics and needs identified in the collective interviews. Topics must include academics, behavior, homework, socialization, medication and other health supports, use of assistive technologies, and safety • Write a 250-word summary of one professional journal article concerning professional ethics in special education. • Prepare to share the article and its implications with the class in discussion.

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