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SPECIAL SERVICES FOR ADOLESCENTS

SPECIAL SERVICES FOR ADOLESCENTS. THE IDEAL LIBRARY An atmosphere where staff and students can gather and interact with information and with each other. A library where there is equal access to all. Special Needs- requirements needed to achieve a goal.

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SPECIAL SERVICES FOR ADOLESCENTS

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  1. SPECIAL SERVICES FOR ADOLESCENTS THE IDEAL LIBRARY An atmosphere where staff and students can gather and interact with information and with each other. A library where there is equal access to all.

  2. Special Needs- requirements needed to achieve a goal. • Hillview College possesses both High Incidence and Low Incidence Cases High Incidence • Speech/Language Disorders • Emotional/Behavioural Disorders • Learning Disorders Low Incidence • Visual/Hearing impairments • Physical/Health Impairments • Deaf-Blindness • Cognitive/Developmental Delay

  3. CHARACTERISTICS HIGH INCIDENCE • Short attention span • Language and communication problems • Social problems • Depression LOW INCIDENCE • Cognitive and thought processing • Language/Communication problems • Behavioural problems

  4. RECOMMENDATIONS Physical • Improve floor plan • Replace doorways • Installation of ramps or lift Services • Improve staff service • Improve collection • Assistive technology • Teaching strategies School Provisions • Access to peer counselling • Provision of guidance counselling and special needs services • The SEMP initiative that actively promote equal access to every child to education

  5. REFERENCES College of Design, New York State University, The Centre for Universal Design Environments and Products for all peoples. Retrieved from http://www.design.ncsu.edu/cud/index.htm Jones, Sonia O. (2000), Cases on Issues and Problems in Educational Management. Jamaica: Canoe Press, University of the West Indies. Rivera, Diane Pedrotty (1997). Teaching Students with Learning and Behaviour Problems (3rd ed.). United States: Allyn & Bacon. Smith, Tom E.C., Polloway, Edward A., Patton. James R., & Dowdy, Carol A. (2008). Teaching Students with Special Needs in Inclusive Settings (5th ed.). Boston: Pearson Education, Inc.

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