SPD 200 Topic 1 DQ 2 – IEPs And IDEA GCU
Based on this week’s readings, what are three key changes in educating children with exceptionalities because of IDEA? What is your understanding of the connection between IEPs and IDEA?
SPD 200 Topic 2 Discussion 1
Compare the CEC Professional Ethical Principles with the ethical code from one of the following organizations:
● American Academy of Special Education Professionals
● National Education Association
● National Association for the Education of Young Children
● National Association of School Psychologists
Discuss ethical standards that are the same or similar between the two organizations as well as those that are different. How will these ethical standards affect you as an educator in working with students with exceptionalities? SPD 200 Topic 1 Beyond F.A.T. City: Look Back, Look Ahead—Conversation About Special Education Video Analysis
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Review the video “Beyond F.A.T. City: Look Back, Look Ahead—Conversation about Special Education.” In a 500-750 word analysis, address the following:● How does Richard D. Lavoie define and explain fairness in the classroom?
● What advice does Lavoie offer to parents regarding fairness?
● What does Lavoie say about assumptions, and why does he discuss them?
● What are three key concepts from the video that were especially meaningful to you?
How will they affect your professional teaching practice? Be sure to cite specific examples from the video in your analysis. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
SPD 200 Topic 1 Disability Matrix
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Identify and research the 13 disability categories under IDEA, including the causes, prevalence, and characteristics of each. Use the “Disability Matrix” to complete this assignment. Support your findings with a minimum of three scholarly resources. Include your citations on the “Disability Matrix.”
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
SPD 200 Topic 2 Field Experience A: Administrator Interview
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This is a Block I Field Experience. In this block, your field experience must be completed before or after school, or other designated times when students are not present. Allocate at least 2.5 hours to complete this field experience. Interview an administrator, at the educational level (PK- 12) of your program, about the IEP process and special education services.
● What are the characteristics of individuals with exceptionalities that you serve (including
gifted as well as those with disabilities)?
● What are the educational, developmental, and medical services available for individuals with exceptionalities on your campus?
● What do you do to support both special education and general education teachers in the IEP process?
● What other stakeholders do you bring into the IEP process for collaboration purposes?● What professional development is available for staff regarding special education policies, services, and educational strategies? Is there training specifically on confidentiality on your campus? If so, who leads this training, and how often is it required with your staff?
● What do you do to support families of individuals with exceptionalities?
● What do you do, as an administrator, to stay current on special education law?
● What is the process of handling behavioral issues for individuals with exceptionalities?
In 250-500 words, summarize and reflect upon your interview and explain how you will use your findings in your future professional practice, citing specifically how you plan to collaborate with administrators.
Submit your interview transcript and summary as one deliverable.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
Document the hours and locations that you spend in the field on your Clinical Field Experience Verification Form. Submit the Clinical Field Experience Verification Form with the last assignment by the assignment due date. Directions for submitting can be found on the College of Education site in the Student Success Center
SPD 200 Topic 2 The IEP Process
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Part 1: Summary
Review the “FIEP: A Facilitated IEP Meeting” video from this week’s readings. In a 500-750
word summary, address the following:
Identify IEP team members, by title, who are:
● Mandated to be present under IDEA; and
● Are optional under IDEA.
Describe the required sections of an IEP, explaining what each section addresses and how it relates to the education of the individual with exceptionalities.
Part 2: Checklist Reflection
Review the “IEP Checklist” resource from this week’s readings. Pay specific attention to the “Interactions, Participation, & Communication” and the “Method of Decision Making” sections, while keeping the CEC Professional Ethical Principles in mind.
In 250-300 words, reflect upon the “FIEP: A Facilitated IEP Meeting” video, sharing observations in relation to the aforementioned sections of the “IEP Checklist” document.
● What are some of the items from the checklist in the two identified sections that you saw
in the video’s mock IEP meeting?
● What skills from the checklist do you think might be difficult for you to perform?
● What could you do to help develop those skills that might be difficult for you? Submit your summary and checklist reflection as one deliverable.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
SPD 200 Topic 3 Classroom Management And The Inclusion Classroom Matrix
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Research and identify five causes of misbehavior or disruptive behavior in the inclusion classroom. For each cause, describe two strategies for addressing and managing the misbehavior or disruptive behavior. Present your findings in the Classroom Management Matrix.” Support your findings with a minimum of five scholarly resources.
In addition, compose a 250-500 word reflection exploring the connection between classroom management strategies and collaboration (with both students and colleagues), to minimize disruptive behavior in the inclusion classroom. How can such collaborations help create a safe environment in which the students can engage in meaningful learning and social interactions?
Include your reflection on the “Classroom Management Matrix.” Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.T3- Classroom Management Matrix Template.docx
SPD 200 Topic 4 Co-Teaching Interventions
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Imagine you have a student with autism in your class. He is struggling with working in a group, getting along with other students, and interacting at age-appropriate levels within the group. You regularly use group work for assignments, often daily. You find that your student with autism has meltdowns during each and every group work session.
Sometimes he even has these meltdowns before you put students in groups, as he anticipates the overstimulation before it even occurs. Other students have expressed concerns and have asked to not work with him and not be in his group. When meltdowns occur, they affect the entire classroom for several minutes. The outbursts range from mild to moderate, from tantrums to crying or shutting down.
In an essay of 500-750 words, explain:
● How you would intervene and de-escalate the student with autism.
● How you would intervene and debrief the other students in the class after a meltdown.
● Proactive ways to prevent outbursts in the future.
● How you would collaborate with a co-teacher to seek a solution for the situation.
● What support you and your co-teacher might need to engage and support all students.
● Ethical and legal concerns with sharing information with the class and other
professionals.
Support your findings with a minimum of two scholarly resources. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
SPD 200 Topic 4 Field Experience B: Observation Of Student Differences And Individual
Learning Needs
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This is a Block I Field Experience. In this block, your field experience must be completed before or after school, or other designated times when students are not present. Spend at least 2.5 hours to complete the following field experience. Interview a certified special education teacher at the educational level (PK- 12) of your program, about the following:
● What are some similarities and differences among students with and without exceptionalities?
● What are some characteristics of various exceptionalities and the educational implications for students with exceptionalities?
● What is the effect an exceptionality can have on a student’s academic and social development, attitudes, interests, and values?
● How do you collaborate with general education teachers?● In what ways do you address the unique learning needs of the individuals with exceptionalities in the classroom, including for those students with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds?
● How do you protect the privacy of students with exceptionalities? What are some dilemmas you have experienced with this?
In 250-500 words, summarize and reflect upon your interview and on the professionalism and
integrity of protecting student privacy. In addition, be sure to explain how you will use your findings in your future professional practice, citing two recommended strategies for differentiating instruction based on learning differences. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Document the hours and locations that you spend in the field on your Clinical Field Experience Verification Form.
Submit the Clinical Field Experience Verification Form with the last assignment by the assignment due date. Directions for submitting can be found on the College of Education site in the Student Success Center.
SPD 200 Topic 5 Step-By-Step Teaching And Learning
Details: After reviewing the readings for this week, choose a grade level and an exemplary lesson plan from this topic’s readings. For each of the questions that follow, compose a 50-150 word response regarding the lesson you chose.
● What is the lesson’s objective? Is it measurable and observable? If not, how could the objective be rewritten to be measurable and observable? Be sure to provide the grade level and academic subject area for the lesson, along with the corresponding academic standards.
● Is whole group instruction utilized in the lesson? If not, how can whole group instruction be incorporated into the lesson? How could a co-teacher be utilized during whole group instruction? What technologies would you include to meet all student needs during this time?
● What process would you follow to create small groups for instruction for the lesson? How would you meet all student needs and ensure positive classroom management during small group instruction?
● What learning center activities would you include that align to the lesson? What technology might be incorporated during learning center activities? How will you teach classroom procedures for small groups and learning center times to ensure positive classroom management?
● How would you assess student learning during whole group lessons, small group instruction, and independent work times?
● What principles of Universal Design for Learning would you incorporate into the lesson?
Submit short answers only. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
SPD 200 Topic 6 Assistive Technology Device Matrix
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Research and identify characteristics of three low tech and three high tech assistive technology devices appropriate for individuals with exceptionalities. For each assistive technology device, identify and analyze:
● Potential uses
● Advantages
● Disadvantages
● Application to specific disabilities
● Implementation issues
Use the “Assistive Technology Device Matrix” to complete this assignment. Support your findings with a minimum of three scholarly resources. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
T7-Assistive Technology Device Matrix.docx
SPD 200 Topic 6 Benchmark – Case Study: Ethical And Collaborative
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Read the following case study to inform the assignment that follows. Case Study: Sloane Grade: 3rd Age: 8 Sloane is a female third grade student with a specific learning disability in written expression. She is originally from Mexico and moved to the U.S. with her mother, father, older sister, and newborn brother when she was 14 months old. In first grade she was assessed for special education services and was found eligible in the area of written expression.
Recently, her mother and father separated. Her mom has since moved the children out of their home and in with family friends. The family friends have three children and two adults living in the home already, so the three-bedroom, one-bath home is very crowded. Their new home is within walking distance of Rosewood Elementary, where Sloane has recently transferred.
Sloane’s mother has a job in which she works long hours and is currently struggling to establish her own line of credit. At home, Sloane’s family speaks both English and Spanish. Sloane’s other considers English her primary language; however, Spanish is her first language and she sometimes has difficulty understanding written English despite speaking it well.At a recent parent-teacher conference, Sloane’s mother opened up about the recent separation and stated there was an order of protection against her husband.
Because the order of protection extends to the children, Mr. Fleming, one of Sloane’s teachers, notified the office and provided documentation in the event that Sloane’s father should come to the school. While providing this documentation, office staff and other teachers pressed Mr. Fleming to divulge the details of why the order of protection was issued.
Part 1
In 100-250 word responses for each of the following five bullets, evaluate and answer the following questions:
● What are three ways in which cultural, language, and family background influence Sloane’s learning?
● How will knowledge of Sloane’s home environment assist her teachers in providing educational services and support?
● What are three steps a teacher could take with Sloane and her mother to build a collaborative relationship that takes into account their unique circumstances?
● What are three strategies that a teacher could use to encourage Sloane’s mother to actively participate in Sloane’s education process?
● How would you respond to the office staff and teachers wanting information regarding the order of protection, referencing the CEC Code of Ethics or other appropriate professional dispositions of learners? Support your responses with a minimum of three scholarly resources. Part 2 Write a 250-500 word rationale that:
● Analyzes the ethical principles you used to respond to the above questions, and how Those principles align to a Christian worldview.
● Provides specific examples of how your proposed actions support the common good in the educational setting, and explains how these examples can be considered applications of the Christian worldview.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide located in the Student Success Center. This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Submit this assignment to your instructor in LoudCloud. SPD 200 Topic 1 DQ 2 – IEPs and IDEA GCU
SPD 200 Topic 7 RTI Presentation
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Create a 15-20 slide digital presentation providing an introduction to Response to Intervention to educators. Include a title slide, reference slide, and presenter’s notes. Within your presentation provide:
■ An overview of RTI, to include an explanation of the RTI tiers.■ An explanation of what factors determine appropriate student placement within the RTI tiers.
■ An explanation of how the RTI model can help meet the needs of individuals with exceptionalities.
■ Five research-based intervention strategies for individuals with exceptionalities struggling in English language arts or mathematics that are appropriate for a variety of RTI tiers.
Support your presentation with this week’s readings and three additional scholarly resources. While GCU style format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using GCU documentation guidelines, which can be found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
