Another factor will be to have other students accept a student with a disability into their classroom. An activity could include an activity that would educate other students, about the students with a disability. It must be an activity that would play into the advantage of the student with a disability. The objective is to display the intelligence of that student with disability. The goal is to show that he or she is no different when it comes to completing the tasks. The method may be different but the answer will be the same. Through such an activity, it will help with the immersion process of all the students. This will also build self-esteem and confidence of students with a disability.
Preferably, these students should be placed in schools and classrooms that could support and accommodate their needs. It is already tough for Guam high school teachers to deal with the problem of lack of materials and books. To compound that problem with students with disability can be very unnerving. Furthermore, is there a budget to accommodate every student with a disability? Most schools on Guam are very handicap unfriendly. On Guam, there is a strong push for teachers in special education. But could GPSS afford these influxes of new teachers? These questions and problems make a difficult situation worst. The bottom-line for helping students with a disability is that it takes money. Money becomes the deciding factor. It takes money, time and patience to deal with these children. Now that society is becoming more and more sensitive to students with disabilities; perhaps future schools and budgets will be more and more compliant to the needs of these kinds of students.
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Hi:
ReplyDeleteYour reflection was very nicely written. Good job!
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