I will attach a link about disability college services: https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/choosing-starting-school/leaving-high-school/7-things-to-know-about-college-disability-services
Sunday, July 5, 2020
Week 4- DI
This week's readings clear some of the questions that I had in terms of DI. It is important to really pay attention to what IEP and 504 plans students have because it is a legal document. Although, I always like to think ahead into the future. When do us teachers stop modifying things for students with EIPS and 504 plans? Just because a student has dysgraphia, it doesn't mean that they should avoid writing. I don't like t make students feel like they are not part of a group or that the teacher modifies everything for them and they feel excluded from everybody else. I want students with IEPs and 504 plans to become better and overcome their disabilities. If us teacher keep holding their hand and modifying everything for them they won't learn to overcome their disability or know how to manage it better. I did more research into what happens to students who have an IEP or a 504 plan and if they decide to go to college, the colleges by law are not required to follow any IEPs and 504 plans that students had in high school. This is the part I worry the most because if we get students used to a service or modifications just because they have an IEP or a 504 the student is the one who will struggle more in college. I want to treat my students as equal as possible even if they have an EIP because I know that in the future colleges won't modify things for them. Colleges won't look at the students' records of schools of EIPs but instead, the student will have to apply for accommodations because of the Americans with Disability Act (ADA). Although, it is not guarantee that the student will get the accommodations he or she had in high school nor does the college have the obligation to follow IEP plans or 504 plans.
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ReplyDeleteI actually had a student that wouldn't take assignments seriously or worry about a certain aspect of the learning segment because they said I don't have to do that because my IEP says so. I think when you start to get to the older students is when you can fall into this issue of them realizing they don't have to do certain things because of their IEPs. However, maybe as teachers we're doing something wrong. If we do differentiated instruction properly we shouldn't allow these students to not do certain things. I didn't know that about the colleges though, that's interesting!
Hello and peace to all,
ReplyDeleteHello Luis,
I really loved how you pointed out that it’s important to help students learn in a variety of ways, even if it is not necessarily their strongest way of learning. For example, you made the point, that even if a student is not really good at writing, it doesn’t mean that a teacher should avoid writing exercises for the student altogether! I think that this is one of the pitfalls that teachers can fall into. A teacher may discover that a student is better at one type of learning than another, and as such, fall too much in love with this particular teaching method with that particular student, and not try to help him or her be better at other ways of learning.
In fact, one could argue that if a student is not good at a particular way of learning, that the teacher should make it a point to work on that weakness with more intentionality. Of course, if a teacher finds a particular learning methodology that works well with the student, the teacher should not abandon that, but I think you bring up a great point that we shouldn’t fall into the pitfall of discovering what works best with a particular student, and so fall so much in love with that one methodology, that we neglect other ways of teaching that student.
In fact, we probably do them a disservice if we don’t try to help them understand that there are different ways of learning than the one or two that they are most comfortable with.
Anyway, I really thought that was a great point Luis,
Peace Luis, Peace all.
PS- and by the way , thanks for sending the link at the bottom of your post…. As far as I’m concerned, anytime somebody has a good link to share that can help us grow or see things, send it over… Anyway, Thanks Luis,…peace…peace all