Discuss the following:
Create a PowerPoint presentation that addresses the topic you have chosen. Using 8-10 content slides, present information that will give the viewer an overview of the topic. Be sure to address any controversies surrounding the topic. You must Cite at least 4 resources that you used to support your work, using APA formatting. Please also include a title slide and a reference slide.
Topics:
a. American with Disabilities Act – what ADA entails, how to implement it, examples of accommodations etc.
b. IEP Process: define participants and their roles, sample IEP, IEP content, measurable goals and objectives (what does it mean, examples)
c. IFSP (same content as IEP)
d. Early intervention programs/Assessment/Strategies
e. Response to Intervention
f. Autism – characteristics, issues for education, educational and instructional strategies
g. ADHD - characteristics, issues for education, educational and instructional strategies
h. Learning Disabilities - characteristics, issues for education, educational and instructional strategies
i. Behavior Modification Programs: guiding principles, why they work, examples of classroom management techniques. Functional
j.Behavioral Analysis, ABC analysis (antecedent behavior consequence)
k. Assessment strategies and alternate assessment strategies for exceptional children
l. Effect of disabilities on families/ support for families /family resources
m. Evidence based strategies for teaching children with disabilities
n. NCLB and children with disabilities
o. Transitional and Vocational Planning
p. Assistive technology for various disabilities, augmentative and alternative communication devices
q. Applied Behavioral Analysis and Autism
r. Gifted Education
s. Differential Instruction
t. Co-teaching, multi-age classrooms, other teaching strategies