From the list below, pick a topic for the Week 8 Assignment. Create a PowerPoint presentation that addresses the topic you have chosen. Using 5-8 slides, present information that will give the viewer an overview of the topic. Be sure to address any controversies surrounding the topic. Cite at least 3 resources that you used to support your work, using APA formatting. This presentation MUST be 504 compliant. Check your font, size, and contrast please.
Topics:
American with Disabilities Act - what ADA entails, how to implement it, examples of accommodations etc.
IEP Process: define participants and their roles, sample IEP, IEP content, measurable goals and objectives (what does it mean, examples)
IFSP (same content as IEP)
Early intervention programs/Assessment/Strategies
Response to Intervention
Autism - characteristics, issues for education, educational and instructional strategies
ADHD - characteristics, issues for education, educational and instructional strategies
Learning Disabilities - characteristics, issues for education, educational and instructional strategies
Behavior Modification Programs: guiding principles, why they work, examples of classroom management techniques. Functional
Behavioral Analysis, ABC analysis (antecedent behavior consequence)
Assessment strategies and alternate assessment strategies for exceptional children
Effect of disabilities on families/ support for families /family resources
Evidence based strategies for teaching children with disabilities
NCLB and children with disabilities
Transitional and Vocational Planning
Assistive technology for various disabilities, augmentative and alternative communication devices
Applied Behavioral Analysis and Autism
Gifted Education
Differential Instruction
Co-teaching, multi-age classrooms, other teaching strategies