Assignment
From the list below, pick a topic for the Week 8 Assignment. 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. 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:
- 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.