Resilience refers to an individual's ability to minimize or overcome the damaging affects of trauma or adversity. A resilient child stands a strong chance of growing into a resilient adult. This article explains the traits and thought processes a child experiences when they are resiliant. Through understanding what resilience is, parents and care givers can provide specific opportunities and activities to promote resilience in their child. Activities are listed that may induce more resiliant behavior in a child. This article is very useful to teachers. I believe that resiliance is key to self-improvement and persistence in student achievement. If I can properly instill resiliance in my students, they will be able to cope much better after earning a lousy grade on an assignment. Instead of becoming disappointed and quitting, the student may try again or study harder next time. The article demonstrates how to promote such positive qualities children and is therefore a valuable asset to my teaching.
Amendments to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 called for the establishment of the Rehabilitation Cultural Diversity Initiative. The wording of this amendment acknowledges "a changing racial profile in which one of every three Americans will be either African American, Latino, or Asian American by the year 2000". Therefore, this article discusses correlations between the higher disability rates of racial/ethnic minorities and five societal conditions. Low income and poverty, employment in dangerous jobs, lack of health insurance, low educational attainment and faulty testing and diagnostic procedures are all causes for disability amongst the ethnic minorities. The article presents evidence that documents these conditions and their impact on the disabled. This article is relevant to my teaching for numerous reasons. First of all, I will be teaching in Florida and there is a very high rate of ethnic diversity in most schools. Understanding the the rates of disability among ethnic minorities can help in understanding students and their needs. Furthmore, it is important to be aware of the factors that lead to disability such as income and educational attainment. In doing so, we can be better guides for our students and their families.
This article is written by a woman who suffers from MS: multiple sclerosis. She discusses how this disability has affected her relationships and her desire to marry someone. Statistics say that eighty percent of people with MS face spouse desertion; however, the author of this article is lucky to have a loving husband who stays at her side almost twenty-four hours a day! Apparently, people with MS require a lot of attention. So, the article calls for government initiative to create a website that unites caregivers and creates a network that links the disabled with caregivers. As a teacher this article is influential because it describes the effects of multiple sclerosis on its victims. The person with MS has no coodination with what involves motor skills and physical activities but the mental abilities are not affected. Full-inclusion and equal opportunity for the disabled may cause the placement of a student with MS in our class. It is enlightening to read how caregivers or paraprofessionals aid in the daily life of such individuals.
This article is about how families cope with having children with disabilities as part of their families. In the article there are two different viewpoints on this, one is how the family considers the disability to create a lot of stress and the second viewpoint is how all families have stress regardless of their children’s abilities and also talks about exploring sources of stress and how to mediate this stress. This relates to me teaching personally, because as an educator of a student that has a disability, it is very important to collaborate with the parents and the families. Sometimes families won’t be as involved or seem that they care about their child’s improvement, but teachers need to understand that they may be experiencing other stress factors in their personal lives, besides their child having a disability, and understand that this may be the cause for their actions. It is important to be sensitive and understanding, and to try and involve them as much as possible.
This article talks about the characteristics of children with special needs and family reactions to it. It also mentions how cultural backgrounds of families is an influence to family reactions to exceptional children. The article also talks about the different kinds of supports available for families with exceptional children. Once again, this relates to teaching and being able to understand where the parent and family are coming from. We do not know everything that goes on in the home and their personal life and it is especially important to get a better understanding for families that are culturally and linguistically diverse, because their opinions and the way they look at things may be different.
This article is about sibling interactions when one child has a disability and the other does not. Children learn how to interrelate with their brothers and sisters and can also acquire future parenting styles by watching how their parents and how they relate to children with disabilities. This particular article goes in depth about a woman who as a child had a sibling of undiagnosed Asperger’s Syndrome and the effects it had on her as a parent of a son with Asperger’s.
I was excited that I came across this article. Technology being help in the classroom is a real thing that we are all having to adapt to. This article focused mostly on the use of cell phones in a classroom in Africa. I feel that as teachers, we can gain ideas from this article about how to help those with hearing impairments and hearing loss to feel a part of the classroom. By using cell phones, it is really great that teachers are using current and familiar means to students to help create a functioning and fun classroom environment. For students, this article can help show them what is happening around the world and how various countries deal with the disabilities of fellow classmates.
I found this article absolutely delightful and inspirational. I personally like seeing articles like this because it makes people what struggles, what things many of us take for granted are real challenges for students with disabilities. Everything from the dorm rooms to the showers, to finding the right class to getting translators for lectures; the issues covered and how they were dealt with were vary fascinating. This is a great way for students to see how different college life can be for someone who has a disability, or how similar.
This is not just one article but rather a collection of articles all about the deaf community. These articles focus on the personal experiences of Jamie Berke, a deaf man and his various experiences through life. He talks about family holidays, going to the movies, trying out for sports teams, ect. I found many of these articles to be light hearted and educational in how the deaf community interacts with that of the hearing. As far as teaching goes, I would refer to these articles as an example of a way of life.
Resilience refers to an individual's ability to minimize or overcome the damaging affects of trauma or adversity. A resilient child stands a strong chance of growing into a resilient adult. This article explains the traits and thought processes a child experiences when they are resiliant. Through understanding what resilience is, parents and care givers can provide specific opportunities and activities to promote resilience in their child. Activities are listed that may induce more resiliant behavior in a child.
This article is very useful to teachers. I believe that resiliance is key to self-improvement and persistence in student achievement. If I can properly instill resiliance in my students, they will be able to cope much better after earning a lousy grade on an assignment. Instead of becoming disappointed and quitting, the student may try again or study harder next time. The article demonstrates how to promote such positive qualities children and is therefore a valuable asset to my teaching.
Amendments to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 called for the establishment of the Rehabilitation Cultural Diversity Initiative. The wording of this amendment acknowledges "a changing racial profile in which one of every three Americans will be either African American, Latino, or Asian American by the year 2000".
Therefore, this article discusses correlations between the higher disability rates of racial/ethnic minorities and five societal conditions. Low income and poverty, employment in dangerous jobs, lack of health insurance, low educational attainment and faulty testing and diagnostic procedures are all causes for disability amongst the ethnic minorities. The article presents evidence that documents these conditions and their impact on the disabled.
This article is relevant to my teaching for numerous reasons. First of all, I will be teaching in Florida and there is a very high rate of ethnic diversity in most schools. Understanding the the rates of disability among ethnic minorities can help in understanding students and their needs. Furthmore, it is important to be aware of the factors that lead to disability such as income and educational attainment. In doing so, we can be better guides for our students and their families.
This article is written by a woman who suffers from MS: multiple sclerosis. She discusses how this disability has affected her relationships and her desire to marry someone. Statistics say that eighty percent of people with MS face spouse desertion; however, the author of this article is lucky to have a loving husband who stays at her side almost twenty-four hours a day! Apparently, people with MS require a lot of attention. So, the article calls for government initiative to create a website that unites caregivers and creates a network that links the disabled with caregivers.
As a teacher this article is influential because it describes the effects of multiple sclerosis on its victims. The person with MS has no coodination with what involves motor skills and physical activities but the mental abilities are not affected. Full-inclusion and equal opportunity for the disabled may cause the placement of a student with MS in our class. It is enlightening to read how caregivers or paraprofessionals aid in the daily life of such individuals.
Alex's Articles
- Understand Parents and Families of Children with Disabilities
This article is about how families cope with having children with disabilities as part of their families. In the article there are two different viewpoints on this, one is how the family considers the disability to create a lot of stress and the second viewpoint is how all families have stress regardless of their children’s abilities and also talks about exploring sources of stress and how to mediate this stress.This relates to
- Parenting Children with Special Needs
This article talks about the characteristics of children with special needs and family reactions to it. It also mentions how cultural backgrounds of families is an influence to family reactions to exceptional children. The article also talks about the different kinds of supports available for families with exceptional children.Once again, this relates to teaching and being able to understand where the parent and family are coming from. We do not know everything that goes on in the home and their personal life and it is especially important to get a better understanding for families that are culturally and linguistically diverse, because their opinions and the way they look at things may be different.
- Dual Familial Roles
This article is about sibling interactions when one child has a disability and the other does not. Children learn how to interrelate with their brothers and sisters and can also acquire future parenting styles by watching how their parents and how they relate to children with disabilities. This particular article goes in depth about a woman who as a child had a sibling of undiagnosed Asperger’s Syndrome and the effects it had on her as a parent of a son with Asperger’s.Rachel's Articles
- *Deaf Children Are Being Heard in Africa*
I was excited that I came across this article. Technology being help in the classroom is a real thing that we are all having to adapt to. This article focused mostly on the use of cell phones in a classroom in Africa. I feel that as teachers, we can gain ideas from this article about how to help those with hearing impairments and hearing loss to feel a part of the classroom. By using cell phones, it is really great that teachers are using current and familiar means to students to help create a functioning and fun classroom environment. For students, this article can help show them what is happening around the world and how various countries deal with the disabilities of fellow classmates.- *Deaf Student Overcomes to Lead Full Academic Life on Campus*
I found this article absolutely delightful and inspirational. I personally like seeing articles like this because it makes people what struggles, what things many of us take for granted are real challenges for students with disabilities. Everything from the dorm rooms to the showers, to finding the right class to getting translators for lectures; the issues covered and how they were dealt with were vary fascinating. This is a great way for students to see how different college life can be for someone who has a disability, or how similar.- *Growing Up Deaf*
This is not just one article but rather a collection of articles all about the deaf community. These articles focus on the personal experiences of Jamie Berke, a deaf man and his various experiences through life. He talks about family holidays, going to the movies, trying out for sports teams, ect. I found many of these articles to be light hearted and educational in how the deaf community interacts with that of the hearing. As far as teaching goes, I would refer to these articles as an example of a way of life.