SPECIAL EDUCATION

Special Education

Special Education

Introduction

Education is a socialization process where the individual acquires and assimilates different types of knowledge. This is a process of cultural awareness and behavior, which is embodied in a set of skills and values. When people suffer from some disability mental or physical, their needs may not be satisfied by the traditional educational system (Willis& Mann, 2000). It is here where the concept of special education, which, as its name implies, presents distinct characteristics (i.e. special). Special education provides technical and human resources to offset the declines experienced by students. In this way, students can complete the process of learning in an environment according to their capabilities.

This paper aims at discussing the scope of special education, in the context of a group of 25 students, with varying reading disabilities and steps and measures that their teacher could adopt to serve to their learning needs. The paper proposes a special education program that the teacher may use for the purpose and defines the related aspects of each of these stages.

Discussion

Remedial Steps for successful study skills

To begin with, the teacher should test all students for their reading and writing disabilities. There is nothing better than nipping the illness in the bud, before the student starts his studies. There are three categories of treatment for dyslexia. These are remedial, corrective, and developmental approaches. These approaches are not mutually exclusive, and a combination of two may be used for certain students as deemed necessary (Tomlinson& Allan, 2000).

Remedial approach to Teaching

These are techniques that are used to address the students' psychological and educational problems that hinder the child's ability to learn.

Corrective approach to Teaching

These treatment exercises focus on the child's interests and align them with his studies. The underlying theory is the fact that the children may use their own abilities to overcome their problems. For instance, if a dyslexic student is good with painting and likes certain objects than the instructor may help him understand things as paints and objects that he likes (Guild and Garger, 1998).

Developmental approach to Teaching

In this approach, the instructor may use tried and tested methods of treatment that have been proved helpful for other such students. Using phonological techniques helps in enhancing the child's ability to read. The teacher may design a 12 week course for students for their education. The course can be aimed at polishing the student's natural ability to establish letter-phoneme relationships. He may use modality techniques for this purpose. The students may be made to listen to a word and then, they may be asked to pick up the same word from a list of three words displayed to them. This will not only help in identifying gaps in the phonological skills but also in filling those gaps (Tomlinson, 2000). These methods are used until the student overcomes his reading and writing difficulty substantially. The developmental approach to treatment usually follows a step analytical procedure to treatment, whereby the student is given extra time and attention, and his disability is removed ...