Who Would Be Involved With A Team When Developing A Plan For A Student With Exceptionality?

Abstract

The children with exceptionalities need extra care and special education. The process of their education involves family, school staff and community members. The paper describes about the role of parents and family in educating children with exceptionalities. The paper describes about the involvement of family, school staff and community to facilitate growth and development of children.

Who Would Be Involved With A Team When Developing A Plan For A Student With Exceptionality?

Introduction

Special education is the education of children with special needs to address the individual students' differences and requirements. This involves the planned and systematic arrangements of teaching, special materials, special settings, and other strategies to help students with exceptionalities achieve success in school and in community, which would be difficult to attain if they would be given only a typical classroom education (Hallahan, Kauffman, & Pullen, 2008).

They have issues like difficulties with learning, difficulties in communication, physical disabilities, emotional and disorders, and many other developmental disorders. These exceptional students benefit from educational services such as use of technology, special teaching, etc. The children with intellectual giftedness can also get benefits from special teaching programs, they need to be handled separately (Sandall, Schwartz, Joseph, Horn & Odom, 2008).

For special education, many services are available in every school, which can improve the academic achievement of students. Children, who are regarded as students with exceptionalities are children having mental retardation, brain damage, developmental disorder, visual or hearing disabilities, etc (Catlett, Winton, & Pierce, 2007 ).

The team that are involved in educating the students with exceptionalities are:

Family members

Community members

Teacher education faculty members and students

Policymakers

Funding agencies

Discussion

The education of children and student require the involvement of family members, school staff and community members. Most important are the parents and family members, who can influence the child's development, growth and academic activities (Carter, 2003).

Family Involvement

In supporting these students, family members and guardians play an important role in helping children to learn, whether at home or at school. The parents are responsible to provide care and to feed them. The grandparents are also involved. All parents have specific hopes and goals for their kids. They support the efforts of children's to gain desired goals. The environment of the home influences a child. They are the central contributor to the development of the child. Parent involvement is the essential element of the child's education. The process of parent involvement requires ongoing efforts. It requires a specific vision, policy, and the framework. The understanding of their role is important. Parents' interaction with children is important to recognize the issues of this relation. Successful parent involvement strengthens bonds between family, school, educator, parent and community (Carter, 2003).

Parents are the first and the most influential educators in the life of children.

They are knowledgeable about their children's history, abilities, and interests. If parents are provided opportunities to share information, it can help them and educators to avoid conflict and maintain collaborative relation that help in obtaining the educational ...