how can the curriculum for student with visual impairment be modified and adapted in an inclusion setup?
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At my school, the specialist uses magnification style reading tools.  Sort of like an overhead machine that you can put in a document and magnify it.  It all depends on the specific impairment.
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Is that where you re color blind? I suggest going to a college that people study to be an eye doctor and ask if that is in their curriculum. Its cheap and they can fix you blindness. also you are helping a student achieve their dreams
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Unless you have a mental problem, that prevents you from learning, the only barrier is laziness. Some people may need glasses or have dyslexia, or a hearing problem, but all these can be addressed and these people taught in the proper way.***
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If you have a disabled child, as I do, you can appreciate this act. Some public school systems don't provide a proper education for disabled children. This has helped in solving this problem.
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The school has a speech therapist.  My daughter has a language disability and takes speech therapy at school.  It is free of charge and they are trained professionals that can help you.  The school must test and provide this to you under the "no child left behind act".  Don't let this bother you.  No 2 people are the same.  We all talk different, look different and learn different.  The people that treat you as if you are of lower intelligence ..well lets just say that is there disability.  Stand up for yourself and show them what you know when they try to give you extra help.  Show them you are not afraid and how smart you are.
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Inclusion is when students with a need for individiualized instruction are included in the regular classroom and receive the services they need within the classroom setting.  This may be for some or all classes.\n\nStudents who are mainstreamed are most often students with mild to moderate learning or emotional disabilities.  They will have an invoiivualized education plan (IEP) written by a team of people concerned about his/her educational progress.  That team generally incudes special education teacher, regular education teachers, specialists such as speech therapists, parents and representatives from any community service providing agencies.\n\nThe IEP will include modifications and accomodations that may be made within the general education setting to allow the student to thrive.  These may be as simple as untimed tests and seating near the teacher, to having the teacher wear a special sound ampligfication device, among others.\n\nDoes inclusion work?  Well, that depends on the school district's commitment to inclduing kids in the regular classroom, on the students (and parents') willingness to meet some general classroom expectations, and upon the skill of the classroom teacher.  If everyone works together and expects success, it generally happens.  If any member of the instructional team doubts the child's ability to succedd, it usually becomes a self-fulfilling prohecy, and the child may end up back in a separate special education setting. This special environment is viewed as being a more restictive environment, whereas the incluusion class is viewed as a less restrictive environment, as required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).\n\nMy third grader has surprised some naysayers and has been included in regular education for math and special subjects for two years now.  I also enjoy helping students reach their academic goals.\n\nI hope this answers your question.
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God bless you, I hope that the org that you start reaches many disabled children and their families. \n\nI am really impressed with IEP, I am in constant contact with my daughter's teachers. I think if I could change anything, it would be that more schools put disabled children into regular classrooms during extra activity more often. My daughter (in her first couple of years of school) picked up some bad habits. She is autistic, and she does a lot of parroting. They put her in art and music outside of her SPED class and she really flourished. She is talking more, she doesn't have some of the bad habits.
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I don't think your question relates to Special Education. Special Education is the provision of services to children with disabilities. I understand it can sometimes be difficult to find an appropriate category.\n\nI would suggest, resolving this question so no one answers. Then, re-ask it under a different, more appropriate category. You might get more answers.\n\nGood luck with your question.
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You'd get a better response if you posted in "Special Education."\n\nAnyway, here's some schools to help you get started:\nhttp://www.ridbc.org.au/\n\nhttp://www.visionaustralia.org.au/\n\n\nThomas Gray; Catholic Schools Center f/t Visually Impaired\n60 Burns Rd. \n2076 Wahroonga NSW \nAustralia\n\nLee Gray; Royal Institute for the Blind\nP.O. Box 33 \n2118 Carlingford NSW \nAustralia\n\nRoyal Institute for Deaf & Blind Children\n361-365 North Rocks Road \n2151 North Rocks NSW \nAustralia \n+61 2-871-1233 v \n+61 2-9871-2196 f\n\nSt Paul's School for the Blind and VH\n3-13 Fernhurst Grove \n3101 Kew Victoria \nAustralia \n+61 3-862-2188 v \n+61 3-861-6772 f\n\nCarronbank School for Deaf-Blind Children\n7 Allen Street \n3150 Glen Waverley Victoria \nAustralia \n+61 3-561-2536 v \n+61 3-560-3262 f\n\nSouth Australian School for the Vision Impaired\n18 Duncan Avenue \n5043 Park Holme S. Austral. \nAustralia \n+61 8-8277-5255 v \n+61 8-8277-5251 f
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Obviously we're talking about those who were born blind and have neer seen color.  No, I don't think this can be done.  A blind person would have no frame of reference, nothing to relate to.
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And this is in special education because.........?
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You may be able to get more information for your project by contacting this site.\n\nhttp://www.disabled-world.com/artman/publish/DDA.shtml\n\nThe BBC put out this Q and A\n\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3139114.stm\n\nThe Centre for Accessible Environments lobbied for the changes\n\nhttp://www.cae.org.uk/\n\nThe Disability Rights Commission Administers it:\n\nhttp://www.drc.gov.uk/\n\nE-connected has articles related to its impact on the Internet\n\nhttp://www.e-connected.com/accessible/articles/\n\nThe British Chamber of Commerce might have some information on its impact on businesses.\n\nhttp://www.chamberonline.co.uk/\n\nGood luck with your project.
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my former highschool (and most highschools in the area) have a program/club called Partners Club, where not only kids with disabilitys (from mild to severe) can get together and do fun things. but also mainstream kids! one year i volunteered to coach bowling for most of the special education children, i'm not very good at bowling, but it was SO much fun!\nthey put all kinds of activities and events together! you should try to do something like this.
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Here are some websites.  The first one is the material I am most familiar with.  It has lots of information about programming for those who are visually impaired.\n\nI hope this helps.
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Try the Lions Club in your area or The Department of the Blind.  The Knight's Templar also will help sometimes.  Also, the Workforce Development Force will sometimes help so the person can become employable again.  Many of the universities will help also.  \n\nI hope this helps.
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In the Philippines, all I can do is offer you this website as a place to start:\n\nhttp://www1.worldbank.org/devoutreach/july05/textonly.asp?id=318\n\nIn the United States, special education is struggling between trying to maximize what is best for each individual student, with funding concerns and a lack of understanding from people not working directly with special needs students.\n\nhttp://www.wrightslaw.com/\n\n\nElsewhere, I know Britain failed to use inclusion successfully because the teachers weren't trained correctly.\n\nhttp://www.bcodp.org.uk/\n\nOther than that, I don't know.
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If found an alphabetical list of US schools (1)\nI don't know of any way to evaluate "best" without talking to people that have been through these schools.\n\nI'm low vision myself, about 10% uncorrected vison. Fortunately I never needed special schools, but I had to learn some "tricks" mostly by trial and error, to help myself out.\n\nOne that I shared with my opthamologist was that I carry a pocket flashlight. When I'm having trouble focusing on something near such as print, a circuit board or wiring connection or a mechanical fitting, and my eyes just don't want to cooperate even with my glasses, I pull out that flashlight and use it to highlight what I want to focus on. It seems to make it easier.\n\nOops -- Yahoo Answers doesn't want to let the html page show in sources properly.