how do i adapt a math and science activity child with special needs?
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We need a little more information in order to help you.  What is the nature of the special need?  For example, does the child have a hearing impairment, or a learning disability, or a physical disability?  How you do the adaptation depends on the disability and the child's strengths and needs.  Possibly if you can add details you may get several good suggestions.
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What is happening to your child atrocious.  Talk to the principal.  Does your school have a special education teacher?  Ask for a meeting with all three together - principal, special education teacher, and classroom teacher.  YOu have a right to be assertive and make sure your child receives more appropraite programming.\n\nIf you can set your anger aside when you go to this meeting.  YOu will get much further I expect if you present the case logically and point out how absurd and meaningless those homework assignments are for your child.  \n\nYour child's teachers should have access to all kinds of information to properly program for your child.  In any case refer them to the website I've attached.  It provides specific information about appropriate school programming for students who are blind.  It is a Canadian source, but it is the one I am most familiar with, and it is excellent.\n\nI hope this helps.  Good luck with it!
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Special need children should not be rushed to do things that might feel complicated to them. Give him more time and let him learn slowly instead of drastically transitioning him. I would try with an open cup and put saran clear wrap over it and make a little opening. Teach him to not let water touch the clear wrap and slowly guide him. They need to be conditioned...even little puppies need guidance like that.
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Special as in special ed?
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Go into some of the classes with your child. You and your child can tell them what it is like to be disabled and have a disabled child. I think everyone would be more aware of disabilities. Good luck.
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DON'T WAIT UNTIL HE STARTS SCHOOL!\n\nEarly intervention is key in cases of Autism Spectrum Disorders and Nonverbal Learning Disorder, and delayed speech.\n\nPlease ask her to take the following steps immediately:\n\nFind a pediatrician that specializes in children with developmental disabilities.\n\nContact the school system for a complete evaluation (this is free, and could have been before the child trained 3!).\n\nThe school system will choose a team of professionals to evaluate the child, including, but not limited to a speech therapist, an occupational therapist, a physical therapist, a school adjustment counselor, a school psychologist, a teacher and an expert in special education.  His parents  will be part of the team, and they may bring any experts they so choose to the team meetings.\n\nThe child's new pediatrician will submit a recommendation for the services the child needs.  The child may require an independent evaluation by additional specialists (pediatric neurologist, etc. to develop a treatment plan.\n\nMake sure that the team adopts the recommendations of his pediatrician and specialists in their entirety; appeal the team's decision, if necessary.\n\nThe team will develop an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) that specifies the services to be provided and the frequency of the provision, as well as the modifications that will be made to "regular" education to accommodate him.\n\nHis parents have the right to accept or reject the IEP, in whole or in part, and appeal same, in whole or in part.  If they choose to appeal and another, independent evaluation is required, the school must pay for the evaluation.\n\nThe school system is required BY LAW to provide early intervention services beginning at age 3, so he will probably begin in a special program, immediately.\n\nThis is a very complex subject not easily dealt with in this forum, however the above is a start.  DON'T WAIT!
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It sounds like you already have your bases covered. Does your school district have a special needs preschool teacher certified in any of the Autistic-spectrum teaching methods? Is she attending it? Your IFSP should include the therapies you mentioned, plus social instruction programming (at a preschool), plus a social worker helping you access local and state resources.\n\nRight now, you should be shopping carefully and laying the groundwork for her kindergarten enterance. Does your district centralize their Autistic instruction at one of the elementary schools, or will they be expecting your neighborhood school's special ed teachers to take her?\n\nEither is fine, but if she will be going to the neighborhood school, you need to meet with the teacher(s) who will be working with her year after next. Find out if they currently have Autistic program training, prior experience with Autistics, familiarity with Autistic programs even if not currently trained... If not, you're giving them an alert that going to those conferences and doing some homework might be a good thing during the next year. They are (or should be) professional enough to prepare themselves for your daughter's arrival.\n\nIf you feel uncomfortable about the special ed kindergarten teacher's abilities at your local school after meeting with him/her, ask to observe the programs he/she is currently running.  If it still doesn't feel right, or the teacher is hostile to your questions about their training/experience, don't hesitate. Get hooked up with your local or state parent's advocacy group and let them know your concerns. They may know more about that teacher and his/her history. They will either reassure you about giving the teacher a chance, or they will come in with you to the district to arrange for a different teacher for your daughter.\n\nIf you can start her off right in kindergarten, with a good teacher and a good program, she stands a good chance of doing extrememly well by the time she reaches high school. My husband is a Drama teacher for 8th and 9th graders, and he has had a high-functioning autistic in his program for two years, with great results (his second in 10 years of teaching). Both kids were taking all regular ed classes, with continued therapies and a special ed teacher providing inclusion support.\n\nHang in there!
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while I can not quote a theorist - they live in La la land - having not stepped a foot in a REAL classroom...but I know from teaching in special education...\n\nDo not yell!\nuse positive reinforcement techniques...like "I caught you being good (being smart, being kind, being well behaved...) then chart that on the chalk board - so other kids can see.\n\nmaybe reward the few kids that respond to this with a frozen Popsicle or fudge bar
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Do what my parents did.\n  Make a poster of a grid of all the times tables and hang it on the back of her bedroom door, or in plain view of her bed and tell her  to look at it every morning when she's getting dressed for school.\nThrow out  a random problem in conversation every once in a while.\nNo pressure or trauma - just a single question.\n  Make her go in her room and look it up if she doesn't know it.\nHave her repeat the whole problem as well.\n   The more she sees it, the more she'll ingest it and the less stress-free the interaction about it, the less likely she is to develop an mental block against math.
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If you have a good library try "Five In A Row". My girls are enjoying it. This is a literature based program that teaches Social Studies, Language, Art, Math and Science. I would suggest adding another math program and a phonics program. \n I also like using "Teach Your Child to Read In 100 Easy Lessons"  for phonics. This can be bought at Walmart On-line. \nFor additional math I use Alpha Omega Lifepac but there are MANY to chose from. \n3Moms.com is great for encouragement and they have a bundle of sample lessons so you can see what is best for your family to use. \nFor extra work I like to use www.schoolexpress.com. They have a variety of free printable worksheets on many subjects.\nA fun on-line place to learn is www.factmonster.com.\nAnother fun and educational free place to learn to read is Starfall.com\nI have been home schooling for 6 years and every year I find something new and exciting from my searches. Another great place to search on the web to find any answer is www.ask.com. Ask Jeeves finds specific web sites for your specific question.
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I would start with the basics, counting to 10, recognizing colors and some shapes, etc.  Also how to use crayons and simple things like that.  They will learn the rest.  Also, you may want to make sure the child is okay with sharing, authority figures besides the parents, etc.
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I have been an advocate for my brother for the past 35 years and have taught and worked with families with special needs kids and have a child of my own with special needs.  I live in PA so I don't have specific contact info for your state, but here are a few ideas:\n\nGet your facts together and practice having a calm and patient attitude with the people you contact - this will go a long way to getting what your child needs.  \n\nAs your child's best advocate, you need to have all the info about the child's diagnosis, and specific current needs that you & all the people working with the child have discovered.  Take notes, ask for info in writing, and be able to summarize the most important info for new people you contact.\n\nYour first resource level is the people who work directly with your child -- ask them for their ideas about what services your daughter needs most & how to get these services.  Could the therapists work with your daughter during the period before or after the 1/2 day kindergarten so she does not miss classroom time?  Schools are ususally good at accomodating therapists and should have some office space set aside for this.\n\nThe next level is the special education coordinators from your school & district.   If the IEP calls for programs they cannot provide directly in your local school, they can pay for your child to get these services at another school or district.  (you may have to weigh the impact of a longer bus ride on the child).\n\nIf the district cannot answer your questions, you need to find out about resources at the county level - the county office of your state's department of education.  \nTalk to your State Representative - they usually have district offices, and their staff helps constituents (voters like you) solve problems with state government offices.\n\nDoes your school district have an organization of special needs parents?  Meet with these parents, especially the ones who have older kids and have been through all this, they are really good at helping you advocate in an effective way while keeping on positive terms with your shcool staff.\n\nIf several other parents are facing similar difficulties and have not been satisfied, you may have more of an impact if you approach the school administration together and calmly but firmly discuss alternatives to legal action.  Letter writing and showing you are serious and united in your concerns may get things moving.  \n\nRemember not to get negative or confuse issues like ESL classes (not all Spanish speakers are illegal),  The more prepared and calm you are -- the more you will be taken seriously.  Over the years I have seen so many parents successfully guide their special needs kids and I have seen so many improvements and accomplishment  -- all the meetings and appointmnets and seminars and time spent with special kids really is worth it!  God bless you & yours with plenty of love & patience.
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first find out what grade level they are reading on by giving them a test i forget what it is called and then find out what they have trouble on (i.e. vowels, long e, etc.) once you have found that out then you can focus on it and in the areas where they are struggling you could come up with a game to help them out and to kinda keep it on a consistant basis.
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My son has high functioning austism as well. He is 5 now and became verbal last year. His still likes to play by himself some of the time but he interacts with his siblings and some of the kids from his school. Find something that he really enjoys. For my son it is letters and numbers. I bought flash cards for him and invited a couple of the neighbor kids over. We had races to see who could find certain numbers. He loved it. Don't try too many kids though or he could feel overwhelmed. A lot of his interaction came from watching the other kids do things. He wouldn't go down the slide until he watched the other kids do it over and over again. Make a structured "game" of the play at first and then slowly let it become more spontanious. Good Luck you can email me at sbirch5@yahoo.com if you would like to discuss this further
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You might have better luck with answers to this question if you try it in a different category. This category deals with issues related to teaching children who have disabilities.  Try the Entertainment and Music category.  Good luck with it.
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The only web site I know of is mathforum.org  Try to turn math into a game for her, rather than a chore.  There are some online math games she might like, or if she's doing division problems, you could even use cooking as an example, since measuring cups have division in it.  The trick is trying to make math seem like a fun thing rather than a chore.
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i would suggest meeting with the teachers to get their guidance. they should be able to work with you to give him the help he needs in a more timely manner. they should be glad you care so much & be really willing. also, meeting with any special needs teachers for tips can help as well.\n\ncan the teachers help give you items ahead of time so that you can work on things on the weekends when you have more time? (assuming you have a monday-friday job)