what did the mentaly challenged kids do in your preschool, elementry school, middle school, and high school?
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Mentally/physically challenged children are placed in Special Education classes as well as Mainstream. Some also have emotional behavior disorders. Each child's particular challenge may vary from the next child's. One child may have Down's Syndrome while another is Autistic.\n\nSometimes they work together on projects and sometimes they work alone.  Sometimes the assistant teachers work one on one with these kids.  They may watch movies. Some may eat lunch inside the classroom.  The teacher may help feed them or help them to the bathroom. Some may be walked to the cafeteria or to a certain class by a teacher. Some are able to walk to a mainstream class alone.They are also escorted to their own buses.  A physical therapist may visit the classroom to work with these children.\n\nFor two years, I  worked with these kids from first grade through twelfth grade as a Subsitute Teacher's Aide.  I do not know if the school has special classes for the preschoolers or kindergartners as I was never assigned to any.
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I have a daughter 17 which came to live with me last year. Her grades suffered for the last semester of the year. We sat down and talked and I started let her live more as a young adult rather than a child and the grades have improved. She still had guidelines but were alot less stringent. Allowing a child to grow a little bit helps alot. I was guilty of not wanting my kids to grow up and I was the problem which I realized. I have bit the ole tongue and let her fall a few times but it has helped her grow more.\n  I also have a son who is 12 diagnosed with ADHD(5yrs) I have spent time at the school sharing information with the school on some of the do's and dont's of a ADHD child. Some teachers listen but some are still blind to ADHD. I have encouraged that the teachers become more aware of ADHD and ADD. But what can we expect because our teachers who are molding the grown ups of tomorrow are not paid enough. Educators which care move on to higher paying jobs so that they can support their families and not have to deal with parents who send their kids to school for  baby sitting.\n  We as parents have to be more involved in our school system with support as well discipline.
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Mentally challenged, how? Do you mean IDEA-defined Mental Retardation (overall slow learner, also with difficulties learning communication and/or life skills)? Or are you looking at someone with learning disabilities (normal intelligence but extreme difficulty with one or more areas of academics)?\n\nIf you mean MR, you should look at the following sites for a better understanding of what MR is about:\nhttp://www.thearc.org/\nhttp://www.aamr.org/\nhttp://www.nichcy.org/pubs/factshe/fs8txt.htm#whatis\nhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001523.htm\n\nIf you mean Learning Disabled, you should look at the following sites:\nhttp://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/learning_problem/learning_disabilities.html\nhttp://www.ldonline.org/\nhttp://www.ncld.org/\n\nAs far as "activities" are concerned, for MR you should look at their mental age (NOT their current chronological age), and their next step in the developmental ladder. For instance, a 15 year old with the mental age of a 5 year old will be attracted to activities and games targeting kindergarden/first grade level.\n\n"Activities" for LD kids are the same as for their same-age peers, with modifications to support them if academic skills are needed. A 15 year old with LD in reading/writing, would be interested in any activity the other 15 year olds are doing. However, if there are written instructions, he/she would need the directions read to him/her.
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Let them be what they are... God has given them enough brains to learn on their own..\n\nhttp://www.futureaccountant.com/\n\nhttp://www.schoolingkids.com/
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1. best option, find out what's wrong at school... it could be anything from social problems (such as bullies or romance) or educational (like being behind in math, or haveing trouble remembering history dates) possibly, although we hope not... a learning or behaviorial disability... or worse, it could be the case of a abusive teacher or administrator whom is not fit for their job.\n\nthe trick is to talk to your teenager and find out what is wrong in school then work with them, let them know you want to help them solve those issues, try real hard to keep the teen responsible without pulling too many authority cards...\n\n2. second best option: start to drive them to and from school everyday, and ask the teachers to monitor behavior... then if you catch the teen ditching ground em with a day for every hour school missed \n\n3. my personal fav but not a good or official option, smack the kid on the bottom and tell em you shouldnt have to watch after em like some lil kid ha ha ha ha ha ha (but i dont recomend this one, since i was on the receiving end... the personal fav part was sarcasm)
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Public going to high school after summer.\nno,no tutoring.figure/solve out everything by themselves. no help, teach  to be independant.
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I teach a self-contained special ed. class and have been teaching SPED for 24 years....and no, I don't make any more than the regular ed. teachers even though my paperwork load is ALOT more, I have no textbooks and I have to make my own teaching materials, and I have to spend hours and hours more time in meetings and deal with horrible, demanding parents who expect me to "cure" their child.....I couldn't imagine doing anything else though   :)
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We do several things at our school:\n\n1. We collect pennies for "Habitat for Humanity." \n2. We do a pet food drive and donate to the Humane Shelter.\n3. Collect sample size soaps and shampoos and toothpastes etc and put together little bags for parents that stay at the hospital with their sick children.\n4. We go to the school for the disabled and perform a talent show for the kids. Later on in the year we return and take them ice skating. They are in their wheelchairs and our kids are on skates pushing them around. It's amazing!\n\n5. We collect food for Second Harvest Food Bank\n\nHopefully some of these might work for your school. :)
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In high school I was a bright, young kid who was bored and never challenged. As an undergraduate, I paid the price for not learning how to study and apply myself academically in high school. I did fairly well, but not great. In my study for my master's degree, I was an honors student, and I finally received my Ph.D. which was the richest intellectual experience of my life.\n\n"So what," you ask? So, if I could do it, anyone with will, determination and dedication can become well-educated!!
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I'm in Middle school and I'm blind in one eye and have limited vision in the other. There are a few hard parts 1 not being able to do somethings your friends and peers can, 2 not having teachers get papers enlarged so you can read them # having people hear "disability" and think you are mentally handicapped. But every day gives you new hardest things and you learn to work around them. My impairment has given me a lot of patients and helps me understand other people with disabilities.
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I completely understand! I have high schoolers, and have to nearly re-learn to help them!\n\nYahoo education has help with algebra;\nhttp://education.yahoo.com/homework_help/math_help/chapter_list?id=minialg1gt \n\nSo does math.com:\nhttp://www.math.com/homeworkhelp/Algebra.html \n\nPhysics help:\nhttp://www.physics247.com/ \n\nGood luck to you!
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1. Who cares\n2. Get back to your homework\n3. Does your mommy know you are watching dumb movies?\n4. Does your mommy know you are on her computer?\n5. Did you know this is why you had to repeat 4th grade this year?\n6-20. WHO CARES!
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read lots of books (or a dictionary), do well on math section, hence talk with your math teachers and ask for additional help. and yes there were a few people that did... friends of mine in fact...
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When warm weather settles in, take them on a nature hike.  Most teens will think this is cheesy, but the competition will soon settle in.\n\nPlay a seeking game.  Create a list of items, with points attached, of things that are around their school.  List the scientific name (ones studied in class and some hard one for bonus pts)...deducting points if they have to ask about their common name.\n\nItems can included leaves, feathers, rocks, etc.  Make it a week long project where kids can work in teams.\n\nMy 10th grade Bio teacher did this...and even though we moaned at first at how childish the game was...we all aced our test the following week, and had a good competition.\n\n(We got some sort of reward, but I forget what it was.)
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Please view the website that I have listed.  While most of the materials are for older students and adults, maybe some of the activities can be adapted for preschool children.  \n\nInstead of using the basic "study circles" format maybe the students could do art projects to talk about their community and feelings.  Or, plan activities where the students have to work together to figure out puzzles or play games.  Once you get children started they usually figure out things on their own.  I've worked with young students for the past few years through the organization Junior Achievement, its not directly related this organization taught students about entrepreneurship and personal finance, but I learned that young people are very attuned to what goes on in their community.\n\nHave a community day/show and tell were students bring in something from home that explains their culture.  Try to get parents involved if you can.  Afterall, "It takes a village to raise a child."  As I am sure you are probably aware, lessons come in many forms they don't always have to center around pointing out differences and saying its bad to make judgements.  Just show them the different cultures that are out there through story, food, clothing, and other fun activities.
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I had a problem at a school my granddaughter went to, They was saying she was retarded and even had her in a class for it! They wouldn't take her out of that class so she started to acting like some of the other kids. Then I found out they had a room that they would lock them in if they miss behaved! It was no bigger then a small closet. The school said it helped the kids and that they always watched them thats not true, they some times locked then in and walked away! I didn't like that and I told them they better not ever put her in there and we found out they did, she is closterphobic! I took it to a local tv station, then we took it to the board of education and they wouldn't do anything all they said was the princable had no right to say she was retarded at her age and that they don't classified the kids till they are at least 8 yrs old (she was 6)! Then I told the school supertendent that either they take her out of that class or I would pull her and home school her and they knew I meant it(even had her mom invovled on this she was pissed) and they didn't want me to do that, so they transfured her to a deffrent school and she is doing much better! She has been makeing straight A's in spelling and doing great on reading and doing good on math! So take it to the school board tell then if they don't take care of it you will! Take it to your local TV station if that don't work, tell them you want them transfered don't take no for a ansewer you have that right to protect your kids even though they are suposse to while on a bus or at school! If that don't work go talk to a lawyer don't play games with the kids safty!
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Mine was in fifth grade, a good ol' green screen and floppy discs.  It was the only computer in the school and it only had a math game installed on it.