1) How have approaches to treating individuals with special needs changed over time?
2) What is the ecological approach?
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1) Approaches to treating individuals with special needs have changed over time in all sorts of aspects. At home, parents have become more aware, and more accepting of their special child and have become more open and willing to help them whether it be because they have disability, or an ability. Also, in the education system many states have become aware of the special funding and attention that these special students need in the classroom and are moving towards a brighter future for
them all. This is being done by having specially trained teachers, and aids help special students while in school as well as giving them confidence in knowing that they are just as capable of doing any educational task as any other student. Inclusion classes help special students socially, by exposing them to other students. "More than 40 states now have some state-supported provisions for helping these younger children develop well...this social movement is called the prekindergarten movement"(Kirk et.al., pg.9) This is to prove how the government has improved the ways exceptional students are treated even before they enter their school years.
2) The ec
ological approach can be described in various ways: using the "ecological model" it shows how exceptional children interact in complex environmental forces (Kirk et.al., pg.15). This model demonstrates that "exceptionalities should be remediated by modifying elements in the environment to allow more constructive interactions between the individual and their environment." Another way to the approach is to take into consideration the variations of ecology, which according to the book are the "changes in the child's environment that modify activities, schedules, and structures to promote opportunities for socialization." In an overall assessment, the ecology approach can be briefly described as how outside influences, such as family, culture, peers, and their physical setting have an impact on an exceptional child.
2) What is the ecological approach?
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1) Approaches to treating individuals with special needs have changed over time in all sorts of aspects. At home, parents have become more aware, and more accepting of their special child and have become more open and willing to help them whether it be because they have disability, or an ability. Also, in the education system many states have become aware of the special funding and attention that these special students need in the classroom and are moving towards a brighter future for
them all. This is being done by having specially trained teachers, and aids help special students while in school as well as giving them confidence in knowing that they are just as capable of doing any educational task as any other student. Inclusion classes help special students socially, by exposing them to other students. "More than 40 states now have some state-supported provisions for helping these younger children develop well...this social movement is called the prekindergarten movement"(Kirk et.al., pg.9) This is to prove how the government has improved the ways exceptional students are treated even before they enter their school years.2) The ec
ological approach can be described in various ways: using the "ecological model" it shows how exceptional children interact in complex environmental forces (Kirk et.al., pg.15). This model demonstrates that "exceptionalities should be remediated by modifying elements in the environment to allow more constructive interactions between the individual and their environment." Another way to the approach is to take into consideration the variations of ecology, which according to the book are the "changes in the child's environment that modify activities, schedules, and structures to promote opportunities for socialization." In an overall assessment, the ecology approach can be briefly described as how outside influences, such as family, culture, peers, and their physical setting have an impact on an exceptional child.
Ha! I loved your hyperlink guides on number one.
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Please adhere to APA formatting.
For example, rather than ....prekindergarten movement"(pg.9).
Modify to.... prekindergarten movement (Kirk et.al., pg.9)."
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I agree with Shelley i like your hyperlinks... really cool! This was a great entry good job, nice chart too!
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