SPECIAL EDUCATION REFERRAL PROCESS
October 12, 2016Edit Helen Lee Staci Stocklos Unit 4: Students with DisabilitiesModule 2: The Culture of Schooling Focus: Reflections on the referral process and the role of special education, referring to the issues addressed in the previous activity. On October 10, 2016, I interviewed Dingpu Elementary School, in Taiwan, school counselor and one general teacher who had some significant experience with special need students’ referral process and procedures. The process was not so difficult than I thought. Only some documented child’s behavior analysis and general teacher’s referral was the most important sources. Below are the interview questions and answers for the school counselor’s point of view. School Counselor Q: How is a student identified for special education referral? A: The student is identified as special need referral if the general ed teacher requests for assistance. Q: Who takes responsibility for the progress of the child before and after the referral? A: The teacher, special ed teacher, school counselor, and the student’s parents. Q: What is the school administration’s directive for special education? A: We try to implement “assisted learning” with the student in the general ed class. We also try to find out if the student is severe or mild and recommend the parent to take the student to the clinic. Q: What provisions are made for students identified for special education? A: We don’t provide anything else besides “suggestions or assistant teacher” in the classroom. Most of the time, we provide assistant teacher next to the student. Q: What are the level of parent involvement in referral process and special education? A: It really depends on the child’s parents’ will. Some parents don’t have time to take the child to the clinic to get the proper medication. If we get more parents’ support, the child’s life at school gets much better. School Teacher Q: How do you identify a student for special education? A: I identify the student as a special need if he or she’s behavior is abnormal compared to ADD, ADHD, or Hyperactive in the classroom. I sometimes give out surveys ahead of time to see what the parents say about their child. I get much information by communicating with the child’s parents. Q: What are the signs of a struggling student? A: There are multiple signs of a struggling student in the class. For example, defiant behavior, oppositional behaviors, emotional strugglings, anti-social interaction, unfocused, and signals of retardation. Conclusion In conclusion, the school counselor and general teacher had same ideas of how to refer a student as a special need student. Their process and procedures were very similar to the US school systems. According to the US Special Education video, only 10% of the US school’s 4th and 8th graders with learning disabilities are reading proficient; yet, the students spend only half of the time in the general classroom. These students obviously needs more literacy support in the general classrom. Also research has been conducted that special need students’ engagement and confidence level can be increased by interactice technology. In the activity 1, we saw a video about the usage of technology in the classroom. I think today’s technology can assist students’ learning better and gives more positive enviornment without frustration. Another vidoe called Class Act, showed a daily life of a special ed teacher. She provides individual accommodations in every subject. The teacher in the video believes that each child can be successful if she plans the lesson according to their disability. Lastly, I think it is amazing how special ed teachers actually teach students in a classroom with love and passion. However, I also can see that many general ed teachers are trying hard to learn more about special need students in the general classroom. Getting a help from the school staff is always the best idea instead of isolating the child in the classroom. Works cited: S. (2015). This Special Ed Teacher’s Real-World Lessons will Inspire You | Class Act – YouTube. Retrieved October 12, 2016, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1dBa6f0qyk T. (2015). Texthelp – US Special Education. Retrieved October 12, 2016, from http:s//www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMkub7pojQc
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