Power Point Presentation

Assignment

From the list below, pick a topic for the Week 8 Assignment.  Create a PowerPoint presentation that addresses the topic you have chosen. Using 8-10 content slides, present information that will give the viewer an overview of the topic. Be sure to address any controversies surrounding the topic.  Cite at least 4 resources that you used to support your work, using APA formatting.  Please also include a title slide and a reference slide. 

Topics:

• American with Disabilities Act – what ADA entails, how to implement it, examples of accommodations etc.
• IEP Process: define participants and their roles, sample IEP, IEP content, measurable goals and objectives (what does it mean, examples)
• IFSP (same content as IEP)
• Early intervention programs/Assessment/Strategies
• Response to Intervention
• Autism – characteristics, issues for education, educational and instructional strategies
• ADHD - characteristics, issues for education, educational and instructional strategies
• Learning Disabilities - characteristics, issues for education, educational and instructional strategies
• Behavior Modification Programs:  guiding principles, why they work, examples of classroom management techniques.  Functional Behavioral Analysis, ABC analysis (antecedent behavior consequence)
• Assessment strategies and alternate assessment strategies for exceptional children
• Effect of disabilities on families/ support for families /family resources
• Evidence based strategies for teaching children with disabilities
• NCLB and children with disabilities
• Transitional and Vocational Planning
• Assistive technology for various disabilities, augmentative and alternative communication devices
• Applied Behavioral Analysis and Autism
• Gifted Education
• Differential Instruction
• Co-teaching, multi-age classrooms, other teaching strategies