WEEK 7 312

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Instructions

Week 7 Assignment

From the list below, pick a topic for the Week 7 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

· You may propose a topic for approval