FRHD 2110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Individualized Education Program, Psychoeducation
1 Jun 2018
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FRHD 2110
CHAPTER 3
Special Education: The Implementation of Exemplary Teaching Practices
• Specialized programming for students with exceptionalities
o How do we determine the strengths and needs of the students with exceptionalities?
o What specialized programming is needed to meet the needs of students with
exceptionalities and how does it get constructed?
o What do teachers have to know and how do differently to properly implement
specialized programming
• Assessments
o Reveal how students with exceptionalities differ form peers
What Is Assessment?
• Educational assessment
o Comprehensive process of collecting a variety of data for the purpose of making
educational decisions about individuals
• Psycho-educational assessment
o More often used because the data gathered usually includes a variety of indices of social
and psychological variables, as well as measures of academic achievement
o Best viewed as a dynamic process that involved gathering data from multiple sources
Why Is Assessment Important?
• Provides education professionals with objective, valid, and reliable data
• Specialized programming can range from minor modification to fully specialized programs
• Extet of the hage is depedet o eah idividual’s stregths ad eeds
• Most learning differences are caused by variables that educators cannot control or remediate
• Behavioural differences
o Educators are concerned
o Vast majority of problematic behaviours are caused by learned behaviours or learned
reactions
• Antecedents
o Causes of behaviour
o Important pieces of information to understand and consider when designing
behavioural interventions
o May not be obvious or appear to be directly linked
The Assessment and IEP Process
• Fundamental Principles
o Douet that outlies a studet’s idividualized educational goals
o Services that a student will receive
o Methods and strategies that will be used to deliver the services
• An Overview of the Process
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