Students with Learning Difficulties
Question Line
For this project, I created a live survey with the questions. Then, I sent this out to various teachers groups, posted it on the Moreland forum and shared it with my coworkers. Finally, I summarized the data and posted it to the discussion forum.
As an interesting addition to the summary, I used a word cloud generator on the full responses to create a keyword marker for the responses. I think it looks pretty cool.
Flow Chart
I outlined the special education referral and accommodation process within my own school; this information was collected in an earlier assignment where I interviewed my school administrators. I then added an outline of how I would like to modify the current process. Ideally, a different approach like we see in the US would be preferred, but that isn't likely soon.
Resubmission Information
Interviews
I shared the survey link on Moreland Community and Chinese teacher forums for the interviews to get more data.
To receive some more informed responses, I also asked three special education teachers in South Africa to complete the questions. This proved helpful as one even included citations to their responses.
References
My own reflection and previous assignment on the referral process
Morin, A. What is Response to intervention. Understood.org. https://www.understood.org/articles/en/understanding-response-to-intervention
New York State Education Deparment. (May, 2011). Behavioral Intervention Plans. Nysed.gov http://www.p12.nysed.gov/specialed/publications/topicalbriefs/BIP.htm
U.S. Department of Education. (May 3, 2017). IDEA Referral Procedures. sites.ed.gov. https://sites.ed.gov/idea/regs/c/d/303.303
Hancock, M. Understanding the Student Study Team (SST). Understandingspecialeducation.com. https://www.understandingspecialeducation.com/student-study-team.html
Center for Parent Information & Resources. The Basic Special Education Process under IDEA 2004. Paretncenterhub.org. https://www.parentcenterhub.org/wp-content/uploads/repo_items/10steps.pdf
