SED SE 250 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Disability, Special Education, Rehabilitation Act Of 1973
12 Oct 2018
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SED SE 250
MIDTERM EXAM
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Fall 2018
● Disability Spread (Van der Klift & Kunc, 1994)
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● Belonging and Special Education
○ Belong
■ (of a person) to fit in a specified place or environment; to be a member of
a club, organization, or set
○ What are the signs of belonging?
■ Strong relationship (variety)
■ Feel comfortable
■ Understanding the culture, the norms, the person of identity
● Being a contributor to that
○ Why is belonging important?
■ Validates you existence
■ Feels good, self-confidence
■ Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
● On the bottom are very basic needs (food, sleep, safety)
○ Do students who receive special education services experience belonging?
● Least Dangerous Assumption:
○ Explain the concept of the least dangerous assumption:
■ Assume competence -> give the person more credit than they will be able
to do; give them the benefit of doubt (withholding judgements)
○ What does Jorgensen think our least dangerous assumption should be? Why?
■ Wait until you get the evidence and be have to have proof
■ Dangerous assumption -> low expectations
■ Teachers need to be able to re-evaluate their teaching methods if they
notice that a student is struggling (and not just jump to the conclusion that
they have a disability)
○ How can the least dangerous assumption be applied to students with learning
disabilities? Students with emotional or behavioral disorders?
■ That they are the “problem” child
■ Are lazy, unorganized, more likely to lose the schoolwork
● Video: Craig Dietz: Unsinkable
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● A Credo for Support (1995)
○ How do people with disabilities perceive disability?
■ It is just an attribute that they have, lot of parts to me
○ How do people with disabilities want to be treated and supported?
■ There needs to be a balance (listen more and help them make own
decisions) since we will be the adults in the room with a bunch of student
○ What resonated with you?
■ “Don’t work on me, work with me”
○ What challenged you?
■ “Don’t try to be my friend, get to know me and maybe we can be friends”
● People just want to feel good about themselves
● Don’t just assume that since they have a disability that they want to
be you friends -> they might not like you
● Does Craig have a disability?
○ After watching the video, I would say that I do not think that he has a disability. I
say this because the way he lives his life is how anyone who thinks they have a
disability and are not happy with themselves should watch this video. He lives
with such self-confidence that anyone regardless of if they have a disability or not
should live.
○ Differently abled
○ Needs to say he has a disability otherwise he probably would not be driving
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Document Summary
Disability spread (van der klift & kunc, 1994) (of a person) to fit in a specified place or environment; to be a member of a club, organization, or set. Understanding the culture, the norms, the person of identity. On the bottom are very basic needs (food, sleep, safety) Explain the concept of the least dangerous assumption: Assume competence -> give the person more credit than they will be able to do; give them the benefit of doubt (withholding judgements) Wait until you get the evidence and be have to have proof. Teachers need to be able to re-evaluate their teaching methods if they notice that a student is struggling (and not just jump to the conclusion that they have a disability) Are lazy, unorganized, more likely to lose the schoolwork. It is just an attribute that they have, lot of parts to me.
