Improving Response Rates among Students with Orthopedic and Multiple Disabilities

Autor/inn/en	Wilkens, Christian P.; Kuntzler, Patrice M.; Cardenas, Shaun; O'Malley, Eileen; Phillips, Carolyn; Singer, Jacqueline; Stoeger, Alex; Kindler, Keith
Titel	Improving Response Rates among Students with Orthopedic and Multiple Disabilities
Quelle	In: Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 15 (2014) 1, S.94-97 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1555-6913
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Physical Disabilities; Multiple Disabilities; Communication Problems; Interpersonal Communication; Interpersonal Competence; Teacher Role; Reaction Time; Special Schools; Classroom Techniques; Writing Assignments; Visual Stimuli; Time Factors (Learning); Homework; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Physical handicap; Körperbehinderung; Multiple disability; Mehrfachbehinderung; Kommunikationsbarriere; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Lehrerrolle; Reaktionsvermögen; Special school; Sonderschule; Klassenführung; Hausaufgabe
Abstract	One challenge teachers of students with orthopedic and multiple disabilities face is providing sufficient time and opportunity to communicate. This challenge is universal across countries, schools, and settings: teachers want students to communicate because communication lies at the core of what makes us human. Yet students with orthopedic and multiple disabilities often communicate laboriously, investing great effort or using extensive class time to communicate their views. When verbal or written expression is difficult or communication devices become frustrating, even the best-intentioned teachers may fill wait time with words or avoid student response altogether. This article presents four ways to help teachers manage, if not entirely solve, the challenges of limited time and the need for extended, rich responses among students with orthopedic and multiple disabilities. The techniques described in this article were developed and refined at Henry Viscardi School -- a specialized school for students with orthopedic and multiple disabilities in the United States, just outside of New York City. These techniques are adaptable to the individual needs of students, are useful across grade and subject areas, and should prove useful across school systems and contexts. They are organized from in-class to out-of-class techniques. The goal of all of these techniques is to improve student communication; readers should plan to differentiate and adjust each as the needs of their individual students require. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	International Association of Special Education. c/o College of Education, Northern Arizona University, P.O. Box 5774, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5774. Tel: 928-523-8979; Fax: 928-523-1929; Web site: http://iase.coe.nau.edu/index3.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01