Educational Psych

What? From chapter 5 I learned alot about Special Education needs and the impact they have on the classroom. In class we had a discussion on whether or not it is helpful to classify students. Actually we had a fun debate about it:) There are many positives and negatives from classifying students. I believe it is helpful to the teacher to classify in order to help the student in any way possible but I don't think it is neccesary for the teacher to make that classification evident to the rest of the class. A students Special needs should be known by the teacher only. If it is a very apparent special need it might be helpful for the teacher to address the class on the issue and help them know how to understand and react to any uncommon behaviors. How to treat a student with special needs is becoming more and more of an issue. I believe the most important thing is for the teacher and students to always show respect and love to that student. We also talked about inclusion and its effect on a student with special needs. Also the chapter covered the different levels and types of intelligence. Overall, the chapter addressed the different types of students that may be in a classroom. Students with special needs, students with a high level of intelligence, students with learning disabilities, students with speech and communication disorders, students with emotional and behavioral disorders, etc.
So What? So, as a future teacher I need to be able to understand these differences in students and be able to help them in the classroom. I need to be able to understand enough to be able to fill their needs as best as I can and be a support to them. If I understand these things beforehand I will be able to have more confidence in the classroom in knowing how to react to different situations.
Now What? I need to come up with my own beliefs of how to treat a student with special needs in my classroom. I need to understand how I want to react to the different situations that I will come across in my career. I need to prepare myself in order to be able to fullfill the needs of every child as best as I can. Now I realize all of the types of students I may have. It has made me more openminded. Learning from this chapter was a good experience for me because it helped me realize how unique and different every child in my classroom will be!