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Students who presents cognitive disabilities

by Silvana Silva

Jun 26, 2013

Hi,

I'm a English teacher here in Brazil, working in a state (public) school located in a poor area in São Paulo with 6- 13 year-old children. I've been observing that some children have considerable and prominent cognitive problems. As we have almost no help by the goverment nor the family (that are poor in different aspects not only financially), I would like to know if you have some tips to deal with them, because I've noticed that when you can (what isn't occur frenquently, once we have classes with 35 students) give attention trying to explain them in a individual way, they usually show a progress. So what do you think about, there is another way or just a tip.... Thanks a lot! Hugs, Silvana.

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RSVP Cognitive Disabilties I am not familiar with Brazilian laws as they pertain to people with disabilities, specifically cognitive. In order to determine the validity, test in the home language after sufficient proof of interventions are not effective, differentiated instruction, and degree of absenteeism. There are a few more US requirements for special education services...See MoreI am not familiar with Brazilian laws as they pertain to people with disabilities, specifically cognitive. In order to determine the validity, test in the home language after sufficient proof of interventions are not effective, differentiated instruction, and degree of absenteeism. There are a few more US requirements for special education services in the US, again, I don't know Brazilian laws. Differentiated instruction is adjusting the instruction while not necessarily the curricular standards. It can work for students with cognitive abilities depending on the significance the disability has, such as the onset of a traumatic brain injury versus intellectual disabilities(MMR).

On 6/26/13, Joyce wrote: > Different levels of proficiency are definitely a challenge. > In my masters classes, my teachers use the word > "differentiation". The concept is to teach the same content > (using visuals, etc) and then you can change the "process" > (work with a partner; small group; jigsaw strategy (each > child is given a different word/sentence/paragraph in an > article and reports to the class what they learned in that > word/sentence/paragraph). Another way to differentiate is > changing the "product" (evidence that they learned). For > example, more advanced may write a paragraph on the subject, > intermediate may find a picture to explain, beginners could > do a poster or cut out pictures from magazines that relate to > the content. (For example, if you are teaching about > Patriotism, they could find or draw pictures that show a > flag, fireworks, celebrations, etc. This works especially > well for difficult concepts to explain, e.g., "Love" > "Kindness" "Favorite". > > I do not teach any special education kids, so I'm not sure if > this works for "cognitive disabilities" (depends on level of > disability, I think) but you might try the differentiation > approach--- Same content, Change the Process, or Change the > Product. There are lots of great lesson plans on the web. > Hope this applies and helps you, but a special ed ESL teacher > may have different ideas

Dec 19, 2013

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Joyce Different levels of proficiency are definitely a challenge. In my masters classes, my teachers use the word "differentiation". The concept is to teach the same content (using visuals, etc) and then you can change the "process" (work with a partner; small group; jigsaw strategy (each child is given a different word/sentence/paragraph in an article a...See More

Jun 26, 2013

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Silvana Silva Hi, Joyce!

I really loved you seggestions, it seems to be very useful. Specially in case of changing the product depending on the proficiency level of the student, which I relate to the capacity demonstrated by each one.

I would like to ask you another thing related to my final course paper and which is directed to students who ...See More

Jun 27, 2013

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