Introduction Special Needs Assistants came into existence in 1959 (The Open College‚ Janurary). Since then they have been employed to help students with disabilities in particular who attend specialist support schools or standardised mainstream national schools. Special Needs Assistants may be employed on a full or part-time basis (INTO‚ 2013). The benefit of the special needs assistants skills has been used to aid school authorities in making appropriate assessments and decisions‚ in terms of the
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She is in a wheelchair. She is the youngest of two children. As she was in a wheelchair‚ the task I carried out was general hygiene / care needs. Before I accompanied the two Special Needs Assistants with this task‚ they firstly asked the student permission for me to help them. She had no problem with this. The most important thing I was told to remember is the health and safety of the student. After watching and learning from the Special Needs Assistants they gave me a procedure sheet which
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Prisoners with Special Needs CJA/234 October 7‚ 2013 Prisoners with Special Needs A special need inmate has a physical or mental disability that limits their capacity to function in the normal inmate population. The United States is made up of individuals of all walks of life. The prisoners held in American prisons are no different. The United States prison system does not discriminated among its prisoners. These prisoners may have physical or mental disabilities however‚ if they committed
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History of Special Needs Provision In Ireland Special needs provision in Ireland has evolved since the founding of the state in 1919. Until the early 1990s practically all education and care of children were carried out by the religious orders in Ireland. The government therefore had little need for policies or legislation surrounding education and care. Ireland established its education system in 1831 while under English rule. This made it mandatory for children between the ages of six and fourteen
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Children in the United States that have disabilities have the opportunity to a public education just like every child. Almost every school district in the country has at least one student who receives special education. Public schools must work to meet the needs of students by providing special educational services. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a federal educational law that ensures that children under twenty-one years of age have the right to a free public education
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SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS PORTFOLIO Moving towards inclusive education INTELLECTUALLY GIFTED AND CHALLED STUDENTS IQ An Intelligence Quotient‚ usually referred to as IQ‚ is a numerical score arrived at through testing. A student can have a Low‚ Average or High IQ. Intelligence is an inherited trait which‚ if low may make learning difficult unless facilitated by a highly skilled teacher. Additionally‚ a pupil who has inherited a high intelligence can be badly affected by bad teaching methods and
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Prisoners with Special Needs Melanie Di Frisco CJA/234 Sherri Webster February 16‚ 2015 Prisoners with Special Needs There are always going to be prisoners that will have various special needs that cause for the acknowledgement of some particular occupants. The correctional establishments are completely conscious of these needs. The facility as a whole need to be more aware of how to handle appropriately these specific inmates and still handle the necessary normal functions and proper correctional
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Running head: The Needs of Special Offenders The Needs of Special Offenders Professor Gregory Baugh Jeremiah Ritzenthaler University of Phoenix/CJA 234 The Needs of Special offenders Inmates with special needs‚ the mentally ill‚ and the substance abusing inmates all make up a large number of the prison population. These inmates affect the prison systems in different ways. Providing programs for the mentally ill inmates is extremely difficult for correctional staff. A very high percentage
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Special Needs Lora D. Purcell SOC120 Instructor Sue Meckert February 20‚ 2012 Beginning a new career choice at my age; has been a bit overwhelming. I have had to write many challenging papers. This paper for SOC120 has been especially difficult for me to write. I could not relate to the topics my instructor gave us to choose from‚ none of them clicked with me. We were given permission to write about any topic‚ as long it was
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| | |What Are Special Educational Needs? (Hand-out) | | This is a transition time for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities – new legislation in the form of a green paper - “Support and Aspiration” is advancing through the necessary stages and considerable
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