Problems of Hearing Impaired Students in Higher Education

The goals of bridging the gaps:

* To make open all fields of study
* To focus on employability outcomes
* To create result-oriented system
* To enable disabled persons to make equal contributions to society in terms of their economic and social life participation
* To generate awareness among public about hearing disabilities and the needs of Hearing Impaired persons
* To advocate the rights and requirements of Hearing Impaired persons



National-level initiative is needed, which include:

* Establishment of state-level Disability Co-ordination programs to provide greater coordination of services for disabled people in vocational education and training.
* Allocation of funds to create study materials so that Hearing Impaired persons can learn with ease
* Development of effective system to identify and raise awareness about important issues
* Formation of strategic partnerships between training institute, lawmakers and potential employers to provide equal opportunities to people with disabilities



Removing education barriers:

Education is the most important issue for Hearing Impaired people. Generations of Hearing Impaired children have been and will continue to be ‘educated’ in a system controlled by people who are not Hearing Impaired and who focuses on deafness as a defect that needs to be fixed. The system attempts to educate them by using a language (English) that they neither know fluently and nor can access fully. These generations of Deaf children have emerged with poor English skills, poor education, poor general knowledge, and poor self-esteem.

Employment is the second most important issue.



Support services for Hearing Impaired persons:

Hearing impaired student must be provided adequate support services such as:

* Interpreters, who can translate lecture into language known to candidates.
* Counselors, who should be made available to all students to discuss personal, academic, or psychological problems.
* Individualized services. Some Hearing Impaired students seek assistance with class assignments or personal issues that they cannot share with others.



The factors to integrate disability groups

* Involve the Hearing Impaired community. Self help is more effective and efficient.
* Ensure the availability of technology enhancements such as websites, mobile telephone short message services (sms), and other visual information sources to assist Hearing Impaired students.
* Encourage students to participate in vocational education and training. Interpreters should be available.
* Undertake staff training. Staff should be trained in basic sign language skills.
* Provide a wide range of language support services. Many Hearing Impaired students require the same language support as a person from another language background.
* Teaching group should be a manageable group. Valuable interactive sessions with the help of subtitled videos, PowerPoint presentations, handouts of lectures notes and web links on course materials are proven successful strategies to ensure the clarity and availability of courseware for all.
* Prepare course material using the Models of Instructional Design to make things easy for Hearing Impaired persons. Programmed courses where progress of understanding is evaluated at small increments are also beneficial.
* Create support groups. Support groups can provide support and minimize isolation. Hearing impaired students should be included in mainstream courses along with normal students.

Conquering the Problem Child Technique

While working as a substitute teacher for three years in Long Island, N.Y. and Indianapolis Public Schools in Indianapolis I theorized and tested a technique to drastically change the anti-social behavior of inner city children. It seemed to work well when used but I soon left teaching and so this technique was never fully developed. I planned to use this technique as the basis for my Master's or Doctorate thesis should I ever return to higher education. This was not to be. But now anyone who wishes to pursue this technique and use it please feel free to borrow this knowledge and experience in this article.

First, a little background understanding. While visiting my grandmother's farm in Tipton, Indiana I notice feral cats. If a human did not befriend and pet kittens when they were very young they will grow up feral or wild. They will avoid humans and not allow humans to touch them like most wild animals act.

When I started teaching in inner city schools I noticed that many of the children acted just like feral or wild cats. They avoided touching at all cost and were fearful of everyone. Their primary defense was to run away or if cornered to fight viciously like their very lives depended upon it. These are the behaviors of problem children that are born of young teenage mothers who have no fathers around to guide them. These are the children of poverty and neglect and a hundred other sad stories. But I recognized them all right away as feral cat children of the hood.

I am a longtime student of Natural Hygiene of Dr. Herbert Sheldon. This is the teachings which looks to nature to understand life and man. Dogs and wolves in nature must discipline their cubs quickly and effectively. Wolves especially must keep cubs from running far from their mothers into danger or from becoming lost. Nature's penalty can often be death for a young wolf who does not mind their mother and strays from the pack.

Wolves, dogs, and cats have a simple but effective technique to discipline their cubs -- they either pick them up off the ground in their teeth and hold them there until they stop squirming. Or they clamp down upon them with their mouths and hold the cub tightly until they stop resisting. This works extremely well to discipline wolf cubs and make them mind their mothers in most every respect. And so few baby wolves are eaten by predators because they do not follow their mothers directions. It is an extremely effective technique to quickly teach dominance and obedience to young wolves and other animals in nature.

I next thought that this is exactly how humans learn this respect and submission to adults. When and older brother, uncle, or father plays with a child and wrestles a child to the ground they are naturally teaching this lesson of dominance and obedience of the stronger adult. They are teaching, "I am stronger than you, stop resisting and yield to me and I will release you." Or they are teaching, "I am an adult human and I am your protector, I will never really harm you." Or again they are teaching, "It is all right to yield and be vulnerable, you can trust adults." This lesson of touch and human contact is learned well by most children. They are taught to trust humans and they are welcomed and initiated into the community of man for the rest of their lives by these simple playful gestures of humans. It is this simple trust of fellow humans that truly makes a man civilized for the remainder of their lives. Children become new members of the tribe of man by simply playing with adults. And no one has ever observed these profound initiations of children into humanity and understood them because they were so natural and transparent activities.

The problem children of the inner city and also of the suburbs grow up wild and feral and have never learned to trust adults nor most any other humans. These are the children that become lifetime criminals who can not hold a regular job nor find their place in societies. And these are the children that grow up in prisons to one day be powerful frustrated men and women of crime and poverty. Men and women who have children of their own who become most often the same feral, wild, anti-social children as their parents.

This is what I see clearly when I teach in the inner city schools and also to a lesser degree in suburban schools of wealthier neighborhoods.

The technique I tried was to simply ask the child or teen to wrestle me on a mat. A simple challenge either alone and in front of his peers if he was reluctant to accept. Upon lightly defeating him I would let him up quickly the first time and do it again. I would pin him again and hold him down until he yielded and stopped resisting. Again I would let him up and we would go again. Each time holding him lightly but firmly until he stopped resisting. After a few falls and a light playful attitude I would end it. I might again challenge others who were discipline problems and do the same.

In a short time the boys bonded with me and often tried to please me with small things. It was a dramatic reversal once they befriended me and later teachers remarked when I returned to the schools that the teens had now become model students and no longer were a problem for them.

Another quicker version of this technique was to simply grab a student and pin him to your body playfully like so many PE teachers do with their students at times. Do this until they stop resisting and try to hold the contact longer each time after the resistance stops.

I always ask permission to touch the child first before proceding and this is the most important first step in proceding. Because there are many hard core feral children which are much more difficult to turn with this technique. They are either much more fearful of man or are much more strong-willed or both. They will almost fight to the death rather than yield to another human. But if you allow this behavior and allow their will to win the contest by releasing them then the technique does not change them and you must do it correctly the next time and not give in first by releasing them too soon. Problem children only learn more dominance over you and all others if your will is weaker than theirs and you release them before they yield to you.

I have never done this technique with young women as it is inappropriate for a man but it seems far less girls grow up wild and feral in our society. They have a natural ability to play and trust others. But there are a few young women that I have seen that were definitely wild and feral.

Older men in prison may learn respect and submission from other larger inmates by physical dominance of more aggressive and stronger males in much the same way as children. And some men may learn it from prison guards while being beaten into submission with a nightstick until they yield to them. But learning these lessons very late in life in prison is probably much tougher and brutal but it may serve to change a man to a better way of living just the same. But this is only speculation.

To implement this technique in schools I would start a program as early as possible of wrestling or judo for all children for several months duration or one semester. Older family children or family members are the best teachers of this technique to young children. But in a school setting other children of the same age will have to do. The important thing is to make the children hold their opponent down firmly until they stop struggling and resisting. Then hold the defeated child a bit longer to make your point felt and the lesson sink in -- say to a count of 5. So after resistance has ended, a count of five, and then end the match would be a part of the technique taught to children in all schools.

But if there are children who dominate the contests and are never defeated then the teacher must wrestle them to the floor repeatedly and do the technique so that no one is left behind -- wild and feral and an outcast from society. This is a true "no child left behind" program that works in a very short time.

One other situation will arise which is important to know about. Some children or souls may wish to experience life as an outcast, rebel, criminal, or loner and continue to live wild and feral lives. This small number of children should not be forced to submit to this natural technique of civilizing and initiating humans into society. It is not proper to force your own will upon another and do this technique if they do not wish it. Just note that they have not learned the lessons of submission, dominance, and trust of humans and let them have their space. Your own intuition will tell you who these children are. Perhaps someday another person will teach this lesson to them and bond with them. Or perhaps this souls has decided to experience life as a criminal or other troubled soul. But all life is spiritual and has purpose and we should not judge them nor their decisions to forgo the technique.

Perhaps a small number of these children will provide new insights and experiences which will one day enrich all mankind. So give them their space to be different and move on.

In later years an intellectual class might be taught to these growing adults to let them know the importance of learning these lessons of dominance, submission, and trust of other humans so that they can relate better within the community. And the technique might be again offered but not mandatory for them.

Anyone wishing to adopt, research, and study this technique for education, prisons, or other purposes please feel free to contact me for further questions and advice. -- J.E. Ante

Does my child have Visual Perception problems?

Visual Perception is the ability to interpret, analyze and give meaning to what is seen. The process of taking in one's environment is referred to as "perception." If this perception is incorrect or altered in any way, a child will present with reading, spelling, handwriting, maths and comprehension problems. Visual perception may be connected to physical eye issues but even with 20/20 vision, your child can still struggle to organize visual information. Considering that 80% of what he is expected to learn in school is through visual opportunities, good visual perceptual skills will be essential to establish a strong foundation for learning.

The list below summarizes some common mistakes a child may make when completing their schoolwork due to visual perceptual problems:

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Difficulty distinguishing between similar forms, for example, circle/oval, square/rectangle.
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Confuses similar letter symbols, for example, u/v; r/n; p/q/g.
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Reverses letters and numbers, for example, b/d.
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Difficulty classifying things (struggles to see similarities and differences).
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Misreads words, substitutes words or omits words when reading.
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Looses his place when copying from the board.
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Difficulty looking up words in a dictionary or places on a map.
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Difficulty drawing a straight line between two boundaries.
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Poor grasp of spatial terms, for example, in, out, over, in between, below.
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Poor judgment of spacing in writing.
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Slow motor speed in writing.
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Reads from right to left, for example, mad for dam, tap for pat.
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Confused with the order of vowels in words, for example, oa/ao, ou/uo
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Poor drawing skills (parts may be scattered or have incorrect orientation)
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Difficulty telling a story in the correct sequence

For more information on Visual Perceptual Skills log onto www.visuallearningforlife.com The Visual Learning for Life website offers an extensive database of over 1200 worksheets to stimulate the development of visual perceptual skills. This provides parents, teachers and professionals with a unique and easily accessible tool to help empower children with visual perceptual problems.

Grade Level Reading Isn’t “Good Enough”...How to get "Reading Help"

The ability to read well encompasses far more than acquiring the skill that is critical for achieving academic success. Reading strengthens our ability to pay attention and our memory. It also clarifies our thought processes and improves our verbal abilities. Contrasted to struggling readers, students who learn to read early and often not only have better attention, stronger memories and greater vocabularies but, they also have deeper language comprehension and clearer oral and written expression. In short, A reading helps to develop the systems in our brains that are integral to lifelong success. Studies show that adults who are proficient readers have lower rates of divorce, drug use and depression.

Because reading is such a complex cognitive process, it activates many different areas of the brain. Reading can produce visible changes in the organ’s anatomy and physiology. Recent neurological research of children with profound reading and language disorders show that temporal lobes of the brain, the area critical to speech perception, memory, and comprehension are visibly smaller than those of children who are proficient readers. Moreover, neuro-imaging shows how profoundly reading, spoken language and the brain are intertwined.

When we use specific parts of the brain, the number of neurons as well as their interconnections in those areas grows. Conversely, when we neglect an area of the brain fewer connections are established and the area may shrink. In fact, in the competition for space, the brain, at times, actually parses underused areas that allow the brain to make connections that are used more often. To illustrate how that can be useful, violinists devote larger neural circuitry to areas that control the movement of fingers on their left hand. On the other hand, small children who watch a lot of television, when the brain is most rapidly growing, develop the areas of the brain that govern visual processing. Unfortunately this is at the expense of the language processing areas, which include auditory attention control.

For tens of thousands of years all cultures have developed spoken languages. However, the ability to read is a relatively recent human development. Only for the last few centuries have large numbers of people had written language and the power to decipher it. Language is so intrinsic to being human that even isolated groups of deaf people have developed verbal communications, complete with words, syntax and grammar.

As a matter of fact, turning abstract symbols on paper into spoken language is quite a miraculous skill because the brain lacks a specific center devoted to reading. Yet, proficient readers effortlessly and efficiently translate alphabetic squiggles into meaningful spoken words at the rate of three or more words a second. A good reader: 1) decodes words without effort, 2) reads with ease and fluency, 3) uses listening comprehension skills to create meaning, and 4) applies thinking skills to read more interactively.

Unfortunately, large numbers of people struggle with some aspect of reading. Half of adult males and a third of adult females don’t read for pleasure because for them it isn’t a pleasure at all! About 40% of students struggle with decoding, comprehension or reading fluency. Up to 70% of second language learners or speakers of non-standard dialects of English and 30% of children with college-educated parents, read poorly. The harsh fact is that reading difficulties do not go away “down the road.” Students with more involved reading problems, especially if these issues persist past second grade, are at risk of prolonged reading difficulties. About three-quarters of early problem readers who lagged behind their peers in elementary school find themselves with a similar gap in reading ability by the time they reach high school.

Strong reading ability is critical for academic success. It is significant that even the students who make minor errors when pronouncing words, read slowly, or occasionally miss the meaning of a sentence are at risk of not reaching their full academic potential. Research over the last decade clearly shows that our standard benchmarks, such as reading at grade level, are too low. Grade-level readers have more in common with struggling students than with proficient readers. So many students struggle with print that average reading levels are quite low. Averaging in the scores of the 30 to 70 percent of students who don’t read well significantly lowers averages.

Reading deficits have a profound effect on brain development and academic achievement, so we must be able to identify and remediate the vast majority of reading problems in new ways, including: 1) more prescriptive reading assessments accurately identifying decoding weaknesses, fluency deficits and comprehension problems that are often overlooked by traditional reading programs and 2) by expanding the range of teaching methods so educators can dramatically reduce the number of students with reading issues. The research is clear. With better identification and expanded methods we can reduce the number of students with reading difficulties to fewer than ten percent. The goal is to have all but one or two students in a classroom reading independently, fluently and meaningfully, and very important, happily!

Career in Special Education

Special education is the education of students with special needs in a way that addresses the student’s individual differences and needs. Ideally, this process involves the individually planned and systematically monitored arrangement of teaching procedures, adapted equipment and materials, accessible settings, and other interventions designed to help learners with special needs achieve a higher level of personal self-sufficiency and success in school and community than would be available if the student were only given access to a typical classroom education.

Common special needs include learning disability, communication challenges, emotional and behavioral disorders, physical disabilities, and developmental disabilities.[1] Students with these kinds of disabilities are likely to benefit from additional educational services, different approaches to teaching, and use of technology.

Intellectual giftedness is a difference in learning and can also benefit from specialized teaching techniques or different educational programs, but the term "special education" is generally used to specifically indicate instruction of students whose special needs reduce their ability to learn independently or in a classroom, and gifted education is handled separately.

Special education can be an extraordinarily rewarding career for the right person. It takes someone with a great deal of patience, a love of children, and a thick skin to deal with difficult problems. But as in any field, the jobs with the greatest challenges tend to offer the highest rewards.

You want a career that allows you to help others. Being a special educator allows you to make a positive difference in the lives of children with disabilities. With the help of special educators, an increasing number of children with disabilities have succeeded in school and enrolled in college.

Being a special educator gives you the opportunity to use many talents and skills creatively and to grow both professionally and personally.

The need for special education professionals has never been greater. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the need for qualified special educators and related service personnel will increase "faster than most other professions" in the next 10 years. And the U.S. Department of Education reports "The number of students with disabilities served under IDEA continues to increase at a rate higher than both the general population and school enrollment." Read about the need for special education professionals. The personal rewards of educating children and youth with disabilities is greater than you can ever imagine.

These days many schools and universities across the country are making efforts in teacher education reform in order to better the training of instructors, educators and therefore the education of children. Besides this, factors like reduced class sizes and an increase in the number of students are also forcing many schools to acquire teachers who have skills to handle every student effectively.

Looking at the present scenario, educators or teachers require special skills that can be nurtured through intensive training. Addressing to meet this demand, special education degrees have increased its popularity in recent years. So, if you are already involved in this teaching profession and wish to advance your career in the education leadership, a special education degree is a necessity.


Today where teaching is considered as a highly noble profession, attaining a degree in special education can enhance your teaching career. A special education program can even help you learn special skills including understanding diversity, teaching reading literacy, counseling and special education. During this course, you will receive training and educational information that educates you how to translate the knowledge to the students. Once you complete this special education program, you will be able to make decisions and take a stand on political issues that affect education and learning.


Another good thing about this degree program is that it gives teachers more opportunities in private schools and universities. This special education course provides you with one of the most convenient ways to gain higher income and greater career opportunities in the field of education. Today, in fact many of the employed teaching professionals looking to advance their career to leadership roles like principal or dean are considering attaining a degree in special education.


There are lots of institutions and schools that offer degree programs in special education. They can vary from student behavior management, institutionalized learning methods, student-teacher supervision, specific areas and solutions for effective child education and more.


Enjoying a better salary and job security, today a special education degree can put you at an advantage and may boost your career path. It is one of the best options for all those who are planning for career advancement in education.



In the last few years the requirement for qualified educators has boomed rapidly. In fact, with the rise in education standards and the number of educational institutes and schools, the education industry expects to look for more qualified educators in the coming years. Today, we cannot deny the fact that education is an extremely rewarding career field but currently it demands more qualified teachers to educate children at the elementary school or college level.

Looking at the present scenario, educators or teachers require special skills that can be nurtured through intensive training. Addressing to meet this demand, special education degrees have increased its popularity in recent years. So, if you are already involved in this teaching profession and wish to advance your career in the education leadership, a special teaching degree is a necessity.

Today where teaching is considered as a highly noble profession, attaining a degree in special education can enhance your teaching career. A special education program can even help you learn special skills including understanding diversity, teaching reading literacy, counseling and special education. During this course, you will receive training and educational information that educates you how to translate the knowledge to the students. Once you complete this special teaching program, you will be able to make decisions and take a stand on political issues that affect education and learning.

Another good thing about this degree program is that it gives teachers more opportunities in private schools and universities. This special education course provides you with one of the most convenient ways to gain higher income and greater career opportunities in the field of education. Today, in fact many of the employed teaching professionals looking to advance their career to leadership roles like principal or dean are considering attaining a degree in special education.

There are lots of institutions and schools that offer degree programs in special teaching. They can vary from student behavior management, institutionalized learning methods, student-teacher supervision, specific areas and solutions for effective child education and more.

The popular national level institutes for disabled persons are the National institute for Hearing Handicapped, National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped, National Institute of the Visually Handicapped and National Institute for orthopedically handicapped. National Institute of Rehabilitation, Training and Research and The Institute for Physically Handicapped are other two national level institutes run by government.

Moreover, government has initiated District Rehabilitation Centre (DRC) scheme in ten states to make all-inclusive rehabilitation. Moreover, four Regional Rehabilitation Training Centers are there to train the staff and teachers who work with these institutes.

Today due to global competitiveness, education scenario in India is fast changing. Along with that, special education is also catching importance and various government agencies are working hard to make it available to masses. There are almost 37 diploma courses in the field of special education in India some of the institutes offer courses like B.Ed as well. All these courses are regulated and governed by the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI)- a legislative body under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

However over the years many scholars have questioned the importance of special education in India as they feel that it leads to segregation and isolation of the differently abled children. They argue that by segregating the children at young age the very purpose bringing all children to the mainstream of, the purpose of special education is defeated.

Institutions Offering Special Education Courses in India

Courses Offered by Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) New Delhi:-

Sl.No

Training Course

Duration in
Year(s)

(In the Field of Visual Impairment)

1.

M.Ed. (Special Education) - Visual Impairment
Norms for Appointment of Faculty for B.Ed. & M.Ed Spl. Edu.

1

2.

B.A. B.Ed. (Visual Impairment)

4

3.

B.Ed. (Special Education) - Visual Impairment
Norms for Appointment of Faculty for B.Ed. & M.Ed Spl. Edu.

1

4.

Bachelor in Mobility Science

1

5.

Diploma in Education-Special Education (Visual Impairment)

2

6.

Diploma in Education - Special Education (Deafblind)

1

(In the field of Hearing Impairment)

7.

M.Ed. (Special Education) - Hearing Impairment)
Norms for Appointment of Faculty for B.Ed. & M.Ed Spl. Edu.

1

8.

B.Ed. (Special Education) - Hearing Impairment)
Norms for Appointment of Faculty for B.Ed. & M.Ed Spl. Edu.

1

9.

Diploma in Education - Special Education ( Hearing Impairment)

2

10.

Diploma in Teaching Young Hearing Impaired Children

1

11.

Diploma in Indian Sign Language Interpreting
(Level !,B,&C each of Four months duration)

1

(In the field of Mental Retardation)

12.

M.Ed. (Special Education) - Mental Retardation
Norms for Appointment of Faculty for B.Ed. & M.Ed Spl. Edu.

1

13.

B.Sc. (Special Education and Rehabilitation)

3

14.

B.Ed. (Special Education)- Mental Retardation)
Norms for Appointment of Faculty for B.Ed. & M.Ed Spl. Edu.

1

15.

B.Ed. (Special Education) - Learning Disability

1

16.

P.G. Diploma in Early Intervention

1

17.

P.G. Diploma in Special Education (Mental Retardation) * Same as Sl.No. 13

1

18.

Diploma in Education - Special Education (Mental Retardation)

2

19.

Diploma in Vocational Rehabilitation (MR)

1

20.

Diploma in Early Childhood Special Education (MR)

1

(In the field of Rehabilitation Engineers / Technicians)

21.

Master of Prosthetics & Orthotics

2

22.

Bachelor of Prosthetic and Orthotics

4 1/2

23.

Diploma in Prosthetic and Orthotics

2 1/2

24.

Certificate Course in Prosthetic & Orthotic

1

25.

Certificate Course in Hearing Aid
( only for persons with hearing impairment)

½

26.

Certificate Course in Ear Mould Technology
(only for persons with hearing impairment)

1/2

(In the field of Community Based Rehabilitation)

27.

P.G. Diploma in Community Based Rehabilitation

1

28.

Diploma in Community Based Rehabilitation

1

( In the field of Rehabilitation Psychology)

29.

M.Phil (Rehabilitation Psychology)

2

30.

P.G. Diploma in Rehabilitation Psychology

1

(In the field of Clinical Psychology)

31.

M.Phil (Clinical Psychology)

2

(In the field of Speech and Hearing)

32.

"A"-Master in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (MASLP) - Annual

"B"-Master in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (MASLP) - Semester

2

33.

M.Sc. in Audiology

2

34.

M.Sc. in Speech Language Pathology

2

35.

"A"- Bachelor in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (BASLP) - Annual
"B"- Bachelor in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (BASLP) - Semester

4

36.

Diploma in Hearing Language and Speech

1

37.

Diploma in Hearing Aid and Ear Mould Technology

1

(In the field of Locomotor and Cerebral Palsy)

38.

B.Ed (Special Education) – Locomotor and Neurological Disorder

1

39.

P.G. Diploma in Special Education: Multiple Disabilities -Physical and Neurological

1

40.

P.G. Diploma in Developmental Therapy (Cerebral Palsy & Neurological Disabilities)

1

41.

Diploma in Education - Special Education (Cerebral Palsy)

1

42.

Basic Development Therapy Course for Children with Cerebral Palsy and other Neurological Handicaps

1

(In the field of Autism Spectrum and Disorder)

43.

Diploma in Education - Special Education ( Autism Spectrum Disorder)

1

(In the field of Rehabilitation Therapy)

44.

Bachelor in Rehabilitation Therapy

4

45.

Diploma in Rehabilitation Therapy

2 1/2

46.

Certificate Course in Rehabilitation Therapy Assistant

1

(In the field of Vocational Counselling and Rehabilitation Social Work/Administration)

47.

Master in Rehabilitation Science ( Rehab Social Worker)

2

48.

M.Sc. (Psycho-Social Rehabilitation)

2

49.

Bachelor in Rehabilitation Science ( Vocational Counsellor)

3

50.

Master in Disability Rehabilitation Administration

2

51.

Post-Graduate Diploma in Disability Rehabilitation and Management

1

Credit System





Final Guide-Book B.Ed. & M.Ed.





Final Guide-Book Diploma



Care Givers





Foundation Course in Care Giving








Training Courses conducted through Distance Education Mode in collaboration with various Universities.

1.

B.Ed Spl Edu.-HI/VI/MR/LI & CP

2

2.

P.G. Professional Diploma for in-service teachers

1

3.

P.G. Diploma in Community Based Rehabilitation -Planning & Management

1

4.

P.G. Diploma in Disability Management for Doctors

1

5.

Diploma in Community Based Rehabilitation

1

6.

Certificate in Clinical Psychology

1

The list of Institutions offering courses in several states of India:

ANDHRA PRADESH:

1.Thakur Hari Prasad Institute of Research & Rehabilitation for the Mentally Handicapped, Vivekanand Nagar, Dilsukh Nagar, Hyderabad-500660.

2.National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped, Manovikas Nagar, P.O Bowenpally, Secunderabad.

3.Department of Special Education, Andhra University, Vishakapatnam.

4.College of Teachers Education, Andhra Mahila Sabha, Durga Bai Deshmukh Vidhyapeethem, Osmania University Campus, Hyderabad-500007.

5.Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Tirupati-517502.

DELHI:

6. Department of Rehabilitation,Safdarjung Hospital, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110016

7. Spastic Society of Northern India, Balbir Saxena Marg, Hauz khas, New Delhi-16

8. Institute of Special Education, Y.M.C.A. Nizamuddin, New Delhi-110013.

9. Jamia Millia Islamia, Institute of Advanced Studies of education, Faculty of Education, Maulana Mohammed Ali Jauhar Marg, New Delhi-110025.

10. Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute for the Physically Handicapped (Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India), 4, Vishnu Digamber Marg, New Delhi-110002.

GUJARAT:

11. B.M Institute of Mental Health, Ashram Road, New Nehru Bridge, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad-380009.

12. Sh. K.L Institute for the Deaf, 51, Vidyanagar, Bhavnagar-364002.

13. Training College for Teachers of the Deaf & Blind, Navrangpura, Ashram Road, Ahmedabad-380009

14. Ankur Special School for Mentally Retarded, Plot No. 1945, Near Working Women’s Hostel, Sardarnagar Circle, Bhavnagar-364002.

JAMMU & KASHMIR:

15. Composite Regional Centre for Persons with Disabilities (Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment) Bemina, bye pass (Near Women’s Polytechnic College), Srinagar-18.

16. MIER College of Education, Under Model Institute of Education & Research, B.C Road, Jammu-180001.

KARNATAKA:

17. Dr. S.R Chandrashekar Institute of Speech & Hearing, Hennur Road, Bangalore-5600084.

18. All India Institute for Speech & Hearing, Manus Gangothri, Mysore-570006.

MAHARASHTRA:

19. Mind’s College of Education Research Society for the Care Treatment & Training of Children in Need of Social Care, Sewri Hills, Sewri Road, Mumbai-400033.

20. The Poona School & Home for the Blind, Teachers Training Centre, 14-17, Koregaon Park, Dr. S.R Machave Road, Poona-411001.

21. S.N.D.T. Women’s University, Deptt. of Special Education, Sir Vithaldas Vidyavihar, Juhu Road, Santacruz (W) Mumbai-400049.

22. Dikush Teacher Training in Special Education, Church Road,Juhu, Mumbai-400049.

23. Hashu Advani College of Special Education, 64-65, Collector’s Colony, Chembur, Mumbai-400764.

24. The Spastics Society of India, Upper Colaba Road, Opp. Afghan Church, Colaba, Bombay-400005.



ORISSA:

25. Training Centers for Teachers of the Visually Handicapped, S.I.R.D Campus, Unit- VIII, Bhubaneshwar 751012.

26. Swami Vivekhanand National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research, Oltapur, P.O Bairoi, Dist Cuttack 754 010.

27. Training Centre for Teachers of the Deaf ( A joint Project of State Govt. & AYJNIHH), S.I.R.D Campus, Unit- 8, Bhubaneshwar-15.

TAMIL NADU:

28. Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidhyalaya, College of Education, Sri Ramakrishna Vidhyalaya post, Coimbatore-641020.

29. Regional Training Centre, C/o Govt. Hr. School for the Blind, Poonamalle, Chennai-56.

30. Madras Institute to Habilitate Retarded Affiliated, D-171, RV Nagar, Anna Nagar, Chennai-600010.

31. Govt. Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, K.K Nagar, Chennai-600083.

32. S.B.T. College of Special Education, Dr. M. A Thangaraj Compound, DRO Colony, Madhurai-625007.

33. Holy Cross College, Dept. of Rehabilitation Science & Special Education, Tiruchirapalli-620002.

34. Avinashilinagam Deemed University, Institute of Home Science & Hr. Education for Women. Coimbatore (0422-2641043)

35. The YMCA College of Physical Education, Nandham, Chennai-600035.

36. Bala Vidyalaya Institute for Teachers Training, 18, 1st Cross Street, Shashtri Nagar, Chennai-20.

37. N.K.T. National College of Education for Women, 21, Dr.Besant Road, Triplicane, Madras-600005.

UTTAR PRADESH:

38. U.P. Institute for the Hearing Handicapped, 4-7, Malviya Road, George Town, Allahabad-211002.

39. Chetna (A Society of the Welfare of Handicapped), Sector-C, Aliganj, Lucknow-226024.

40. Training College of Teachers of the Deaf, Aishbagh, (Tilak Nagar), Lucknow-226004.

41. Institute of Advanced Studies in Education, M.J.P. University, Bareilly-243006.

42. Banaras Hindu University, Faculty of Education, Kamachha, Varanasi.

43. Jagadguru Rambadrachry Handicapped University, Chitrakoot, U.P-210204.

WEST BENGAL:

44. National Institute for the Orthopaedically Handicapped, Bon-Hooghly, BT Road, Calcutta-700090.

45. National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped, Eastern Regional Centre,NIOH Campus, Bon-Hooghly, BT Road, Calcutta-700088.

46.AYNJIHH, Regional Training Centre, N.I.O.H Campus, Bon-Hooghly, BT Road, Calcutta-90.

47. Indian Institute for the Cerebral Palsy, (Formerly Spastic Society of Eastern India), P-35/1, Taratolla Road, Calcutta-700088.

48. Training Institute for the Teachers of the Visually Handicapped, Narenderpur, Calcutta-700103.

49. Manovikas Kendra, Rehabilitation and Research Institute for the Handicapped, 482-Madudah, Plot—24, Sec-J, Eastern Metropolitan Bypass, Calcutta-700107.

50. Training College for the Teachers of the Deaf, 293, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Calcutta-09.

51.Speech & Hearing Institute and Research Centre, (SHRC), State Resource Centre (HI), 10, Mandeville Garden, Kolkata.

College Scholarships for First Generation Students - You Can Register Free for $10,000 Scholarship

There are numerous college scholarships for first generation students you can apply for to help pay your college expenses. Here's a couple of college scholarships for first generation students you can apply for to pay your college expenses. Look for other scholarship opportunities online for more chances of getting money to fund your education.

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Another scholarship for first generation students is the First in My Family Scholarship. This scholarship program provides various scholarships that range anywhere between $500 and even up to $5000. The scholarshi program is open to Hispanic-Americans who are the first in their family to plan to go to a postsecondary school. Students need to be citizens of the United States or at least be permanent residents. The minimum grade point average applicants need to maintain is a 3.0 based on a 4.0 scale. Students also need to demonstrate financial need to be eligible to apply for the scholarship awards. The deadline for this first in my family to go to college scholarship is on the 15th of April.

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'Back to school" survival tips for parents with a special needs child

Back to school
can be a challenging time for parents and students alike.

But for families living with a special needs child, it can be particularly trying. One of the often overlooked facts about this is that it doesn't go away after pre-school; primary, or even high school. Families dealing with special need often battle back to school challenges throughout their Childs school career, even through college.

Here are some tips to help you survive the back to school season and even come out ahead of the pack!

* Plan for the first day of school, and start discussing it with your child early on. Special needs children function much better if they know what is coming and there are no surprises.
* Keep all back to school related conversations positive. Children with special needs are often able to imagine some amazingly bad first days of school. keep things light hearted and focused on how much fun they will be having.
* Encourage them and their ability to make friends. Special needs children can sometimes have trouble in social situations and making/keeping friends. Often they miss important social cues, making them appear over-bearing or insensitive to those who don't know them and don't understand.
* Have all the supplies ready a while before school starts. Let your child shop for the new supplies with you, and let them get comfortable and familiar with the organizational systems they will be using in the upcoming year.
* If possible meet with the teachers before the new school years start. You can take your child along and show them there new surrounding, so that they won't be going into an unfamiliar situation on their first day back to school.
* Remind your child that they are smart and clever. There are occasions at school where your child may be criticised by well-meaning teacher or stressed out faculty member and they may begin to doubt themselves. Don’t let this happen. Encourage your special child to excel and embrace their unique learning style.
* Have fun! Keep conversations and preparations for the first day back to school, light hearted and proactive. Talk about it often, plan the outfit, breakfast and lunch, even what they will do during break time. The less that is unknown to them, the more confident they will feel starting a new year, with new teachers and new friends.With these survival tips, embrace the new school year.



Sometimes we anticipate the stress that we know is about to come and we actually end up creating it. As parents, there are so many things we must do and tolerate, and staying calm and positive, even when our children are getting on our nerves, is also on that list.

Try some of these tips to survive the first day back at school, it will make a big difference for the rest of the year as well.

Discover how to make an essay plan

In conditions of tough competition and rising costs sine qua non for the survival of the economy has become the subject of marketing. Interest in this activity intensifies as the growing number of organizations in business, in the international arena and the nonprofit realm realize how marketing contributes to more successful performance on the market. This applies both to our country, is now in transition, and the U.S., where many mining companies and heavy industry and only recently turned to marketing.

Customer service (from the British market - the market) - an integrated system of production organization and marketing of products designed to meet specific needs of consumers and profit-based research and market forecasting, study of internal and external environment of the exporting companies, the strategy and tactics of behavior in the market with through marketing programs. These programs laid the measures to improve the product and its range, the study of customers, competitors and competition for pricing, demand generation, sales promotion and advertising, optimization of commodity circulation channels and marketing, technical service organizations and expansion of assortment of services. Marketing as a product of the market economy is in a sense, the philosophy of production completely (from research and design work to marketing and service) slave conditions and requirements of the market in a constant dynamic development under the influence of a wide range of economic, political, scientific and technical and social factors. Producers and exporters are considering marketing as a means to achieve the goals fixed for the period for each specific market and its segments, with the highest economic efficiency. However, it becomes real when the manufacturer has the opportunity to systematically adjust their scientific, technical, production and marketing plans in line with changes in market conditions, to maneuver their own material and intellectual resources to provide the necessary flexibility in dealing with strategic and tactical goals, based on the results of marketing research. Under these conditions, marketing becomes the foundation for long-term and operational planning of industrial and commercial activities of enterprises, export preparation of production programs, the organization of scientific, technical, technological, investment and the supply of collective enterprise, and marketing management ¾ a critical element of enterprise management system.

When did you last take a different view of yourself?

In these mega-busy times, how often do you stop and think about what you are doing and why in your daily job or work.

Probably not very often

It’s a bit like the old saying that the wood cutter would cut the wood faster if he stopped to sharpen the saw. But he hasn’t got time because he is too busy cutting…

So here is a suggestion. (Assuming that you are like the woodcutter and do recognize that you need to cut faster but can’t physically go any faster.)

It doesn’t have to be at work – maybe your sports club, gym or church, seek out someone with not just a different job but a different way of thinking about life.

Don’t just find someone completely the opposite to you just for the sake of it – you will just end up arguing. Instead, look for someone who you would be quite happy to go out for a drink with.

For example, if you know that you rush around and get stressed at the slightest things look for someone working with behaviorally challenged teenagers. They will most definitely have a different understanding of stress to you.

If you find yourself unable to get wound up or excited – find someone who is an athlete or someone who is constantly “on the edge” and spend time with them.

Whatever you decide (and don’t forget, you don’t have to tell them you are “observing them” – that would be freaky…) just watch how they respond to things an ask yourself how you would respond to the same event.

Importance of Diet in Each Type of Diabetes

UNDERSTANDING DIABETES AND THE ROLE OF DIET IN EACH TYPE OF DIABETES

In the “good old days” before medicines for diabetes and insulin were available, physicians would control diabetes by diet and exercise alone. In this generation both patients and physicians seek instant gratification and quick fixes, so medication has become the primary treatment modality. The diet advice offered is many times too generalized and emphasis on the importance of diet is not enough. So unfortunately the patients aren’t aware and motivated enough to take control of diabetes through diet.

The role of diet in different types of diabetes is varied. Understanding diabetes and the types of diabetes will give us clarity in knowing what diet can be offered in each.

WHAT IS DIABETES?

We eat food to provide energy and nutrition to the cells. Cells can receive energy only in the form of glucose so all food is broken down into glucose for utilization by the cells. The hormone insulin, secreted by the pancreas is needed for the utilization of glucose by the cells. In diabetes there is lack of insulin or the cells stop responding to insulin or both hence the cells are starving in a pool of glucose. This causes damage and destruction of the cells and also excess glucose in blood causes many complications.

TYPES OF DIABETES

1. INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITIS (IDDM)

In this type, the cells of the pancreas that produce insulin are destroyed and so no insulin is produced in the body. The insulin required has to be supplied from outside for life.

Diet can never replace the need for insulin in these patients. It is often noted that the need for insulin keeps on progressively increasing in these patients and despite daily insulin injections they do not manage to keep their diabetes effectively under control and this leads to serious complications. Diet can keep the insulin requirement to minimum, prevent complications of the disease and help the person feel active and energetic.

Like diet can never replace the need for insulin in IDDMs, so also only insulin can never replace the benefits of a balanced, customised diet.

2. NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITIS(NIDDM)

This was called ‘maturity onset diabetes’ till a decade ago but today we see so many children with this type of diabetes that it has been renamed as ‘type 2 diabetes’.This is an acquired problem due to poor nutrition and obesity.

The cells become resistant to the insulin and do not respond to the insulin in the blood and also many times the insulin secretion is reduced. Here insulin does not have to necessarily supplied from outside ,the cells should be made sensitive to the available insulin.

This type of diabetes can be completely controlled by proper diet and exercise. The dependency on medicines can be completely eliminated gradually and all complications can be prevented.

3. GESTATIONAL DIABETES

This type of diabetes is seen during pregnancy and is also due to insulin resistance. Diet can completely control the sugar levels in these cases. In most cases the sugar levels are back to normal after delivery yet this is a warning bell to indicate that these women have greater chances of developing diabetes in future.

Even after the sugar levels return to normal these women should use diet to manage their weight and maintain nutrition levels and should annually get tested for diabetes.

4. PREDIABETICS AND FAMILY HISTORY OF DIABETES

These patients are the ones who are at greater risk of developing diabetes in the future. As of now they do not have any symptoms of diabetes.They have a fasting blood sugar level of between 100 and 125 mg/dl and are labeled prediabetics or borderline diabetics.

Studies show that even 7% reduction in total body weight can cut down the risk of diabetes by half. These patients can say no to develop into diabetics by managing their weight and nutrition by customised diet.

Today’s fast paced life, fast food habits, irregular meal and sleep timings, stress make us all high risk candidates for diabetes. Unfortunately we have accepted diabetes as a part of mordernisation and and are doing nothing to fight it. All it takes is awareness, discipline and dedication to prove that we are stronger than diabetes. Read more about Importance of Diet in Each Type of Diabetes

Time to Get Real - Mirage Or Real Reality?

Quite a challenge isn't it, when an annoying issue stares at us point blank, and someone tells us to get real! But there it is; we do not enjoy facing certain things. Whatever they are, we would rather not confront them. Often they are quite small - even trivial, but we just don't want to know about them!

But then, what about the big picture; the really big one? Well, that is something else! Taking a deep breath, look let's have a shot at it - nothing ventured, nothing gained, as they say.

So, let's give ourselves a little reality check, a pinch, and face it - the universe is here, and we're a part of it! And as we spin around in this awesome vastness of swirling galaxies and impenetrable mysteries we are generally on the lookout for answers. We seem to like solving puzzles and are keen to make sense of whatever teases our curiosity. Perhaps this helps us feel at home in the vastness.

Have you noticed it's a bit like trying to read? Remember, when you stared into a book - go on; you do! - and someone told you the shapes meant something, that they would, sort of, talk to you? But surely the universe isn't like reading a book! Maybe it's not that simple, but when you think of it, why ask questions, if it doesn't mean anything? If it's all gobbledegook, that's it, end of story - forget it. Or the story doesn't even begin.

But here's a startling observation - we have minds that seem to take it as given that there are real answers out there. We often start with this idea that the 'whole show' has some kind of meaning. After all, if it didn't, where would that leave us: with utter absurdity? And do you know what? Our human reason still processes that as an answer! That if there were no meaningful answers, 'no meaningful answers' itself becomes a very important answer! Strange isn't it?

One of the most amazing things in the universe is the existence of personal, rational minds! Are they here as a result of the gradual, chance organisation of matter that took place after an alleged Big Bang? Personally, I doubt it. I might just as well believe in impossibilities. Explosions do not produce particles that slowly drift, haphazardly towards meaningful organisation.

That our minds are able to get true insights into the nature of physical reality, assumes somehow we can line up our thinking with a meaning possessed by reality. But then, where does this 'out there' meaning come from, as it seems to create a big dilemma?

Either I am projecting my mental chemistry on what I think is out there, and projected the meaning as well (wasn't that clever of me!), or there really is discoverable information, concealed but inherent, in the natural realm. And that somehow I have a key to it - wow!

So is there really an understandable 'out there' universe of which we are a very significant part? Absolutely, and what often causes quite a shake-up is to see that the commonplace view of biblical Christianity being only a jump in the dark is nothing but a caricature, and that, in fact, its 'understandable reality' worldview continues to underpin the scientific enterprise. This is the view that yields evidence-based research, and gives a repeatable structure for verifiable proof.

This position believes we have the ability to discover and know what is truly 'there.' And that this part of our make-up, amongst other things, gives the basis for scientific research, but not support for the idea of intelligent information falling by chance out of a meaningless universe. So, what's it to be; understandable or meaningless? Many people are seriously trying to live with both world views when they are completely at loggerheads.

So, if this Christian world view is now a minority one, how come these axioms of science are so widespread among the scientific community? These assumptions flowed from a biblical world view of a universe that made sense and were widely held in the era of early modern science, around 400 years ago. They gave rise to genuine, evidence-based research, and have filtered into society as a whole, becoming core values of the scientific method.

Atheistic evolutionary belief wants it both ways: rational minds able to discover the physical universe; able to extract real data - and the descent of man from an accidental origin on a blind journey in a meaningless universe without a goal.

So, why get real? If everything is a cosmic dream of no consequence, then I'm nothing more than an enigma inside a riddle, washed up on the shores of a dream ocean. Hold on - it's not that bleak!

Spare a thought for the idea that the more we deny a meaningful reality and ourselves as significant - our Western heritage, still widely taken for granted in our secular societies - the more we will slide into chaos and phantom-like personal unreality.

Well - time to get real?

The route towards nursing school scholarships.

The way toward reaching a goal to acquire nursing school scholarships is a high school diploma. A key requirement of a nursing school is a high school diploma.

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Pre examination is called the (NLN), the national league of nurses.

The pathway to gain nursing school scholarships stem from effective essay writing. At entry level there is a four year BSC( bachelor of science nursing program. Nurses are trained by institutions to practice in all health care sectors. Entry level into a masters consists of a BSN. To gain access into more career management into specialized fields of clinical nurses, nurse educators and nurse researcher the key requirement would be a masters.

An ADN(associates degree) is a two-three year programs offered by junior and community college. Training of nurses is provided through direct patient care in various settings. The affordable route is the AND as it forwards pathways to BSN and MSN. Universities, colleges and nursing schools offer ADN programs.

A hospital diploma consists of two-three years in direct patient care.

To attain both a nursing diploma and associated degree there are course on offer at junior and community colleges that incorporate basic English and sciences.

The role of licensed vocational nurses (LVN) is basically to care for the sick, disabled and injures under physicians directions. The checking of vital signs like checking blood pressure ,pulse and application dressings is the care that is provided. Technical and vocational schools have these programs on offer and they last or about a year.

Accelerated programs for accelerated BSN or accelerated MSN is offered to those already in possession of degrees in fields other than nursing. These programs for those qualified in other fields are much shorter.

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Automaticity is a Myth



Summary: Sight Words, Dolch Words, Whole Word, Balanced Literacy--all the methods that start by having children memorize word-shapes--assume that it is possible for average children to recognize (and name) many hundreds of words by their shapes. Children must do this quickly, even instantly--an ability that is called automaticity. This ability is praised and promoted on hundreds of websites and in thousands of schools. it's routinely said that children "must" achieve automaticity.

I argue that this claim is sort of a sick joke, like telling all children, "You must learn to dunk the ball." I've just finished a thorough analysis of this issue for Improve-Education.org. Here's how the piece starts....

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"During the last dozen years the Education Establishment has stepped back from Whole Word, or pretended to, and retreated to a mixed-bag approach called Balanced Literacy. This is the official position in many public schools.

In this shift to Balanced Literacy, the Education Establishment pretends there is much greater emphasis on phonics. Isn’t that progress? In fact, this claim is often a lie. That’s because children may be forced to start reading by trying to memorize --with instant recall--the 220-word Dolch List. While there may be far fewer Sight Words to learn in total, all of them just happen to be at the very beginning. Sight Words are thus a bridge that children have to cross to reach the land of reading. Many don’t make it to the other side, and end up illiterate or dyslexic.

Thousands of websites, experts, and schools categorically state that children must master their Sight Words. Typically, these claims make it seem easy to achieve the magical skill called automaticity. Easy? Sure, easy for some, like gymnastics or speaking fluent Russian. I would counter that only people with exceptional memories can attain automaticity. For most people this goal is a distant mirage (as I’ll prove).

What we’re dealing with here, it seems to me, is a truly outlandish swirl of quackery, at the center of which is the Myth of Automaticity."

Effective Educational Services For Students With Special Learning Needs



15 million school age children in the US have learning problems that public and private schools can’t solve. There are 72,000 special education students in LAUSD, alone. Every day these students sit unhappily in class, losing hope of ever realizing their dreams. Students are living in pain and shame. They are not learning to be successful students.

Their parents are frustrated in their attempts to find suitable education for their child. They’ve tried working through the public schools. They have hired tutors. Parents are calling for real solutions.

In order to thrive, these students need special educational methods that address their unique profile of strengths and needs. But even more importantly, these children require a new mindset of success.

Educational therapy offers help and hope to children and adults with learning challenges such as ADHD, autism, dyslexia, and learning disabilities. Educational therapy is an appropriate and highly successful approach to helping students of all ages achieve their maximum potential.

Educational therapists use state of the art educational programs and methods that have been proven to teach students with learning problems the skills they require to be successful. Educational therapy shows students how to overcome their learning problems and lead successful lives.

All throughout the school years, foundations for future success are laid down. Not only are students learning essential skills such as reading, they are also learning to value education. But most importantly, they are learning to believe that they are successful students!

When students experience repeated frustration and failure, they develop self-doubt along with dislike or distrust of educational experiences. These negative views influence how much students can learn, at every level from elementary school through college!

Special needs students experience three major problems with learning:

Teachers and tutors use the same methods for every child. Children are unique and each learns in his or her own way. Teachers and tutors usually do not understand how to modify their approach to address different learning styles.

Teachers and tutors only teach subject matter. Students who experience repeated academic failure lack the underlying foundational skills to be successful students. They often don’t know the best study methods, how to manage their time, or what the real secrets are to academic success.

Teachers and tutors do not address the root cause of continued academic failure—learned helplessness. When students experience failure after failure, they develop a mindset that they are “stupid” and “can’t learn.” They give up on ever being a good student! But, when students believe they can succeed, they begin to try. When they believe they can learn, they begin to study. When they believe they can have impressive futures, they make powerful choices. Students have the right to believe in their innate intelligence and skill!

Educational therapists generally begin their professional careers in special education, child development or counseling. The Association of Educational Therapists is the national professional organization that sets the training standards for educational therapists. There are three levels of membership in the Association of Educational Therapists: Associate Professional (introductory level), Professional (experienced), Board Certified (seasoned).

According to the Association of Educational Therapists: “Regardless of previous background, all Professional members of the Association of Educational Therapists (AET) have met rigorous professional requirements in the academic areas of elementary and/or secondary education, child development, educational assessment, learning theory, learning disabilities, and principles of educational therapy. All members have a B.A. degree and are required to hold a Masters Degree or equivalent in post-BA course work. They have completed at least 1500 supervised direct service hours, and are required to complete 40 clock hours of Continuing Education every two years.

How do you deal with the changing face of bullies?

This year, National Anti-Bullying week shines a spotlight on the fastest
growing face of bullying: cyberbullying. Basically, this means using
information and communication technology to deliberately upset someone
else. It includes bullying via mobile phones, instant messaging, emails,
blogs, Twitter, websites, chatrooms, message boards, Virtual Learning
Environments (VLEs) such as Second Life, or social networking sites like
Facebook and Bebo.

Cyberbullying can include:

Threats and blackmail
Harassment
Repeatedly texting unpleasant messages/images
Monitoring or hacking into someone’s online activities or accounts
Impersonating a person and using their identity online
Posting or forwarding unpleasant comments or private information
Sharing videos of someone being bullied
Sending viruses
Pretending to be friends to gain information
Refusing to acknowledge messages or using ‘ignore’ functions
Manipulating someone emotionally to do something: “If you were really my
friend, you’d… “
‘Sexting’ - sending sexually explicit messages or photos to cause distress

The difficulty most children and parents face with cyber bullying is that
it is more difficult to contain and control. Information can spread
rapidly, repeatedly and widely – whether it was intentionally hurtful in
the first place or not – and it can creep into a child’s personal space no
matter where they are. Those who bully can choose to remain anonymous and
they don’t necessarily need to be physically more powerful to bully
anymore. Anonymity can also mean that boundaries could be pushed even
further than if someone is physically in your face.

So how can you help, especially if you feel like children know more about
technology than you do?

When online

Help children make themselves more cyberbully-proof by encouraging them
not to combine real names, ages and provocative words as their
username/email address. Sexybecs13@whatever.com may seem a fun idea to 13
year old Becs who is just getting into boys and having fun experimenting
with harmless flirting etc – but it gives away a surprising amount of
detail to anyone looking hard enough who might not be so harmless.
You might want to use a picture or image on a profile instead of a real
photo.
Keep passwords private and make them hard to guess by using random letters
and numbers instead of names, phone numbers and birthdays etc. This makes
it difficult for people to hack into email accounts.
The web is a very deceptive space. It can feel very private and intimate,
but it’s very public. You may need to discuss that the details they
display, who they talk to and what they talk about are far more open and
accessible than they might realise.
We insist that children tell us the truth about things and we drill them
that they are rude if they don’t answer questions or speak to people when
spoken to - but they need to know that the web is the one place where it’s
okay not to answer people, to block and delete people and not to give out
details like real names, personal information, phone numbers and
addresses. They also need to know that other people don’t always tell the
truth on their profiles and in conversations either.
If bullied, instant messaging services such as MSN have features that
allow you to block or delete people, but children may need encouragement
that it’s okay to block people.
On MySpace and Bebo, profiles can be set to ‘private’ so that only
approved people can see it.
On email accounts such as hotmail, you can block email addresses by
clicking on ‘options’, then ‘more options’. Click the heading ‘junk mail’
then click ‘safe and blocked senders’. Finally, click the ‘blocked
senders’ option and type the offending email address into the box and
click ‘add to the list’.
Be as interested and open to talking about online friends and what a child
does online as you would face-to-face friends and activities.
Children need to know that it’s better to tell you about something that’s
happened online – as soon as possible - even if they’ve joined in bullying
themselves or got themselves into an embarrassing situation.
Save messages if you need to take further action about them.

Mobile phones

Cyberbullying through mobile phones is much harder to prevent.

You can remind children to be careful who they give their phone number to,
but in all fairness most give out their phone numbers in good faith to
people they think are friends. The problem is that they have little
control over whether those people remain friends or if their number is
passed on to others without their consent.
If you do find that nuisance calls or texts are a problem, you can report
this to your mobile phone provider. Newer phones may have reject lists
where you can block a number but generally the only thing a phone company
will be able to do is offer to change your number and liaise with the
police on the matter.

Militia Madness?

When it comes to rightwing militia movements, some folks make it a family affair.

Why We Have Learned To Hate Citibank!

The other day, we received a letter from Citibank. Their latest missive read, in part, as follows:Dear Ms. Wonk,We are making changes to your account terms.These changes include an increase in the variable APR for purchases to 23.99% and will take effect December 20, 2009.This lastest rate increase comes on top of one that was foisted upon us about six months ago. For years, the interest rate had

This Is A Tragedy

Half of all kids in the United States will be on food stamps at one time or another in their young lives: Half of American kids will live in households receiving food stamps before age 20, according to a study reported Monday in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.Although one in five children rely on food stamps for years, many more live in families who turn to food stamps during a

Obama Takes An EduTrip

And now President Obama is going to Wisconsin, of all places, to talk-up public education. ABC News has the story: Tomorrow, on the anniversary of his election, President Barack Obama heads to Madison, Wisconsin to speak at a local middle school. He’ll address education policy, with a focus on the ‘Race to the Top’ initiative. That $4.35 billion dollar program, funded through the Recovery Act, is

Attention Pseudo Conservatives

This just in from our Upstate New York Bureau: when, thanks to the interference of outsiders such as Sarah Palin, Fred Thompson, Tim Pawlenty, and Glenn Beck, Republicans fight among themselves, Democrats will take advantage of the opportunity.And who can really blame them?Ed's Note to Cut-and-Run former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin: Since you saw fit to pull the rug out from under a duly

The Quote Of The Day

"Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success." -Henry FordIndeed.

Note To U.S. Dept. Of Ed: Improve Thyself

Heh.Secretary Arne Duncan of The United States Department of Education says "Colleges of Education must improve for reforms to succeed." U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today called for America’s colleges of education to dramatically change how they prepare the next generation of teachers so that they are ready to prepare their future students for success in college and careers.Noting

Let Me Guess

A 15-year-old female student leaves a dance at her Richmond, California high school. She apparently drinks some alcohol. Then gets beaten and gang-raped by a bunch of hoods while other students stand-by and do nothing for two hours.Wanna take a guess who ends up being sued for a huge amount of money?Yep. Dollars to donuts that it's going to be the school district that ends-up coughing up the cash

The Return Of The Prodigal Wonk

Your EdWonk lives.More soon.

Animal Planet: The Monsters Among Us

This creature has confessed to one of most horrific crimes that any person could do: The murder of her own child: A 23-year-old woman suffocated her son and then buried his body beneath the sand of a playground, police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, said Thursday.Police arrested Tiffany Toribio about 4 a.m., just hours after they said they wanted to speak to her about her missing 3-year-old son,

The Carnival Of Education: Week 224

Welcome to the midway of the 224nd edition of The Carnival of Education.Unless clearly labeled otherwise, all entries this week were submitted by the writers themselves.Folks interested in hosting a future edition of the C.O.E. should please let us know via this email address: owlshome [at] earthlink [dot] net.Visit the C.O.E.'s early archives here, later archives there, and our latest entries

The Prodigal Wonk Returns

After a very prolonged absence, we're coming back.Stay tuned to this same Wonk Channel.

Carnival Entries Are Due!

Entries for the 206th edition of The Carnival Of Education (Hosted this week over at Examiner.com.) are due. Please email them to: ahermitt [at] gmail [dot] com . (Or, easier yet, use this handy submission form.) Submissions should be received no later than 12:00 Midnight (Eastern) 9:00 PM (Pacific) Tonight. Contributions should include your site's name, the title of the post, and the post's URL

What Makes A Good Teacher?

Whether you are an experienced teacher, beginning teacher, or teacher wannabe, teacher Mr. McGuire of The Reading Workshop has a good refresher that one should take a look at.

Get Your Carnival Entries Submitted!

Entries for the 205th edition of The Carnival Of Education (Hosted this week over at Right Wing Nation.) are due. Please email them to: rightwingprof [at] gmail [dot] com . (Or, easier yet, use this handy submission form.) Submissions should be received no later than 5:00 PM (Eastern) 2:00 PM (Pacific) Today. Contributions should include your site's name, the title of the post, and the post's URL

The Daily Gripe

Joanne Jacobs has a list of last year's most overused (read annoying/irritating) words.I heard that.