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Look at Special Education
As many as 270,000 of Ontario's
students receive special education support for behavioural, communicational,
intellectual, physical or multiple exceptionalities. Professionally
Speaking explores some of the realities and frustrations faced by
teachers, administrators and parents who are actively involved in educating
special needs children.
Asperger's
syndrome: the invisible disability
"You could teach a child
the theory of relativity once and he'd get it. But you'd have to tell
him the rules for lining up for recess 500 times."
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Additional
Qualification courses reflect holistic approach to teaching
IN 2000, nearly 5,000
teachers took an Additional Qualification (AQ) course in special education.
Patricia Goldblatt, a program officer at the Ontario College of Teachers,
notes that special education courses regularly have the highest enrolment
of any AQ courses. The teacher says, "Teachers see special education training
as vital to being a good teacher."
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Defining Special
Education
As many as 270,000 students receive special education support in Ontario. That's about 12.5 per cent of the students in the province's publicly funded schools.
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New
teachers take on Special Education
New teachers welcome
help from parents, colleagues and teaching assistants.
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Special
Education at the Ministry: an overview
THE Ministry of Education
has made significant changes in how it oversees and funds special education
since 1998. > full
article
Thriving
on Diversity
Principal Nancy Sanders
examines what goes into helping first-year teachers succeed in teaching
kids with special needs in the regular classroom.
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College's
first professional advisory |
College's first
professional advisory
Professional advisories
will provide guidance to College members in understanding complex issues
that are important to the profession of teaching.
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For kids to be successful, they need...
Outstanding veteran
teacher Betsy Ramsay-Currie outlines strategies for creating a learning
environment. > full
article
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