Thursday, April 24, 2008

I need to interview a teacher of students with physical and health impairments


I need to interview a teacher of students with physical and health impairments?
What is your responsibilities and experiences working with students with health impairments? What the significance of motor development; specifically the difference between typical and atypical motor development of a child with physical health impairments? What is the impact of physical and health impairments on the education of children. with physical and health impairments? 
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My experience with students with special need covers a period of 56 years as an active participant in their education. Specifically, as a teacher, a special needs program coordinator and program director. The responsibilities I executed ranged from instructing students in academic content areas of the curriculum; designing lessons around the special needs of students; to assisting regular education teachers in adapting instruction to the needs of students; writing training modules to educate educator in how to meet the needs of special needs students in their schools, to serving as the program director for all areas of impairments. I think the significance of motor development of a child with physical health impairments is critical to achieving a well rounded education. Here's and example: We all learn best in specific ways that involve our five senses of hearing, seeing, talking, walking, touching and smelling. When one or more of these senses is not operating properly or not at all, we must accommodate for the deficit in some other ways. In other words we must strengthen one of the other senses to compensate.Children with physical and health impairments have problems that impair their ability to be mobile, to move from place to place in their efforts to learn. Much time is given to physical and occupational therapy to build skills that enable the students to get themselves to amd from places of learning. Strengthening the muscles and limbs allows a child to take care of their own personal needs with little or no help.They can eat, write, dress, walk, and talk. So, motor development for physical and health impaired students is the bridge that gets them to learning with all five senses. These areas may not have developed as in normally developing children, therefore we must take an atypical(more extreme) approach to develop the skills. In children who develop normally (typically) our task is to strengthen the motor skills that are there, through such activities as .P.E and sports. Many health issues weakens the body's structure/frame and prevent mobility in children. Many are subjected to home-bound instruction a few hours a week, missing a regular school day of interacting and socializing with peers. Hospitalization causes students to miss out on many educational events, like field trips, sports and other extra curricula activities. All of these things promote learning. If they re deficit the child's education is significantly hampered.






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