CH1+activities

1. Read the case study at the beginning of the chapter. Discuss the student’s strengths, weaknesses, support systems, family-professional collaboration, and educational program.
 * Class Activities **

2. Review the Values to Guide Teaching (Figure 1.1). Write a philosophy of education that incorporates these values and your own characteristics and values that guide your teaching.

3. Think-Pair-Share: Think about the consequences of Brown v. Board of Education and how it impacted special needs students and special education. Pair with a partner and share your thoughts with each other. Make special note of the similarities and differences in your thinking.

4. 2 minute paper – Choose one principle of IDEA and write a summary of that principle. You will have two minutes to think and write and must use the entire two minutes. We will then discuss the papers with the entire class.

**Activities and Applications** 1. Go to the Activities and Application section in Chapter 1 of MyEducationLab and complete Activity 1. As you read the Overview information regarding the IDEA Improvement Act of 2004 and answer the accompanying questions, think about how this legislation is implemented everyday in the classroom.

2. Go to the Activities and Application section in Chapter 1 of MyEducationLab and complete Activity 2. As you watch the video and answer the accompanying questions, think about how the IEP process and how it would be applied for students who every different types of disabilities. Would any process element change or be modified in some way? 3. Go to the Activities and Application section in Chapter 1 of MyEducationLab and complete Activity 3. As you interact with this simulation think about how the principles described here in the text apply to this situation.