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=Disability Project= What do Whoopi Goldberg, Jay Leno, Ozzy Osbourne and Pablo Picasso all have in common? They have all been diagnosed with Dyslexia. Dyslexia affects 5% to 17% of the U.S population. It is a learning disorder that causes difficulty with reading and spelling. Dyslexia is known to be a neurological disorder and not a intellectual disability. Dyslexia can affect people of all levels of intelligence. The symptions can vary according to the age of the person diagnosed. Pre-school children have difficulity with simple rhyming words as in nursery rhymes. School age children have difficulity with the alphabet, sound-symbol correspondence, phonological awareness and phonemic awareness. Older school age children usally have poor spelling, slow reading skills and difficulity with organization skills. There is no known "cure" for Dyslexia, but with the assistance from your school district there is no need for a child to be excluded from normal classroom activities. = = =Eric= Eric displayed severely oppositional behaviors during his evaluatuion with Dr. Goldstein. These behaviors includes: jumping up from the table and Eric had diffuculity focusing on tasks. Some of the possible influences on Eric's behavior that Dr. Goldstein discusses are chemical and neurological disturbances. Environmental influences on Eric's behavior include his parents are seperated. Eric demenstrates seperation anexiety.

Jake Jake will fidget in his desk at school, he will let the desk top slam down impulsively. Jake also has poor organization skills that allow him to be disorganized. He is quick to be the first at his desk and because of this he disrupts the class. On the other hand, Jake does very well academically and enjoys to read.

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=October 24, 2009 Chapter 6= Activity #1 The members of George's support system are his mother, father, brother and his teacher. George's family helps him become successful by encouraging George to read and listen to books on tape they also have a good relationship with the teacher and school district. The school personnel ( Dr. Haas) supports George and his family by using sign language to give George his assignments each day.

Acyivity #3 A graphic orginizer is used to divide the students workload into different parts. Every student will focus on one area of the given assignment, reasearch it then become the "expertise" in the given area. The graphic orginizer can help in the classroom by dividing the classroom assignment into different parts. Each student is assigned a portion of the assignment therefore, the workload is a bit easier. Students may also refer to the completed graphic orginizer as a reference for future projects.

=10/16/09 Thank you Hilary for coming to the IEP clinic. I think it is so important for teachers to take part and organize the events for the families we serve. Great observation. 10/10 points for the assignment.=

__**Hilary Henwood Observation IEP Clinic Chapter 5**__

I feel it is important for school districts to hold IEP events not only for parents, but for other family members as well. It is important to educate the whole family as they should be involved with their student’s education. IEP events are used to educate and familiarize the parents with terminology and resources that are available. Sometimes IEP meetings can be intimidating to the parents simply because the parent is unfamiliar with terms being used. Events such as the James Buchanan parent IEP clinic, promotes education that is inclusive to ALL children. It provides advocacy and gives great support to families in the community with students with IEP’s. During the clinic I had the opportunity to meet and talk to some amazing parents who were very involved with their child’s education. The parents who I spoke with not only concerned with their child’s progress but were actively participating in the community by forming parent support groups, writing letters to state representatives and educating each other regarding their child’s rights. Parents are doing this to make it so their child can be part of the classes all the other children get to attend.