Description
1.Describe the historical interactions and contemporary legal, medical, pedagogical, and philosophical models of social responsibility, treatment and education in the lives of individuals with disabilities
2.Describe the characteristics of a learner with cerebral palsy
3.Describe the health and safety considerations for cerebral palsy
4.Explain what needs to be considered to ensure the health and safety of the individuals with cerebral palsy in the classroom.
5.Identify the legal responsibilities of special education teachers related to the health and safety of individuals with disability
6.Describe the universal precautions to protect the health and safety of special education teachers.
7.Describe how the decisions and common behaviors of individuals with disabilities can enhance or compromise their health and safety. Common chronic and communicable diseases of individuals with disabilities and how to make referrals when these diseases are recognizable at school.
8.Strategies for encouraging healthy nutrition of students.
9.Describe evidence-based strategies/practices to help meet the varying abilities and needs of a learner with cerebral palsy
10.Describe how teachers can best provide individualized instruction to promote meaningful learning opportunities and maximize learning for students with cerebral palsy
11.Discuss specific evidence-based strategies in two of the following: reading, mathematics, science, social studies, study skills, and social skills.
12.Describe how to assess and monitor progress (through multiple sources of standardized and non-standardized assessments) for a student with cerebral palsy
13.Describe how instructional decisions can be based on the assessment data that are appropriate for a student cerebral palsy
14.Describe classroom management strategies and positive behavior supports for students with cerebral palsy
15.Explain how teachers can create learning environments and social interactions that foster active engagement for students with cerebral palsy
16. Discuss effective collaboration for successful school, family, and community consultation and collaboration specific to cerebral palsy
17.Discuss strategies to enhance cultural responsiveness, cultural competency and cultural humility specific to cerebral palsy and their supportive caregivers
18.Discuss the case management function in special education (ie. Roles and responsibilities of case manager)
19. Discuss IEP goal development for a student with cerebral palsy (make sure to discuss access to the core curriculum and potential accommodations and modifications that will benefit the student with the chosen disability). Locate a sample IEP for a student with cerebral palsy for reference, and discuss the sample in your paper.
