Can anyone suggest resolutions to social and ethical issues in elementary age kids with learning disabilities

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This question is related to the topic "Social and Ethical Decisions of the Teacher of Students with Learning Disabilities"

Answer 1

Don't get me started! I have two boys that I dealt with the problems of learning disabilities with, and if you are not careful, they will fall through the cracks. Very intelligent, but don't learn the same as others, therefore, teachers just think that they're dumb. Always assume that they are intelligent and get the testing done that proves it. No one should have to fight supposedly intelligent educators over an intelligent kid that can't learn the same as others! Hope this answered your question, it is a "big" issue!

Answer 2

the only resolutions I can think of is more experience and more training. I think the special ed teachers that we've been in relation with would have been well-served by spending time away from their little tests and spending more time in our home observing our child in the real world. Too much brainwashing in college has taught them that if they just have the right test, or the right program, the kid should be fine. If they aren't fine, then something's wrong with the kid.

Older teachers have experience that helps them realize that testing and prepurchased programs and curricula cannot save every child. Unfortunately they don't always have the training to help children or know current disabilities, so they dismiss very real difficulties that children have.

With ethical issues, what comes to mind immediately are all these local cases of abuse of severely disabled children. The teachers are protected by a system that will not hold teachers accountable for their actions. It's never 'their fault', it's always that there isn't enough training, enough money, enough help. Never mind that parents don't have that excuse. They should ask for help, and schools should stop building $5million dollar bueaucratic buildings and put the money where it belongs.

Answer 3

children with learning disabilities will really do great in school if they are treated equally like other children. in a loving, welcoming and warm environment any child will flourish, especially regarding social issues. Children with learning dissabilities should be accomadated in the real world, they should not be in an institution or ''special school'', because they need to learn social behaviour through interacting and actively taking part in the community in which they live. although some children struggle with social an ethical issues, it is a problem that can be overcome, with the right attitude (meaning the people surrounding this child should have the right attitude towards the child!) it is important that teachers accomodate these children in their class-they should have the knowledge to know how a specific child learn the best (say for example a child with a learning dissability might be a visual learner, thus the teacher must ensure that she uses enough visual media to ensure that the child benefits from her teaching)

Answer 4

Yes. Start by viewing these children as human beings who happen to have a learning problem, instead of treating them like sub-humans, as the schools and teachers usuallly do. Then your social and ethical "problems" will take care of themselves.

Answer 5

kid your on your own