In the Special Needs class I was able to help a little bit with preparing for the days assignments. The kids were going to be working on animal reports so I helped get the sheets together and stapled for the outline they would be using to add their ideas and pictures to. There were three groups that would be working on different reports so I made sure that each child got the right report on their desk, before they got into the class room. The only other thing I helped with in preparing for the days schedule was when the teacher talked to me about what they would be doing for the day and what group she wanted me to be in charge of.
The first day I went into the class room, the students weren't there yet. The teacher explained a little to me about how things were structured for the day and a little on the process of how the kids were placed in her class. It is quite a process on how the kid's abilities are assessed. If the kids were in the Special needs program the year before, they are recommended by their current teacher. Most of the kids have the same teacher for three year. New kids that have parents that have concerns that their kids might need special help, meet with the Special Needs teacher, a psychologist, and the principal. They are tested on their abilities and then the teacher and psychologist make the determination on where the kids should be placed.
Throughout the school year, the teacher is making assessments on where each student is on the grade level that they are focusing on. At the beginning of the new year, some of the kids can be mainstreamed into the other classes, kept in the same Special needs class for another year and some that are not progressing will be put in a different class for those that are lower functioning.
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