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Aram,  do you mind doing a review for my paper please?

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Peer review for Tarieka

This is a good start. You did a good job introducing your ideas and thoughts. . In your looking forward section, based on what you explained in the first section, you will make a connection to your learnings/insights from the course and your experiences of visiting sites. Then, provide goals for the future. I would suggest containing more detailed goal/information about what you will achieve in this program, after graduation, and in your future job. You touched every element so you need to elaborate more for each section with examples, readings from the course, discussions you had from your site visits, and feedback from your peers. Also, don’t forget to double check your grammar, technical errors, and formats.  Make it sure to add your table and appendix as well!

TA Aram

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This is a review for Shinika. Shinika, this is a good start and I hope my suggestion is helpful to wrap up your thoughts and organize your idea. First, I think you need to work on a format of the paper. Add your headers, titles and separate sections as readers can get your point easily. Also, make it sure to add your table and appendix. You can revisit the guideline or the rubric and follow directions!

For your two sections, you need to explain more of your choices of disciplines and why these are important to you. What you learned from the course and how it connects to your experiences. Make it to more personal story as this is about how you developed through the course. For the looking forward section, I would suggest to contain more detailed goal/information about what you will achieve in this program, after graduation, and in your future job.

TA Aram

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Hi Megan, after reading your first draft I felt that overall you did a really good job getting all the points that were ask for; however, in the first paragraph, can you elaborate or give 1 to 2 examples on how the video influenced your thoughts about interdisciplinary studies. It will allow readers to see the changes of how you felt about the videos. Also, can you add another one or two examples in the second paragraph as to what strategies were used to resolve some of the issues in the therapy session. For Instance, What disciplines were used for dealing with a child that has Cerebral Palsy and having difficulty feeding themselves or even having difficulty writing because they're uncontrollable neurological problems cause them to shock profusely. If possible can you also explain the difference between what you thought your major was when you first begin class, being that you had no idea; verses what you've learned about it now. Remember to give footnotes on your appendix page as well, stating how my comments helped you to edit your paper better. Good Luck.

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Hi Megan,

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Hi Juanea, In the second paragraph it would be helpful to elaborate or implement examples of some of the disciplinary's used to help autism children. Giving examples of the techniques or strategies that the teachers or educators used to help with some of the issues of a better understanding of the child. Also make sure that each paragraph written has a smooth transitional flow with in between each other so that the reflection can connect. Also after choosing your disciplines, how will these two contribute to one another that will relate to interdisciplinary studies to be used in the future. Remember to create your chart for courses you plan on taking by consulting the projection of courses on our program's website. Also, when concluding you reflections, just touch back on how much you learned from this class, verses from when we first started. It will be very  helpful to see the changes that were made from the beginning to the end. Overall, your paper sound very catching and I feel that you did a good job with your first draft. Good Luck!

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Peer Review for Tarieka: Great paper! You do a great job of introducing your initial thoughts and fears about the class. Go back and check for grammatical errors like missing commas or incorrect usage of words. Use 12pt font instead of 14pt and add a header/page number at the top. In the looking back section, mention which two disciplines you have chosen. You mention that one of your goals is to become a speech therapist in your Master's program, but you should mention your Bachelor's degree disciplines as well and work to draw inferences about the interdisciplinary of those from what we have studied this semester. Go ahead and create two more goals in the looking forward section to fulfill the requirements of the paper. It was really great to hear about your goals and how the site visit and this class has helped to make that more concrete for you! Don't forget to add your program of study table at the end!

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Peer Review for Shinika: Just add your headers, titles and other things at the top of the paper! You can also separate out your sections like "Looking Back" then the two pages and then add "Looking Forward" and then write two more pages. Go back and add commas where needed and check for grammar mistakes! You do a great job of drawing inferences and connections about what we learned in the project. You should add more about YOUR experiences! This paper needs to be based on your experiences in the class and your future goals. Talk about how your disciplines are interdisciplinary and talk about your future internship and professional goals. Mention how you can use interdisciplinary in your career and how the process helped you to see your goals in a new light. Overall, well thought out paper and only a few additions need to be made! Also, create your table at the end.

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Excellent paper Megan it was very clear and concise, flowed very well I didn't have any questions left over that were not answered. I got a very good understanding of where you were when you first started the class, what you have learned since being in the class and how you will be using the information and experience that you have gained to pursue your future goals. Again job well done.

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Hi Juanea,

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Shinika Fields Rough Draft

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Here is the rough draft of my final reflection! It is still about a paragraph shy of the length requirements but I realized that after the peer review and talking in class for further clarity of the requirements of the paper, that I will have no problem reaching the length requirement.

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https://youtu.be/ofiArrIUEUw Link to my video!

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https://youtu.be/BfFz59SSpto link to my video

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Juanea’s Final Paper 1st Draft
Section I (Looking back)

As this class comes to an end, I cannot deny that this opportunity to explore the range of disciplinary areas within the Human Learning and Development field has been very interesting. Looking back on day one, I could barely explain my major to anyone who inquired in what I decided to concentrate on with a goal to attain a bachelor’s degree in Interdisplinary Studies. Now, I can articulately explain the importance of interdisciplinary approaches that has benefit many of the world's greatest problems. Nissani’s essay in 1995 on Interdisciplinarity was my first doorway to understanding how one came across the success in applying interdisciplinarity in two different studies. Gregor Mendel’s breakthrough came from combing his research on biological observations with statistics. The Four-Wheel Drive approach to complex problems video with Myra Strober’s made me more conscious that if we want to be more productive and become better problem solvers we must have disciplinary knowledge concerning our specialties.

After my site visit at The Clifton School and having the opportunity to speak with Ms. Kari Ford (The Early Intervention Project Manager) I was fascinated by how early intervention was being implemented with many interdisciplinary approaches applied to their plans for success with the children and the amount of support available to staff and families with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The interdisciplinary approaches used at The Clifton School was evidence on how successful this program can be for students who receive the support.  This enticed me to open more doors that will broaden my understanding of the subject even more. Ms. Ford also explained to me that one must take into consideration the culture, religion, environment and what exposure the child has when identifying disciplines that are involved in the interdisciplinarity that helps the success of early intervention. Counseling such as Music therapy, speech therapy, Early Childhood Education, Psychology, Special Education are just some interdisciplinary approaches that helps the success of early intervention by providing the child with unlimited amount of support and expertise regardless of their disabilities.

Through actively participating in the Interdisciplinary Research and Development Project, it has also influencedmy perception of disciplinary perspective and expertise. By already having experience using early Intervention methods with young children at a childcare facility, I felt I was able to contribute factual points of view but after discussing the research found by my partners and I on different Disciplinary Perspective in Education and Psychology I no longer have a bias point of view that one holds more weight in success than the other. I found it interesting that in all our research none of our findings contradicted each other but more so supported how beneficial Early Intervention is for students who are deaf in inclusive classrooms. The authors Barbara Luedtke - Stahlman and Diane Corcoran Nielsen of “The Contribution of Phonological Awareness and Receptive and Expressive English to the Reading Ability of Deaf Students with Varying Degrees of Exposure to Accurate English” and Ching who wrote, “Is Early Intervention Effective in Improving Spoken Language Outcomes of Children with Congenital Hearing Loss?” both compare maternal education to language skills and agree that the components of reading requires the same achievement of skills, whether a child is hearing or deaf.

By seizing the opportunity to attend the Inaugural Mike and Terry Metzler Distinguished Lecture “A Vision for Active Cities: Fueled by Interdisciplinary Research”, I was granted such an insightful experience learning about the thought process and strategies behind cities developing healthier behaviors. With various setting to factor, one must integrate the different expertise to develop a solution. For example, Educators, Landscape Architects, Transport Engineers and planning, parks and recreation locations needed to be taken into consideration before a plan could be put into place.

From these assignments and activities, I have chosen to declare Behavioral and Learning Disabilities discipline and Child Growth and Development discipline to be my specialties.

Section II (Looking forward):

Looking forward, the Behavioral and Learning Disabilities and Child Growth and Development disciplines seemed to surround their focus on what I am most passionate about. I want to become well-organized in applying interdisciplinary approaches to Early intervention services that can help in offering access to the best results for optimum development and outcome for children with autism and even others with special needs. I can imagine the fulfillment brought on by can taking part in adding to the success of Early intervention services that apply interdisciplinary works to support bringing together integrated accounts of the development of self-regulation among young children.

I believe it will be more valuable and appealing to participate in a Research Internship rather than the Community based internship in my later semesters. With my learning style I believe working closely with a professor on a problem that I am drawn to, will help me strengthen my skills to become a better researcher and start becoming a productive part of society. In the future I would love to pursue in a career as an Early Invention Specialist in childcare facilities and in elementary schools or as an Occupational therapy assistant. In both careers, kids often have cognitive or physical disabilities that make it difficult for them to live normal day-to-day lives. By helping children in my community with overcoming or adapting to their physical, emotional, or developmental challenges I could give them better opportunities to succeed in school, play with other children, and grow into successful and confident young people.

To obtain this career choice in Georgia, I plan to better familiarize myself in the agency Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning where they are responsible for meeting the child care and early education needs of Georgia's children and their families.

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Very good paper Juanea, very well put together and very well thought out. I loved how it flowed well and that your ideas and thoughts came across with clarity and precision. Your whole paper was relative and informative. I like also that you included tools that we were provided in class to support your points. Again, job well done.

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Team Presentation

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Step 2: In the U.S., inclusion model for the education system had been a model way for integrating all children, despite any disorders or abnormalities, this along is making it very challenging for children suffering from deafness or loss of hearing; as well as complicating extra resources like pull-outs services by special educators. For students with deaf or hearing of hearing (DHH), this move to inclusion is being implemented to all students, regardless of any skills being commensurate with classmates or collective years of delay being present. The inclusion model then means the itinerant teachers will support students inside the classrooms to accommodate IEP goals that are put into place, rather than pulling students out in small groups for specific lessons.

Students who are deaf and hard of hearing have delayed needs; however, they do not lack academic disorders like most mainstream special education population. The initial difference between deaf/hard hearing and their peers is the fluency of having full speech to communicate thoroughly. Compared to typical students’, students with hearing loss has a exaggerated effect from background noise. Students who are (D/HH) only, does not have learning disorders, but do have learning gaps and unique needs secondary to access to communicate issues.

As we look at some of the detriments/specific issues for children with hearing loss in inclusive model settings, we face challenges like, intrinsic challenges of performing with a hearing loss in a classroom. There are many barriers and road blocks of communicating with children that have (DHH) and entering social groups, as well as interacting with peers that can hear. Even then, when a child has a cochlear implant, there are still fewer communication between deaf and hard of hearing children and children with 100% hearing. Second, we lack meeting (DHH) unique needs. The inclusion mode prevents all the necessary skills form being taught as these skills are designed to improve functional performance and are not an extension of academic skills. Skills that are necessary for DHH students’ need the appropriate access and benefit from the general environment that can only be taught outside of the mainstream classroom. Specifically, it is not possible to teach many auditory development skills because of the noise that is presented and surrounded in a typical classroom setting. Third, DHH lack the sufficient intensity to meet unique needs. Language delays, auditory or sign language development, building self-advocacy skills, and other unique skills to the students with hearing loss could be efficiently taught in a pull-out model of sufficient intensity; having to provide this teaching as push-in services severely decreases the time available to specifically teach the needed skills. If a student with 6 months of hearing loss is behind their peers, an itinerant DHH teacher cannot maintain a year’s growth and make up the existing delay with only twice a week 30 minute 1:1 teaching sessions; and fourth, DHH lack peers of hearing loss. Many DHH children that are in inclusion model settings have no role models, and rarely or never see another DHH peer.

The inclusion model of special education has been adopted by many school districts throughout the U.S.. The positive of having a diverse learning community, implementing differentiated learning, varied teaching strategies, and universal design for learning principles are all beneficial aspects of the inclusion model. Many students’, both regular education and special education students thrive in inclusion classrooms. The participation of all children is a purpose of inclusive practice and classroom activities. However, it cannot be assumed that social communication and interaction between children who are D/HH and hearing peers will occur naturally.

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Step 5 Paragraph : Authors Dostal, Gabriel, & Weir’s reporting on Supporting the Literacy Development of Students Who Are Deaf/Hard of Hearing in Inclusive Classrooms from the discipline of Education, argues the importance of implementing strategies that will increase literacy outcomes for students in inclusive classrooms who suffers from deaf and hard of hearing. The viewpoints regarding the principles of an effective classroom for D/HH students offered by Dostal, Gabriel, & Weir do not seem to have any biases that would constrain their thinking and prevent them from seeing the problem from other perspectives such as those reported by Fatima & Malik. They reported on Instructional Practices used by Special Education Teachers in Classrooms of Young Children with Deafness. Their investigation derived from the discipline of Special Education. The purpose was to investigate teachers’ speech and educational philosophies in inclusive classrooms with deaf and hearing students. It was evident that interviews and descriptive data analyses works well for understanding philosophies behind teaching strategies but realized quantitative methods are needed to assess the impact of these teaching strategies.

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It is nice chart. Please make it sure to add a paragraph discussing similarities and differences between disciplinary insights included in your table. Also, revisit your step 2 and reframe your thoughts as Dr. Ari suggested.

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I am not sure if STEP 2 here is very clear. I read a few times but am still not clear about the scope of your project's focus. The sentence about communication looks out of place: "An interdisciplinary approach is using different ways to teach communication." Please revisit this step (STEP 2) by taking another stab at it in light of the criteria specified on the Broad Model for STEP 2. --Dr. A

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Step 3: Revised Research Question: 'How beneficial is early intervention for students who are deaf in inclusive classrooms?'

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Step 2: Emphasizing the importance of early intervention does become complex because many argue that intervention at a young age deprives a child of the opportunity of enjoying childhood. An interdisciplinary approach is using different ways to teach communication. Teachers and parents can learn effective ways to teach a child beneficial communication skills that are useful in all aspects of a classroom, and although these approaches can be met; children with disabilities are not receiving the services that are most appropriate in inclusive classroom settings. Schools today have differentiation instructions for student of all kind, despite the emotion and physical impairment limitations, as well as the cognitive level abilities. However, inclusive classrooms carries many children with different disabilities and educators' are finding it very difficult to embrace and accompany such a drastic change of instruction to connect with each students need. Regardless if the case lies within the educators and administrations being called prejudiced, embarrassed about past policies, or even being overwhelmed with day to day work issues, the outcome of inclusiveness in the classrooms remains the same. There are so many insurmountable challenges in special education, and not much is being said about it.

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hi guys

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 Project Title: How beneficial is early intervention when identifying children with special needs and disabilities?
Step 1: The problem

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 Step 1: The problem lies in the lack of importance stressed for the need of early intervention that can help detect and lessen the effects of autism, deafness, communication disorders that are in inclusive classrooms.
 
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hi guys

Tarieka Cox
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 hi guys
Project Title: How b

Tarieka Cox
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 Project Title: How beneficial is early intervention when identifying children with special needs and disabilities?
Step 1: The problem

Juanea Marrow
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 Step 1: The problem lies in the lack of importance stressed for the need of early intervention that can help detect and lessen the effects of autism, deafness, communication disorders that are in inclusive classrooms.
 
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hi guys

Tarieka Cox
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 hi guys
Project Title: How b

Tarieka Cox
14:25
 Project Title: How beneficial is early intervention when identifying children with special needs and disabilities?
Step 1: The problem

Juanea Marrow
14:35
 Step 1: The problem lies in the lack of importance stressed for the need of early intervention that can help detect and lessen the effects of autism, deafness, communication disorders that are in inclusive classrooms.

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Step 1: The problem lies in the lack of importance stressed for the need of early intervention that can help detect and lessen the effects of autism, deafness, communication disorders that are in inclusive classrooms.

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Project Title: How beneficial is early intervention when identifying children with special needs and disabilities?