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Bio

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My name is Khea Andrews and I am a Senior at GA State University. I will be graduating with a BIS Degree in the Summer on 2019. Im excited the be working with this group to talk about Children with special needs. I have a child who has ADHD and this topic is so important to me.

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Why is there a stigma with children with special needs?

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Why is there a stigma with children with special needs?

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Why is there a stigma with children with special needs?

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Why is there a stigma with children with special needs

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Why is there a stigma with children with special needs

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Link for Submitting STEP 1 Reflection at Conclusion of STEP 1 Work

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Link for Submitting STEP 1 Reflection at Conclusion of STEP 1 Work

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You will use classtime to work with your group members on STEP 2. As you discuss and address criteria for STEP 2, take notes/create a written artifact for the group. Before leaving class, one of you in the group upload the artifact into this post. Write names of group members who were part of the conversation on the artefact.

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What was your takeaway from today's conversation on STEP 2 of your project? How did you contribute to the discussion? What insights did you offer the group?
Submit a written (150 words) or audio (2 min) and post it here before classtime next week (due Oct 3).

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STEP 2 Reflection on the concept of "Interdisciplinarity" 

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STEP 2 Reflection on the concept of "Interdisciplinarity" 

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Use the following link to submit an individual reflection on what interdisciplinarity means to you now after completing STEP 2 before classtime next week (due Oct 3 before class).

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What was my take away from today's conversation? During today's conversation, our group talked more in depth about the different aspects of Children with Special Needs and the stigma that comes with that. We discussed how children develop their own stigma with being special needs, the stigma that parents of special needs children possess, the lack of knowledge/understanding that peers have as well as adults.

How did I contribute to the conversation? i contributed to the conversation by giving information found on the internet as well as speaking from a parent prospective. I have a child that has ADHD and I spoke with the group about how people are quick to label your child based on the disability and not the students ability. I've learned that I have to be my child's advocate, becasue there are some educators that are not looking at the best interest of the child but rather focusing on grouping them and getting the financial benefit. I also found that many parents go through the 5 stages of the grieving process, when there children are diagnosed with a special need.

What insights did you offer the group? The insights that I offered to the group was for us to think on the different levels of stigmas that surround these children. Focus on the major stigmas that need attention brought to them and the ways that we can help bring awareness to others. For example, school system that self diagnose based off of ONLY behavior, teachers that have the lack of knowledge, peer education (teaching in-collusion/ inclusive learning)

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As a group we discussed how stigmas are created towards exceptional students. We went over how important it is to have more training in the special education department. Since a lot of stigmas are created due to the lack of knowledge individuals have about special needs students. Stigmas are formed by teachers , peers and even the students themselves. As a special education paraprofessional I witness the treatment/stigmas placed on exceptional students on a daily basis. Since they are different several people get frustrated with their presence in their classroom. They do not understand/respect that these students  are human beings.They will  even began to treat their behavior as  being disrespectful instead of acting like being a child with a learning disability. Peers see them and laugh because they are they learn, act or appear differently in which creates a sense of low self-esteem of the exceptional student. As a participant in this group, I contributed ( as well as my peers) the fact that stigmas are not just created in schools ,but out in the world  as well. This helped to go more in depth about the problem  of stigma placed on exceptional students.

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STEP 3 Group Product/Artefact (Relevant Disciplines Table & Concept Map)

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STEP 3 Group Product/Artefact (Relevant Disciplines Table & Concept Map)

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You will use classtime to work with your group members on STEP 3. As you discuss and address criteria/actions for STEP 3, take notes/create a table and a concept map showing disciplines with potentially relevant insights to your group's problem (table) and relationships between key concepts/phenomena involved (concept map) in your project. Before leaving class, one of you in the group will upload the artifact into this post. Write names of group members who were part of the conversation on the artefact. You can take a picture of both the table and the concept and upload within this post.

This is a group project. Your group needs your input and needs you to be present. If a group member is absent, they will be allowed to submit their contribution to the group’s product with the submission of acceptable documentation showing an extenuating circumstance that prevented them from attending class.

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In our class discussion today, we talked about  the stigma that comes along with children with special needs and how it"s growing in the education community. We talked about how the community doesn't really accept special need kids and how they don't offer that much support to them. We talked about how parents sometimes blame themselves for their children having disabilities. We also talked about how in the school setting teachers just want to assign children in a special need classroom without the proper testing. For example, the child may have had continuous behavior problems. Instead of maybe choosing different strategies or just taking the time to see why the child is acting out, they just want to say that the child needs to be placed in a special education class.
I contributed to this conversation by finding facts and data on the computer to support the stigma that comes along with children with special needs.

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I think your concept map does a better job demonstrating the components/parts/key concepts involved in this problem. Are you thinking of internal factors as those experienced by an individual with disabilities and the external factors as those exerted by the outside forces? 

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I think your concept map does a better job demonstrating the components/parts/key concepts involved in this problem. Are you thinking of internal factors as those experienced by an individual with disabilities and the external factors as those exerted by the outside forces? 

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STEP 3 Reflection on the concept of "interdisciplinarity"

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STEP 3 Reflection on the concept of "interdisciplinarity"

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Use the following link to submit an individual reflection on what "interdisciplinarity" means to you after completing STEP 3. Due before classtime next week.

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Step 2

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STEP 4 Reflection on the Concept of "Interdisciplinarity"

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STEP 4 Reflection on the Concept of "Interdisciplinarity"

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Use the following link to submit an individual reflection on what "interdisciplinarity" means to you after completing STEP 4. Due before classtime next week.

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Please see the attached template for your STEP 4 artefact/product submission. Download and save it. Then fill out the information asked for and upload it here as your individual post before next week's class meeting.

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STEP 5 Day 1: Critically Analyze Disciplinary Insights 

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STEP 5 Day 1: Critically Analyze Disciplinary Insights 

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Please see attached Word document for the work we will do for Day 1 of STEP 5.

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STEP 5 Day 1 Artefact Template_Sctn 03 (1)

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STEP 5 Reflection on the Concept of "Interdisciplinarity"

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STEP 5 Reflection on the Concept of "Interdisciplinarity"

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Please use the following link to submit an individual reflection on what "interdisciplinarity" means to you after completing STEP 5. Due next week before class.

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STEP 5 Day 2: Compare and Contrast Disciplinary Insights

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STEP 5 Day 2: Compare and Contrast Disciplinary Insights

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Please see attached Word document for the work we will do for Day 2 of STEP 5.

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We will use the following PowerPoint Template to work on STEP 6 in class as a group. Your group will post your artefact before leaving class.

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STEP 6 Reflection on the Concept of "Interdisciplinarity"

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STEP 6 Reflection on the Concept of "Interdisciplinarity"

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Please use the following link to submit an individual reflection on what "interdisciplinarity" means to you after completing STEP 6. Due next week before class.

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This PowerPoint was completed in class on 10/31/2018.