SED 205 Spring 2019 by Mona Lohr (Assaf) https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz 205 Family Roles Reflect on your own family and your role within your family. How do you see those experiences impacting your work with students with disabilities? Reflect back on your readings for this week. en-us 2019-01-11 19:35:42 UTC 2026-01-14 17:03:39 UTC hello@padlet.com Family Roles kmmora https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/322805176 I am the youngest in my family and I believe that my role is providing energy to the family with an uplifting spirit. During tough times I try to stay positive and keep a good attitude. When I know my mom or sister is stressed out or having a tough time, I try to make them laugh and help them take their mind off of things for a little while. This can impact my future work with students because I will bring these strategies into the classroom. Any time a student is struggling I will be able to provide encouraging words to keep them motivated. Not only will this help my students, but it will carry over in helping my coworkers as well when they are feeling stressed out and overwhelmed. With my coworkers I can offer assistance and someone to talk to when needed. ]]> 2019-01-21 23:47:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/322805176 I am the oldest child living in my household, so I feel I have the role as the one who keeps everyone on task and makes sure the things that need to be done are completed. I also provide encouragement and advice to my younger siblings. This can be useful for my career working with students with disabilities because it has taught be a lot of patience and understanding. From always having to make sure everything was done and everyone completed their tasks, I found different ways to work with people because my siblings are different kinds of people and work different ways. It will also help me as a teacher because I know how to keep people doing what they're supposed to do and on task to complete the work needed to be done. Also, it will help me form that relationship working with parents and just understanding where they come from and how they wish to work with their child to complete what must be done. Because every family is unique in the way they go about how they want things done, and I carry the understanding to respect that and work with them. acevan2 https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/322815903 2019-01-22 01:17:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/322815903 I happen to be the oldest sibling in my house hold. I have to play the role of a leader! I have always been the encourager for my siblings as well as the one who stays organized and patient. This will be very beneficial when I become a teacher because I will have to encourage the kids to do what they are asked to do. I will have to be the leader and take control of my classroom as a teacher. I have also always been the patient sibling and this will help me stay calm and collected in the special education classroom. I also feel that the skills I have will help me communicate with the parents effectively, so everyone is on the same page. I can help my students and my families with this by taking on these roles in education. ralind https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/323216951 2019-01-22 20:30:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/323216951 My Role in the Family abzuni1 https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/323241915 I am the oldest of only two children, but even though it doesn't seem like a lot of work, it definitely is. My little brother and I are four years apart, so we disagreed on a lot, and we were both too stubborn to admit we were wrong. Luckily though, as I became older, I realized that arguing with my little brother is really pointless because I will never win. I matured very quickly growing up so I developed lots of patience, not only with my brother but people in general. This is beneficiary for my teaching career because when working with kids, you need a lot of patience no matter the age group. maturing at an early age will also help me because I can somewhat communicate with the parents in one way, just approaching them is where my biggest struggle is.]]> 2019-01-22 21:43:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/323241915 mmlohr15 https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/323518027 I am an only child, therefore I feel like my role has been to find friends that serve as siblings :) My parents are also divorced so I have a pretty small family. For my daughter it is very important to me for her to be VERY close to my mom, aunts and uncles. I had my daughter via IVF, therefore she does not have a father. That has made my role in my family to be mother and father to her. We are lucky to have an extremely supportive family and I have very close friends. Roles in families change as you get older and your responsibilities change.]]> 2019-01-23 15:58:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/323518027 Family Roles ifcaput https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/323688941 I am the youngest child in my family. I have 3 older siblings, two brothers and one sister. Boy, girl, boy and me which we happen to all be 2 years apart. I feel that my role in my family is that I am the cheerleader. Whenever my family and I are together I always seem to make everyone smile or laugh. I feel that I have a positive influence on my family meaning I am always there for them in times of trouble to cheer them up. Being a positive person will impact my work with students with disabilities because they can always turn to me in rough times and we will work things one together. Having positivity in the classroom will allow everyone to want to go to class everyday for the better. I feel that one simple smile everyday can lead to a better environment for all to learn. ]]> 2019-01-23 20:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/323688941 Family Roles smespa1 https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/323692650 I am in a family of five. I consider myself the middle child. I played the role of a big sister as well. I always try to keep a positive outlook on life coming from a big family. I also have an older sister who's daughter has down syndrome, therefore I think this will help me to understand students with disabilities. ]]> 2019-01-23 21:09:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/323692650 Family Roles mbgeb2 https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/323707187 I am the youngest of four siblings. All of my siblings also happen to be boys, therefore making me the only girl child. I feel as if my role in my family is to bring smiles to everyone's faces. I love to have fun and crack jokes in order to make people laugh and have a good time no matter what we are doing. I have a strong urge to help people so I am always there when someone needs me and that does not just apply to my family. While I am helping people with what ever they may need, I always try to make them smile and let them know that I am always looking on the bright side of life and that it will all be okay. I truly believe this quality will help tremendously with my future as a teacher. ]]> 2019-01-23 22:03:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/323707187 Family Roles andecri https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/323737883 I am a family of 5. My parents, my 2 brothers, and I make up my family. I am the middle child. My older brother is 21, I am 18, and my younger brother is 16. While being the middle child and only girl I played the role of mentor to my brothers and they did the same for me. My brothers have always been very protective over me. I have always been very supportive of my brothers and tried to always help them push themselves to see how much they really can accomplish. Growing up with two brothers and being the middle child, make me tough and made me be able to learn how to be very patient. I believe that my experiences growing up will impact my work with students with disabilities because I do have a lot of patience which is important when working with children with disabilities and I also have a lot of love for helping people be better and reach their full potential. Often people are much more capable of doing things than they think and being able to see past the barriers that people set for themselves will help me help my students to reach their full potential. 


]]> 2019-01-24 01:11:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/323737883 Family Roles megent2 https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/323778504 I have a family of 6. It consists of my mom dad, 2 younger brothers who are 13 and 16, and my older brother who is 20. Since I am the only daughter in the family most of the housework and cleaning type chores are left to me. I also took a motherly role over my brothers, I make them snacks and always check up on them to make sure they're ok. While my brothers, especially my older brother is very protective of me. Having this many brothers has made me an extremely patient, caring, and flexible person. Which I would say are the three qualities I have used most while working with students with disabilities. I always make sure I am patient with everyone, I want to give them the proper time they need in order to figure out a situation or problem on their own so they can be successful and complete everything to the best of their ability. Then I am caring, which is important because it helps me to understand how my students may be feeling and then adapt how I interact with them. Then lastly flexibility is key. In a special education classroom things never go as expected, the teacher needs to be ready to change their plans at any point in time.]]> 2019-01-24 06:03:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/323778504 Family Roles sa24connelly https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/324025715 I am apart of a family of 5. My parents, my older sister (21), my younger sister (17), and I. Being the middle child and having two sisters close in age I always was given the best advice. My oldest and youngest sister always came to me for help/support. I had a special relationship with both siblings causing me to care for them both which is why I probably care so much about other individuals. During my childhood and early teenager years I believe I learned how to be patient and independent being the middle child. Moreover, these two specific traits has helped me while working in the special education community and with students with disabilities. 

]]> 2019-01-24 17:05:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/324025715 Family Roles amrispi https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/324174570 I have ten siblings, eight younger, and two older. My parents are split so nine of my siblings are half siblings and one, my Irish twin Jake, has the same mom and dad as me.  I had two big families growing up and I had to learn balance and more importantly collaboration to maintain a good relationship with everyone on both sides. I had to be decisive and make time for everything. This experience will benefit my work with students with disabilities because I will be good at collaborating with parents, students, and other teachers.  I will also be good at balancing my time with students to make sure I am giving everyone what they need.

]]> 2019-01-24 22:24:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/324174570 Family Roles taylorbrady2017 https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/324220869  I have 5 younger siblings and I am the oldest. Everyone is kind of saying that same thing who are the oldest in their family , and I would have to agree. I definitely consider myself the caretaker. My mom was busy working a lot, so that just made e the leader whenever she was gone. My youngest sibling is 3 and my oldest-youngest is 17, so I've been doing this for a long time. Being the leader is tough because you not only have to work on yourself, you have to make sure everyone else is good too. I am ECE, so I probably won't have a dominated special needs classroom but to help those students thrive is being a leader for them. I would mainly keep relative close contact with them family because they are important to the success of the child.]]> 2019-01-25 03:45:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/324220869 Family Roles aaparis https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/324438040 I have one sister with a severe intellectual disability, along with Epilepsy. Growing up, both of my parents had to work a lot. Therefore, I became my sisters caretaker at a very young age. Throughout this experience, although it wasn’t always easy, I learned how to be patient, and I became more responsible than most people my age. I had to learn how to cook, clean, and keep watch over my sister in order to keep her safe. As a future Special Educator, I think my experiences will lead me to having a better understanding for different family situations. I will also be flexible with parents, because I understand that work/home life can put a strain on attending meetings or even completing at home assignments with their children. ]]> 2019-01-25 18:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/324438040 Family Roles rjthom1 https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/324614400 I am the oldest sibling of two, just my sister and I. Throughout my life I have looked at my dad as a role model and have always tried to be like him and grow up to be a great man like he has. I like to think that my sister has done that the same for me as she grows up following my footsteps and becoming a great person. In my mind it is very important to have a great role model in your family or close to it. If you have a role model you are always trying to become better and you are always learning from that person. I feel as though it is even more important for someone with a disability to have a role model. I say this because of all of the struggles and hardships that a person with a disability may have to overcome throughout their life. When I become a teacher and have these students that I care so much about I would love for them all to have their own role model, whether it be their parents, a sibling, friend, me, or anyone else that they are close with. I want them each to have someone like this because if you have a good role model that can teach you things and set examples you will be a better person because of it and I want to incorporate that thought into my teaching career by making sure that each of my students has someone positive that they can look up to.]]> 2019-01-26 21:36:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/324614400 Family Roles ammcco1 https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/324617308 I am the oldest sibling of two. I have a younger sister. Growing up being the older sister I was looked at as the leader and the role model for us. I was the talkative one that could get along with anyone, but my sister was shy. Throughout the years, school came really easy to me, and I didn't always have to "try as hard" as some other students. My younger sister on the other hand, struggled in school. I was always spending extra time with her, helping her with homework, and encouraging her that she could do it. This is going to help me work with students with disabilities by being someone that is always pushing them to do their best and believing that they really can achieve anything they put their minds to. Also from growing up and having a really outgoing personality, I think I will be able to communicate with parents better in making a strong partnership to help set their child up for success.]]> 2019-01-26 22:24:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/324617308 I am the middle child in my family of 5 children. Growing up I wasn't forgotten about but I faded into the background when it came to my older siblings who were going to college and when my younger siblings were starting school. I learned from a young age how to interact with many of the people in my life. I developed the patience that none of my other siblings have because of always having to wait to be talked to or getting something I wanted. I think that patience is important especially in Special Education and something that I have a lot of. This will better help me to interact with parents and be understanding in whatever situation the parents may have. sasche2 https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/324618579 2019-01-26 22:47:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/324618579 Family Roles kpzimm1 https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/324622979 I am the youngest out of three children in my family. I believe my role in the family was keeping everyone positive. I developed a lot of patience growing up because I was always picked on being the youngest. I think learning patience in my family will help me in my future career. I am also very easy going and can go with the flow. This will help me as teacher because things are constantly changing and I can easily cope with change. ]]> 2019-01-27 00:17:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/324622979 Family Roles mlahre1 https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/324625720 I am the oldest of four children in my family. I have two younger brothers and a younger sister. One of my brothers who is 16 has Aspergers. He is very high functioning in his day to day life but there has been many road blocks that not only my parents had to face when it came to my brother but both my siblings and I too. I feel that my role was to keep everyone optimistic and in line. With the experience I had with my brother, I feel that I know how to be patient and that sometimes you won't understand the conflict at hand but you can always find ways out of it. I kept saying to myself "yes I agree" when reading chapter 5 and watching the videos because you NEED to have your whole family involved and supporting and furthering the growth of the child with the disability because sometimes each person can provide a new tool to help along the way. ]]> 2019-01-27 01:19:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/324625720 I am the fourth of five children. I always strived to not have to rely on my family for school, in that aspect I am very independent. My older brother had it a little different. My brother has severe ADD which causes him to not be able to focus or stay still for long periods of time. My mother was always the advocate for my brother. He was actually once called an "idiot" by his 5th grade teacher. My mother fought for his rights in school and for him to have the education and extra attention he deserved. My role as his sister was to have his back, in which I did. I tried to follow in my mother's steps and advocate for him also. With the help of my entire family, he made it through school despite the troubles he had to endure. I believe that without a family support system from the entire family, it is hard for a child with a disability to succeed. Sometimes, they have trouble advocating for themselves and deserve that extra push. spgayn1 https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/324626049 2019-01-27 01:27:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/324626049 brittanympayne19 https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/324630447 I am part of a family of five. I am the oldest of my two siblings and I feel as if I am the role model in their lives. I believe my role in the family is to keep everyone positive and be the older person when it comes to tough situations. My younger brother had a speech impediment when he was around three and just stopped meeting with a speech pathologist about a year ago. He is the reason I went speech pathology at first because I always helped him with his speech and would always assure him that he is doing just fine. Although, I made mistakes growing up, I think my siblings are there to learn from that and grow since the first is always the "guinea pig." I think my younger sister looks at me as her role model, especially now that I am away at school. Being away at school actually made us closer and we talk more than we ever have. This counts for my mom, dad and brother as well. Being the oldest in my family has taught me to be more caring and supportive no matter what they do. This helped me learn how to patient and kind when it comes to teaching younger kids and I believe this will help me in the long run. ]]> 2019-01-27 02:55:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mmlohr15/km997mtkfgxz/wish/324630447