The monthly The Brownbag Series on Diversity is in LSF 144 this Wednesday, March 25, at noon.
Jodi James, the Disability Services Coordinator at PNC, will present "Diversity in Disability," which will look at the diversity of characteristics and effects caused by various disabilities that are seen in higher education classrooms. Students within various disability categories have unique characteristics that follow them into the classroom. Jodi will look at these effects and how they can be accommodated so that a student's knowledge is not filtered through their disability. Students and faculty both can learn why certain students are accommodated and how these accommodations work to bring students with disabilities to the same level as their peers.
This extra credit assignment is worth 10 points.
To recieve the extra credit points - attend Jodie's presentation, post your reaction to this presentation on the blog. Share something you learned, why is it important for future teachers to have an understanding of students with disabilities in the general education classroom, and any other comments you may have.
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3 comments:
what time does it start?
It was at noon. The time was posted in the first sentence. Too bad you missed it. The presentation was very informative.
I thoroughly enjoyed the presentation. I've known Jodi for many years and was pleased to see that she was the one doing the presentation. She holds a great amount of knowledge and made an effective presentation of said information.
She began her presentation by explaining how common it is for people to make a generalization about disabilities as a whole. There are different disabilities and different categories of each.
I was stunned to see the limitations that were put on classifying whether or not someone has a disability. What a relief that the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008 was put into effect. It is just a shame that it had to take so long to make such a correction.
Personally, I was intrigued by the information Jodi presented concerning ADD and ADHD. After reading the common characteristics of both disorders, I can see why educators, to be specific, may believe a student has ADD/ADHD. What needs to be considered is that a student has to have a certain number of these symptoms in order to be officially considered diagnosed with ADD/ADHD. As a future teacher, I appreciate the descriptions of different accommodations I can do to help my students who encounter the characteristics of ADD/ADHD.
Jodi's presentation was full of information I will hold onto and use in my classroom. This event was a great opportunity to add more facts into my "toolbox" for use later on.
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