Details:

Teachers often work with families of different cultures and experiences. Positive, clear collaboration, and support between the home and school environments can provide a more seamless service delivery and help to meet the needs of all students. Confidentiality requirements, respect for diversity, the effect of language learning, stress, and cultural diversity on learning and assessment are important factors to consider as a teacher. As teachers advocate for their students and families, they must find ways to collaborate with staff, caregivers, and the student to meet the needs of students in a variety of situations. Teachers must also consider assistive technologies that can support motor skills, comprehension skills, communication skills, and academic skills for students with learning disabilities. These devices promote access to inclusive classroom settings, community settings, and typically developing peers. The case study used in this assignment presents a situation that requires consideration of these topics.

Read the following case study to inform the assignment.

Case Study: Larissa

Grade: 3^rd

Age: 8

Larissa is a female third grade student with a specific learning disability in written expression and executive functioning disorder. She is originally from El Salvador and moved to the U.S. with her mother, father, older sister, and newborn brother when she was 14 months old. In first grade, she was assessed for special education services and was found eligible in the areas of written expression and executive functioning due to a diagnosis of dyslexia and ADHD by an outside psychologist referred by her primary care physician. Larissa’s verbal expression is close to grade level, but when asked to express her thoughts on paper, she often uses lower level vocabulary and fragmented sentences, and lacks organization. This could be due to her inability to focus on longer tasks as well as her difficulty with spelling, written expression, and multiple languages spoken in the home. Larissa also struggles with starting tasks independently, staying on task, and with task completion. She often cannot find her materials when needed such as pencils, paper, assignments, books, etc.

Recently, her mother and father separated. Her mom has since moved the children out of their home and in with family friends. The family friends have three children and two adults living in the home already, so the three bedroom, one bath home is very crowded. Their new home is within walking distance of Rosewood Elementary, where Larissa has recently transferred.

Larissa’s mother, Rita, has a job in which she works long hours and is currently struggling to establish her own line of credit. At home, Larissa’s family speaks both English and Spanish. Rita considers English her primary language; however, Spanish is her first language and she sometimes has difficulty understanding written English despite speaking it well.

At a recent parent-teacher conference with Larissa’s teacher, Mr. Fleming, Rita shared that she obtained an order of protection against her husband after they recently separated. Because the order of protection extends to the children, she provided Mr. Fleming legal documentation of the order. The day after the conference, Mr. Fleming notified the office and gave them the documentation in the event that Larissa’s father should come to the school. While providing this documentation, office staff and other teachers pressed Mr. Fleming to divulge the details of why the order of protection was issued.

Part 1: Case Study Evaluation

Evaluate and answer the following questions in 100-250 words each:

• What are three ways in which cultural, language, and family background could influence Larissa’s learning?
• How will understanding Larissa’s home environment and her developmental levels assist her teachers in providing appropriate educational services and support?
• What are three steps a teacher could take with Larissa and her mother to build a collaborative relationship, taking into account their unique circumstances?
• Explain one low tech and one high tech assistive technology that can be used to support Larissa’s learning based on her diagnoses.
• What could a teacher do to learn more about Larissa’s El Salvadorian background? Why is it important as a teacher, to learn more about the cultural backgrounds of his or her students? What opportunities could a teacher seek to continue to grow and become more culturally responsive to meet the needs of the students?

Support your responses with a minimum of three scholarly resources.

Part 2: Reflection

Write a 250-500 word reflection that explains how diversity is a part of families, cultures, and schools, and that complex human issues can interact with the delivery of special education services. Describe what you see as the teacher’s role in understanding each individual student and striving to meet their needs. Support your response citing principles from the “Grand Canyon University: Statement on the Integration of Faith and Work.”

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

College of Education (COE) program competencies and national standards assessed in the benchmark assignment:

COE 1.5

Explain how diversity is a part of families, cultures, and schools, and that complex human issues can interact with the delivery of special education services. [CEC 6.3, ICSI.6.K2, ICSI.6.K5, ICSI.6.K6, ICSI.6.K7, ICSI.6.K10, ICSI.6.S3, ICSI.6.S3, IGC.6.K5; InTASC 2(d); GCU Mission Critical 1, 3, 4, 5]

COE 1.6

Explain how language , culture, and family background influence the learning of individuals with exceptionalities. [CEC 1.1, ICSI.1.K4, ICSI.1.K5, ICSI.1.K6, ICSI.1.K7, ICSI.1.K12, ICSI.1.K13, ICSI.2.K8, ICSI.4.S6, ICSI.5.S6, ICSI.6.S6; InTASC 1(e), 2(d), 2(j), 2(k), 2(m); GCU Mission Critical 3,5]

COE 1.7

Use understanding of development and individual differences to respond to the needs of individuals with exceptionalities. [CEC 1.2, ICSI.1.K3, ICSI.1.K4, ICSI.1.K7, ICSI.1.K12, ICSI.1.K13, IGC.1.K4, IGC.1.S1; InTASC 1(a), 1(b), 1(d), 1(e), 1(f), 1(h), 1(j), 2(a), 2(b), 2(g), 2(h), 2(l); GCU Mission Critical 1, 2, 3, 5]

COE 5.5

Demonstrate the significance of lifelong learning by participating in professional activities and learning services. [CEC 6.4, ICSI.6.K2, ICSI.6.K5, ICSI.6.K6, ICSI.6.K7, ICSI.6.K10, ICSI.6.S3, ICSI.6.S3, IGC.6.K5; InTASC 9(a), 9(g), 10(f); GCU Mission Critical 2, 4, 5]

COE 6.3

Use collaboration to promote the well-being of individuals with exceptionalities across a wide range of settings and collaborators. [CEC 7.3, ICSI.7.K1, ICSI.7.S3, ICSI.7.S6, IGC.7.K4; InTASC 10(b), 10(j); ISTE-T 3b; GCU Mission Critical 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

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Use the internet to select a well-known company (examples: Ford, Nike or General Mills). Using the Five Forces model write at least five sentences describing what this company needs to take into consideration under each of the five forces.

• Rivalry among existing competitors
• Threat of new entrants
• Threat of substitute products and services
• The bargaining power of buyers
• The bargaining power of suppliers

 

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How to focus your Professional Health Blog:

• First, discuss the structure of the two healthcare systems. What aspects of these two healthcare systems are similar and what aspects are different?
• Is the population you chose to focus on (maternal) served well by the countries’ healthcare systems? Discuss and compare exceptional, adequate, and/or inadequate aspects of each HCS. How are they similar or different?
• What improvements should each country make to better serve the population you focused on (maternal)? Based on your research, how do you think countries can achieve these improvements?

Professional Health Blog Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum 700 words

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• You must use a minimum of 6 sources for full credit in this section of the rubric. Your sources will be listed at the bottom of your blog, under the heading “References.” You must also provide in-text citations, which should be hyperlinked when possible – remember that if you needed a username and password to access a source (such as through the library), your hyperlink may not work, or will be inaccessible to some. Instead, link to a publicly available copy or abstract of your source.

• A list of acceptable sources has been provided for you. Your 6 minimum sources must be drawn from this list. You may use additional sources of your own finding beyond the minimum 6 sources required, but they must be similar in credibility and authority to the sources provided for you.

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• Use hyperlinks throughout your blog post. Hyperlinks can be embedded utilizing the toolbar at the top of your text entry area in the Canvas discussion board where you will submit your work.
• Integrate appropriate visuals, such as charts and graphs, which must be referred to in the text and cited appropriately. Take a look at some of the exemplar blogs provided to you to see how hyperlinks and visuals can be successfully integrated, and consider using Gapminder (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. tools to help you present your data effectively. You can also insert pictures, videos, and graphs into your blog post using the toolbar at the top of the text entry area in the Canvas discussion board where you will submit your work.

 

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Film- The Big Lebowski

Type Written, Double spaced, 12pt. Times new roman, 1” margin

Answer the following questions in a minimum of 2 full pages (maximum of 5) using complete sentences in essay form. Give explanations WITH EXAMPLES to help describe all details.

DO NOT PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF THE STORY, WE’VE ALREADY SEEN IT. DO NOT REVIEW THE FILM. Time spent summarizing the plot of the movie will not help your grade. Instead, please respond to ALL the following questions in the form of an essay. (A simple way to do this is to make each set of questions, below, its own paragraph. Please don’t include the question numbers in your paper.)

1. First, explain the difference between form and content in film. Then, select a scene and explain how the form reinforces the content. In this explanation discuss the idea of cinematic language and how it is utilized in the scene. For example, does the scene manipulate time and space? Second, when does it use parallel editing? How does the film use patterns? Give examples from specific scenes.

2. Explain the difference between explicit meaning and implicit meaning in film. Then, briefly summarize what the film is “about” explicitly, and in more detail, explain what the film is about implicitly. What do you think is the “underlying meaning” of the film? Make sure to support your claim what the films about implicitly with evidence from the film.

3. What is the film’s genre? Could it be considered more than one genre? How do you know? What were some of the conventions used? Is there anything innovated the film did in relation to it’s genre(s)? Meaning, did it do anything new or unique that you haven’t seen in other films of the same genre(s)?

 

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Internet Activity 5: Members of Congress

Directions

Choose ONE member of the United States Congress to investigate. It can be your representative to the U.S. House or one of your state’s two senators. If this is an election year and your representative has just lost their seat, do not do that person. Put all information in your own words. Do NOT cut and paste! Submit your activity to the dropbox by 11:59PM on Sunday.

Websites

Vote Smart

This site contains biographical information, issue positions, voting records and interest group evaluations for each member of Congress.

Center for Responsive Politics

This site has detailed information on campaign contributions received by candidates in each district and where their money came from.

Official Site of the House of Representatives

Among other things this site contains links to individual member homepages.

Official Site of the Senate

Among other things this site contains links to individual member homepages.

Use the above websites to answer the following questions about your member of Congress:

1. What is the background of your member of Congress (occupation, political party, years served in Congress, legislative committees they serve on)?
2. Click on “Positions” on the top menu bar of the Vote Smart website. Select three issues and describe your member’s position. Use the responses to the Political Courage Test. If they did not take the test, Vote Smart estimates their positions. Share your findings.
3. Click on “Votes”. Describe two votes taken by your member. How do you feel about his or her votes?
4. Click on “Ratings” on the Vote-Smart website. The page is organized by issue with several interest groups listed for each issue. Review several issue categories. Which interest groups did each candidate vote with the most frequently? Give examples of specific groups.
5. Go to the homepage for the Center for Responsive Politics. Click on Congressional Races under Politicians and Elections. Then choose your state and your member. How much did each candidate (Democrat and Republican) raise in your member’s last race? Who were the major contributors and supporting industries for your member? For both candidates, did most money raised come from individuals, PACS or some other source?
6. Visit your member’s homepage in Congress. What kinds of material are located on each website? What do you think the candidates hope to achieve with their websites? Evaluate each candidate’s site on the basis of content, appearance and user-friendliness.

 

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