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Greetings Class and welcome to our class wiki for **EDC 320: Educating the Child With Disabilities in the Regular Classroom. We will use the wiki to post and share some assignments you will be doing over the semester.**

**You will notice that you each have an individual page. I will ask you at times to write a commentary about something you have read or discussed in class. Others may view your pages and at times, respond to what you have written. Assignments and guidelines for entering information will be discussed in class.**

__**ASSIGNMENTS FOR 2/8**__ **This week I have included a PROFESSIONAL JOURNAL REVIEW folder to post information about the topic and potential journal(s) that you are proposing to use. Please add your information by Tuesday evening 2/7. Please bring your journals to class next Tuesday, Feb. 8th. **

**I am also asking you to post a commentary on Culturally Responsive Instruction and how you might apply that in your classroom. Include special consideration for students with disabilities (at least 300 words).**

**To enter information on your wiki page, click on EDIT first, then type your entry and REMEMBER to SAVE before exiting or you information will be lost.**


 * Regards, Dr. OReilly **

__**ASSIGNMENT FOR 2/15 - Learning Disabilities **__ Choose a topic that you are interested in from chapter 5. Review the rubric I gave you in class to help frame your commentary. Be sure to add the DATE, CHAPTER #, TOPIC OR QUOTE & RELATED PAGE #S to the beginning of your entry. Please post your commentary by **Monday night** and respond to one peer by **Tuesday night**.

While I gave this commentary assignment at the end of class last week and included it in the power point from last class that I post on blackboard, some of you may not have recalled this assignment for your commentary. I am posting it here now and ask that you complete it as soon as possible. Choose a topic that you are interested in from chapter 8 on AD/HD. Review the rubric I gave you in class to help frame your commentary. Be sure to add the DATE, CHAPTER #, TOPIC OR QUOTE & RELATED PAGE #S to the beginning of your entry.
 * __ASSIGNMENT FOR 2/20 - Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder; RTI and Interview Questions__**

Also remember to view and make notes of the Response to Intervention video and bring to class some potential interview questions for your observation

__**ASSIGNMENTS FOR Monday, 3/12 - intellectual Disabilities**__ Choose a topic that you are interested in from chapter 9 on Intellectual Disabilities and write a commentary on your wiki page. Review the rubric I gave you in class to help frame your commentary. Please respond to at least one peer by Tuesday, 3/13.

Read one of the articles on co-teaching and write a commentary in response to what you read - what did you learn about co-teaching and how will this be helpful to you as a new teacher. Post on the NEW WIKI page entitled CO-TEACHING. To find the page, click on MORE on the right side of this page and more options will appear. I have posted the articles on this page and on blackboard as well.

Lastly, please work on your observations.

__**WIKI ASSIGNMENT FOR Monday, 3/26 - Positive Behavior Supports**__


 * Go to the NEW PAGE on the Wiki entitled POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORTS. **

You will find an explanation of the system of Positive Behavior Supports and you will be asked to view and comment on the video C ** //reating the// ** ** //Culture of Positive Behavior Support// ** (PBS). Directions for accessing the video which is on another site are provided on our new wiki page. ** Please watch the entire video which is approximately 30 minutes and comment to answer the questions below ON YOUR OWN WIKI PAGE by Monday, 3/26. ** I am not requiring you to comment on another peer’s remarks for this assignment, but you may choose to do so.

Questions to respond to:
 * 1) what you learned about the key aspects of the positive behavior support and
 * 2) how might you apply what you learned to your own classroom, whether you are in a pbs school or not.

For next Tuesday's class, 3/28, in addition to the wiki assignment, begin to do research on a type of disability to develop a profile of a student you may encounter in your classroom. Also think of a lesson topic and bring to class a paragraph to turn in that describes your focus student (age, grade, gender, classification) and your lesson topic.

Regards, Dr. OReilly