Week+05


 * Week 5: October 1**
 * Meeting: Pratt**
 * Working With Students With Special Needs**


 * Guest Speakers:**
 * Alison Rosen

Yihong Guo PS 53 K** Yihong Guo is a teacher at the School Library Media Center at PS 53K, a special educational program within District 75 of NYC with nineteen years teaching experience in the Special Ed program and ten years experience working in the School Library Media Center. Yihong will give an overview of Classification and Characteristics of students with special needs, discuss strategies and best practices in working with students with special needs and recommend useful resources.

Please come to class prepared with a few questions for our panelists. You may wish to record them in the discussion section of this page.


 * Web Resources**

All Kinds of Minds, Dr. Mel Levine http://www.allkindsofminds.org/

NYC DOE Special Education information http://schools.nyc.gov/Academics/SpecialEducation/default.htm

___. Responses to Questions Teachers and Administrators Frequently Ask about Inclusive School Programs, James McLeskey and Nancy L. Waldron: http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/kmcl9610.htm

//**The following may be useful resources for your papers; all available through Wilson Web and handed out the first day of class.**//

Downing, J.A. (2006). Media Centers and Special Education: Introduction to the Special Issue. Intervention in SChool and Clinic v. 42, no. 2 (November 2006) p. 67-77.

Gantos, J. (2001). Smart, Sensitive & Out of Control. //School Library Journal//, v. 27, no. 4 (April 2001) p. 62-4.

Neal, J.D., et. al., 20 Ways To...Add Technology for Students with Disabilities to the Library or Media Center. Intervention in School and Clinic v. 42 no. 2 (November 2006) p. 199-23.

Selverstone, H. (2003). Tech for Kids with Disabilities: New Assistive Technologies are leveling the playing field. //School Library Journal//, v. 49 no. 6 (June 2003) p. 36-7.