Children with Developmental Challenges

Children With Developmental Challenges 3(2+1)

Lesson 4 & 5 : Intervention Efforts for Children With Developmental Challenges

Types of special Education Services

Type of Placement	Regular Class Only	Regular Class With Consultation	Itinerant Teacher	Resource Teacher
Major features of placement. alternative	Regular teacher meets all needs of student; student may not be officially identified or labeled; student, totally integrated	Regular teacher meets all needs of student with only occasional help from consultant(s): student may not be officially identified or labeled, student totally integrated	Regular teacher provides most or all instruction; special teacher provides intermittent instruction of student and / or consultation with regular teacher student integrated except for brief instructional sessions.	Regular teacher Provides most Instruction special teacher provides instruction part of school day and advises regular teacher .Student integrated most of school day
Types of students typically served	Student with mild learning disability emotional / behavioural disorder, or mild mental retardation	Student with mild learning disability, emotional / behavioural disorder, or mild mental retardation	Student with visual impairment or physical disability; student with communication disorder	Student with mild to moderate emotional / behavioural, learning or communication disorder
Primary role of special education teacher	None	To offer demonstration and instruction and to assist regular class' teacher as requested	To visit classroom regularly and see that appropriate instruction, materials and other services are provided; to offer consultation, demonstration and referral for regular teacher and assessment and instruction of student as needed. To work toward total integration of student	To assess student's needs for-instruction and management; to provide individual or small group instruction on set schedule in regular class or resource room; to offer advice and demonstration for regular teacher; to handle referral to other agencies for additional services; to work toward total integration of student