STUDENT-LED PLANNING TO PROMOTE INDEPENDENCE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION

Special children are the children born or who go through any kind of disabilities such as hearing disability, visual disability, autism, etc. They are called so because they suffer from various forms of dysphemism and require special care. The word special denotes that they should be treated with utmost calmness and care.

The derogatory state limits the children from living a normal life which proves to raise a lot of difficulty in raising such children. They are taught and trained by special educators, who are trained to make them learn freely despite their disabilities.

Introduction

The kind of child and the situation they face is how parents should treat them. Independence is about deciding on their own for future opportunities and not just living freely. Special education is a well-designed curriculum that helps special kids develop skills and cognition through rigorous practice.

In the era of technology, advancement has reached the stage where there is always something useful for every kind of people existing in the entire world. So is the case with special education for which a well-known AI-assisted program is designed named Assisted technology (AT) is an integrated technology that if utilized properly with the proper environment provided by the parents and trainers can be a boon in the aftermath of high schools and post schooling phase.

It is believed that if a person has some kind of disability, he surely has some sort of extra set of strengths. The planning of special education should be done by the choices of the person itself independently. This can be achieved by critically studying the skills and strengths of their children. Decision-making power gives people a sense of self-belief and reliance instead of tension and depressive thoughts.

OUTLINE

The child leading life as a special child is surrounded by numerous comparisons and sympathetic calls. These are the reason that tends to make them emotionally weaker.

Any social being becomes strong by the experiences that they have on their own.

Few pointers to keep in mind so that through your actions you provide them with enough courage to sustain themselves in life.

1. Equal opportunities must be given to them to live their hobbies and ideas
2. A room to explore new things with the help of teachers and parents should always be initiated.
3. Right from a very early age, they should be critically assessed on their skills, which might be informed to the AT educators.
4. They should be given counselling be it at home or clinics to make the best of it.
5. Parents should let them do things on their own to attain self-reliance.
6. Attainment of self-reliance provides the person with the confidence to build an empire.
7. The parents should enlist the hobbies or things that their kids are following passionately.
8. The enlisting of skills would help the parents to send their children to the skill-centric volunteer centre so that they can easily live their passion.
9. Instead of counting on the weaknesses counting the strengths of the children who take up special education gives them moral support.
10. Let your child interact freely with normal kids.
11. Let your kid live a normal life, instead of hiding them in the room making them just a lie lifeless creatures.

What is sound-to-text technology?

Sound to text technology that is initiated by the google browser. It helps visually disabled people to just say and search and explore the world.

What is its accessibility?

It can be accessed very easily over any android set, laptop, or computer set. All it requires is an internet connection of a basic level to connect to the world.

Can you name a few examples who are living their self-reliant life instead of being physically challenged or mentally challenged?

• Nick Vujicic, presently a preacher and a motivational speaker was born with a rare disorder of Tetra Amelia syndrome. this syndrome is characterized by the absence of all four limbs. He has the power to make the world proud of him through his words of motivation. He is one of the most successful persons with disabilities.
• Hellen Keller is one of the deaf and blind authors of many books. She has been a source of motivation to the disabled and also to the normal community. Even if she met an accident and was left deaf and blind she managed to learn skills from her teacher named, Anne Sullivan. She was the first person to earn a bachelor’s degree

FAQs

Q. What is something that we note to learn from the special kids?

Ans:

• The thought to live their life to the fullest is what usually we being normal people lack.
• Stop complaining and start praising and working with what you have got.
• Look at life with an optimistic mind.
• Always stay calm and caring.
• Happiness is the key to all.
• Say no to criticism
• Always praise things around you.
• Never make people uncomfortable around you just because you are normal.
• Teach and support such people.
• Never give up attitude is the key to thriving in life.
• Life is more than how you look.
• Life is what you perceive and how you want to make it.
• No disabilities can stop you from living life
• Life values you when you start valuing it.

Q. What should be the academics and organizational goals to make the most of them?

Ans:

• Regular quality feedback is of utmost importance.
• Usage of graphics, braille, pictures, and support instruction play key roles.
• Regular medical counselling would be a boon to pump up their growth.
• Checking the understanding of the students over concepts on the regular basis is crucial.
• The learning tasks must be broken into small learning targets.
• Person to person dealing and discussing the common problem they might be facing.
• Self-advocacy should be initiated.
• Active listening skills can be inculcated at times.