Class Week 8This week I learned about specially designed instruction. Specially designed instruction is instruction that the student requires in order to make progress on their IEP goals. SDI is based on student needs as determined through assessment. SDI is not developed because an individual thinks a student needs it. Additions or subtractions to SDI (subject, time) should be based on a documented need (IE assessment data) and should be included in the IEP. SDI delivered by a special education teacher or a related service providers such as an Occupational Therapist, Speech Language Pathologist and other professionals. Specially Designed Instruction is planned, organized and meaningful. It is delivered in an explicit, intentional and systematic manner and can be provided in any location, including multiple locations during the course of the school day. This is as long as the location is consistent with the student’s IEP and the student’s least restrictive environment. SDI is the specific instruction that is delivered to the student, not differentiated instruction/accommodations/active learning strategies or other activities designed to facilitate learning for all students. The discussion with Mrs. Clark, a specially designed instruction specialist, helped me learn the most about specially designed instruction. Something of particular interest to me was her emphasis on not having an overload of goals on the IEP. She suggested only having three or four goals to focus on. I will apply this information when I am writing IEP goals. How Truamatic Brin Injuries Affect Speech:A Neuropsychological Perspective of Aprosody: Features, Function, Assessment, and Treatment. Aprosody: Aprosody is the inability to produce or comprehend the affective or emotional components of speech or gesture. It is characterized by unchanging voice amplitude, issues involving rate and timing and monotone speech. Receptive aprosody is when fluctuations in speech go unnoticed/unappreciated. Expressive aprosody is when speech is flat. This is a common occurrence after a brain injury. Disorders of aprosodia have been classified with aphasia. Treatment goals of aphasia can be modified for aprosodia. It is identified through bedside assessment and neuroimaging. Prosody: Prosody is divided into four components: intrinsic, intellectual, inarticulate, and emotional. Prosody begins development in infancy and continues development through early adolescence. Four parts of Prosody:
Types of Aprosody:
Sources: Wymer, J. H., Lindman, L. S., & Booksh, R. L. (2002). A Neuropsychological Perspective of Aprosody: Features, Function, Assessment, and Treatment. Applied Neuropsychology, 9(1), 37–47. doi: 10.1207/s15324826an0901_5 Quote of the Week:
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