Survey of Exceptional Children
As an aspiring educator who will complete her undergraduate degree with an elementary teaching license, I was required to take Survey of Exceptional Children as my introduction to the many types of challenges students may face that could impact their learning.
This class presented challenges for me I was not anticipating. After sharing some of my own challenges in the classroom when I was growing up when the topic arose, I was faced with certain people in the classroom doubting my experiences and suggesting that they were not real. This is not a response I had ever experienced so vehemently and publicly before. Thankfully, my self confidence is fairly solid and I was able to handle the conversation with what I believe was poise. Additionally, the discussion was a wonderful reminder of how important it is to meet every student’s expressions of struggle with nothing but kindness and compassion. Even if a student is lying about their struggles, it probably indicates some other unmet need in his/her life that needs addressing right away.
This class was a split-section in which about half the students were Honors students and the other half were not. As part of the Honors cohort, my CHC partner and I were tasked with extending our research for our final project for the class. We delved deeper into the content we were studying to deepen our understanding the effects of the picture exchange communication system on students with Autism Spectrum Disorder. To learn more about this method of communication, take a look below at the professional poster we presented to our class that gives you an overview of our findings.
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