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Stories of Success in Special Ed

Written by Ken Gebhart
Sunday, August 26 2007
Deborah Baker works as a special education teacher in a sixth-grade blended program at Wayland-Cohocton Middle School in Wayland, New York. She shares teaching responsibilities for about 40 children with two regular education teammates, Ann Boss and John Crossett. Nearly one-third of the youngsters the three teachers work with have classified disabilities. One child is blind. Others have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or receptive-expressive speech impairments. "We don't run any pull-out programs," explains Baker. "We try to provide student services directly in the regular classroom." All students participate in activities involving technology. The computer serves as the perfect venue for challenging simulations and problem-solving. For example, with the Tom Snyder Production program, Decisions, Decisions: Environment, youngsters at all ability levels work together to solve the problem of pond pollution.
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