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Special Education & English Language Learners - Coggle Diagram
Special Education & English Language Learners
Challenges
Students may not be tested in their home language and over-identifies the number of students qualifying for Special Education- student may simply not understand because the test is given in English
Disproportionate number of students are qualifying for special education when they truly are just English Language Learners and need more exposure to English
Districts making room for growth for ELL's and providing them opportunities to learn through differentiated instruction
Districts providing enough professional development and bi-lingual teachers to support
Myths
We have to wait for an ELL to develop the English language to rule out a language as cause of learning difficulties
When ELL have a disability instruction should only be in English
If we label an ELL as learning disabled, at least they will get extra support
Ability to speak English (or not) is a measure of intelligence
Students who rarely speak have a speech delay or auditory processing disorder
Students who don't understand verbal directions have a learning disability
3 Complex Challenges for Bilingual learners with disabilities
Cultural Differences
Language Differences
Disabilities
Opportunities for districts
Provide culturally and linguistically response teachers
Provide cultural and linguistic responsive teaching
Make instruction relevant
Train teachers to provide explicit instruction to increase knowledge of English language
Have teachers using the native language