Weekly Journal Assignments8/27-8/31 1. Visit the following website

http://www.disabilityisnatural.com/peoplefirstlanguage.htm. What did your learn from reading this webpage?

9/4-9/7 2. Visit the following website http://www.specialeducationlawyers.info/disabilities.htm. What does IDEA mean? What are the disabilities under IDEA? What did you learn about any one or more disabilities?

9/10-9/14 3. Visit the following website http://www.kidstogether.org/inc-what.htm. What is your own definition of inclusion?

9/17-9/21 4. Focus: Speech Impairment. Visit the following website http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/factshe/fs11txt.htm. In your own words, what does speech impairment mean? What cause a speech impairment?

9/24-9/28 5. Focus: Speech Impairment. Spotlight on Communication Devices. How would you feel if you had to use a communication device like the one you have been shown?

10/1-10/5 6. Focus: Hearing Impairment/Deafness. Visit the following website http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/sight/hearing_impairment.html. **Info at bottom of website page. In your own words, what are some of the causes of hearing impairment/deafness?

10/9-10/12 7. Focus: Hearing Impairment/Deafness. Visit the following website http://www.audiologyawareness.com/hearinfo_impairdeaf.asp. In your own words, what is the difference between hearing impaired and deafness.

10/15-10/19 8. Focus: Hearing Impairment/Deafness. Visit the following website http://deafness.about.com/cs/signlanguage/a/aslfacts.htm. In your own words, what is ASL? How does it compare to spoken language?

10/22-10/26 9. Focus: Hearing Impairment/Deafness. Visit the following website http://commtechlab.msu.edu/SITES/ASLWEB/browser.htm. Use this website to learn how to use American Sign Language to sign your name. Imagine that you were hearing impaired. Do you think it would be lonely, how so?

10/29-11/2 10. Focus: Hearing Impairment/Deafness. Visit the following website http://www.tsd.state.tx.us/. What kind of school is this? Where is this school? What surprised you about it?

11/5-11/9 11. Focus: Visual Impairments/Blindness. Visit the following website http://www.tsbvi.edu/Education/infant/page15.htm. Summarize, what are some of the causes of visual impairments/blindness?

11/12-11/16 12. Focus: Visual Impairments/Blindness. Visit the following website http://www.tsbvi.edu/school/index.htm. What kind of school is this? Where is this school? What surprised you about it?

11/26-11/30 13. Focus: Visual Impairments/Blindness. Visit the following website http://www.usaba.org/Pages/sportsinformation/adaptations/goalballadapt.html. What is the website? In your own words, what is goalball? How is it played?

12/3-12/7 14. Focus: Orthopedic Impairments. Visit the following website http://www.ssd.k12.mo.us/Parents/disability_categories/orthopedic_impairment.html. In your own words, what does orthopedic impairment mean? What causes orthopedic impairments?

12/10-12/14 15. Focus: Orthopedic Impairments. Visit the following website http://www.as.wvu.edu/~scidis/motor.html#sect1. These are general courtesies to remember when interacting with someone with an orthopedic impairment. What did you learn?

12/17-12/20

Mid Term Exam: Disability Reports

1/8-1/11 16. Focus: Orthopedic Impairments. Visit the following website http://www.newdisability.com/videos.htm. What was this website about? What did you see that surprised you?

1/14-1/18 17. Focus: Autism. Visit the following website http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/overview.htm. In your own words, what is autism? Who is affected? How is it detected?

1/22-1/25 18. Focus: Autism. Visit the following website http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/overview.htm. In your own words, what is ASD? What causes autism/ASD?

1/28-2/1 19. Focus: Autism. Visit the following website http://www.autism.org/temple/tips.html. List some of the tips to use in working with a student with autism. What do you think about some of the tips listed on the website?

Weekly Journal Assignments2/4-28 20. Focus: Mental Retardation. Visit the following website

http://www.tahperd.org/LINKS/links_popups/links_popup_APE_factsheets.html and click on Mental Retardation. In your own words, what is the definition, cause, and levels of Mental Retardation?

2/11-2/15 21. Focus: Mental Retardation. Visit the following website http://www.tahperd.org/LINKS/links_popups/links_popup_APE_factsheets.html and click on Mental Retardation. In your own words, what is signs, symptoms, characteristics, of an individual with Mental Retardation? Also, list two teaching tips.

2/18-2/22 22. Focus: Special Olympics. Visit the following website www.specialolympics.org, click on “About US” on top of page. In your own words, what is Special Olympics all about? Which individuals participate in Special Olympic sports? List six sports/activities that are offered through Special Olympics.

2/25-2/29 23. Focus: Paralympics. Visit www.paralympic.org, click IPC on left side of screen. In your own words, what is the IPC and what are they committed to? What is an IOSDs, what are the names of the four IOSDs ?

3/3-3/7 24. Focus: Special Olympics & Paralympics, same thing? Visit the following website http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-41-1363-8441/sports/paralympics/clip10, listen to the audio player or click to the box right of the audio player. In your own words, what is the difference between Special Olympics & Paralympics?

3/17-3/20 25. Focus: Orthropedic Sports: Life Rolls On: Surfing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1NtrwAOhwM&feature=related. Watch the video, what did you think of the video? What did you think of the people in the video and the adapted equipment?

3/24-3/28 26. Focus: Orthopedic Sports: Team Hoyt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy8hOOvM0t0. Watch the video, in your own words, what is this team all about, how did they get started, and what have they accomplished?

3/31-4/4 27. Focus: Blind Sports: Goal ball video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MLbC3er2Fc. Watch the video, in your own words, how is goalball played?

4/7-4/11 28. Focus: Blind Sports: Keep Your Ear on the Ball Documentaryhttp://www.illegalfilms.net/keepyourearontheball/trailer-std.htm. How were these people in the documentary like you? How were they different?

4/14-4/18 29. Focus: Autism Issues: The Documentary: Austim Every Day http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2286327. How did this video make you feel? How will it impact your life from now on?

4/21-4/25 30. Murderball Highlights-Mark Zupan Reebok commercial **Caution, there are profanities that are bleeped out in this video.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV2CqWU1PJk&feature=related. What was the message of this video? Do you think differently about people in wheelchairs now? Why?

Extra 31. People with disabilities in sport-Visit the following article from this website- http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/33117847/ns/sports-college_basketball/What was the article about? What surprised you about it?

New Websites for the Following Journal Assignments3/24-3/28 26. Focus: Orthopedic Sports: Team Hoyt:Go to www.youtube.com and search

“Team Hoyt” Watch the video, in your own words, what is this team all about, how did they get started, and what have they accomplished?

4/7-4/11 28. Focus: Blind Sports: Keep Your Ear on the Ball Documentary: Go to www.youtube.com and search “Keep your ear on the ball” Watch the video, How were these people in the documentary like you? How were they different?

4/14-4/18 29. Focus: Autism Issues: The Documentary: Austim Every Day: Go to www.youtube.com and search “Autism Everyday” Watch the video, How did this video make you feel? How will it impact your life from now on?

New Websites for the Following Journal Assignments3/24-3/28 26. Focus: Orthopedic Sports: Team Hoyt:Go to www.youtube.com and search

“Team Hoyt” Watch the video, in your own words, what is this team all about, how did they get started, and what have they accomplished?

4/7-4/11 28. Focus: Blind Sports: Keep Your Ear on the Ball Documentary: Go to www.youtube.com and search “Keep your ear on the ball” Watch the video, How were these people in the documentary like you? How were they different?

4/14-4/18 29. Focus: Autism Issues: The Documentary: Austim Every Day: Go to www.youtube.com and search “Autism Everyday” Watch the video, How did this video make you feel? How will it impact your life from now on?

New Websites for the Following Journal Assignments3/24-3/28 26. Focus: Orthopedic Sports: Team Hoyt:Go to www.youtube.com and search

“Team Hoyt” Watch the video, in your own words, what is this team all about, how did they get started, and what have they accomplished?

4/7-4/11 28. Focus: Blind Sports: Keep Your Ear on the Ball Documentary: Go to www.youtube.com and search “Keep your ear on the ball” Watch the video, How were these people in the documentary like you? How were they different?

4/14-4/18 29. Focus: Autism Issues: The Documentary: Austim Every Day: Go to www.youtube.com and search “Autism Everyday” Watch the video, How did this video make you feel? How will it impact your life from now on?

New Websites for the Following Journal Assignments3/24-3/28 26. Focus: Orthopedic Sports: Team Hoyt:Go to www.youtube.com and search

“Team Hoyt” Watch the video, in your own words, what is this team all about, how did they get started, and what have they accomplished?

4/7-4/11 28. Focus: Blind Sports: Keep Your Ear on the Ball Documentary: Go to www.youtube.com and search “Keep your ear on the ball” Watch the video, How were these people in the documentary like you? How were they different?

4/14-4/18 29. Focus: Autism Issues: The Documentary: Austim Every Day: Go to www.youtube.com and search “Autism Everyday” Watch the video, How did this video make you feel? How will it impact your life from now on?