Response to Intervention (RtI)

Please share your views as to why RtI may be more beneficial than the typical discrepance model when identifying students as having a learning disability.

Least Restrictive Environment

Should students with severe disabilities be allowed in general education classrooms when their behavior interrupts the learning of others?

Do we truly offer a continuum of services in our schools?

Mnemonic Devices

Please share with the group one way you have used mnemonic devices in your classroom with success.

Social Skills

Is it our (educators) responsibility to teach social skills to students with Aspergers Syndrome?

What are some strategies you have utilized to teach social skills in your classes?

Behavioral Challenges

What are the biggest behavioral challenges you face in the classroom today?

Why are so many students placed in alternative schools (i.e., Minnick, Rivermont, Hopetree, BRAC, etc.) and not served in their home schools?

Differentiation

Please describe 3 creative ways you differentiate in your classroom for students with mild disabilities.

Alternative Assessments

Please share the pros and cons of using alternate assessments such as the VGLA and VSEP with students with mild disabilities.

Why are there so many students utilizing the VGLA and none utilizing the VSEP in Roanoke County?