Author:
Elizabeth Wallace (Dr)
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Date Posted: 07:27:13 10/29/08 Wed
In reply to:
donna
's message, "dyslexia and special education" on 15:12:09 10/27/08 Mon
Yes in Teacher training Course globally, perhaps not enough emphasis is placed on dealing with children who have special needs. In most cases in a three or four year training course, you usually study one semester unit where you focus on the special needs of the blind; the mentally impaired;the handicapped; the deaf; conditions such as dyslexia that for so many cause frustration with the whole schooling process and the schooling years.
So yes...you are lucky if your course in your country has one unit covering same....and then you emerge as a teacher having forgotten what you have read ...and no experience of identifying the condition in practice. Like medicine...same comes with time and experience and is often accumulated whilst working in schools that cater for children with specific needs....and not the mainstream. General teacher training courses only cover the mainstream. Further study is often required to gain specialization in same...and yes I can understand your frustration if you have never had any experience during prac. in catering for students with special needs. You are not alone. The training of teachers is similar to that of training doctors in that until you go out practicing...you have limited knowledge with which to identify a particular condition. I think the best thing is to record as many symptomns as possible that you observe...and then through a process of elimination and consultation with others in the school that you are at...get specialist help and advice....and then proceed from there. Yes...I know how you are feeling. So many years ago, I must admit...I felt the same. I guess everything just can't be included in a generalist teacher training course. Many complain that same course is already jam packed to overflowing for the time and credits that are posed as outlines. An extra course focusing on Special education will help.
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