Teaching Exceptional

Exceptional students are referred as students who are gifted and talented or students that have a type of disabilities. “Exceptional children differ from the norm (either below or above) to such an extent that they require an individualized program of special education and related services to fully benefit from education” (Gollnick and Chinn 131).

In a teacher’s career he/she will always face exceptional students in their classroom. It is important for a to respect an exceptional student. To have safe learning environment for an exceptional student. A teacher should address the types of exceptionalities there is to the other students in the classroom. This can have a positive outcome to where the exceptional student can feel safe, comfortable, and feel respected by the teacher and by their peers. To where the exceptional student will want to learn. It is the teacher’s responsibility to notice if some students are exceptional by looking through their records or by observing them. If a teacher has some exceptional students in his/her classroom, he/she should break down the lessons for the exceptional students to where they can understand more, if special needs students still doesn’t meet the lesson in class, then teacher should work one on one if it’s just one student or if it is more than one student, the teacher should place them in a group to teach them together. A teacher should have great communication with the student’s parents, so the parents can also help their child’s learning. “Keep other members of the child's teaching team (e.g., parent, speech pathologist, regular-education teacher) informed about what skills the identified student has mastered. Provide ideas to them about how they can encourage the student to use the skill in a new setting and how to reinforce the child for doing so” (Intervention Center). A teacher must be prepared in case of an emergency if the teacher’s student has a critical disability by discussing it with the student’s parents and by the school’s nurse. If a teacher has gotten aware of a gifted/talented student in his/her classroom. The teacher should have a conference with the school’s principle and parents to agree where is best to place the gifted child.

The school’s responsibility of these exceptional students is to have a great program for each one of them to help them learn and grow with great experienced teachers. The school should have plenty of staff so the students can have more one on one interaction.The school should provide materials to help students with their disabilities. The school should do all they can do to help exceptional children.

• “Teaching Children With Developmental Disabilities: Classroom Ideas.” Teaching Children With Developmental Disabilities: Classroom Ideas | Intervention Central, www.interventioncentral.org/behavioral-interventions/special-needs/teaching-children-developmental-disabilities-classroom-ideas
• Gollnick, Donna M., and Philip C. Chinn, Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society; Pearson, 2017.