This study focused on the needs of 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students who have I.Q. scores of roughly 75-95. These students often function two or more years below grade level in school and are referred to as Marginally Learning Disabled (MLD), or slow learners. Factors which contribute to the existence of this situation were discussed as were problems of accurate identification. It was found that most school districts do not provide special help for these students. MLD students are usually placed in the regular classroom. A few school districts have experimented with special resource classes or self-contained classes. Parental involvement was found to be a major factor in the academic progress of the slow learner. Teacher effectiveness is also extremely important. An effective teacher was found to, (a) believe the child could learn, (b) be organized and run a structured program, and (c) provide direct, group instruction rather than individualized lessons.

No abstract available. / Dissertation (MPhyst)--University of Pretoria, 2006. / Physiotherapy / Unrestricted

Orientador: Paulo Ferreira de Araujo / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação Fisica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-04T02:09:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Silva_RitadeFatimada_M.pdf: 396893 bytes, checksum: b0af58a9d9946983c4cb9a51b8315058 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Resumo: A ação do professor do ensino superior é decisiva no direcionamento das disciplinas acadêmicas. Essa ação é construída envolta em elementos que a influenciam. Dessa forma, a preocupação nesse estudo foi com a questão da ação do professor enquanto decisiva para atribuição de identidade à disciplina Educação Física Adaptada, fazendo assim o seu direcionamento, bem como os aspectos que podem contribuir para a construção dessa ação. Para elucidar tal preocupação objetivou-se identificar quem é esse professor do ensino superior na disciplina Educação Física Adaptada em Instituições de Ensino Superior no Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, sua formação e atuação, bem como sua representação sobre a EFA, correlacionando esses dados com as orientações legais e a literatura da área. A partir dessa concepção compreendeu-se que a pesquisa qualitativa, através de revisão de literatura e de cunho interpretativo e documental seria capaz de alcançar a ¿objetividade social¿ que envolve a realidade desse constructo que é a ação do professor com relação à disciplina Educação Física Adapta. Para tanto, foram selecionadas as sete Instituições de Ensino Superior (uma pública e seis particulares) que oferecem o curso de graduação e/ou licenciatura em Educação Física, no Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul. A coleta de dados foi realizada através de questionário com os sete docentes da disciplina Educação Física Adaptada, literatura da área, ementários e programas das mesmas. Isso possibilitou identificar as propostas dos professores para a disciplina Educação Física Adaptada, de forma a ¿mapear¿ a formação inicial na área em estudo no Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul. Através das análises desenvolvidas pode-se constatar que: Os Aspectos influenciadores da ação do professor são formados pelos contextos Histórico, Político e Social; a disciplina Educação Física Adaptada é produto da forma construída ao longo dos anos para o atendimento da pessoa em condição de deficiência; o desenvolvimento das formas de atendimento para a pessoa em condição de deficiência trouxe mudanças na formação superior; a inclusão potencializa as necessidades de reestruturação na formação superior; as orientações Internacionais com relação ao atendimento da PCD influenciam fortemente a Legislação Brasileira; cada professor é um ser único e, portanto, essa singularidade se reflete em sua forma de atuar na disciplina Educação Física Adaptada. Dessa forma é a ação do professor que atribui identidade e direcionamento à disciplina Educação Física Adaptada e esta ação reflete como a experiência está articulada (orientações legais, literatura, ementas e programas da disciplina) e como o indivíduo interpreta essa experiência subjetiva humana, que significado atribui a ela / Abstract: The actions of the superior education professor is decisive in the aiming of academic disciplines. This action is constructed and encompassed in the elements that influence it. The main concern of this study was to question the professor action while decisive for the attribution of identity to Adapted Physical Education disciplines, its aiming, as well as the aspects that can contribute for the construction of this action. To elucidate such concern it was objectified to identify who is this professor of superior education in the disciplines of Adapted Physical Education (APE) at institutions of superior education in the Mato Grosso do Sul state, his educational background and performance, as well as its representation about APE, correlating these data with the legal orientations and the literature of this area. Having as starting point this conception, the qualitative research with interpretation and documentary scope was understood through the revision of literature, and if it would be capable to reach a "social objectivity" that involves the reality of this construction that is the professor action in the relation with the Adapted Physical Education disciplines. In such way, seven institutions of Superior Education had been selected (one public and six private ones) that offer undergraduation courses and/or teaching education courses in Physical Education in the Mato Grosso do Sul state. The collection of data was carried out through questionnaires with the seven professors of Adapted Physical Education disciplines, and digests and programs of this area literature. This made possible to identify the proposals of the professors for Adapted Physical Education, by means of ¿ mapping¿ the initial formation of this area of study in the Mato Grosso do Sul state. Through the developed analyses can be shown that: the aspects that have influence on the action of the professor are formed by the historical, social and political contexts; the Adapted Physical Education discipline is a product of the way it is constructed along the years of attendance for persons in deficiency conditions; the development of the forms of attendance for persons in deficiency condition brought changes in the superior education. The inclusion empowers the necessities of the superior education reorganization; the International orientation with relation to the attendance of the PWD (person with deficiency) influence strongly the Brazilian law ; Each professor is an unique being and so his singularity reflects in the form he acts in adapted physical education disciplines. On this track, the action of the professor who attributes identity and aiming to Adapted Physical Education disciplines, and this action reflects how the experience is articulated (legal orientation, literature, digests and programs of the disciplines), and how the individual interprets this human being subjective experience, and what meaning is attributed to it / Mestrado / Atividade Fisica, Adaptação e Saude / Mestre em Educação Física

Orientador: Eduardo José Manzini / Banca: Jáima Pinheiro de Oliveira / Banca: Manoel Osmar Seabra Júnior / Resumo: A pesquisa teve como objetivo analisar os princípios que compõem uma proposta de trabalho colaborativo com professores de Educação Física e do Atendimento Educacional Especializado a partir da realização de um planejamento visando à inclusão escolar. O presente estudo se trata de uma pesquisa qualitativa e descritiva, fundamentada nos pressupostos da pesquisa colaborativa. Dois professores de Educação Física e dois professores que atuavam no Atendimento Educacional Especializado na Rede Municipal de Ensino Fundamental, de uma cidade da Região Centro-Oeste do estado de São Paulo, participaram do estudo. Um levantamento de literatura nacional e internacional foi realizado a fim de identificar quais princípios teóricos deveriam compor uma proposta de trabalho colaborativo. Procedeu-se a aplicação de um questionário para as professoras que atuavam no Atendimento Educacional Especializado com o objetivo de identificar se os princípios do trabalho colaborativo, pontuados na literatura, poderiam ser identificados. A coleta de dados ocorreu em dois ambientes diferenciados. Nas aulas de Educação Física foram realizadas filmagens, com foco nas ações do professor de Educação Física junto ao aluno, com o objetivo de identificar os princípios que compõe o trabalho colaborativo. A coleta também ocorreu nos encontros para o planejamento com a professora do Atendimento Educacional Especializado e o de Educação Física, onde os áudios foram gravados, com o objetivo de identificar nas falas dos... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The objective of this research was to analyze the principles behind the collaborative work between the teachers of Physical Education and Specialized Educational Assistants involved in the planning process of scholarly inclusion. This qualitative descriptive study was based on the underlying assumptions of collaborative research. Two Physical Education teachers and two Specialized Educational Assistants of the municipal elementary schools in the Central-West of the state of São Paulo participated in the study. A survey of national and international literature helped identify the theoretical principles that encompass a proposal for collaborative work. A questionnaire was used with the teachers who worked in the Specialized Educational Assistance, to identify whether the principles of the collaborative work outlined in the literature are applicable in practice. Data collection occurred in two different environments. Physical Education classes were filmed, focusing on the actions of the Physical Education teacher with the student, in order to identify the principles that make up the collaborative work. The collection also occurred in the meetings for planning with the teacher of the Specialized Educational Assistance and Physical Education, where the audios were recorded, with the objective of identifying in the teachers' speech the principles that make up the collaborative work and at the end of the work carried out A semi-structured interview, based on a script, with six open questions, related to the teachers' experience in working collaboratively. For the treatment and analysis of the information, the categories identified in the bibliographic survey were separated and regrouped by similarities, and later classified in three broad categories. These categories were used to identify, in the ... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

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This project is a dance curriculum unit designed for teachers working with students who have learning handicaps. It is specifically designed for students in grades three through sixth. It can be used in coordination with the performing arts curriculum or the physical education curriculum.

The purpose of this study is to explore the question of whether or not graduate schools in social work have adequately prepared social workers to deal with the changing needs of individuals with disabilities.

The accessibility, predictors, and use of health care and social services among developmentally disabled elderly adults in Canada were examined using a nationally representative social survey. The first research hypothesis is that the independent variables will contribute significantly to the prediction of the dependent variables. A second hypothesis is that the slope of any given independent variable will not equal zero. The results of this research show that the illness (need) variables are the most predictive correlate of the utilization of health care and social services. The predisposing variables have secondary explanatory power, with the enabling variables accounting for the least amount of variance. The hypotheses were tested by step-wise multiple regression analysis using SPSS-X.

This Master thesis proposes a human-computer interface for individual with limited hand movements that incorporate the use of facial gesture as a means of communication. The system recognizes faces and extracts facial gestures to map them into Morse code that would be translated in English in real time. The system is implemented on a MACBOOK computer using Python software, OpenCV library, and Dlib library. The system is tested by 6 students. Five of the testers were not familiar with Morse code. They performed the experiments in an average of 90 seconds. One of the tester was familiar with Morse code and performed the experiment in 53 seconds. It is concluded that errors occurred due to variations in features of the testers, lighting conditions, and unfamiliarity with the system. Implementing an auto correction and auto prediction system will decrease typing time considerably and make the system more robust.