Orthopedic and Musculoskeletal Disorders and IEP

Orthopedic and Musculoskeletal Disorders and IEP

Introduction

An IEP is a written statement from a child's educational program, which identifies services a child needs so that he or she can grow and learn during the school year. The IEP outlines the special education plan by defining child goals for the school year, services needed to assist the child in reaching those goals and a method for evaluating student progress.

Background

By 1975, our country's schools enjoyed a rich history with respect to decades of pedagogy in teaching typically developing students. Nonetheless, educators were not prepared to teach students, who could not walk, sit upright, swallow properly, speak without difficulty, or breathe without oxygen. Physicians, school administrators, and well-meaning relatives told countless families routinely to keep their child in an institution, keep them at home, or that their child would be denied services with statements to the effect, ''we don't take kids like that.'' Some explanations that were given for turning students away from school were that seeing a student with a disability could have ''a depressing and nauseating effect on the teachers and other students''.

With the growth of religion in the middle ages, individuals with disabilities were sometimes seen as blessed ''children of God'' and who needed care and protection. However, also stemming from religious views was the notion that significant physical disabilities were ''the mark of the devil'' (Safford & Safford, 1996) which led to blame, or fear, ridicule, or ostracism. Individuals with physical ''handicaps'' have often been particular targets due to fear, prejudice, myth, and/or ignorance about their conditions.

The main feature of modern education is a special focus on health promotion, social adaptation and integration of children into society. Provision and implementation of the right to education of children with disabilities is seen as one of the most important problems of public policy, not only in education but also in socio-economic development.

Children with can have Orthopedic and musculoskeletal disorders significantly different needs than other children (Lewis, Kagan, & Heaton, 2000; Porterfield, 2002; Roundtree & Lynch, 2006).

The wide range of health conditions, warrant a wide range of service needs with some students having few restrictions on their activities and learning whereas other students require extensive medical and educational assistance.

The family's role in improving remedial work cannot be overestimated, so our activities we seek to attract parents to cooperate and actively participate in educational and educational and correctional process.

Discussion

Orthopedic and Musculoskeletal Impairment

Orthopedic and musculoskeletal impairment means a severe orthopedic and musculoskeletal impairment that adversely affects a child's educational performance. The term includes impairments caused by congenital anomaly, impairments caused by disease (e.g. poliomyelitis, bone tuberculosis) and impairments from other causes (eg, cerebral palsy, amputations and fractures or burns that cause contractures).

Orthopedic and Musculoskeletal Impairment from the Perspective of Disabilities Education Improvement Act

Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA) states about orthopedic impairment is as follows: “a severe orthopedic impairment that adversely affects a child's educational performance”.

Assessment

Developing a comprehensive pre assessment plan ensures that the information necessary for establishing ...