How to Handle Exceptional Students

Exceptional Students

Exceptional students is a term used to refer to students with behavior or learning problems, students with sensory impairment or physical disabilities or students who are gifted intellectually. Students with exceptionalities exhibit differences from other students in such a way that they require a specialized or individualized special education program so as to benefit from education fully. It includes children or students who perfume so superiorly as well as those who experience learning difficulties such that instructions and modifications are required to help them reach their potential.

Recognizing and Responding to Exceptional Students

How we respond and recognize exceptional students has a major effect on their success both in and out of school. It’s important to take into consideration the views of the students during class sessions. Their opinions should be considered in planning and provision of their education leading this students into a successful way of learning, (Vaughn, Bos, & Schumm, 2007). Success requires focus on individual learning, individual progress, and individual achievement which requires individualized, intensive, directed, specialized remedial instruction for struggling students.

Accommodating Exceptional Students

When handling exceptional students, the tutor should provide a syllabus that is detailed and easy to understand as well as make the materials available for students for references. In case of online available materials, consider fonts, colors and formats likely to be viewed by all students such as students with impaired vision. Finally, a student’s capacity should never be estimated in regards to classroom participation, but rather think of multiple ways to include all students without any individual feeling excluded. Similarly, some materials may be difficult to use depending on a student’s exceptionality. For instance, students with visual disability will have a problem when the tutor is using videos.

The Need for Adaptation in Education

With the increasing number of children with exceptions, the education system needs to be more adaptive to accommodate them by ensuring availability of trained personnel for both teaching and support.

References

Vaughn, S., Bos, C. S., & Schumm, J. S. (2007). Teaching students who are exceptional, diverse, and at risk in the general education classroom. Allyn & Bacon.