Identify 5 conditions that are identified as student disabilities. Professionalism
Identify 4 conditions that are identified as disdvantaging students.
Describe the extent of special needs student populations in CTE courses.
Explain how technology can assist teachers in teaching students with learning disabilities.
Identify basic signs of learning disabilities.
Appreciate the difficulty students with learning  disabilites have in school settings.
 

Introduction: Teachers in Career and Technical Education programs teach a diverse group of students from gifted students to students with disabillties and other disadvantages.  This lesson is intended to introduce special needs instruction.  Later courses in the program will explore this topic in more detail. 

Now that you are familiar with the classifications of special popualtions students in North Carolina it is important to know the extent of the inclusion of special populations students in CTE.  This information can be found in the Numbers Report (2004).  Compare the total enrollments in CTE program areas and the special popuations enrollments in each program to determine the percent of special populations students in each program area.  This will give you some indication of the extent of inclusion of special populations students in CTE programs.  Keep in mind that many disadvantaged students are very capable students in the classroom and lab and often do not require any special assisstance from teachers in order to be successful in CTE courses.  Web site: ncpublicschools numbers report.

Students from special populations can be successful in CTE programs, but teachers have two major responsibilities: 
(1) identify students with special needs
(2) appreciate the fact that all students can learn. 

There are two articles located at teacher scholastic.com that may help teachers with these responsibilities.  They are:  "How Hard Can This Be?"  by Richard Lavoie, and "Every Kid Can" by Julie Wood..