Considering the special needs of ELL's

What is not a common myth regarding ELL students with special needs?

• If we label an ELL as a special needs learner, at least they will get some help.

• An ELL learner with special needs will not learn efficiently by combining both English and home languages.

• Giving an ELL time to improve their English skills is necessary to ensure we don't blame a student's language capabilities.

Answer explanation

Bilingualism can benefit children with the disabillity Down Syndrome, as it does not disadvantage their language development.

T or F: Disabilities can be easily identified reliably.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The medical model of special needs, where many people attempt to understand the special needs that some students have in school, is constructed on socio-cultural factors that mirror ideologies at a given time that claim disabilities are easy to identify, which is false.

"Another reason ELLs often get misidentified for having disabilities is because of (Blank) status of Special education.

Fill in the Blank:

Studies have shown that Hispanic students classified as learning disabled performed at a (Blank) level after three years of particular education placement.

• Higher

• Lower

• Average

The first integral factor is ​ (a)  

• Learning environment
• Previous Educational Experiences
• Physical and psychological

True or False:

The RTI approach serves as a structure for evaluating the requirement and delivery of specialized assistance to students facing notable academic challenges.

• False

• True

The Education Act for all handicapped (Or the IDEA) was passed in 1975, requiring schools to formally identify students as having Special education needs to receive (Blank).

• Funding

• Assistance

• IEP's

• Support

Language and learning disabillities are due to factors​ (a)   to the learner, where as second language learning difficulties are typically due to factors ​ (b)   to the learner.

• intrinsic
• extrinsic

One of the problems with misidentifying an ELL learner as special needs is that the learner's ​ (a)   is often overlooked. Examples could include factors effecting the child outside of school.

• individuality
• Data
• behavior

True Or false: If we label an ELL as learning disabled, at least they will get some help.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Special education placements are stgimatizing and do not help students acquire second language proficiency, as they focus on surface language structures.