It is dependent on community support to enable its education program to continue. ... The tingara centre in Newcastle provides a pre-school program for children with impaired hearing and/or vision under five years old. ... The RIDBC informs the community of its function by advertising on the television, the Internet with their own website. You can find brochures about the community at your local doctor and optometrist's. They also have fundraisers and charity days to inform the community. ...

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When the education system takes a serious thought into meeting the diversity of children's needs, it can help combat discrimination and helps create an attitude that is welcomed by the communities because each child has every right to be in the classroom ( Salamanca Statement and Framework of Action, 1994). Andrews and Clipart (1993) points out that schools should be the place that provides opportunities for all the children to learn alongside their friends and strive to be an independent member of the community. ... For example hearing impaired students will need a hearing aid and the vi...

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Bernstein's codes theory stated that, "between the school and community of the working-class child, there may exist a cultural discontinuity based upon two radically different systems of communication," (Bernstein, 1974, p.144) It was said there are two different language codes in operation within the setting of schooling. ... Working class families with working class jobs who are used to conversing by relying on sometimes non-verbal communication such as hand gestures and facial expression do not give children the opportunity or exposure to other types of language and therefore are more ...

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IDEA states that there are thirteen disability categories a student may qualify for: autism, deaf-blindness, deafness, emotional disturbance, hearing impairment, intellectual disability, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, specific learning disability, speech or language impairment, traumatic brain injury, or visual impairment (including blindness). ... Transition assessment helps provide valuable information that can address the needs and strength of a student to help support them in preparing them in the areas such as, independent living, postsecondary e...

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You miss one hundred percent of the shots that you don't take" (Gretskey, 2008). These words stated by famous athlete, Wayne Gretzky, depict how we shouldn't be afraid to take risks because we are afraid of the outcome of those risks. These words delineate apprehension prior to entering fieldwork ex...

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INTRODUCTION: To the Filipino, knowledge is acquired through education. Although they generally agree that education can be obtained inside and outside school, they believe that the primary sources of knowledge are the schools. Thus, the higher a person goes up the formal educational ladder, the more knowledge he or she acquires and expectedly, the more wealth he or she generates or produces. Being wealthy means having power, influence and social prestige. Thus, earning a college diploma means acquiring the key to economic and social opportunities. ...

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