How did you learn that _________ has a disability? (Who was present? When did this happen?) If you were giving advice to professionals who need to explain to a parent that his/her child has a special need, what would that advice be?

I found that Mr. XYZ is suffering from the emotional disturbance from the time when he was a kid. The symptoms for the said disturbance appeared when he was at school. In the parent-teachers meeting his class teachers told the child’s father that he is lacking in the acquisition due to the emotional disturbance. Also, the child needs the motivation for the academic learning purposes. I suggest that for explaining the disability to the parents, the daily activities can better be noticed and delivered along with the performance parameters.

1.      How did you feel when you received the diagnosis?

Me and my family had the bad feelings related to after effects of diagnosis for the disability. I found that the child behaved normally in his early childhood. 

2.      Have your feelings changed since the initial diagnosis? Describe.

I and my family got worried after the initial diagnosis of the emotional disturbance. This disability needs to be catered through the precautionary measures and the treatment.

3.      What have been the positive aspects of having a child in the family with a disability?

I was provided with answer that having the disability does not mean losing the productivity to the tasks as well as the goals achievements. Rather, the people with disabilities serve as the example for the other people in the family.

4.      What have been the problems or challenges you have experienced having a child with a disability?

I have to focus more on enhancing the learning capabilities of the child in the challenging circumstances. I have to spend more time on him in order to make the child to grab the concepts appropriately.

5.      How did your other children react to learning their brother/sister had a disability? What impact has __________ had on them? (if appropriate)

The siblings had to show more concerns for their brother’s disability. They are to guide him more as compared if he was normal.

6.      What kinds of support have been most helpful to you (family members, parent groups, neighbors, other)? How would you prioritize your family needs and the areas in which you feel that you need more assistance?

I found my family members, neighbors and the relatives so much supportive in this regard. They guided my disabled child in every aspect i.e., the help he needed for clear understanding of the concepts.

7.      What have been your experiences in working with school personnel? What have they done that has been most helpful? What have they done that was least helpful or even harmful?

At present, the school personnel are treating my child as per his mental capacities. They are serving to be the helping mentors for making my child to have more interests towards learning.

9. How could the school help your child transition to adulthood?

As my child is having the emotional disturbance problem, the school and its staff can better help my mentally disabled children to walk through the life paths. Life is all about the difficulties but a helping hand can assist to get rid of the difficulties and the complex situations. The school management can provide my child with the environment where he can learn the concepts the way he wants.

8.      If I were to be __________’s teacher next year, what advice would you want to give me so that he/she has an optimal learning experience?

If you were the teacher of XYZ, then I will guide you to first under the nature of the disability. After understanding the disability, learn for the specified treatment and the actions that you need to take. I think the most important thing for the disable children is the care they want.

9.      What would you want me to do/not do in terms of my interactions with you if I were __________’s teacher?

If you were teacher of my children, then in the terms of interaction with me I want from you to inform me on regular basis about the behavior of my children. You can also coordinate with me for any abnormal situation.

10.  I am just learning about students with disabilities and how to work effectively with them in my classroom. What other information would you like me—and my classmates—to know about working with children with special needs?

I want you to focus more on the mentally disabled children. It will help to build the trust and the confidence among these children. Also, they will feel more comfortable to work with you guys.

Part 3: Summary of Research-Based Strategies

The mentally disabled children need to be treated properly. They are the ones who need special care. The strategies that are better suggested, by me, for dealing with such children are as given:

·         I suggest giving accommodation & the support that helps the children with mental incapacities. Facilities are regularly made in five fundamental territories:

o   booking (e.g., giving the student an additional opportunity to finish a task or test)

o   setting (e.g., having the student’s work in a little gathering or with an accomplice)

o   materials (e.g., furnishing the student with instructor notes or taped talks)

o   guidance (e.g., separating an exercise into littler parts, having the student’s work with a mentor)

o   reaction of the student (e.g., enabling the student to react orally or on a PC)

·         Be as concrete as could be expected under the circumstances: A powerful training technique is to show what you mean notwithstanding giving verbal bearings. With new data shared verbally, additionally show an image. What's more, as opposed to simply demonstrating an image, furnish the understudy with hands-on materials and encounters and the chance to give things a shot.

·         Go bit by bit: Break longer, new assignments into little advances. Exhibit the means. Have the understudy do the means, each in turn. Give help, as vital. Give the student various chances to rehearse every individual advance independent from anyone else and every one of the means together.

·         Give prompt input: I think that promptly giving input enables the understudies to make an association between their answers, practices, or questions and the data you're introducing as the instructor.

·         Help the students learn fundamental abilities: I have seen that schools have a significant impact in helping students with ID become familiar with these fundamental abilities, which incorporate wellbeing and security, individual cleanliness, habits, coexisting with others, essential math and perusing, cash the board, and aptitudes for the work environment.

·         Train Baby Steps: This term is proposed to urge educators to separate their exercises into basic, simpler to-oversee steps. This will keep dissatisfaction levels down and empower figuring out how to happen. Hold up until the understudy experts the infant step before moving onto the following one.

·         Solid Learning Experiences: I believe in presenting new thoughts in a physical, hands-on approach. Use manipulatives when educating math. Take field outings to the market or mail station to give understudies a significant encounter. At the point when understudies can make genuine associations with their general surroundings, or physically investigate an idea, the information will stay with them.

·         Quick and Positive Feedback: Positive criticism will urge the understudy to continue attempting. On the off chance that an understudy experts an idea or meets an objective it is imperative to compensate or commend the understudy right away.

·         Sing a Song: As per my view, music is a magnificent helper among all youngsters and especially ones with scholarly handicaps. Making a straightforward, infectious tune to oblige an idea is a fun method to connect with the understudy and assist them with recalling data. It will better help the mentally disabled children to understand the new concepts (vanierinstitute, 2019) and (Cerado, 2015)

Part 4: Conclusion – Reflection and Discussion

The current work is about selecting an adult family member of someone with special needs to inquire about his/her school experiences. I explained the requirements of my assignment to the father of emotionally disturbed children. He has been abused emotionally in his childhood. This is the reason that he is mentally unhealthy. I asked for the permission in order to take notes or to audiotape the interview. Based on that recording the answers for the interview questions are provided.

After the interview, I just found that mentally unhealthy people are desirous to have the great care and the attention needs. The interviewee (father of mentally ill children) provided me with the responses for all the questions which I asked from him. His answers show the responses as given: He found that Mr. XYZ is suffering from the emotional disturbance from the time when he was a kid. The symptoms for the said disturbance appeared when he was at school. In the parent-teachers meeting his class teachers told the child’s father that he is lacking in the acquisition due to the emotional disturbance. He found that his family members, neighbors and the relatives so much supportive in this regard. They guided the disabled child in every aspect i.e., the help he needed for clear understanding of the concepts. As the child is having the emotional disturbance problem, the school and its staff can better help the mentally disabled children to walk through the life paths. The school management can provide the mentally ill child with the environment where he can learn the concepts the way he wants.

            As far as the research based strategies are concerned, they are better desired to provide the mentally disabled children with the special care. I suggest giving accommodation & the support that helps the children with mental disabilities. I propose to be as concrete as could be expected under the circumstances. This is how the visuals can be created for dealing with the special education purposes. These children can better be trained by adopting the baby steps. The more they are trained by using the narrations and the explanations, the more they get the knowledge about the concept. Also, by doing so, they get a chance to grab the concepts easily and remember it for longer periods of time. The other parameters to take into consideration are quick and positive feedback, solid learning experiences; help the students learn fundamental abilities give prompt input as well as go bit by bit etc.

            I suggest that by taking into consideration the above said parameters the child can better be provided with the motivation for the academic learning purposes. I also suggest that for explaining the disability to the parents, the daily activities can better be noticed and delivered along with the performance parameters.