So far I have...
-gotten 5 books from the library. All of which are extremely helpful to my research.
-4 Scholarly journals that I still need to read thorugh
-One very in depth E-book that I plan to use a little later in my reading.
Sources that I need to work on finding are...
-reliable stories about students with the types of disorders I am writing about.
-interviews with professionals/educators/parents in the field of research I am working on.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
Mendeley
I have been playing around with Mendeley and I really like it. It is very convenient to just be able to drag your research into the desktop. So far I have four good sources (scholarly journals). Two are causes of autism and ADHD, and two are behavior of children with autism and ADHD.
As of now, my plan of action is to write as many pages I can with the help of these sources. If my writing does not reach 5 pages I will research more about autism and ADHD. These two disorders will be my starting point. I plan to see how writing about these turns out, and if the writing is good.
As of now, my plan of action is to write as many pages I can with the help of these sources. If my writing does not reach 5 pages I will research more about autism and ADHD. These two disorders will be my starting point. I plan to see how writing about these turns out, and if the writing is good.
Monday, October 10, 2011
750words.com Journal #1
I just read the front page of this website and what i took from it was that i can write about whatever i want. I started a journal about three minutes ago, but it told me to start a new page because the day was over. So.. here i am starting a new page. (where my other post went, i have no idea).
I write notes pretty much anywhere i can fit them: on post-its, in margins on my notebook/textbooks, and even on my hand sometimes. I have been stewing over what i want to write my 20 page paper on for a while and, as of now, i have chosen to research the following topic:
*Common disorders within middle school-aged children*
All of these random notes that come into my brain and that i write down in weird places are pretty decent thoughts, but they are very disorganized. I plan to use this journal to organize these thoughts a little bit. I will list my notes, because that is the way that they will make sense the most.
POSSIBLE TOPICS
-How kids act when they're weird, do they need an IEP/RTI plan?
-How different factors affect children (why they misbehave)
-Why students behave one way in one class and totally different in another class
- *Common disorders within middle school students.
SPECIFICS OF MY TOPIC (POTENTIAL SUBHEADINGS OF MY PAPER AND WHAT WILL BE IN THAT SECTION)
- Name of disorder
>Dyslexia, ADD, ADHD, Anxiety, OCD, Bipolar disorder, Autism, Auesbueggers, Turrets, (Epilepsy, Cancers, ....)
>**Need to classify these into 5 categories: Social, emotional, behavioral, academic, health related/concerns
-What it entails
>Common behavior/ different forms of each of these disorders.
- How it affects students (Academically, behaviorally, socially, emotionally, health related)
> Academic: not being able to complete work, missing work, bad test grades
> Behavioral: acting out, not paying attention.
> Social: not having friends, kids are mean to them (vise versa)
> Emotional: argues with self, doesn't know how to feel, emotions are unpredictable
> Health related: emergency removal from room, medical attention needed
- Why it happens
> Technical terms and definitions for these disorders
> I will research each disorder and get scientific information explaining why the child has this disorder
- How the child thinks/ how they process things (differently)
> Have a "Think aloud" with the student, so you know their thought process
> Research common ways that these children think and process things
> Give them advice on how you solve problems/think about things, and maybe they can learn from that or appreciate that advice
-How other children associate with them (and vise versa)
> Do they get along with other children, why or why not?
> is it easy for them to make friends?
> Do they try/ are they nice?
- What to do/ How to deal (with these children with disorders in your classroom)
> **Students don't usually want to be off task or have behavior issues. They can't help it! If we notice these types of behaviors it should be a red flag to look into the child's situation deeper**
> 1) Talk to the student before you go and make assumtions about them! Do they know how they are behaving? Do they like/not like it? Do they have questions or concerns about their behavior/ their school work being at risk? *This would also be a good time to give advice to the students.
> 2) Have a way in which to bring students back in/ keep them on task. Help them overcome/deal with their problem they are having.
> 3) Give them a checklist to keep them on task thorughout the day
> 4) Chunk tests (for anxiety children)
> 5) Try and get parents involved and have the family pick positive consequences the extend good behavior into the home as well as the classroom
RESEARCH
> I plan to get much of my research from a website called Iris. the link is www.iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu. This website has many case studies and situations, and modules that explain exactly what i want to write about. First you pick a topic, say we pick behavior problems in the classroom. Next you can pick to read a module, or case study- but anything you pick it gives you many different situations of behavior problems, and ways to correct them/ help to improve them, and why they occur.
> I also plan on doing some interviews. I have a professor at UC who has a daughter with Ausbeugers syndrome, and i would like to ask her some questions about her daughter.
> I also plan to interview the special ed/ intervention specialists/ nurses at my school to get familiar with their experiences with these disorders.
> I could also ask them if i could borrow any sources/ books that they deem useful.
> As for other sources go, i will mostly use the internet and books from the CECH library.
So..... I can't really believe i just did this but i actually wrote over 750 words! GO ME!
I write notes pretty much anywhere i can fit them: on post-its, in margins on my notebook/textbooks, and even on my hand sometimes. I have been stewing over what i want to write my 20 page paper on for a while and, as of now, i have chosen to research the following topic:
*Common disorders within middle school-aged children*
All of these random notes that come into my brain and that i write down in weird places are pretty decent thoughts, but they are very disorganized. I plan to use this journal to organize these thoughts a little bit. I will list my notes, because that is the way that they will make sense the most.
POSSIBLE TOPICS
-How kids act when they're weird, do they need an IEP/RTI plan?
-How different factors affect children (why they misbehave)
-Why students behave one way in one class and totally different in another class
- *Common disorders within middle school students.
SPECIFICS OF MY TOPIC (POTENTIAL SUBHEADINGS OF MY PAPER AND WHAT WILL BE IN THAT SECTION)
- Name of disorder
>Dyslexia, ADD, ADHD, Anxiety, OCD, Bipolar disorder, Autism, Auesbueggers, Turrets, (Epilepsy, Cancers, ....)
>**Need to classify these into 5 categories: Social, emotional, behavioral, academic, health related/concerns
-What it entails
>Common behavior/ different forms of each of these disorders.
- How it affects students (Academically, behaviorally, socially, emotionally, health related)
> Academic: not being able to complete work, missing work, bad test grades
> Behavioral: acting out, not paying attention.
> Social: not having friends, kids are mean to them (vise versa)
> Emotional: argues with self, doesn't know how to feel, emotions are unpredictable
> Health related: emergency removal from room, medical attention needed
- Why it happens
> Technical terms and definitions for these disorders
> I will research each disorder and get scientific information explaining why the child has this disorder
- How the child thinks/ how they process things (differently)
> Have a "Think aloud" with the student, so you know their thought process
> Research common ways that these children think and process things
> Give them advice on how you solve problems/think about things, and maybe they can learn from that or appreciate that advice
-How other children associate with them (and vise versa)
> Do they get along with other children, why or why not?
> is it easy for them to make friends?
> Do they try/ are they nice?
- What to do/ How to deal (with these children with disorders in your classroom)
> **Students don't usually want to be off task or have behavior issues. They can't help it! If we notice these types of behaviors it should be a red flag to look into the child's situation deeper**
> 1) Talk to the student before you go and make assumtions about them! Do they know how they are behaving? Do they like/not like it? Do they have questions or concerns about their behavior/ their school work being at risk? *This would also be a good time to give advice to the students.
> 2) Have a way in which to bring students back in/ keep them on task. Help them overcome/deal with their problem they are having.
> 3) Give them a checklist to keep them on task thorughout the day
> 4) Chunk tests (for anxiety children)
> 5) Try and get parents involved and have the family pick positive consequences the extend good behavior into the home as well as the classroom
RESEARCH
> I plan to get much of my research from a website called Iris. the link is www.iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu. This website has many case studies and situations, and modules that explain exactly what i want to write about. First you pick a topic, say we pick behavior problems in the classroom. Next you can pick to read a module, or case study- but anything you pick it gives you many different situations of behavior problems, and ways to correct them/ help to improve them, and why they occur.
> I also plan on doing some interviews. I have a professor at UC who has a daughter with Ausbeugers syndrome, and i would like to ask her some questions about her daughter.
> I also plan to interview the special ed/ intervention specialists/ nurses at my school to get familiar with their experiences with these disorders.
> I could also ask them if i could borrow any sources/ books that they deem useful.
> As for other sources go, i will mostly use the internet and books from the CECH library.
So..... I can't really believe i just did this but i actually wrote over 750 words! GO ME!
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