Teaching Students with Special Needs Chapter 2

This chapter was very interesting. In the first story about Marvin and Jake, I actually thought that they would both benefit from specialized classes. As I read further, I realized that Marvin was actually the one with issues that would better benefit from counseling and specialized classes. I can see that Jake is better suited to stay in a regular class setting. His issues would be better addressed by a general education teacher. It does not take much to fall behind in classes. A child could be having home problems that causes him to daydream or even sleep in class. This would cause them to fall behind quickly because they would be missing bits and pieces of information that may be critical in understanding their work. Intervention would be the best idea that is if you are able to get them the help they need before they require an IEP.