Disability-Intellectual Disability

Disability-Intellectual Disability
You are responsible for the individual assignment which is due week 7 but will be posted in week 8. The PowerPoint presentation replaces the discussion forum for week 8. Don’t forget to put your question in your PowerPoint so that your classmates can respond to your questions.

For this assignment, you will prepare a PowerPoint presentation on a disability area assigned by the instructor. In your presentation, be sure to include:
Description of the disability
ISBE’s criteria
Description of common characteristics
Key issues for social workers, parents, and educators
Specific accommodations appropriate for the disability
Appropriate long-term and short-term goals for social work services for students with this disability
Famous People with this disability
Resources
Bibliography
Your PowerPoint presentation should be professional, creative, coherent, and organized. Refer to the disability presentation rubric posted under “Rubrics and Grading Criteria” near the top of the course for more information.
The instructor will assign each student a particular disability discussed throughout this course.
Criteria
Description
Possible Points
Description of the disability
Provide a clear, concise description of the disability.
____/20
Description of common characteristics
Provide a clear, concise description of the characteristics.
____/20
Key issues for social workers, parents and educators
Information is current and based on research. Subjective experiences are identified and differentiated from research conducted.
____/20
Specific accommodations appropriate for the disability
Accommodations offered in a public-school setting.
____/20
Appropriate long-term and short-term goals for social work services for students with this disability
Use of social emotional learning standards to inform goals.
___/20
Famous People with this disability
Celebrities, people in the news, etc.
____/10
Resources
Internet sources, Apps, Organizations, Community Agencies, etc.
____/10
Bibliography
Include at least one reference, from an outside source (e.g., the School Social Work Journal; Children and Schools; or Social Work in Education, etc.).
___/10
Presentation style and professionalism
PowerPoint is creative, coherent and organized.
The presentation of the information is detailed, descriptive and professional.
____/10

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