Disability in the Family

When it comes to children with a disability they need to be treated with respect, at all times if you don't treat them with respect I feel like personally you don't deserve respect. There are teachers in the world that lack giving out respect, we as teachers have to learn how give them respect. Being in a family of specials needs is hard most of time, but it allows them to learn how to adjust to something different in their life. Although having a special needs child can be hard at times, it teaches families quite a few different things: love,patience,consistency, teamwork and so much  more. The teacher should involve the student with the disability , as much as possible because you don't want that child feeling like they are any less than the rest of the students. They're no different than any of the students, they just have more difficulty and need a little bit more attention. The job of the teacher is to help as much as we can, and if we can't help we need to find someone who can help.

Parents often have to live with outcomes of the decisions made by education teams, there are things that they don't want to hear but they must except. So once the families except the decision that is made;they might go through a hard time but they eventually figure out a  way in order to help their child. If those parents can't decide on what to do, they're in constant search for who can help and what do. When dealing with a family of a disability, you never want to act like you know more about their child than they do. If you choose to act this way, parents will quickly lose respect for you as a teacher. Speak to them as if you know as much as they do; choose words wisely of how you bring things to them. The word choice and how you say things , is one of the most important things to pay attention to. If not careful I have noticed that the way people say things, can often interpret to something completely different even if you didn't mean it in that way. Sole contact can be one the worst things you can do during a parent- teacher conference. If you speak to them as if their child is literally special it can come off as a sign of disrespect. During a conference their should be certain words you never should use during the conference : special,unique,matchless. In other words I have learned that you must be careful,and think about everything that comes out your mouth ; also they way it is said.