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Accomodating Students With Disabilities In Higher Education, Carletta Witzel, Luana Greulich, James Jeffery
Accomodating Students With Disabilities In Higher Education, Carletta Witzel, Luana Greulich, James Jeffery
Faculty Publications
Students who choose to attend Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities often do so because they want to experience the unique Christian worldview that permeates the curriculum. Many want more than a school where religious classes are taught— they expect the entire curriculum to be infused with Seventh-day Adventist values. Students with disabilities who enroll in Adventist colleges and universities desire these same college experiences. Recent figures (2012) released by the United States government show that almost 11 percent of undergraduates across the nation (almost two million students) have one or more disabilities. Approximately 15 percent of these have mobility impairments, …
Special Needs Children And Mental Health, Nancy J. Carbonell
Special Needs Children And Mental Health, Nancy J. Carbonell
Faculty Publications
What do these stories have in common? They are representative of many students who experience learning difficulties while at the same time struggling with mental or emotional issues. Special-needs teachers see children like Brandon, Carmen, and Jake in their classrooms every day. It is estimated that in the U.S., 37 percent of children with special needs also need mental-health care. That is approximately one in every three special-needs students! This is particularly challenging for teachers whose training did not include how to deal with children experiencing mental-health issues.