This week we had 2 different speaker days in SPED and I loved the Gospel Mission one the best. I hate their graphic design. But on the other hand, it’s sort of working for them. It’s old timey. It’s put together strange. And they still seem to get funding. So I’m not complaining, but I still hate it.
I totally can’t remember Monday. It was only a few days ago.
I thought up a good mnemonic, even though I canntoth promnounch thasth word!
M – multiple disabilities
I – intellectual disabilities
D – deafness
A – autism spectrum disorders
S – speech language impairments
S – specific learning disabilities
H – hearing impaired
O – orthopedic disabilities
V – vision impaired
E – ED/BD
D – deaf/blind
T – TBI (traumatic brain injury)
O – other health impairments
D – developmentally delayed
see I totally just listed that without having to look, and it took maybe an hour to memorize. Plus figuring out the mnemonic was fun. The individual letter method is better for many people than the string of words method. It seems more efficient to me to reember a simpler phrase than Allen Drove His Messy Silver Van Down Endless Roads Deliberately On Squishy Tires Or Something Because There Are Too Many Different Words I Can Use for Messy, and It Isn’t Right Anyway Because Mentally Handicapped Is Wrong Now. We have to use Intellectual Disabilities.
The 8 big things are more difficult still. I have no idea what it is to “lip riff” but it has some imaginary meaning related to guitar riffs mimicked by the mouth (lips)… so I LIP RIFF (I don’t!)
I – IDEA
L – LRE
I – IEP
P – parental rights
R – related services
I – individual assessment
F – FAPE
F – federal funding
I haven’t memorized these as well at all. Mainly because I’m not sure these are all there are. I should ask.
Okay I don’t have my glasses and I’m giving myself a headache squinting at this screen.