Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Non-Verbal Student in Wheelchair In my internship classroom, I have a student who is Non-Verbal and in a wheelchair. She is 17 years old and is on the level of about an 8 month old. She is able to get out of her wheelchair and sit in a normal chair for short periods of time and is able to walk with the help of a wall or railing. This is my first experience with a self-contained ESE student. My issue is, that because she is on such a different level then the rest of my students, it is difficult for me to dedicate a lot of attention when it comes to teaching her. She often becomes board in the classes with other students, and will begin to wheel around the room and snatch books and papers from other students and throw them across the room. This is often a huge distraction in the classroom. She does have a paraprofessional that accompanies her throughout the day, but sometimes she has to step out to help other students. How can I keep this student occupied throughout the day, so she does not disrupt the rest of the students? She also often refuses to do other activities that I have prepared for her. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) This is a tough situation. I am in a self-contained 6-8 grade classroom and my students vary from being on the kindergarten level to about grade 3 or 4. How I make sure each student is involved and not bored is to first walk up to each student during my lessons. I like to walk around the classroom and talk to each student, asking them questions. Another thing I do is print off and provide worksheets to my students. All levels in my classroom really enjoy doing worksheets. Most of the time, they are cut and paste, circling, or coloring and that is always okay and acceptable. My lower levels can work on several of these worksheets and my higher ones might zoom through one and I will provide a more challenging sheet.