Disability category
Goal/Objective
When to use this strategy
Step by step instruction- How to use this in a
Science classroom. You will partner with a
classmate to teach them your strategy so be
explicit and provide a sample for your partner.
Assessment- How could this strategy be used to
evaluate student learning?
Citation
Other Health Impairment
A disability is considered a Other Health
Impairment when it results in having the student
with limited strength, vitality, alertness,
heightened stimuli, etc. Thus the goal is to be able
to appeal to any of those situations and prepared
for students in any section.
Because the issue can be so diverse it's important
to be prepared for any, but they can't be
implemented until you as a teacher are sure it will
both fit and be beneficial to the situation.
1. In the case of limited strength and
vitality, avoid giving the student any roles
in labs that involve heavy lifting, long
standing, or rigorous movement.
Accommodations can be made for some
of those in certain labs, but its best to
avoid the issue altogether.
2. Students with difficulty in alertness can be
properly accommodated. Those who have
trouble focusing can be put in a corner lab
or near the teacher so they don't have too
much to be distracted by, same goes for
too much. But students can also be put in
the middle for increased stimuli if need
be.
These ideas allow students to be assessed in their
compromised environments rather than having to
sit them out. Their lab reports can be graded as
normal, but the labs can be properly tuned for
evaluating their focus and endurance when
needed.
URL: http://www.nsta.org/disabilities/other.aspx