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Identifying communication disorders requires, teachers and parents to work together to share a child’s experiences, past medical history, social situations and home life to benefit the child and understand where his/her needs are and what if any underlying issues my be contributing to learning.             Being that communication disorders encompasses such a wide array of problems from language, speech and hearing to articulation and fluency disorders, there is much to look for when trying to identify problems students may be having. Teachers may know the basics of what various disorders are what symptoms students may display, the trick is taking this gathered information to the next level.   Resources, money and time both are needed to help teachers help students and parents. Taking the initial steps in the classroom may start the process and may also be all that some students will require however looking beyond the ...

Argument for the reform of teachers and their role in the schools and their training. A typical Finnish teacher teaches just under 600 hours a year, whereas the average American teacher teaches students over 1,600 hours annually. According to a recent Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-sponsored study of the teaching profession, U.S. teachers habitually work an average of about 10 hours and 40 minutes a day, with a great deal of time spent teaching and supervising students. Finnish teacher, “Our teachers who teach languages for which many essays have to be graded often have fewer lessons,” Marianna said. “And they can decide on their own where they get that work done. They may teach two lessons one day and then go home or to the gym around noon — and then correct papers or work online with students later in the evening.” With so many ideas and reforms and tests and strategies, it is my belief that teaching is getting more and more away from why many teachers went into teac...