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= CEC Standard 6 = = = My thoughts and reflections on Standard 6

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Special educators understand typical and atypical language development and the ways in which exceptional conditions can interact with an individual’s experience with and use of language. Special educators use individualized strategies to enhance language development and teach communication skills to individuals with exceptional learning needs. Special educators are familiar with augmentative, alternative, and assistive technologies to support and enhance communication of individuals with exceptional needs. Special educators match their communication methods to an individual’s language proficiency and cultural and linguistic differences. Special educators provide effective language models and they use communication strategies and resources to facilitate understanding of subject matter for individuals with exceptional learning needs whose primary language is not English.
 * Standard 6 Language ** **(IIC)**
 * Knowledge ||
 * ICC6K1 || Effects of cultural and linguistic differences on growth and development ||
 * ICC6K2 || Characteristics of one’s own culture and use of language and the ways in which these can differ from other cultures and uses of languages ||
 * ICC6K3 || Ways of behaving and communicating among cultures that can lead to misinterpretation and misunderstanding ||
 * ICC6K4 || Augmentative and assistive communication strategies ||
 * IIC6K1 || Impact of language development and listening comprehension on academic and non-academic learning of individuals with exceptional learning needs ||
 * IIC6K2 || Communication and social interaction alternatives for individuals who are nonspeaking ||
 * Skills ||
 * ICC6S1 || Use strategies to support and enhance communication skills of individuals with exceptional learning needs ||
 * ICC6S2 || Use communication strategies and resources to facilitate understanding of subject matter for individuals with exceptional learning needs whose primary language is not the dominant language ||
 * IIC6S1 || Teach individuals with exceptional learning needs to monitor for errors in oral and written language ||
 * IIC6S2 || Teach methods and strategies for producing legible documents ||
 * IIC6S3 || Plan instruction on the use of alternative and augmentative communication systems ||