Lessons learned for supporting students with special needs - Book Report/Review Example

Summary Story of my Life [Pick the Behavior is the only measure through which one can determine learning. It reflects that how well a person is accustomed to his or her surroundings. The environment provides stimulus to an organism, and its response t an external signal is defined as behavior. When a child is in an early stage of learning, it is important for teachers, to learn how to provide them with stimuli that are easy to comprehend for their minds. Children that are bestowed with all the five senses and other normal features tend to learn things from all different sources, and they can process stimuli of different nature, like sound, touch, vision, smell and taste.

However, when a child has a limited exposure to the environment due to the inability to address to different stimuli, learning becomes really hard. In such circumstances it is the duty of a teacher to translate stimuli into signals that are acceptable for the child. This will require a teacher, who is able to understand and read his pupil needs, who can formulate techniques that make learning easy for the student. Patience and empathy were the key to Miss Sullivan success, she tried things that usually teachers avoid while delivering to their students.

She made her student learn through fun. Probably this was the reason that she became successful in bringing Helen Keller out of the misery of ignorance. Therefore, teachers should not bound themselves to traditions when it comes to teaching students who are handicapped, they must equip themselves with ability to transform their techniques according to the needs of their pupils.ReferenceKeller, H. (2010). The story of my life. New York: Cosimo, Inc.