Education of Adolescent ESE Students

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stage of adolescence. It is imperative that teachers recognize the needs of these students and educate themselves to successfully attend to their professional duties educating these special students. The "exceptional adolescent" even more so that other students depends upon the professionalism of the teacher during this very trying age of adolescent development.
The developmental stage referred to as adolescence is a period in the life of the student that is emotionally charged and somewhat erratically so due to the biological hormonal changes taking place in the chemistry of the adolescent student. The adolescent tends to tenderly wear their heart upon their sleeve. The adolescent feels everything in magnification and is at this time of their life, human organism that develops large and sensitive "feelers" that await the first inclination of disapproval from other adolescents as well as adults in their environment. Hurt feelings can seem the end of the world to the ...

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logical thinking progresses in the individual. The adolescent begins viewing for themselves those things which, so far, they only have experience of through being told are true by the adults in their lives. The fresh idealism of youth tends to view the world as a stupid place that could be better if only "we would try".

II. The Challenge of the Exceptional Adolescent:

The student who has parents that show lack of interest in the child's development or activities and are slack in their discipline at home perceives this lack of caring on the part of the parents. This realization generally leads to behavioral problems for the adolescent, as well as the teacher who is attempting to ...

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