QUESTIONNAIRE FOR TEACHERS ~ Dr Manju Antil (Counselling Psychologist and Psychotherapist)

Social National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi

Department of Education of Groups with Special Needs(DEGSN)

Reasonable Accommodations for Children with Disabilities in Schools and Classrooms

QUESTIONNAIRE FOR TEACHERS

Date : …..../....…/…………

Place:……………………..

Project Fellow…………………..

Instructions: The issue of reasonable accommodation for students with disabilities (SwDs) is of increasing concern to teachers at every stage of schooling. In this connection, following questions are prepared to obtain your opinion. Please answer to each of the questions. Please fill up the given blank areas with the relevant information and do ‘Tick’ (√) whichever is applicable in the optional items, more than one option may be chosen. Your responses will be used only for research purpose and complete confidentiality will be maintained for your responses.

PART-A: GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Name of the Teacher:……………………………………………………………………………..

Age: ……………. Gender: Male 1 Female 2 Other 3

2. Category:

General	1
OBC	2
SC	3
ST	4
Minority	5	Code
Disability	6	Nature
		Severity

Code:

Nature of Disability: Locomotor disability -1, leprosy cured person -2, cerebral palsy -3, dwarfism -4, muscular dystrophy -5, acid attack victims -6, blindness -7, low-vision -8, deafness -9, hard of hearing -10, speech & language disability -11, intellectual disability -12, specific learning disabilities -13, autism spectrum disorder -14, mental illness -15, multiple sclerosis -16, parkinson’s disease -17, haemophilia -18, thalassemia -19, sickle cell disease -20, multiple disabilities -21 and deaf-blindness -22

Degree/severity of Disability= <40% - 1, 40%-79% 2, 80%-100% - 3, Not known – 4

Academic Qualification:

Senior Secondary	1
Graduate	2
Post Graduate	3
M.Phil	4
Ph.D.	5
Any other……………..	6

Professional Qualification:

(a) Regular

JBT/Montessori/BTC	1
D.Ed.	2
B.Ed.	3
M.Ed.	4
P.G.D	5
Any other (…...…...)	6

(b) Special Discipline Code

Early Childhood Spl. Edn.	1	Discipline Code: Visual Impairment-1 Hearing Impairment-2 Mental Retardation-3 Cerebral Palsy-4 Autism-5 Learning Disability-6 Deaf-blindness-7
D.Ed. (Spl. Edn.)	2
B.Ed. (Spl. Edn.)	3
M.Ed.(Spl. Edn.)	4
P.G.D (Spl. Edn.)	5
Any other (……..)	6

Years of Experiences in teaching:……………………………………………………………..

Currently working as:

Class teacher	1
Subject teacher	2
Resource Teacher	3
PT teacher	4
Any other …………….	5

Teaching Subject(s) : 1………………..…...…………………………………………………,

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Weekly responsibilities:

Academic

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Administrative/ other

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PART-B: SPECIFIC INFORMATION

1. Is there a student with disability (SwD) in your class (es)?

Yes 1 No 2

If yes, please fill up the following column to get profile of the SwDs in your class.

Code:

Locality: Urban -1, Rural -2;

Sex: Male-1, Female-2, Other-3;

Academic Performances: Below Average-1, Average-2, Above average-3;

Disability and SEDG: Locomotor disability -1, leprosy cured person -2, cerebral palsy -3, dwarfism -4, muscular dystrophy -5, acid attack victims -6, blindness -7, low-vision -8, deafness -9, hard of hearing -10, speech & language disability -11, intellectual disability -12, specific learning disabilities -13, autism spectrum disorder -14, mental illness -15, multiple sclerosis -16, parkinson’s disease -17, haemophilia -18, thalassemia -19, sickle cell disease -20, multiple disabilities -21 and deaf-blindness -22, SC-23, ST-24, OBC-25, Minority-26

S.No.	Name of the students	Address	Locality	Age	Sex	Class	Nature of Challenges in Behaviours	Academic performances	Disability/ SC/ST/ Minority
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Total

2. Are the SwDs participating in learning activities along with all other students? Yes 1 No 2

If yes, please mention some of the learning activities in which the SwDs are participating actively……………………………………………………………………………………………

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If no, please mention the reasons

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3. Is your classroom accessible for SwDs for learning and participation? Yes 1 No 2

If yes, please specify about the accessibility measures taken in your class

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If no, please specify about the accessibility measures required to be taken in the class

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4. Are you facing any difficulties in teaching SwDs in your class? Yes 1 No 2

If yes, please specify the difficulties do you face during teaching and learning session.

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5. Are you taking any measures to overcome the difficulties you face in teaching SwDs in your class? Yes 1 No 2

If yes, please list out the measures are you taking

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6. Are you providing equal learning opportunity to SwDs in your class at par with other students? Yes 1 No 2

If yes, how?, please mention

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If no, why? please specify the reasons

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7. How do you make your presentation in the inclusive classrooms? Please mention some strategies, you adopt to address the learning needs of each and every student of your class (es)?

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8. Do you modify (if require so) the contents of the subjects for SwDs while teaching all students together?

Yes 1 No 2

If yes, what are the modifications usually you do?

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9. Are the TLMs/teaching aids that you use in the classroom made available in accessible format for SwDs ? Yes 1 No 2

If yes, please mention the names of TLMs/Teaching aids in accessible format

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10. Do you make your teaching learning session interactive to provide opportunity to all children of the class to participate in the activities? Yes 1 No 2

If yes, how? please mention the way you make your learning session interactive and participative……………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………

11. Are you doing assessment of learning of students during the teaching learning session?

Yes 1 No 2

If yes, how? please mention the way you are assessing the learning of SwDs along with other

students of your class.

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12. Are you adapting/modifying the assessment strategies for SwDs, if they are unable to perform on the assessment procedures for other students? Yes 1 No 2

If yes, how are you adapting or modifying the assessment procedures/techniques? Please mention.

13. Do you prepare Individualized Education Plan (IEP) for SwDs? Yes 1 No 2

If yes, what are the components you include in the IEP ? please mention

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If not, what are the reasons for not preparing the IEP for SwDs ? please, mention

14. Do you use technological devices, software, mobile applications to enhance participation of learning of SwDs of your class as well as assessment of their learning? Yes 1 No 2

If yes, please mention some of the techno-based applications you are using

15. Do the SwDs of your class require support services, viz. speech therapy, physiotherapy, braille reading-writing, learning sign language etc. Yes 1 No 2

If yes, from where do they receive support services? please mention

16. Do SwDs of your class require/use special aids/appliances, devices including technological devices? Yes 1 No 2

If yes, please mention the names of aids/devices/digital devices etc.

17. Does Special Education Teacher (SET)/Resource Teacher (RT) make visit to your school?

Yes 1 No 2

If yes, how frequently do SET/RT make visit to your school/class and what are the task they perform in the school/class? please mention

18. Do other students in the class interact with their classmates having disabilities? Yes 1 No 2

If no, how do you manage the classroom activities without their interaction with SwFs?

please mention

19. Do you receive complaints from the other students about the SwDs’s behaviours/challenges they are facing? Yes 1 No 2

If yes, please mention some complaints/situations and measures taken by you

20. Do you receive complaints from the parents of other students/SMc members about the SwDs? Yes 1 No 2

If yes, please mention some complaints/situations and measures taken by you

21. Do you receive complaints from the parents of SwDs about other students? Yes 1 No 2

If yes, please mention some complaints/situations and measures taken by you

22. Do SwDs of your class receive any incentives, scholarships, uniforms, textbooks, escort/transport allowances etc.? Yes 1 No 2

If yes, please mention the incentives, they are receiving

23. During classroom teaching, what do you usually do, if a SwD interrupts the classroom process?

Ignore
Punish
Divert them in other activities.
Complain to the principal/parents
Instruct-not to do.
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24. In case of continuous absence of SwDs from your class, what do you do for their learning loss?

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25. Do you think that now there is stagnancy in learning of SwDs of your class and further learning will not occur? Yes 1 No 2

26. Do you think it is necessary to undergo special/focused training/orientation to address the diverse learning needs of SwDs in the ordinary classrooms? Yes 1 No 2

27. Have you ever undergone such kind of in-service training on teaching and learning of children with disabilities in inclusive classroom? Yes 1 No 2.

If yes, nature of the training

Duration

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Organizing agency

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28. Any suggestions for improving participation of SwDs in learning activities :-

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Thanking you for your valuable time, efforts and suggestions for providing information about teaching-learning of students with disabilities along with other students of your class through this questionnaire.

Department of Education of Groups with Special Needs (DEGSN)

National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT),

New Delhi-110016

Email: vinay.singh303@yahoo.com

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