SED 235: Exceptionalities in General Ed Classrooms

Unlike most folks people her age (or older), Chelsea Dock has performed on the piano at Madison Square Garden, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Chelsea is only twelve years old; she started performing at the age of six. She, her father, and an expert take us inside the lives of child prodigies. We hear from Chelsea; her father, Warren Dock; and Donna Ford, professor of education at Vanderbilt University, where she studies gifted African-American and minority children.

Commentator Howard Markel, a Michigan pediatrician, talks about drugs such as Ritalin that are used to treat children who have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

The textbook description of schizophrenia is a listing of symptoms: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech and behavior. But what does schizophrenia really feel like? NPR's Joanne Silberner reports on a virtual reality experience that simulates common symptoms of the mental illness. Hear and see samples of one of the simulations.