Study Guide for Final
Identify and define the categories of students that have exceptionalities.
|Autism-means a developmental disability |Multiple disabilities-means concomitant [simultaneous] impairments (such as intellectual disability-blindness, |
|significantly affecting verbal and |intellectual disability-orthopedic impairment, etc.), the combination of which causes such severe educational needs |
|nonverbal communication and social |that they cannot be accommodated in a special education program solely for one of the impairments. The term does not |
|interaction, generally evident before age |include deaf-blindness. …show more content…
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|Emotional disturbance (SED): means a | |
|condition exhibiting one or more of the | |
|following characteristics over a long | |
|period of time and to a marked degree | |
|that adversely affects a child’s | …show more content…
Use graphic organizers to structure writing projects, to help in problem solving, decision making, studying, planning research and brainstorming. Select a Graphic Organizer from the following list of links.
Instructional Technology -Technology can be the great equalizer in a classroom with diverse learners. Whereas teachers can find it difficult to differentiate instruction for 30+ students in one class, all with different needs and abilities, “assistive technology” (devices and software to assist students with disabilities) can often help teachers personalize lessons and skills enhancement to each child.
Mnemonic instruction -Mnemonic instruction is a set of strategies designed to help students improve their memory of new information. Mnemonics instruction links new information to prior knowledge through the use of visual and/or acoustic cues. These strategies have been proven effective with students at a wide range of ability levels (gifted, normally achieving, and those with mild and moderate disabilities) and at all grade levels. Mnemonics are particularly helpful in teaching students with disabilities who have difficulty recalling verbal and content-area information, as they are effective with any type of verbal