Diversity & Disabilities Flashcards
Developmental Disability
Developmental disability is a diverse group of chronic conditions that are due to mental or physical impairments
Multiple Intelligences
The theory of multiple intelligences is a theory of intelligence that differentiates it into specific ‘modalities’, rather than seeing intelligence as dominated by a single general ability
Global developmental delay
Global developmental delay is an umbrella term used when children are significantly delayed in their cognitive and physical development
Intellegience
Intelligence has been defined in many different ways including as one’s capacity for logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, planning, creativity and problem solving
culturally responsive pedagogy
Culturally relevant or responsive teaching is a pedagogy grounded in teachers’ displaying cultural competence: skill at teaching in a cross-cultural or multicultural setting
Code Switching
In linguistics, code-switching occurs when a speaker alternates between two or more languages, or language varieties, in the context of a single conversation
Phonological levels
Phonology is a branch of linguistics concerned with the systematic organization of sounds in languages
Dysgraphia
Dysgraphia is a deficiency in the ability to write, primarily handwriting, but also coherence
Distraction
Distraction is the process of diverting the attention of an individual or group from the desired area of focus and thereby blocking or diminishing the reception of desired information
articulation
In music, articulation refers to the direction or performance technique which affects the transition or continuity on a single note or between multiple notes or sounds
Dyscalculia
Dyscalculia is difficulty in learning or comprehending arithmetic, such as difficulty in understanding numbers, learning how to manipulate numbers, and learning facts in mathematics
Suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one’s own death
