Group 1 Flashcards
Person-first language
introducing the person before the disability. ( person with autism vs autistic person)
impairement
Any loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological, or anatomical structure or function
Disability
A limitation by a loss or reduction of functioning. Limitations become disabilities when they interfere with a person’s attainment of his or her educational, social, or vocational potential
Handicap
Impairment and disability that gives a person an occupational, social, and educational disadvantage.
Special Education
Instruction designed to meet the unique needs of students with exceptionalities
A special education is only appropriate when
A pupils needs cant be accommodated in a general education program.
Three fundamental concepts of special education
Special education services |Related services |Supplementary aids and services
Special education services
Free specially designed instruction to meet the needs of identified students
Related services
Assistance required to enable students to benefit from special education. (Special transportation, speech therapy)
supplementary aids and services
Additional supports to enable students with disabilities to be educated with their non disabled peers to the maximum extent appropriate. (preferential seating, access to technology)
IDEA’s 13 categories of disability
Autism |Deaf-blindness |Developmental delay |Emotional disturbance |Hearing impairments|Intellectual disability |Multiple disabilities |Orthopedic impairment|Other health impairment |Specific learning disabilities |Speech or language impairment |Traumatic brain injury |Visual impairment
Incidence
The number or rate of new cases of a particular condition during a specific time.
Prevalence
the percentage of a population displaying a disorder during any specified period.
