Group 12 Flashcards
functional curriculum
a curriculum that emphasizes practical life skills rather than academic skills
Standards-based curriculum
Aligns learning objectives with the general education curriculum in addition to targeting daily living skills
Community-based instruction
Instruction occurs in natural settings to overcome issues with generalization
INCLUDE methodology
Identify classroom demands |Note student learning strengths&weak|Check for potential areas of success|Look for potential problem areas |Use info to brainstorm differentiation |Differentiate instruction |Evaluate student progress
sheltered workshop
Receive limited training in job skills and have limited exposure to co-workers without disabilities
supported employment
Intensive job skills training and supports
Specific learning disabilities
A disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or using language
Discrepancy model
Explains how IQ could vary from academic performance
Exclusionary clause
A learning disability can’t be she primarily to sensory impairments, intellectual disability, emotional problem, environmental, cultural, or economic disadvantage
4 main causes of learning disabilities
Acquired trauma|Genetic influences |Biochemical abnormalities |Environmental possibilities
Characteristics of learning disability
Attention |Hyperactivity|Information-processing |Lack of cognitive strategies|Memory|Oral language|Gross and fine motor skills|Psychological processing |Reading|Social/emotional |Written language
A learning disability does not exist
Without significant impairments in academic achievement
Achievement tests
Measure overall academic achievement
Achievement tests used for discrepancy
Iowa Test of Basic Skills|Stanford achievement test |Woodcock-Johnson III tests of achievement |Wechsler individual achievement test III
Cognitive ability/intelligence test
Measure assumed ability
