Special Education

What is Special Education?

• Special Education is education designed to give students with a disability an advantage over other students without a disability.

• Special Education is similar to general education with the difference that in special education, students are given easier assessments to help them perform better than others.

• Special Education is specially designed education created to help meet the needs of students with a disability.

Students with a disability learn better outside the general education classroom.

• True

• False

Teaching students with a disability means that teachers must create different lesson plans and different assessments.

• True

• False

Which of the following is true about disabilities and special education?

• A student who has a disability should automatically receive special education.

• A student who has a disability and whose impairment hinders his/her academic performance should be eligible for special education.

• A student who has a disability can not perform the same as other students in the general classroom.

What does ADHD stand for?

• Attention Hyperactivity Disorder

• Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

• Attention-Deficit Hyper-focused Disorder

Which of the following statements is true?

• ADHD is a learning disability.

• ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder.

Individuals with ADHD have an immature prefrontal lobe. The prefrontal lobe is responsible for the following EXCEPT:

• Organization

• Decision Making

• Mood Regulation

• Language processing

TRUE or FALSE: Students with ADHD are often forgetful and lack organization skills.

• True

• False

TRUE or False: Students with dyslexia see letters and numbers backwards.

• True

• False

A student who struggles to tell time and do mathematical calculations may be diagnosed with: __________

• Dyscalculia

• Dyslexia