English for Special Needs Education

Accommodations refer to the changes to the delivery of instruction and not the change of content

• True

• False

Select all that apply: What are some disabilities you might see in the classroom?

• Speech and Language

• Learning Disabilities

• Visual Impairments and Hearing Impairments

• Autism

• Physical Impairments and Emotional Behavioral

In all states, students with ADHD will automatically qualify for special education.

• True

• False

Difficulties in specific cognitive processes(e.g., in perception, language, or memory) that cannot be attributed to such other disabilities as mental retardation, emotional or behavioral disorders, or sensory impairments

• ADHD
• learning disability 
• ADD
• cognitive

Disorder marked by either or both of these characteristics: (a) difficulty focusing and maintaining attention and/or (b) frequent hyperactive and impulsive behavior

• schema
• learning disability 
• Attention-deficithyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• dissonance

Difficulties in specific cognitive processes(e.g., in perception, language, or memory) that cannot be attributed to such other disabilities as mental retardation, emotional or behavioral disorders, or sensory impairments

• schema
• learning disability 
• cognitive 
• concrete

Impairments in spoken language (e.g.,mispronunciations of certain sounds,stuttering, or abnormal syntactical patterns) or in language comprehension that significantly interfere with classroom performance

• Speech andcommunicationdisorders
• learning disability 
• ADHD
• cognitive

Emotional states and behaviors that are present over a substantial period of time and significantly disrupt academic learning and performance

• Speech andcommunicationdisorders
• learning disability 
• Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
• cognitive

Disorders marked by impaired social cognition, social skills, and social interaction, as well as repetition of certain idiosyncratic behaviors; milder forms (e.g., Asperger syndrome) associated with normal development in other domains,extreme forms associated with delayedcognitive and linguistic development and highly unusual behaviors

• Speech andcommunicationdisorders
• learning disability 
• Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
• Autism Spectrum Disorders

Significantly below-average general intelligence and deficits in adaptivebehavior (i.e., in practical and socialintelligence)

• Speech andcommunicationdisorders
• Mental Retardation
• Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
• Autism Spectrum Disorders