Learners with Exceptionalities !

Learners with exceptionalities are individuals whose _____________ performance is so different from the norm- either higher or lower- that additional services are need to meet their needs.

• Physical

• Mental

• Physical, mental or Behavioral

A ________________ is a functional limitation a person has that inteferes with the person´s physical or cognitive abilities.

• Handicap

• Disability

A______________ is a condition imposed on a person with disabilities by society, the physical environment or the person´s attitude.

• Handicap

• Disability

People with______________have limitations in both intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior.

• Learning disabilities

• intellectual disabilities

Students with learning disabilities have some or all of the following characteristics:

• Overrreliance on peers and teachers for assignments, poor motor coordination, discrepancy between intelligence and performance.

• Normal intelligence or even giftedness, ADD, Hyperactivity, Difficulty solving problems.

• All of the above

• Immature social skills, specific disorders of memory, thinking or language.

Articulation and phonological disorders such as omissions, distortions, or substitution of sounds are examples of_____________

• language disorders

• speech disorders

Children who are intellectually gifted often have _____________ motivation.

• Strong

• Weak

What are Gifts and talents?

• Abilities at the upper end of the continuum that require additional support to reach full potential.

• Students who need special help and resources to reach their full potential.

• Functional limitations or an inability to perform a certain act.

What is Special Education?

• Culture-specific mental ability, heavily dependent on experience and schooling.

• The ability to acquire and use knowledge, solve problems and reason in the abstract, and adapt to new situations in the environment.

• The flexible, culture-free mental ability to adapt to new situations and acquire knowledge quickly.

• Instruction designed to meet the unique needs of students with exceptionalities.

The document that is designed to meet the unique educational needs of a student with a disability is an?

• IEP

• IDEA

• ADD

• ADA