ID Review

What is IDEA's definition of Intellectual Disability?

• significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning, existing concurrently [at the same time] with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period

• a disability that affects the acquisition of knowledge and skills, in particular any of various neurodevelopmental conditions affecting intellectual processes, educational attainment, and the acquisition of skills needed for independent living and social functioning

• when a person has certain limitations in cognitive functioning and skills, including conceptual, social and practical skills, such as language, social and self-care skills

• neurodevelopmental deficits characterized by limitations in intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior

Match the following characteristics to the correct category they fall under.

Groups:

(a) Intelligence-Related

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(b) Adaptive Behaviors

• slower social development

• delayed or slowed learning

• problems with judgment and critical thinking

• slower learning of self-care activities

• trouble using problem-solving

• slower development of communication skills

• difficulty understanding social boundaries

• difficulties with reasoning and logic

• slowed reading speed

• difficulty focusing/distractibility

Name one of the three teaching strategies we discussed works well for students with ID.

What are possible accommodations for students with ID?

In the court case EEOC v. Walmart, Walmart was found in violation of which of the following?

• IDEA

• ADA

• EAHCA

• ESEA