Draft talk:Culminating Project: Developing a Classroom Resource Wiki.
Federal Disability Term | Alternative Term | Description |
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Specific Learning Disability | SLD | A disorder related to processing information that leads to difficulties in reading, writing, and computing; the most common disability, accounting for half of all students receiving special education |
Autism | ASD | A spectrum disorder including criteria that specifies impairments with social interaction and communication. This also includes patterns of behaviors that are characterized as restricted, repetitive, and even stereotyped. Characteristics include withdrawn behaviors, anxious behaviors, depression, and/or severe problems with mood of feelings of self-worth. |
Deaf-blindness | This is a combination of vision and hearing loss or impairment. The criteria for hearing impairment, visual impairment, and dead blindness are consistent. | |
Emotional Disturbance | ED | A disorder related to serious problems that are present for over a long period of time (usualy 6 months) that is rated by scales and observation. |
Hearing Impairment | A disorder related to serious problems that are present for over a long period of time (usualy 6 months) that is rated by scales and observation. | |
Intellectual Diability | A disability characterized by sub average intellectual and adaptive functioning. There are three states including mild, moderate, and severe intellectual disabilities. | |
Multiple Disabilities | A combination of disabilities that differ with the level of severity, which causes impairments resulting in severe educational needs, movement, and even hearing or vision. | |
Othorpedic Impairment | This is any condition or damage to the musculoskeletal system including ligaments, joints, bones, tendons, and muscles. This impairment is caused by congenital anomalies, disease, or other causes. | |
Other Health Impairment | OHI | This disability includes chronic or acute health problems that results in limited strength, vitality, and limited or heightened alertness to the surrounding environment. |
Speech or language impairment | SLI | Several types of communication disorders that affect different aspects of language including fluency, voice, language, and articulation. |
Traumatic Brain Injury | TBI | An injury that affects the brain functioning. This can be a major cause of death and disability in the US. Brain dysfunction caused by an outside force usually to the head. |
Visual Impairment | Low-incidence disabilities | Defined by visual acuity and visual field describing any kind of vision loss not just blindness. Criteria varies between visual impairment and visual field. |
Developmental Delay | DD | A significant delay in one or more areas including physical/motor, cognitive,
communication, social/emotional, or adaptive development. This requires special education and related services affecting the educational performance of a student. The progression of the student is slow, stops, or reverses.|- |
Deafness | This condition happens when a person cannot understand speech through their hearing, even when sound is amplified. Profound deafness is
complete total lack of hearing, which makes a person not able to detect sound at all. |
Individualized Education Program (IEP) and Collaboration
editPositive Behavior Supports, Differentiated Instruction, and Assistive Technology
edit· Roles and skill sets of special education teachers
· Essential factors that contribute to a positive learning environment
· Common techniques and approaches used in positive behavior supports
· Evidence-based instructional interventions
· Accommodations and modifications for exceptional students
· Assistive technology tools and resources, and their purposes Shanahawkins (talk) 19:32, 13 June 2024 (UTC)