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edci 2700

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

EDCI 2700 Summer 2014

PAM NUNNALLY
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least restrictive environment

IS BASED ON THE STUDENT'S NEEDS NOT THEIR DISABILITY
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universal design for learning

building a curriculum that is accessible to all students
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Down syndrome

instances increase with the mother's age
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family systems approach

what happens to one family member affects all family members
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specific learning disability

represents 41% of all students receiving special education services
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including: dyslexia, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction

in most cases, the cause of the learning disability cannot be determined 

speech or language impairment

meaning a communication disorder
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speech impairment: articulation, fluency, voice

LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT: SPEAKING, WRITING, LISTENING, READING
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intellectual disabilities

significant limitations in both intellectual and adaptive functioning

there is no certain cause in at least 50% of cases

Rosa's Law changed the term to be used in the future revisions of IDEA to intellectual disability
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emotional disturbance

includes anxiety, eating, obsessive-compulsive and psychotic disorders
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According to the CDC , approximately 8.3 million children (14.5%) aged 4–17 years have parents who’ve talked with a health care provider or school staff about the child’s emotional or behavioral difficulties. Nearly 2.9 million children have been prescribed medication for these difficulties.

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autism

affects verbal and nonverbal communications, and social interactions

ASD affects approximately 1 in 68 children

The most common ASD is Asperger's Syndrome
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other health impairment

chronic or acute health problems that affect the child's education

includes asthma, ADHD/ADD, epilepsy, leukemia and more
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hearing impairment

impairment in hearing that may be permanent or fluctuating

may have difficulties in activities that are related to communication

these students may use a combination of lip reading, sign language and AT
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deafness

impairment in processing linguistic information through hearing
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most people who are deaf have normal cognitive and intellectual abilities

it was believed, for many years, that they had "inferior" thinking
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visual impairment including blindness

includes both partial sight and blindness (even with correction)
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educational definitions are based on if the student reads print or braille

most cases of visual impairment are congenital

deaf-blindness

simultaneous hearing and visual impairments
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about 50% of the deaf-blind community have usher syndrome

people who are deaf-blind have varying degrees of deafness & vision loss

orthopedic impairment

includes: Spina bifida, scoliosis, cerebral palsy, and muscular dystrophy

usually need physical accommodations or ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES

traumatic brain injury

caused by an external physical force 
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results in total or partial functional disability or impairment

may affect 1 or more: cognition, language, memory, motor abilities, etc.

multiple disabilities

simultaneous impairments (not including deaf-blindness)
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students with multiple disabilities may benefit from Assistive Technologies

they also benefit greatly from the social interaction with their peers
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