Physical Disabilities - Answers limits gross mobility and prevents normal body movement
Ex: Muscular Dystrophy (weakened muscles over time)
When a physical disability does not affect the students' academic success... IEP or 504?
When a physical disability is present with other disability or affects academic performance... IEP or 504?
- Answers 504 Plan
IEP
What disability category does dyslexia fall under? - Answers SLD
Affects of Dyslexia - Answers -permanent
-reading fluency and comprehension
-also affects math and spelling
-phonemic awareness and decoding
Affects of Dysgraphia - Answers -holding pencils
-writing letters
-distinguishing shapes
-reading maps
-copying text
-understanding spelling rules
Autism Behaviors - Answers -inability to understand facial expressions
-inability to express appropriate body language or facial expressions
-stereotypic body movements/repetitive behaviors
-insistence on routine
-disinterest in interaction with others
-echolalia
, -hypersensitivity to touch
-extreme interests
Hearing loss affects... - Answers -listening
-speaking
-reading
-social skills
-delayed speech (sometimes)
Children with hearing loss may have difficulties with: - Answers -abstract vocab
-omit articles (a, an)
-speaking and understanding sentences
-difficulty with including word endings (-ing, -s)
-omit sounds like p, sh, or f
Hearing loss intervention - Answers sign language
receptive language disorder - Answers Difficulty following directions, understanding verbal information,
and answering Qs
NOT EXCLUSIVELY A LEARNING DISABILITY
emotional disturbance - Answers difficulties maintaining appropriate relationships
inappropriate behaviors
depression/unhappiness
Early characteristics of SLD - Answers a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes
involved in *understanding or in using language, spoken or written, that may manifest itself in the
imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or to do mathematical calculations*
Instructional strategies for SLD - Answers -direct instruction (teacher driven instruction)
-learning strategy instruction (using different tools and techniques; chunking, sequencing and small
group)