Exceptional Children and Youth. Chapter 1

The label used to describe the range of students who receive special education services in school.

A limitation, such as difficulty learning to read or inability to see.

The limitations imposed by the environment of a person with a disability or by people's attitudes toward disability.

Language that describes the person first, then the disability.

A comprehensive set of services provided to children from birth to 3 years and their families designed to minimize the effects of risk status or disability.

The educational program designed to meet the unique learning and developmental needs of exceptional students.

Early 19th. century French physician who attempted to teach the "wild boy of Aveyron" to talk.

19th century teacher and advocate for children with mental retardation.

Early 20th century Italian physician, teacher, and advocate of children with developmental disabilities; developed method of teaching used with typically developing children today.

19th century educator and advocate for people with disabilities.

Teacher and campanion of Helen Keller.

An emphasis on conventional or normal behavior and attitudes in all aspects of education, socialization, and other life experiences for people with disabilities.

The movement away from housing people with mental retardation in residential institutions and toward integrating them more fully into the community.

The setting that allows each child to be educated with his or her nondisabled peers to maximum extent appropriate.

The provision of services to students with disabilities in the general education classroom.