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Disability vs. Handicap
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An inability to do something vs.A disadvantage imposed on an individual - "handicapping situation"
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Inability vs. Disability
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Not every inability is a disability:1. it may be age appropriate2. it may be due to lack of instruction3. it may be due to lack of opportunity
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Universal Design
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Structures and features in our environment that are made for everyone to use. People with disabilities are taken into account.
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Curriculum Based Measures - Why are they better?
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Student's responses to to their usual instructional materials. Performance from student's curriculum. - It is less biased than standardized testing.
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What are the two major purposes of education?
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1. Academic Instruction2. Socialization
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What does it look like when special education works?
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The student will have improved achievement and behavior.
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Exceptional Learner
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One who requires special education and related services if they are to realize their full human potential.
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Primary goal of early intervention?
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To foster the natural parent - child relationship
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Supports
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Strategies and resources required for a person to participate in normal activities.
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Person Centered Planning
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Consumer driven model that encourages individuals to make their own decisions with respect to services. The supports work FOR the individual.
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Interindividual variation vs.Intraindividual variation
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Between studentsvs.within one student
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Early definition of Autism
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Individuals who had an extremely narrow range of personal relationships and restricted interactions with their environment
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Kanner
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Observed 11 children at Johns Hopkins University and found they could be distinguished from children who had schizophrenia. These were autistic.
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Asperger
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Observed 4 kids at a summer camp and found them to be similar to Kanner's cases, but less severe.
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Autism Spectrum Disorder
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1. significant deficits in social communication and interactions.2. restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviors, interests and activities3. present in early childhood
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