The Study of Exceptional Learners

The study of both differences and similarities.

An inability to do something, a diminished capacity to perform in a specific way (impairment).

A disadvantage imposed on an individual.

The percentage of a population or number of individuals having a particular exceptionality.

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Injury to the brain resulting in total or partial disability or psychosocial maladjustment that affects educational performance.

Specifically designed instruction that meets the unusual needs of an exceptional student and that requires special materials, teaching techniques, equipments and/or facilities.

Intellectual Disabilities

The newer term for "mental retardation"; a disability in intelligence and adaptive behavior.

Emotional or Behavioral Disorders

the terminology proposed by the National Mental Health and Special Education Coalition to replace the federal terminology, "emotional disturbance".

Emotional Disturbance

The term used in federal special education laws and regulations for problematic behavior that interferes with education; the federal term used to indicate the problems of emotionally disturbed students.

Deinstitutionalization

A social movement starting in the 1960s whereby large amounts of people with intellectual disabilities and/or mental illness were moved from large institutions to smaller community homes and family members.

Education for All Handicapped Children Act

Known as PL 94-142. Created in 1975 and now known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

Replaced PL 94-142 and was enacted in 1990. Requires that to receive finds under the act, every school system in the nation must provide a free, appropriate public education for every child 3-21 years old regardless of disability.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Civil rights legislation for persons with disabilities ensuring nondiscrimination on a broad range of activities.

An accumulation of fluid around the brain that can cause mental or physical disabilities if not corrected.

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Study Stack Ch 1

Term	Definition
The Study of Exceptional Learners	The study of both differences and similarities.
Disability	An inability to do something, a diminished capacity to perform in a specific way (impairment).
Handicap	A disadvantage imposed on an individual.
Prevalence	The percentage of a population or number of individuals having a particular exceptionality.
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)	Injury to the brain resulting in total or partial disability or psychosocial maladjustment that affects educational performance.
Special Education	Specifically designed instruction that meets the unusual needs of an exceptional student and that requires special materials, teaching techniques, equipments and/or facilities.
Intellectual Disabilities	The newer term for "mental retardation"; a disability in intelligence and adaptive behavior.
Emotional or Behavioral Disorders	the terminology proposed by the National Mental Health and Special Education Coalition to replace the federal terminology, "emotional disturbance".
Emotional Disturbance	The term used in federal special education laws and regulations for problematic behavior that interferes with education; the federal term used to indicate the problems of emotionally disturbed students.
Deinstitutionalization	A social movement starting in the 1960s whereby large amounts of people with intellectual disabilities and/or mental illness were moved from large institutions to smaller community homes and family members.
Education for All Handicapped Children Act	Known as PL 94-142. Created in 1975 and now known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)	Replaced PL 94-142 and was enacted in 1990. Requires that to receive finds under the act, every school system in the nation must provide a free, appropriate public education for every child 3-21 years old regardless of disability.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA)	The reauthorized IDEA in 2004.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)	Civil rights legislation for persons with disabilities ensuring nondiscrimination on a broad range of activities.
Hydrocephalus	An accumulation of fluid around the brain that can cause mental or physical disabilities if not corrected.

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