is an inability to do something as a result of a specific impairment

is a disadvantage imposed on an individual

refers to the percentage of a population or number of individuals having a particular exceptionality

Traumatic brain injury (TBI)

Injury to the brain (not including conditions present at birth, birth trauma, or degenerative diseases or conditions) resulting in total or partial disability or psychosocial maladjustment that affects educational performance; may affect cognition, langua

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

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 or behavioral disorders

The terminology proposed by the National Mental Health and Special Education Coalition to replace the federal terminology “emotional disturbance.”

Individualized instruction

in which the child’s characteristics, rather than prescribed academic content, provide the basis for teaching techniques

Deinstitutionalization

A social movement starting in the 1960s whereby large numbers of persons with intellectual disabilities and/or mental illness are moved from large mental institutions into smaller community homes or into the homes of their families; recognized as a major

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Chapter 1

Exceptional Learners

Term	Definition
Disability	is an inability to do something as a result of a specific impairment
handicap	is a disadvantage imposed on an individual
Prevalence	refers to the percentage of a population or number of individuals having a particular exceptionality
Traumatic brain injury (TBI)	Injury to the brain (not including conditions present at birth, birth trauma, or degenerative diseases or conditions) resulting in total or partial disability or psychosocial maladjustment that affects educational performance; may affect cognition, langua
Special Education	designed instruction that meets the unusual needs of an exceptional student and that requires special materials, teaching techniques, equipment, and/or facilities.
The newer term for “mental retardation”; a disability in intelligence and adaptive behavior.	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 or behavioral disorders	The terminology proposed by the National Mental Health and Special Education Coalition to replace the federal terminology “emotional disturbance.”
Individualized instruction	in which the child’s characteristics, rather than prescribed academic content, provide the basis for teaching techniques
Deinstitutionalization	A social movement starting in the 1960s whereby large numbers of persons with intellectual disabilities and/or mental illness are moved from large mental institutions into smaller community homes or into the homes of their families; recognized as a major

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