Chapter 9.3
Students with Special Needs
Students who are Talented and Gifted
Diversity of Students with Special Needs
95% of 6-21 year old students with disabilities attend regular schools
Students with disabilities are provided special education and services
Exceptional learners include students with physical, mental, or emotional disabilities and students who are gifted and talented
LD: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and reasoning
Speech or Language Impairments: difficulty in communicating woth others
Intellectual Disability: limitation in cognitive ability
SED: social or emotional maladjustment
Hearing Impairment: permanent or fluctuating hearing loss in one or both ears
Orthopedic Impairments: conditions that affect locomotion or motor functions
Visual Impairments: vision loss that inhibits learning
Deaf-Blindness: vision and hearing disability
Autism and Other: Impaired communication and reciprical learning interactions
Ability to manipulate abstrat symbol systems
Power of concentration
Well-developed memory
Early language interest and development
Curiosity
Preference for independent work
Ability to generate original ideas
Accelerated programs/ Grade skipping
Special Education and Inclusion
Special Education: specifically designed education for children with disabilities
Education for All Handicapped Children Act (1975)
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (1990)
Self-Directed or Independent Study
Individual Education Programs
Alternative or Magnet Schools
Lily-ana Campbell and Carl Austin Stokley