Characteristics/Medical
What is intellectual disability according to the EdCode?
"What is intellectual disability? According to the EdCode means significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning, existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior, and manifested during the developmental period, that adversely affects a child's educational performance. (34 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Sec. 300.8(c)(6))".
Who is a student with significant cognitive disability?
"Who is a student with school records indicating a disability or multiple disabilities that significantly impact intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior"
In what settings do adaptive skills need to be encouraged and practiced?
"What are home and school."
What can poor behaviors lead to?
"What is maladaptive behavior and social isolation."
What type of support is provided to a child with an intellectual disability?
"What is support such as
Intermittent: Occasional support needed
Limited: Support such as a day program in a sheltered workshop
Extensive: Daily, ongoing support
Pervasive: High level of support for all activities of daily living, possibly including extensive nursing care ."
What is Rosa's Law?
"What is the law removes the terms "mental retardation" and "mentally retarded" from federal health, education and labor policy and replaces them with people first language “individual with an intellectual disability” and “intellectual disability.”
What does an IQ test not determine?
"What does it not determine the significant cognitive disability rather the holistic understanding of the student is required".
What is a social skill that needs to improve?
"What is communicating with others."
"What is taking care of personal needs (dressing, bathing, going to the bathroom)."
"What is health and safety."
"What is home living (helping to set the table, cleaning the house, or cooking dinner)."
"What is difficulty understanding and following simple instructions."
What is a behavioral strategy?
"What is praise often."
"What is be consistent."
"What is establish a calm-structured classroom."
"What is communicate with family."
"What is provide a time out option."
"What is have classroom rules and procedures clearly posted."
"What is constantly recognize student achievement."
"What is be firm but fair."
What are the severity levels of intellectual disability?
"What is Mild, Moderate, Severe, Profound."
What is the education code say regarding intellectual disability?
"What is significantly sub average general intellectual functioning, existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior, and manifested during the developmental period, that adversely affects a child's educational performance. (34 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Sec. 300.8(c)(6))". California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress Office
What are the skills that the student with intellectual disability will be lacking?
"What are conceptual skills, social skills, and practical skills".
What is a communication adaptive skill that could be improved?
"What is difficulty understanding age-appropriate jokes and sarcasm."
"What is social skills (manners, knowing the rules of conversation, getting along in a group, playing a game)."
"What is difficulty grasping social conventions."
What type of misbehavior is likely to happen with a child who is intellectually disabled?
"What is explosive outbursts, temper tantrums, and physically aggressive or self-injurious behavior, impaired ability to communicate and control impulses."
What are the adaptive technologies for students with intellectual disabilities?
"What is software design to facilitate learning for student with intellectual disabilities."
What are the medical and physical challenges of intellectual disability?
"What are orthopedic impairment, hearing impaired, cerebral palsy, speech and language problems, vision impairment or heart conditions, seizure disorder or genetic condition (e.g., trisomy 21) or environmental factor."
"What is the California Alternate Assessments"
What is an adaptive communication skill that needs to be improved in the school setting?
"What is very messy handwriting."
"What is significant difficulty in spelling."
"What is struggles to express ideas in writing."
"What is transposes math symbols and numbers."
"What is lacks coordination in walking and sports."
"What is difficulty cutting out shapes in paper or holding a pencil."
"What is frequently loses or misplaces personal items."
"What is trouble comprehending conceptual time (i.e. yesterday, today, tomorrow)."
"What is as the person gets older, skills that will help them in the workplace."
What type of unsafe behavior could an older child with an intellectual disability be involved in?
"What is a child may be gullible and easily taken advantage of or led into minor misbehavior."
What is task analysis- outline the schedule or steps of how a task needs to be completed and post visibly for the student to follow directions."
How does the DSM-V define as an intellectual disability?
"What does DSM-V define as an intellectual disability, to meet diagnostic criteria for intellectual disability, the deficits in adaptive functioning must be directly related to the intellectual impairments".
What is the difference in using the English Language Arts and Mathematics California Alternate Assessments and the Science California Alternate Assessment?
"What is the delivery method of each tests either computerized test versus the teacher delivers the test".
What are specific frustrating situations due to?
"What are impaired abilities to communicate and control impulses?"
What are strategies for teaching a student with intellectual disabilities?
What is teach one concept or activity component at a time."
What is teach one step at a time to help support memorization and sequencing."
What is teach students in small groups, or one-on-one, if possible."
What is always provide multiple opportunities to practice skills in a number of different settings."
What is use physical and verbal prompting to guide correct responses, and provide specific verbal praise to reinforce these responses."