Intellectual Disabilities
Is IQ higher, average, or lower when someone is diagnosed with an intellectual disability?
lower
Tourette's is a condition involving your _____ system
nervous system
three
Tourette's can be co-occurring with _____ disability
ADHD
Delays in language or motor skills may be seen by age _____
two
What are the two types of tics someone with Tourette's can experience
Motor or Vocal
How does evaluation for ADHD usually start
through a primary care physician
Which two disabilities are neurodevelopmental disorders in children
Intellectual Disability
Tourette's
On the IQ test, someone with an intellectual disability must score below ______.
75 or 70 on the IQ test
How is someone diagnosed
Based on symptoms that must have lasted at least one year
What is the test that guides ADHD diagnosis in children 4-17 years old
DSM-V
Name the similarity between Intellectual Disabilities and ADHD
Attention problems occur in academic or school settings
Name 3 supports for this disability
Changing their learning enviornment
Modifying academic track
Word processor
Calculators
Books on tape
Apps available for computer, tablet, and smartphones
Name 3 common motor or vocal tics
Motor - eye blinking, head jerking, shoulder shrugging, eye darting, nose twitching, mouth movements
Vocal - grunting, coughing, troat clearing, barking, humming
Since those with ADHD have higher levels of stimulation so things like ____ or ___ can be exciting
software of apps
What do all three disabilities have in common?
Symptoms begin appearing in childhood
Students with learning disabilities have difficulties with? Name 1-2 (6 shown on presentation)
Problem-solving
Creativity
Langauge skills
Focus and attention
Memory
Low tolerance for things
Co-occurring conditions may include
OCD and/or ADHD
Does the internet help or hinder students learning ... give an example
It can help and hinder students learning
- hypertext mimics the distractibility of the mind
- could be prone to get lost and distracted among all the links
Pick any of the 3 disabilities we discussed ... What is the difference between children and adults? What is a way it is similar or different between another disability?
Answers will vary