Causes of Intellectual Disabilities
Qualifying for IDEA
Prevent Stereotyping & Labeling
Understanding Levels
Defining Terms
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Relating to the natural world and the impact of human activity on its condition; relating to or arising from a person's surroundings.
What is environmental risk or cause.
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Two present components necessary for a child to be eligible for special education under IDEA.
What is have a disability and be in need of special services? If a child does have a disability but does not qualify for special services, they will not qualify under IDEA.
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You can prevent stereotyping and labeling by avoiding pointing out those with a disability (in other words, do not raise them up above other students). This is known as...
What is putting someone with a disability on a pedestal? Some labels are helpful to communicate with other educators and classify students according to their disability. However, this does not mean every person in a category is the same.
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This category includes minimal communication, lack of ability to perform all necessary daily tasks, and inability to live an independent life. Only 3-4% of ID people fall into this category. An IQ ranging from 20 to 34.
What is Severe Intellectual Disability?
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One or more standard deviations below the mean.
What is Sub-average Intellectual Functioning?
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An unusual feature, placement, or characteristic within the genes.
What is a chromosomal abnormality?
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The beginning step in deciding whether a student has a disability.
What is proper evaluation with parent consent?
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You can prevent stereotyping and labeling by avoiding feeling sorry for people with disabilities. This is known as...
What is avoiding pity and assuming those with disabilities are dependent.
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This level has fair communication skills, in ability to perform some daily tasks, difficulty in social situations, and can live independently but need guidance. About 10% of ID people fall into this category. An IQ ranging from 35 to 49.
What is Moderate Intellectual Disability?
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The collection of conceptual, social, and practical skills that all people learn in order to function in their daily lives.
What is Adaptive Behavior? Each person will need to learn different adaptive behaviors. For example, if an individual is blind, they will need to adapt by learning Braille. If an individual only has one arm, they will need to adapt by learning how to maneuver objects (such as a fishing pole/reel or driving a car).
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The process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth; providing the nourishment necessary. When this is abnormal (usually at birth), ID can occur.
What is Nutrition?
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An evaluation tests these areas of the child's abilities.
What is health, vision and hearing, social and emotional status, general intelligence, academic performance, communicative status, and motor abilities.
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Prevent stereotyping and labeling by avoiding the phrases such as "the blind man was good at art." This is known as...
What is defining a person because of their disability, or giving credit for talents because of a disability.
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This level requires around the clock attention and support, can have severely limited communication, and often times have physical limitations. About 1-2% of ID individuals fall in this category. An IQ below 20.
What is Profound Intellectual Disability?
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This is a disability characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior, which covers many everyday social and practical skills.
What is an Intellectual Disability?
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A deeply distressing or disturbing experience (usually at birth, but can occur at any time during life).
What is Trauma?
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In this year, parents legally became a part of the group that determines their child's eligibility for special aid.
What is 1997. This was through the IDEA Amendments of 1997.
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Prevent stereotyping and labeling by using respect; an example is asking before you try to ...
What is help? Ask if the person needs assistance before assuming that they do. If they say no, do not insist. If they say yes, ask how you can be of assistance.
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An example of this category is someone who can read , but has difficulty understanding what he or she reads. This category contains about 85% of people with ID. IQ ranges from 50 to 70.
What is Mild Intellectual Disability?
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This term is no longer used. Instead, we use the term Intellectually Disabled.
What is mental retardation?
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A cause not described or made clear.
What is unexplained or unknown?
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When evaluating a child for qualification of a disability under IDEA, these people must make up the evaluating group.
What is a regular education teacher, someone qualified to conduct individual diagnostic exams of children (psychologist) , and a speech/language pathologist (or remedial reading teacher).
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Instead of speaking to the person accompanying the individual with a disability, speak _________ to avoid labeling and stereotypes.
What is directly to the person with the disability.
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Most people classified with intellectual disabilities fall into this level of severity.
What is Mild Intellectual Disability?
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This is what will take place after a student is determined eligible for services under IDEA. A plan is developed to make sure the student with a disability is given the services they need, under the law.
What is an IEP or Individualized Educational Plan?
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