What I thought I Knew
Teachers must be supportive, and understanding and be able to make accommodations or modifications when needed.
What are teachers' roles in providing special education?
1. Life Skills
2. Employment Skills
3. Self-determination Skills
What are the three essential skills for the transition to adulthood?
Higher risk of substance abuse
What are coexisting conditions?
Greater risk of depression, social rejection, suicidal thoughts, and loneliness
What are the social-emotional problems of those with disabilities?
1. Changing through processes
2. Providing methods of learning
3. Teaching self-initiative
What are the three components of cognitive therapy?
Researchers have made significant progress in developing a system for people who are blind.
What is an artificial vision?
Deficits in responsiveness, no smiling in social interactions, lack of eye contact, almost no interest in other people but are preoccupied with specific objects.
What are the impaired social interactions those with Autism face?
Not a recommendation as a primary means of navigation because it relies too much on the dependency of another person
What are human guides?
The likelihood of having a child with down syndrome increases with the mother's age.
What are prenatal causes?
Gets easily upset with sudden environmental changes, stereotyped motor/ verbal behaviors, rocking, flapping hands, twirling, and fascination with specific objects or topics
What are the repetitive/restricted behaviors of those with ASD?
1. Collaberative consultation
2. Co-teaching and other team arrangements
3. Curriculate instructional strategies
4. Accommodations and adaptations
What are the four methods schools should implement to aid students with disabilities and with their in-class participation?
Not all intellectual disabilities are genetically related or traceable to biological causes.
What are the causes of disabilities?
It should be given early in a child's life and should be utilized as soon as possible after the disability is detected
What are the essential things to remember about early intervention?
The use of instructional prompts, consequences for performance, and methods for the transfer of stimulus control
What is systematic instruction?
A deficiency in the communication between the frontal and occipital lobes, which has to do with executive functioning and perceptual processing
What is the neurological basis of autism spectrum disorders?