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Teaching and assessment strategies especially designed to accommodate a student’s needs so he or she can achieve the learning outcomes of the subject or course and to demonstrate mastery of concepts.
What are adaptations?
Significant impairment related to inattention and/or hyperactivity and impulsivity.
What is ADHD?
A provincial mental health facility, psychiatric unit or observation unit.
What is a designated facility?
An on-going group of people who have a formal role to play as a problem-solving unit in assisting classroom teachers to develop and implement instructional and/or management strategies
What is a school-based team?
Refers to thoughts and ideas associated with suicide.
What is suicidal ideation?
Is adaptive, realistic, and oriented toward the present.
What is fear?
A term used to describe a feeling of sadness, irritability, or loss of interest in activities that the person has typically enjoyed.
What is depression?
Characterized by symptoms ranging from feelings of sadness and anxiety to demonstrations of irritability and anger, and follows exposure to an extreme stressor.
What is post-traumatic stress disorder?
Associated with difficulties in self-regulation of emotions and behaviour.
What is disruptive behaviour?
Is a negative emotional state characterized by the worry, fear, and bodily reactions related to thoughts of an actual or potential event, object, or situation.
What is anxiety?
A significant behavioural or psychological syndrome or behaviour pattern that related to a very specific group of behaviours, emotions, and impairments.
What is a mental disorder?
A disorder characterized by dramatic swings in mood, ranging from periods of elation to periods of sadness.
What is bipolar disorder?
A process in which people work together to solve a common problem or address a common concern.
What is collaborative consultation?
A disorder where a person loses the ability to recall important personal information that is typically remembered easily.
What is dissociative amnesia?
Used to refer to ideas, thoughts, and acts associated with intentionally taking one’s own life.
What is suicidal behaviour?