Vocabulary
A condition that can be overlooked and that is characterized by advanced reading abilities and significant difficulties in comprehending what they have read, using expressive language and socializing with others
What is hyperlexia?
A process for planning units of instruction and individual lessons by which you first determine the assessments you will use to evaluate your students' learning
What is backward design?
Technology that is battery operated or have some basic circuitry and include portable word processors, handheld voice recorders, reading devices and smartpens.
What is Mid Technology Devices?
Provides related services to students with learning, behavioral, emotional, physical, health or sensory disabilities.
What is Special Education?
Hard time processing nonverbal, visual-spatial information and immunizations
What is nonverbal learning disabilities?
Breaking down comments and concepts that students do not understand or tasks that students have difficulty performing into smaller components that promote understanding or mastery
What is scaffolding?
Inexpensive, non-electric, easy to use, readily available and homemade.
What is Low Technology Devices?
A philosophy that brings diverse students, families, educators and community members together to create schools and other social institutions based on acceptance, belonging, and community.
What is Inclusion?
Communication disorder: stuttering, impaired articulation, etc
What is Speech and language impairment ?
Cooperative learning strategy that helps students reflect on and master content
What is Think-Pair-Share?
Sophisticated electronics, highly costly, commercially produced and need training to use.
What is high technology devices?
Requires schools to educate students with disabilities much as possible with their peers who do not have disabilities.
What is Least Restrictive Environment?
A broad continuum of cognitive and neurodevelopmental conditions
What is autism spectrum disorder?
Promotes learning by giving students extra information and teaching on the task or content and what students need to do to enhance their learning
What is instructive feedback?
Technology that allows a student to listen to a story while they follow along.
What is audiobooks?
Individually tailored education for each student
What is an IEP?
An impairment in vision that even with correction , adversely affects educational performance
What is a student with visual disability?
One student tutors and assists another in learning a new skill
What is peer tutoring?
Any item, piece of equipment, or product system; that is used to increase, maintain or improve the functional capabilities of an individual with disabilities
What is an assistive technology device?
Composed of professionals and family members, with the student when appropriate, makes important decisions, concerning a child's education.
What is a multidisciplinary team?