First used in 1963 this term describes a condition giving rise to difficulties in acquiring knowledge and skills to the normal level expected of those of the same age.
What are learning disabilities?
100
Acronym used to describe one or more disorders associated with the psychological processing of information.
What are SLD's?
100
University of Arizona professor considered to be the father of special education.
Who is Dr. Samuel Kirk?
100
Implementation of a behavior plan, consistency between school and home, seating assignment with minimal distraction, and an object or toy provided to release energy.
What are strategies used to address ADHD?
100
German born physicist that developed the Theory of Relativity and struggled with dyslexia.
Who is Albert Einstein?
200
This practice of examining skull shape and brain size was commonly used in the early studies of the learning disabled.
What is Phrenology?
200
SLD with a prevalence rate of roughly 8.4% in children ages 3 to 17.
What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)?
200
The International Dyslexia Association was originally named after this important neuropathologist.
Who is Samuel Orton?
200
Co-teaching model characterized by nine key elements.
What is the Co-Design Model?
200
Has a condition that limits one or more major life activity, has a record of such impairment, or is considered to have such an impairment.
What are one of the three major requirements for a person to be considered a person with a disability according to the American’s with Disabilities Act.
300
Time period in the United States from roughly 1920 to 1960 when researchers in the United States began focusing their efforts on language and reading disabilities, perceptual-motor, and attention disabilities.
What is U.S. Foundation Period?
300
ASD that is characterized by higher abilities and functioning.
What is Asperger Syndrome?
300
Her 1905 autobiography titled, The Story of My Life, contributed greatly to the advancement of individuals with disabilities.
Who is Helen Keller?
300
I.E.P.
What is an Individualized Education Program?
300
Medical practice was used historically and into the late 20th century on people with mental retardation in institutional care.
What is sterilization.
400
Brown v. Board of Education 1954, Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, The Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004.
What are major legislative decisions effecting the treatment of individuals with disabilities?
400
Explicit systematic instruction, cooperative learning strategies, and reinforcing appropriate behaviors are examples of strategies that work for this SLD.
What are Mild Intellectual Disabilities?
400
Conducting much of his research on injured soldiers, this researcher was responsible for connecting parts of the brain to specific learning behaviors and learning processess.
Who is Franz Joseph Gall?
400
Changing content or altering goals for meeting various needs of students.
What are Modifications?
400
When compared to students without learning disabilities, students with learning disabilities are twice as likely to do this
What is drop out of high school?
500
I.D.E.A.
What is The Individuals with Disabilities Act?
500
SLD originally know and described as 'word blindness'.
What is Dyslexia?
500
Constellation of speech problems involving slow, laborious, dysfluent speech are named using this researchers last name.
What is Broca's Aphasia?
500
The three most commonly used alterations in special education.
What are adaptations, modifications, and accommodations?