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Asperger syndrome or (Asperger's disorder)
- neurobiological disorder
- mild-severe
- normal intelligence and literary skill
- difficulty with social skills, transitions, changes, reading body language and responding to social cues
- prefers sameness
- sensitive to sensory cues s/a sounds, light, and tastes
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attention deficit disorder (ADD)
- inability to sustain attention
- perscribed stimulant medications
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Attention deficit hyperactiity disorder (AD/HD)
- inability to maintain attention
- impulsive behaviours
- and/or motor disorder
- genetic
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Autism
severe learning disorder that includes disturbances in the rate of educational development, the ability to relate to the environment, and the development of the use of languages
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Autism spectrum disorders
- A group of diabilities that may include disturbances in some or all of:
- the rate of educational development
- the ability to relate to the environment
- the development and use of language and mobility
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Braille
a system for reading and writing for blind and severly visually impared people, embossed dots identified through touch
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Categorical
an approach to delivering special education that depends on identifying students as belonging to a category, then grouping them as such and delivering instructions to the group
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Closed head (brain) injury
injury to the brain from trauma, compressing the brain against the skull, which may result in impaired sensory, language, emotional, and other brain functions
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Complex disabilities
significant disabilities that may be compouded by additional factors such as physical, phychological, neurological, and/or sensory impairments, aka "low-incidence"
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Cross-Categorical
students are grouped fro instruction based on their needs, using the assessment information about categorical features as a starting point for designing instruction, however functional skills determine how teachers then select instructional interventions for these students
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curriculum modifications
changes made to content of instruction/ performance level to set an appropriate level for the student. Differs from accomodations
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curriculum-related disabilities
- students who are underachieving in various and specific parts of the curriculum
- high incidence
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