CHYS 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Neural Development, Frontal Lobe, Teratology
10 Aug 2016
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In canadian society, special education is based on ideas about normative and non-normative development. Educators are taught to expect variation in their students. To expect a pattern of strengths and weaknesses that is reflective of individual differences. However, some learning styles/processes fall outside this range of normal expectations. Those students who fall outside the normal range are seen to need special education. There is an area of research that focuses of the study of exceptionality: within that area one approach is disability studies. Disability studies: addresses exceptionality in its social and political settings, main focus is the dynamic interaction between bodily impairments, social and physical environments and the factors that influence participation of people with disabilities in society. Dually diagnosed a new term referring to children with 2 disabilities such as deafness and blindness. Mild disorders students with intellectual differences (learning disabilities, communication disorders) Behaviour disorders include a wide range of disorders (conduct disorders, anxiety and withdrawal, adhd, socialized aggression)
