PSYC 3505 Lecture 1: LECTURE 1
23 Feb 2016
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Degree of exceptionality: 89% mild, 8% moderate, 3% severe. A belief that every child should be educated to the greatest extend possible. 1831: first school for children with hearing impairments. 1848-1886: schools for children with hearing or visual impairments opened in four provinces. 1906: day classes for children with physical disabilities late 1940s: residential institutions for children who have intellectual disabilities. 1950s and 60s: epidemics of both diseases resulted in many more children born with exceptional needs. Children under the of 5 are most at risk. An estimated 13,000 people were left paralyzed by polio between 1949-1959. Serious viral infection may cause serious birth defects to the fetus. A potential cause of hearing and visual impairments, intellectual disabilities. Can also result in heart defects, stillborn births, cataracts. 1991: 74% of students with exceptionalities were mainstreamed. Council supports this continuum of service model vs. full inclusion. No federal law defines or guarantees the rights of children to education.
