FRHD 2110 Lecture Notes - Learning Disability, Diminished Responsibility, Due Process

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2110
• Professor: Taniesha Burkes

Document Summary

Exceptionality: is the diminished capacity to perform in a specific way. Disability: an inability to do something that most people with typical maturation can do. It is a subset of inability and is used to refer to an attribute of a person. Handicap: results from the limitations imposed by the environment and by attitudes toward a person with disabilities. It is the source of the limitation (ex. ramps, wheelchairs) Means specially designed instruction and resources that meets the needs of an exceptional student. Possible forms of special education: specialized materials, specialized teaching techniques (more breaks, specialized equipment, related services. Labels are used to describe groups of exceptional children. Labeling assumptions: disability is the defining characteristic of that student, all students with that label is more similar than different. Count the number of students with disabilities in order to plan for and provide educational supportive services. Differentiate methods of instruction and support services for different groups.