SPED 2231 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Health System

• School: Temple University
• Department: Special Education
• Course: SPED 2231
• Professor: Ashley June Miller

Document Summary

Special education specially designed instruction that meets a child"s unique needs in school consists of related services and supplementary aids and services. Total number of students served from 2007 to 2008, more than 7 million students were served by special education in the us. 2. 7% were infants and toddlers (birth to age 2) 5. 7% were preschool-aged children (ages 3-5) about 6 million students ages 6 to 21. Gifted students special education also serves students with unusual gifts and talents states have di erent amounts of gifted children, ranging from 1. 8% to 18% Labels and language labels can lead to biased decisions about a student"s strengths and needs changes in terminology: Handicapped is no longer used, disability is preferred abandonment of stigmatizing words people- rst language puts people before the disability. Special education personnel includes: teachers school social workers occupational therapists physical therapists counselors audiologists.