EDUC230 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Assistive Technology, Cerebral Palsy, Computer Keyboard
5 Mar 2018
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Teaching a substitute skill that enables a person to engage in an activity or perform a task despite a disability. Teaching students to use assistive devices or providing special training in orientation and mobility are examples of compensatory intervention. An interdisciplinary team of professionals, working together with parents and fami- lies, bears the primary responsibility for helping exceptional children learn. Sometimes be differentiated from general education by its curriculum. Describe the knowledge and skills that some students with disabilities need in order to achieve as much success and independence as they can in school, home, community, and work settings. Certain skills, such as reading braille or using a voice-output device, to compensate for or reduce the effects of a disability. Use of specialized or adapted materials and methods. Of the many challenges the special education field faces, none is more critical than getting effective teaching practices more widely implemented.
