1. Why use the term ‘student with disability’ instead of ‘disabled student’?
Using “people first” language communicates that having an exceptionality is only part of
a person. This example removes the labelling aspect of individuals with exceptionalities.
2. Assessments:
a. informal assessment: procedure for obtain information that can be used to make
judgements about children’s learning behavior and characteristics or programs using
other than standardized instruments.
b. formal assessment: Tests that systematically measure how well a student has
mastered learning outcomes.
c. curriculum-based assessment/Criterion Based: using the actual curriculum as the
standard. Tests are used to compare a child to a particular mastery level rather than
a normative group.
d. ecological assessment: evaluating individuals in their environments and taking into
considering all environmental factors (investigate student’s abilities to function in a
classroom – comparing with different teachers, different subjects, academic non
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e. Norm-referenced: Evaluation procedures that are designed to enable the comparison
of a student with a normative sample. For example, students performance in
comparison to other 5th grader.
3.
Institution: (neglected) institutionalized with mentally ill in a psychiatry hospital
, Residential Programs: Kids with moderate to severe taught at specialized institutions.
Serving a particular special need prior to the normalization movement.
Relative Isolation: (1960-1970) students with exceptionalities were educated on special
school designed according to their needs.
Mainstreaming: (1970-1980) overlap of special schools and special classes. Putting
students with exceptionalities in special education within public schools
Integration: Placing student with exceptionalities part-time in general education
classroom
Inclusion: (2000) Based on the philosophy that students with exceptionalities belong full-
time in general education with variety of support.
4. Inclusion addresses the needs of
- A growing, diverse student population
- how to create and maintain these settings and collaborative relationships that are
critical and will help them function well.
5. What makes inclusion successful?
- opportunities for social interaction
- ease in assessing the general curriculum
- positive outcomes with students with or without exceptionalties
- academic improvement
6. Accommodation:
- The specialized support and services provided to students with diverse needs to assist
them in achieving learning expectations (e.g technological equipment, support staff)
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