Term
|
Definition
| nonexceptional/nondisabled students who reach age-appropriate developmental milestones; typical/typically developing students |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| various techniques and strategies (as for example behavior modification) used to control undesirable behavior in the class, at home or other places |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| techniques used to decrease or eliminate negative behavior and increase positive behaviors. These techniques include shaping, modeling, reinforcement, punishment, etc. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| when a specialist observes child (either in the classroom or their office) while performing different tasks |
|
|
Term
| bulling/peer victimization |
|
Definition
| being repeatedly aggressive toward the ones who are weaker with the aim to frighten or harm them |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| any of the syndromes that result from abnormal or damaged chromosomes |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| something that exist at the same time in the same person |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| When two or more conditions coexist in the same person |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Curriculum (plural curricula, curriculums) |
|
Definition
| an instructional program detailing what, when and how students should learn or be taught (to follow a curriculum) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a concept that refers to students with intellectual disabilities, and/or mental illnesses being moved out of large institutions into smaller community living arrangements or their family homes |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A serious mental health problem characterized by feelings of sadness, despair, loss of interest or energy, etc. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a significant delay in the areas such as cognition, motor skills, language, or socialization |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| age-specific skills and tasks that most children can do at a certain age; (to reach a milestone) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| be different from what is usual |
|
|
Term
| Diagnosis (plural diagnoses) |
|
Definition
| the process of examining a person to discover what is wrong (make a diagnosis); in special education diagnosis is actually made by an interdisciplinary team that takes, assesses, and classifies information about a student |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a physical or mental condition that causes a limitation in performance |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| being easily distracted; not being able to concentrate on something |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| education or intervention before the beginning of the traditional schooling to support and help children identified as being at risk or having a developmental delay |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| recognizing a problem or disability and starting treatment as early as possible |
|
|
Term
| Emotional and behavioral disorders |
|
Definition
| disruptive, unacceptable behaviors in children that last for a longer time (e.g. conduct disorder, anxiety disorder, affective disorders, eating disorders, ODD, etc.) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| children who are different from their peers in mental, emotional, physical, social or sensory characteristics |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A set of skills that include working memory, cognitive skills and self-regulation |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| aggressive behavior toward others |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| being frightened and anticipating that something bad might happen. |
|
|
Term
| General education teacher/ general educator |
|
Definition
| teachers in regular education system |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a process by which mental and physical characteristics are genetically past from parents to children before the child is born |
|
|
Term
| High-incidence disabilities |
|
Definition
| disabilities that occur relatively frequently |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Being too active and not being able to keep still or quiet for very long |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| doing things without considering the possible consequences or dangers first |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| include (VERB)/ inclusive (ADJECTIVE) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Placing children with disabilities in general education classes with their nondisabled peers |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Individualized education program- a detailed written plan of instruction designed for the each children in special education system |
|
|
Term
| Instruction(singular, uncountable) |
|
Definition
| teaching you are given in a skill or subject |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| accepting people that are in some way different into society |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Intellectual disability-problems and limitations in intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior; classification depending on the IQ score: mild, moderate, severe, profound. |
|
|
Term
| Intelligence (UNCOUNTABLE) |
|
Definition
| refers to the ability to understand, learn and adapt to the environment. It can also denote a person's performance on intelligence tests. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The level of intelligence measured by an intelligence tests. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| behavior characterized by anxiety, withdrawn behavior, fearfulness, and depression. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a work supervisor who supports workers with disabilities |
|
|
Term
| Lack(e.g. opportunity or instruction) |
|
Definition
| not have something, or not have enough of it |
|
|
Term
| LRE (Least restrictive environment) |
|
Definition
| a legal term which means that all children with disabilities must be educated in as normal "setting" as possible |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| qualities that prevent someone from being as affective as they should be; weaknesses |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the ability to remember information for a long time |
|
|
Term
| Low-incidence disabilities |
|
Definition
| disabilities that occur relatively rarely |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a school in the general education system that receives exceptional students and places them in classrooms with their nondisabled peers |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a checkup performed by a physician to check your overall health |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the age level at which a person is functioning |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a technique in which teachers or peers perform desired behavior and encourage the student to imitate it |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| curricular adaptations that lower standards and expectations |
|
|
