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Special Education Final
Chapters 6, 13, 14, 16
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Undergraduate 3
11/29/2006

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Speech disorder
Definition
Difficulty producing sounds as well as disorders of voice quality
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Language disorder
Definition
Difficulty receiving, understanding, and formulating ideas and information.
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Receptive language disorder
Definition
difficulty receiving or understanding information
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Expressive language disorder
Definition
difficulty formulating ideas and information
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Incidence of communication disorders
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18.8% of all students receiving special education
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Inclusion of students with communication disorders
Definition
Most spend most of their time in the regular classroom
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Speech
Definition
the oral expression of language
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Language
Definition
structured, shared, rule-governed, symbolic system for communicating
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Phonology
Definition
use of sounds to make meaningful syllables and words
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Morphology
Definition
system that governs the structure of words
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Syntax
Definition
provides rules for putting together a series of words to form sentences
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Semantics
Definition
meaning of what is expressed
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Pragmatics
Definition
use of communication in contexts; the overall organizer for language
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Social interaction theories
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emphasize that communication skills are learned through social interactions
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Articulation
Definition
speaker's production of individual or sequenced sounds
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Substitution articulation error
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when one substitues one sound for another
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Omission articulation error
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when one leaves out a phoneme
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Addition articulation error
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when one adds an additional phoneme to a word
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Distortion articulation error
Definition
modifications of a production of a phoneme in a word; lisp
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Apraxia
Definition
motor speech disorder that affects the way in which a student plans to produce speech
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Pitch (voice)
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Determined by rate of vibration in the vocal folds
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Duration (voice)
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length of time any speech sound requires
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Intensity (voice)
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Based on perception of listener by air; determined by air pressure coming f rom the lungs
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Resonance (voice)
Definition
perceived quality of someone's voice
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Hyponasality
Definition
when air cannot pass through the nose and comes through the mouth instead
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hypernasality
Definition
when air is allowed to pass through nasal cavity more often than it should
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fluent speech
Definition
smooth, flows well, appears to be effortless
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Phonology disorders
Definition
unable to discriminate differences in speech sounds or sound segments
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Morhpology disorders
Definition
difficulties with using the structure of words to get or give information
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Syntax disorders
Definition
errors involving word disorder
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Pragmatics disorders
Definition
ex. when a student talks for a long time and does not allow anyone else to speak
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Articulation & apraxia assessment
Definition
evaluate a student's abilities to produce speech sounds in single words, sentences, and conversation
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Voice assessments
Definition
include info about onset and course of voice problem
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Fluency assessment
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measures amount and type of dysfluency
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AAC devices
Definition
augmentative and alternative communication system consisting of two components: a symbol set and a means for selecting the symbols
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UDL-Communication disorders
Definition
Using audio & text formats; varying teaching medium
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System for Augmenting LAnguage
Definition
-Uses an AAC to augment naturally occurring communications
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Traumatic brain injury
Definition
an acquired injury to the brain caused by an external physical force
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Open head injury
Definition
penetrates the bones of the skull allowing bacteria to have contact with the brain
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Closed head injury
Definition
results from an external blow causing the brain to rub the skull's interior
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Prevalence of traumatic rain injuries
Definition
0.03% in schools receiving special education
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Percentage of students w/ a mild TBI
Definition
75%
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Males vs. females w/ TBI
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Males twice as likely as males to get it
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Characteristics of TBI
Definition
will differ with severity and length of coma
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TBI recuperation
Definition
Cognition often improves with rehabilitation
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Cognitive changes of TBI
Definition
-Problems w/ attention & memory
-Disruptions in higher-order social cognition tasts
-Disruptions in executive functioning associated w/ reasoning
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Communication changes with TBI
Definition
10%-20% have difficulty with central auditory processing which involves the ability to track conversations
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Behavior & TBI
Definition
Students w/ TBI are 3x more likely to develop serious problem behavior
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four major causes of TBI
Definition
Accidents, falls, violence-related incidents, & recreational injuries
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Computerized (axial) tomography
Definition
-Uses x-rays to show cross-section of brain & skull
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Magnetic Resonance Imaginc
Definition
Uses a strong magnetic field to providde detailed pictures of brain
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fMRI
Definition
Maps brain activity by monitoring metabolic changes
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Positron emission tomography
Definition
Produces 3-d pix based on recording a radioactive chem injected in body
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Test of problem solving-elementary, revised
Definition
focuses on problem-solving skills
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Cognitive retraining
Definition
involves instruction to recapture lost skills like processing info, communication, & socialization
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Solving a problem
Definition
1) Problem identification
2) Problem definition
3) Solution generation
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Deafness
Definition
a hearing impairment so severe student is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing
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Deaf threshhold
Definition
Had hearing loss of 70-90db
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Hard of hearing threshhold
Definition
Hearing loss in the 20-70db range
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Outer ear
Definition
-Consists of auricle & ear canal
-Collects sound waves & funnels them
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Middle ear
Definition
Ossicular chain - malleus, incus, & stapes
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cochlea
Definition
houses actual organ of hearing and vestibular mechanism
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Organ of hearing
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Organ of Corti
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Vestibular mechanism
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Sensory organ of balance
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Speech reading
Definition
Reading facial features to discern speech
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Auditory-verbal format
Definition
encourages early identification adn subsequent amplification or cochlear implants
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Oral/aural format
Definition
Emphasizes the use of amplified sound to develop oral laguage, allowing use of speech reading to augment info
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Manual communication
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Sign language/fingerspelling
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Cued speech
Definition
Intended to make facial features fully visible
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Genetic causes of hearing loss
Definition
80% from inherited recessive gene
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Hypoxia
Definition
Lack of oxygen before birth; cause of deafness
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Prenatal infections that cause hearing loss
Definition
Toxoplasmosis, herpes virus, syphilis, and cytomegalovirus
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Otologist
Definition
Doctor who specializes in diseases of the ear
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Cochlear implant
Definition
Electronic device surgically implanted under the skin behind the ear that simulates hearing
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Sound-field amplification system
Definition
teacher transmits her voice using a microphone & cieling-mounted speakers
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Criteria for gifted students
Definition
No single national definition; unclear to categorize #s of gifted
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Gifted students & diversity
Definition
Underrepresentation of minorities (not Asians)
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Prodigy
Definition
surpasses unusual promise to being unmistakably extraordinary
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Giftedness and leadership
Definition
15 states include it in their definitions of giftedness
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Four areas of creativity
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Intuitive, affective, physical/sensing, rational
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Giftedness and behavior
Definition
Some behave well, some behave poorly; many have unquenchable curiosity which can distract class
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DISCOVER
Definition
a reliable, validated assessment for identifying giftedness in students from diverse backgrounds
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Co-teaching
Definition
involves a gened teacher and specialist in another field
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Acceleration
Definition
Moving students rapidly through standard sequence of curriculum by having the skip a course or grade
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Compact the curriciulum
Definition
pretesting student then leaving out portions student already knows
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