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| IDEA- Individuals with Disabilities Act |
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Six major principles: 1. Zero reject- schools must educate all children w/disabilities. 2. Nondiscriminatory Identification/Evaluation-Must use non-biased evaluation methods-must not discriminate on race, culture, native tongue. 3. FAPE- free appropriate public education. 4. LRE- Least restrictive environment 5. Due Process safeguards-schools must provide safeguards to protect rights of children/parents. 6. Parent/Student participation/decision making. Parents input/wishes must be considered in IEP goals and objectives, related-service needs, placement decisions. |
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| Defined by IDEA as "an impariment in hearing, whether permanent or fluctuating, that adveresly affects a child's educational performance." |
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| Define by IDEA as "a hearing impairment that is so severe that the child is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing, with or without amplification." |
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Conductive-caused by disease or obstructions in the outer or middle ear. Affects all frequencies of hearing evenly-does not result in sever losses. Usually able to use a hearing aid well or can be helped medically/surgically. Sensorineural-results from damage to the sensory hair cells of the inner ear/nerves that supply it. Ranges from mild to profound. Mixed hearing loss- combination of both conductive/sensorineural- problems occur in both outer/inner ear. Central hearing loss- results from damage/impairment to the nerves or nuclei of the central nervous system, either in pathways to the brain or in the brain itself. |
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| Hearing loss educational needs |
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- Regular speech, language, auditory training
- Amplification systems
- Interpreter services
- favorable seating to help w/lip reading
- captioned films/videos
- note taker
- instruction for the teacher such as sign language
- counseling
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| Type of visual promblem that has resulted in a need for special education. |
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| Refers to severe visual impairment, not necessarily limited to distance vision. Applies to all individuals with sight who are unable to read the newpaper at a normal viewing distance, even w/the aid of glasses. Use a combination of vision and other senses to learn. May need adaptation in lighting or the size of print...sometimes Braille. |
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| Person has less than 20/20 vision int hte better eye or a very limited field of vision (20 degrees at its widest point). |
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| Students learn via Braille or other non-visual methods. |
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| The consequence of a functional loss of vision, rather than the eye disorder itself. |
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| Can lead to visual impairments. Include retinal degeneration, albinism, cataracts, glaucoma, muscular problems that result in visual disturbances, corneal disorders, diabetic retinopathy, congential disorders, and infection. |
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| Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) |
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An injury to the brain caused by the head being hit by somethin or shaken violently. IDEA defines TBI as "an acquired injury to the brain caused by an external phycical force, resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment, or both, that adversely affects a child's educational performance..." |
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| Cognition, language, memory, attention, reasoning, abstract thinking, judgment, problem-solving, sensory, perceptual, and motor abilities, psycho-social behavior, physical functions, information processing, and speech. |
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| More than one million children receive brain injuries each year; more than 30,000 of these children have lifelong disabilities as a result of the brain injury. |
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