Chapter 31 Vocabulary

Disability

A mental or physical condition that impacts how the body works or development

Individual Education Plan (IEP)

required by federal law to ensure each child with a diagnosed disability receives appropriate education

Individual Family Service Plan (IFS)

includes the family’s needs in regards to enhancing the child’s development, goals for the child, services to be provided to the child and/or family, and a plan for transitioning the child to other services. Also offered to at risk 3 year olds.

Developmental Disability

usually diagnosed in infancy/childhood, impacting language, learning,physical abilities, socialization, and behavior, and usually lasts a lifetime and affects day-to-day functioning

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

Federal law requiring all states to provide education and support for children who are developmental delayed. All 3-5 year old children with Disabilities that requires special educational services must be provided with individual Education programs. Also, at risk 3 year olds

Referral

suggesting a professional that guardians can take their child to see

Render

provide services

Ambulatory

able to move from place to place despite disability

Articulation Problems

Omission errors, disorition problems, or substitution of vowels or consonants or both, often referred to as lazy tongue or baby talk

Audiologist

a non-medical expert who identifies, assesses, and manages hearing disorder

cochlear implant

surgically implanted device that provides someone with moderate to profound hearing loss with sound perception. Speech understanding is improved

congenital Disabilities

disabilities present at birth but not hereditory

deaf

total or partial hearing loss

Electic

varied approach to assist children

compensate

to make up for an area that is deficient or lacking

Hearing Impairments

child lack’s ability to hear, lack of vocabulary and overall delays in language development

speech language impairments

difficulties in forming speech sounds, language fluently or understanding and expressing language

expansion

taking child’s misunderstood words and expanding them into sentences

stuttering

repetition,hesitation, and prolongation

Lisp

speech deficit causing words or sounds to be pronounced improperly

Amblyopia

decreased vision in one eye, caused by disuse of the eye (lazy eye)

Glaucoma

failure of eye fluid to circulate properly

nearsightedness

inability to see things at a distance

farsightedness

inability to see closely

Color Deficiency

can’t see color

Physical Impairments

limiting range in motion causing to be classified by functioning ability

Cerebal Palsy

neurological disorder, affects movement posture and balance

Spina Bifida

bones of the spine fail to grow together exposing nerves

Asthma

chronic inflammation disorder of the airway

Allergies

most common health problems caused by a substance in the environment

Arthritis

swelling if the joints and surrounding tissue

Cystic Fibrosis

causes problems with breathing and digestion

Diabetes

body no longer produces insulin

Epilepsy

disturbs electrical rhythms of CNS, causes seizures

Leukemia

too many white blood cells around normal cells, decreasing healthy white blood cells

Attention Deficient Disorder (ADD)

children having trouble focusing

Amputation

missing limb, arm, leg, hand

Intergrating

having disabled children inside a normal classroom

prosethic

artifical body part

chronic health needs

illnesses that persist over time

vision impairments

the smallest group of special need children, physically similar, limited motor and physical activity

health disorder

most common type of special need, often having cycles of good and bad health

Behavior Disorder

affects social, emotional, and cognitive function

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

neurrodevelopmental disorder ranging from mild to serve displaying a set of developmental delays, caused by differences in the brain

Hard of Hearing

mild to moderate hearing loss

inarticulate

not understandable by teachers or peers

intervention

providing services to children who have disabilities or are at risk

speech pathologist

a professional who assesses and diagnoses people with speech and language disorder

Acceleration

A process in which a gifted child is assigned to a class with older children

Asynchronous Development

a mismatch in the areas of development usch as cognitive or emotional

Enrichment

process to broaden the range if experiences with a special curriculum

giftedness

having exceptional skills in one or more of six areas: creative or productive thinking, general intellectual ability, leadership ability, psychomotor ability specific academic aptitude, and/or visual or preforming arts

hemophilia

a genetic blood disease that causes blood to clot too slowly or not at all

inclusion

placing special education children in regular classes

learning disability

problem with one or more basic skills of learning