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Part 2 EDSP Study Guide

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Audiogram
A chart that graphs the results of hearing tests and shows the decibel level at which one hears various frequencies.
twice exceptional
Students who are gifted and talented but also have a disability
Language Disorder
may have the greatest negative impact upon a child's academic success.
Absence (petit mal)
seizure characterized by a brief, sudden, loss of consciousness lasting only a few seconds, possibly exhibited by staring or blinking.
Communication
Exchange of information knowledge among participants.
auto accidents
Common cause of traumatic brain injury in school aged children.
Minority groups and Girls
These groups are under-represented in the area of gifted and talented.
Provide glucose and sugar
What the teacher should do if a diabetic student shows sudden symptoms of clamminess, shakiness, weakness, or hunger.
teachers of students with visual impairments (TVIs)
This professional's primary responsibility is to convert printed materials into braille for students who are blind.
Seizures
A neurological disorder that involves a sudden excessive abnormal discharge of neurons in the brain.
cerebral palsy
Neurological condition, caused by damage to the brain during pregnancy, birth, or early infancy- causes impaired movements and posture.
audiologist
specializes in the measurement of hearing function and in the rehabilitation of persons with hearing impairments
Jospeh Renzuili
This man's concept of giftedness requires abilities in these three areas:
1. Above average ability
2. Task commitment
3. Creativity
The 4e approach
Approach to: Encourage kids to communicate by listening. Expand on both the semantics and the syntax of a child's words. Elaborate on and extend the sounds, words, and sentences.
self talk and parallel talk
When speaking to young children, these strategies are used to describe what you are doing and what the child is doing.
Play based intervention
Intervention that allows the teacher to follow the child's lead and involves the use of a preferred item/activity in increase motivation to engage in the session
Cognitive characteristics of gifted students
Ability to manipulate abstract symbol systems, curiosity, multiple interests, power of concentration, unusually well developed memory, early language interest , preference for independent work, ability to generalize original ideas.
Alternative and augmentative communication approaches
Approaches for students with autism that include objects, pictures, gestures, sign language, PECS
Speech Assessment
includes spontaneous language samples, developmental history, examination of breathing patterns, and examination of physical structures.
Priming
A 10-15 minute practice used to preview actual materials that will be used in an upcoming lesson.
Acceleration
This practice includes starting school before age established district policies, skipping grade levels, and entering high school or college before age typically permitted.
Auditory Neropathy
A hearing disorder in which the inner ear detects sound, but has a problem sending sound from the ear to the brain.
Inclusive collaboration model
This collaboration model includes environmental and curricular modifications and general education classroom support, attitudinal and social support, coordinated team effort, and home-school collaboration.
musculo-skeletal
duchenne muscular dystrophy and Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis can both be classified as this type of physical disability.
spina bifida
a congenital defect that occurs during early pregnancy when the spinal canal fails to close completely around the spinal cord to protect it
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