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Introduction to Exceptionalities
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04/26/2014

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Term
Externalizing Behavior
Definition
Acting-out; agressive or disruptive behavior that is observable as behavior directed toward other
Term
Conduct Disorder
Definition
Agressive, disruptive, antisocial behavior
Term
Internalizing Behavior
Definition
Mental or emotional conflicts such as depression and anxiety
Term
Comorbidity
Definition
The co-occurance of two or more conditions in one indivdual
Term
Schizophrenia
Definition
Severe disorder of thinking
Ex. Believe they are controlled by aliens. Might have other delusions or hallucinations.
Term
Aggression
Definition
Behavior that intentionally causes others harm or that elicits escape or avoidance responses from others.
Term
Enuresis
Definition
Wetting oneself; Urinary Incontinence
Term
Encopresis
Definition
Soiling oneself; Bowel incontinence
Term
Zero Tolerance
Definition
School policy, supported by federal and state laws, that having possession of any drug or weapon on school property will automatically result in a given penalty regardless of the nature of the drug or weapon or any extenuating circumstances
Term
Manifestation Determination
Definition
Deciding whether a student's misbehavior is or is not a manifestation of disability
Term
Functional Behavioral Assessment
Definition
Assists educators in determining and altering the factors that account for a student's misconduct
Term
Positive Behavioral Intervention Plan
(PBIS)
Definition
A plan for changing behavior with the emphasis on positive reinforcement procedures
Term

Positive Behavioral Intervention & Support

(PBIS)

Definition
Systematic use of the science of behavior to find ways of supporting disirable behavior rather than punishing the undsirable behavior; rewarding procedures that are intended to support a student's appropriate or disirable behavior.
Term

Interim Alternative Educational Setting

(IAES)

Definition
A temporary placement outside general education for students whose beavior is extremely problematic; but in which their education is continued.
Term
Echolalia
Definition
The parroting reptition of words or phrases either immediately after they heard or later; often observed in indivuals with autustuc spectrum disorder
Term

Autism

or

Autistic Spectrum Disorder

Definition
A pervasive developmental disbility charactetrized by extreme withdrawal cognitive deficits, language disorders, self-stimulation, and onset before 30 months.
Term
Psychoanalytic
Definition
Related to psychoanalysis, including the assumptions that emotional or behavior disorders result primarily from unconscious conflicts and that most effective preventive actions and therapeutic interventions involve uncovering and understanding unconscious motivations.
Term
T/F
The term deaf-blindness includes those with a combination of low vision and mild hearing impairments.
Definition
TRUE
Term
An inherited syndrome of deaf-blindness characterized by hearing loss and retinitis pigmentosa is ?
Definition
Usher syndrome
Term

After age 5, and increasingly through adolescence, the primary cause of TBI is ?

TBI=Traumatic Brain Injury

Definition
vehicular accidents.
Term

Each of the following is a feature of definitions of TBI EXCEPT ?

a.injury to the brain can be caused by a degenerative or congenital condition.

b.injury to the brain is caused by an external force.

c.there is a diminished or altered state of consciousness.

d.neurological or neurobehavioral dysfunction results from the injury.

Definition
A.Injury to the brain can be caused by a degenerative or congenital condition.
Term
Manual signs that closely resemble the object or action they represent (i.e., gesturing throwing a ball for "throw") are?
Definition
Iconic
Term
Repeated physical self-abuse, such as biting, scratching, or poking oneself, head banging, and so on is called ?
Definition
self-injurious behavior
Term
A syndrome that causes deaf-blindness and is characterized by a combination of physical anomalies including cranial nerve damage, heart defects, blockage of the air passage from the nose to the throat, and retardation in growth and intellectual development present at birth is?
Definition
CHARGE syndrome
Term

Each of the following statements about severe and multiple disabilities is true EXCEPT?

a.A person with TBI can be expected, with time and care, to recover completely and function without disabilities.

b.Many people with severe and multiple disabilities can now live independently or semi-independently.

 c.People who cannot speak can still carry on conversations.

d Many people with severe and multiple disabilities can be employed outside of sheltered workshops.

Definition
A.A person with TBI can be expected, with time and care, to recover completely and function without disabilities.
Term
Any repetitive, stereotyped behavior that seems to have no immediately apparent purpose is?
Definition
self-stimulation
Term
What condition is associated with tunnel vision?
Definition
Usher syndrome
Term

T/F

The best place to teach domestic skills is not always the student's home.

Definition
TRUE
Term
What is a fundamental assumption of positive behavioral support?
Definition
Each behavior carries a communicative intent.
Term

T/F

Before age 5, the main cause of TBI is vehicular accidents.

Definition

FALSE

It is accidental falls and bumping their head.

Term

T/F

The major symptoms of Usher syndrome are hearing loss, vision loss, and mental retardation.

Definition

FALSE

Mental retardation isn't a major symtom

Term

Each of the following statements about the outcomes for individuals with deaf- blindness is true EXCEPT?

a.All interactions with adults and the environment should be viewed as learning opportunities.

b.The quality and intensity of instruction the person receives is critical

c.The more severe the impairments, the greater the impact on a person's ability to adapt.

d.Additional disabilities do not tend to increase the impact on a person's ability to adapt

Definition
D.Additional disabilities do not tend to increase the impact on a person's ability to adapt.
Term
All low-incidence, severe, and multiple disabilities combined probably affect what percentage of the population?
Definition
less than 1%
Term

T/F

The effects of TBI are always severe and permanent.

Definition

FALSE 

Some make a full recovery

Term
Androgen
Definition
A hormone that is responsible for controlling the development of male characteristics
Term
Extreme Male Brain
Definition
A description sometimes applied to persons with autisim based on some reseachers claims that high levels of androgen in amniotic fluid are more likely to result in autistic traits
Term
Autistic Regression
Definition
Phenomenon whereby  a child appears to progress normally until about 16-24 months of age and then begins to show signs of being autistic and is ultimately is diagnosed with autisim
Term
Communitative Intent
Definition
The desire to communicate for social purposes
Term
Mute
Definition
They use no, or no lanuage
Term
Joint Attention
Definition
One alerts another to a stimulus via nonverbal means
Term
Stereotyped Motor or Verbal Behavios
Definition
Repetitve , rituralistic motor behaviors such as twirling, spinning objects, flapping the hands, and rocking , similar to those that are evident in some people who are blind.
Term
Autistic Savants
Definition
Indivuals with autisim that have such extroidary that are at first blush , one thinks that they are a genius
Term
Synaesthesia
Definition
Sensory or cognitive or cognitive system results in the stimulation of another sensory or cognitive system
Term
Hidden Curriculm
Definition
The do's and don't's of social interaction that  most people learn incidentally or with little instruction but that remain hidden for those with aspergers syndrome
Term
Pragmatics
Definition
the social uses of lanuage
Term
Executive Fuctions
Definition
Self-directed behavior such as working memory , self regulation or emotions , and the ability to plan ahead
Term
Central Coherence
Definition
The natural in inclination for  most people to bring order and meaning to the information in the enviornment by percieving it is as meaningful whole rather than a disparate parts
Term
Theory of Mind
Definition
Refers to a persons ability to to take perspective of other people
Term
Applied Behavioral Analysis
Definition
Highly structured approach that focuses on teaching fuctional skills and continuous assessment of progress
Term
Early Intense Bhavioral Intervention
Definition
A program anchored in the applied behavioral analysis tradition that emphasizes the role of parents as interventionist
Term
Person Centered Planning
Definition
The person with the disability is encouraged to make their own decisions
Term
Community Residential Facilities
Definition
A place usually a group home where 3-10 adults with intellectual disabilities live under super vision
Term
Supported Living
Definition
Settings such as homes or apartments with someone to look after the person with a diasability
Term
Dysfluencies
Definition
Hesitations, repitition, and other interruptions in normal speech flow
Term
Apraxia
Definition
Coordinating speech
Term
Neurotypicals
Definition
A term coined by those with aspergers syndrome to describe those who do not have neurological disabilities
Term
Communication
Definition
process of sharing information
Term
Communication Disorder
Definition
Impairs the ability to transmit and recieve ideas
Term
Expressive Lanugage
Definition
Encoding and recieving messages
Term
Recepeptive Lanuage
Definition
decoding or understanding lanugage
Term
Speech
Definition
The neuromuscular activity of forming and sequencing the sounds of oral lanugage
Term
Argumentative or Alternative Communication
Definition
Physical movements of speech may consist of alternatives to speech sounds of oral lanugage
Term
Speech Disorder
Definition
Impairments in the production of and use of lanuage
Term
Language Disorders
Definition
problems in comprehension and expression
Term
Dialects
Definition
Systematic lanugage variations
Term
Primary Lanugage Disorder
Definition
No known cause
Term
Secondary Lanugage Disorder
Definition
Caused by another condition
Term

Specific Language Impairment

(SLI)

Definition
Language disorder that has no identifiable cause
Term

Early Expressive Language Delay

(EELD)

Definition
Significant lag in expressive language
Term

Language-Based Reading Impairment

 

Definition
Readinge problem based on language disorder
Term
Phonological Awareness
Definition
The ability to understand that speech flow can be broken down into smaller sound units , lack awareness is generally thought to be the cause of reading problems
Term
Phonological Disorders
Definition
A disorder that occurs in children who are younger than 9 years old. It results in in the impaired ability to produce sounds in his/her own language
Term
Larynx
Definition
The structure in the throat contining  the vocal apparatus
Term
Aphonia
Definition
Complete loss of voice
Term
Resonance
Definition
Vocal Quality
Term
Speech-Language Pathologist
Definition
Determines how a student performs with and without support
Term
Stuttering
Definition
Produce dysfluencies at a higher rate
Term
Developmental Apraxia
Definition
Disorder of motor planning
Term
Dysarthia
Definition
Controling speech sound
Term
Prelinguistic Communication
Definition
Infants and toddlers before they have learned speech.
Term
Milieu Teaching
Definition
Teach functional language skills in a natural enviornment
Term
Decibels
Definition
Units of relative loudness
Term
Congenitally Deaf
Definition
Born deaf
Term
Adventitiously Deaf
Definition
Those who acquire deafness.
Term
Prelingual Deafness
Definition
Deafness that occurs at birth or early in life before speech and language development.
Term
Postlingual Deafness
Definition
Occurs after the development of speech
Term
Tympanic Membrane
Definition
Ear drum.
Term
Auricle
Definition
Part of the ear that protrudes from the side of the head.
Term
Ossicles
Definition
Three very tiny bones in the ear drum
Term
Malleus
Definition
Hammer
Term
Incus
Definition
Anvil
Term
Stapes
Definition
Stirup
Term
Oval Window
Definition
Link between the middle and inner ears.
Term
Vestibular Mechanism
Definition
Located in the upper portion of the inner ear, is responsible for the sense of balance.
Term
Cochlea
Definition
Most important organ for hearing.
Term
Otoacoustic Emissions
Definition
Low-intensity sounds produced by the cocle in response to auditory stimulation; used to screen shearing problems in infants in very young children.
Term
Pure-Tone Audiometry
Definition
Designed to establish the indivuals threshold for hearing.
Term
Hertz
Definition
What frequency is measured in.
Term
Audiometric Zero
Definition
Zero-decibel level.
Term
Speech Audiometry
Definition
Tests a persons detection and understanding of speech.
Term

Speech Reception Threshold

(SRT)

Definition
Decibel level at which one can understand speech.
Term
Conditioned  Play Audiometry
Definition
Pure tones or speech.
Term
Tympanometry
Definition
Rubber-tipped probe is inserted in the ear, sealing the ear canal, and the effects of pressure and sound are then measured to access the fuctioning of the middle ear.
Term
Brain-Stem-Evoked Response Audiometry
Definition
Measures electrical signals from the brain stem that are in response to an auditory stimulus
Term
Conductive Hearing Impairment
Definition
Interference with the transfer of sounds along the conductive pathway
Term

Sensorinerural Hearing Impairment

 

Definition
Problems in the inner ear.
Term
Mixed Hearing Impairments
Definition
Combination of conductive and sensorinerual hearing impairments
Term
Otitis Media
Definition
Infection of the middle ear space caused by viral bacterial factors.
Term
External Otitis
Definition
"swimmers ear" infection of the skin of the external auditory canal.
Term
Connexin-26 Gene
Definition
Most common cause of congential deafness
Term

Congential Cytomegalovirus

(CMV)

Definition
Herpes virus, most frequent fetal viral infection.
Term
In Vitro Fertilization
Definition
Procedure used to help couples who are infertile
Term
Oralism-Manualism Debate
Definition
How people who are deaf should converse
Term
Total Communication Approach
Definition
Approach for teaching students with hearing impairments that blends oral and manual techniques.
Term
Simultaneous Communication
Definition
The use of both manual and oral communication by deaf people
Term
Bicultural-Bilingual Approach
Definition
Promotes instruction of sign language and instruction in the deaf cuture
Term
Auditory-Verbal Approach
Definition
Focuses exclusively on using audition to improve speech and language development.
Term
Speechreading
Definition
Stresses the use of visual cues.
Term
Cued Speech
Definition
A way of augmenting speechreading
Term
Homophenes
Definition
Different sounds that are visually identical when spoken.
Term
Signing English System
Definition
Approaches the professionals have devised for teaching people who are deaf.
Term
Fingerspelling
Definition
The repensentation of letters of the english alphabet by finger postitions.
Term

Video Relay Service

(VRS)

Definition
Enables people who are deaf to communicate with people who hear through a sign langugage inerperter.
Term
Transliteration
Definition
Similar to signed English, maintains the same word order as spoken english.
Term
Braille
Definition
System of raised dots by which people who are blind read with their fingers
Term
Legally Blind
Definition
Has visual acuity of 20/200 or less
Term
Low Vision
Definition
Between 20/70-20/200
Term
Cornea
Definition
Transparent cover in front of the iris and pupil
Term
Aqueous Humor
Definition
Watery substance between the cornea and the lens of the eye
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