Categories of special education in michigan
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Categories of Special Education in Michigan
By: Sarah WensonT/TH 11:00-12:15
Cognitive Impairment (CI)
• IQ of 70 or lower• Common terms
– Cognitive impairment– Mental retardation– Developmental disabilities– Intellectual disabilities
• Difficult time doing adaptive skills.– Showering, eating, brushing
teeth, getting dressed, and other daily things.
Emotional Impairment (EI)
• Disruptive or inappropriate behaviors that may affect a child's learning, social life, and even personal life.
• Random outbursts• Inner and outer types of behavior– Examples:• Anxiety disorder, mood disorder, schizophrenia, and
many more.
Hearing Impairment (HI)
• Controversies– Where child should be educated– Learning sign language– Should child receive cochlear
implant?• Deaf• Hard of hearing• Prelingually deaf• Postlingually deaf
Visual Impairment (VI)
• Visual efficiency– How well sight is used
• Visual acuity– Distance
• Residual vision– Functional use
Physical Impairment (PI)• Cerebral palsy
– Brain can not control functions– Four types
• Spastic-70-80% of cases• Athetoid • Ataxic• mixed
• Muscular Dystrophy– Wasting away of the muscle/ muscle weakness
• Spina Bifida– Spinal cord is not formed correctly
• Orthopedic impairment– Affects child's educational performance
Other Health Impairment (OHI)
• Due to health problems, either big or small.• Affects child's learning ability mostly to be
able to pay attention in class.• ADHD/ADD is the most common• Asthma• Allergies
Speech and Language Impairment (SLI)
• Language– Form– Content– use
• Speech– Voice– Articulation– Fluency
Early Childhood Development Delay (ECDD)
• A child with a disability related to learning that does not take place because of visual or hearing problems. – Basic reading– Basic math– Comprehension
Specific Learning Disability (SLD)
• Dyslexia• Dyscalculia• Dysgraphia • Auditory & Visual processing disorders• Nonverbal disablities
Severe Multiple Impairment (SXI)
• Impairments that are so sever that children can not learn using the special learning tools.
• Child can not be placed in a “normal” class room.
• The severity is determined by testing the child.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)• A developmental disorder.• Typically appears within the first three years of life. • Affects brain social skills• Characteristics
– Communication– Social interaction– Behavior– Sensory and motor skills
• Types of autism– Autistic disorder– Asperger's disorder– Pervasive development disorder– Rhett's Disorder– Childhood disintegrative disorder
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
• An injury to the brain not caused by birth. Greatly affects the childs performance at school
• Two types– Closed head injury– Open head injury
Deaf-Blind (DB)
Use special instruments in the classroom to help their learning.
examples:Close circuit TVs, talking
books, Braille, personal readers..Etc.
Work Cited
Pictures• http://www.elements4health.com/softwa
re-developed-that-analyzes-mr-images-to-diagnose-alzheimers.html
• http://www.nei.nih.gov/canwesee/• http://people.howstuffworks.com/sign-la
nguage2.htm• http://wiki.injuryboard.com/help-center/
head-and-brain-injuries/default.aspx• http://www.maxiaids.com/categories/21/
Canes.html
Information
• http://www.bridges4kids.org/Disabilities/MIlabels.html
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002494/
• http://www.parentpals.com/gossamer/pages/Detailed/683.html
• http://www.traumaticbraininjury.com/