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Intellectual Disability
(ID, or also I.D., InD, IntelDisab)
According to section 300.8 (c) (6) states, "the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) as “significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning, existing concurrently [at the same time] with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance.”

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This video provides effective modifications and adaptions to use in a classroom to help a child with ID. https://youtu.be/kH1U1MBpshU

This website provides methods to help a child with ID in the classroom and providing a basic understanding and employing practical strategies can be the perfect place to start.  https://classful.com/students-with-an-intellectual-disability/

Strategies for teaching students with ID. https://www.hopehouseaustin.org/strategies-for-teaching-students-with-intellectual-disabilities

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Behavior Management and Social Strategies, Adaptations, or Accommodations

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Behavior Management and Social Strategies, Adaptations, or Accommodations

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Clear and concise instructions

Set clear expectations

Provide positive reinforcement

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Assistive technology

Breakdown all activities into small parts. Since students
cannot digest a single or complex topic easily, it is
appropriate to divide the materials into sections and each
taught at a time.

Model, illustrate, and explain every step in a process or
new activity. This will not only make it clear, but it will
allow a student to remember what they learnt a long time
ago.

Employing reward in order to reinforce appropriate
learning behavior by student

Use as much additional practice and assessment as
possible to ensure maximum mastery of concepts.

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Characteristics of a child with an intellectual disability

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Characteristics of a child with an intellectual disability

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Difficulty in developing social and communication skills

Increased time needed for cognitive processing of tasks or new learning materials

Difficulty in understanding new or different information

Difficulty understanding or comprehending concepts that are abstract

Difficulty processing information sequentially

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Identification Procedures and Service Delivery

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Identification Procedures and Service Delivery

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To diagnose an intellectual disability, professionals look at the person’s mental abilities (IQ) and his or her adaptive skills. Both of these are highlighted in the definition of this disability within our nation’s special education law, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

School-aged children are eligible for special education for FREE by public school systems. This is mandated by IDEA!

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Behaviour management. Intellectual Disability and Health. (2020, May 11). Retrieved March 14, 2023, from http://www.intellectualdisability.info/mental-health/articles/behaviour-management#:~:text=People%20with%20learning%20disabilities%20have%20a%20particular%20need,methods%20in%20general%20but%20includes%20some%20special%20features

Sec. 300.8 (C) (6). Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. (2018, May 25). Retrieved March 14, 2023, from https://sites.ed.gov/idea/regs/b/a/300.8/c/6

Staffing, E. S. E. (2022, May 2). Strategies for teaching students with intellectual disabilities. TherapyTravelers. Retrieved March 14, 2023, from https://www.therapytravelers.com/strategies-teaching-students-intellectual-disabilities/

Students with an intellectual disability (5 methods to help). Classful. (n.d.). Retrieved March 14, 2023, from https://classful.com/students-with-an-intellectual-disability/

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Center for Parent Information and Resources that provides parents with an understanding and expectations of a child with ID. https://www.parentcenterhub.org/intellectual/

This video provides parents the knowledge on how to support their child with ID. https://youtu.be/yjHAUkxxDHo

This introduction video shows insight to an at-home program to help children with a ID. https://youtu.be/CTfsqnFzRZc