Exceptionality and Special Education by Jaleesa Pleasants https://padlet.com/Leesa09tnt/8hot6dwp7nje Chapter 1 en-us 2018-08-31 22:18:11 UTC 2018-08-31 23:19:25 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. How can we get oriented to exceptionality and special education? Leesa09tnt https://padlet.com/Leesa09tnt/8hot6dwp7nje/wish/277031325 By remembering that the most important characteristic of exceptional learners are their abilities, not their disabilities. ]]> 2018-08-31 22:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/Leesa09tnt/8hot6dwp7nje/wish/277031325 2. What is the educational definition of exceptional learners? Leesa09tnt https://padlet.com/Leesa09tnt/8hot6dwp7nje/wish/277031581 Those learners who require special education and related services if they are to realize their full human potential. ]]> 2018-08-31 22:34:35 UTC https://padlet.com/Leesa09tnt/8hot6dwp7nje/wish/277031581 3. What is the prevalence of exceptional learners Leesa09tnt https://padlet.com/Leesa09tnt/8hot6dwp7nje/wish/277031847 The percentage of a population or number of individuals having an exceptionality. ]]> 2018-08-31 22:38:51 UTC https://padlet.com/Leesa09tnt/8hot6dwp7nje/wish/277031847 4. What is the definition of special education? Leesa09tnt https://padlet.com/Leesa09tnt/8hot6dwp7nje/wish/277031969 Specifically designed instruction that meets the unusual needs of an exceptional student and requires special materials, teaching techniques, equipment, and or facilities. ]]> 2018-08-31 22:41:01 UTC https://padlet.com/Leesa09tnt/8hot6dwp7nje/wish/277031969 5. What are the history and origins of special education? Leesa09tnt https://padlet.com/Leesa09tnt/8hot6dwp7nje/wish/277032105 It started in 18th and 19th century Europe with "the wolf boy" and Europeans isolating children with special needs, but later European physicians wanted to investigate. Special education then spread to America and it became what we know it as today. ]]> 2018-08-31 22:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/Leesa09tnt/8hot6dwp7nje/wish/277032105 6. What legislation and litigation have affected special education? Leesa09tnt https://padlet.com/Leesa09tnt/8hot6dwp7nje/wish/277032406
  • Education for All Handicapped Children (PL 94-142)
  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
  • No Child Left Behind
  • Elementary and Secondary Education Act
  • Free and Appropriate Public Education
  • Hudson vs. Rowley
  • Endrew F. vs. Douglas County School District 
    • ]]>     2018-08-31 22:47:55 UTC https://padlet.com/Leesa09tnt/8hot6dwp7nje/wish/277032406     7. What is our perspective on the reasons for optimism regarding special education? Leesa09tnt https://padlet.com/Leesa09tnt/8hot6dwp7nje/wish/277032664 Science has advanced so much that it has contributed to early detection of possible diseases as children develop. ]]> 2018-08-31 22:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/Leesa09tnt/8hot6dwp7nje/wish/277032664