Intellectual Disabilities by Julia Rund https://padlet.com/julia_rund16/dl39nifna68t TCH 394 By Jennifer Eng, Julia Rund, and Brenda Zador en-us 2019-02-27 05:00:22 UTC 2025-11-24 16:26:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png IDEA's Definition julia_rund16 https://padlet.com/julia_rund16/dl39nifna68t/wish/335750319 Intellectual disability, formerly labeled “mental retardation,” is defined by 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.” There are two key components within this definition: a student’s IQ and his or her capability to function independently, usually referred to as adaptive behavior.
http://www.projectidealonline.org/v/intellectual-disabilities/



]]> 2019-02-27 05:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_rund16/dl39nifna68t/wish/335750319 Common Causes: julia_rund16 https://padlet.com/julia_rund16/dl39nifna68t/wish/335750497
  • Infections present during or after birth
  • Malnutrition
  • Trauma  before or after birth
  • Chromosomal abnormalities (i.e. Down Syndrome)

    • https://www.hwns.com.au/about-us/about-disability/types-of-disabilities/types-of-intellectual-disabilities/



    ]]>     2019-02-27 05:10:52 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_rund16/dl39nifna68t/wish/335750497     Disorders Considered "Intellectual Disabilities" julia_rund16 https://padlet.com/julia_rund16/dl39nifna68t/wish/335750558
  • Down Syndrome
  • ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder)
  • ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
  • FXS (Fragile X Syndrome): inherited mutation of the X chromosome
  • Developmental delay
  • (PWS) Prader-Willi Syndrome: abnormality in the genes of chromosome 15
  • (FASD) Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
  • Individuals with intellectual disabilities are prone to mood disorders like major depression or bipolar disorder
  • About 3% of the population of people with intellectual disabilities also have Schizophrenia 

    • https://www.hwns.com.au/about-us/about-disability/types-of-disabilities/types-of-intellectual-disabilities/


    ]]>     2019-02-27 05:11:25 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_rund16/dl39nifna68t/wish/335750558     Visual Presentation julia_rund16 https://padlet.com/julia_rund16/dl39nifna68t/wish/335751031 2019-02-27 05:16:12 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_rund16/dl39nifna68t/wish/335751031 Teaching Strategies julia_rund16 https://padlet.com/julia_rund16/dl39nifna68t/wish/335751116
  • Teach one concept or activity component at a time
  • Teach one step at a time to help support memorization and sequencing
  • Teach students in small groups, or one-on-one, if possible
  • Always provide multiple opportunities to practice skills in a number of different settings
  • Use physical and verbal prompting to guide correct responses, and provide specific verbal praise to reinforce these responses
    • https://therapytravelers.com/strategies-teaching-students-intellectual-disabilities/



    ]]>     2019-02-27 05:16:55 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_rund16/dl39nifna68t/wish/335751116     Where to go for additional resources: julia_rund16 https://padlet.com/julia_rund16/dl39nifna68t/wish/335751227 There are support services for people who have intellectual disabilities:

    • https://www.thearc.org/i-am/a-parent
    • A center (here in Bloomington/Normal) that helps parent with support of a child or loved one who has an intellectual or developmental disability


    ]]>     2019-02-27 05:17:55 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_rund16/dl39nifna68t/wish/335751227     Works Cited julia_rund16 https://padlet.com/julia_rund16/dl39nifna68t/wish/335751416 https://www.specialeducationguide.com/disability-profiles/intellectual-disability/

    http://aaidd.org/intellectual-disability/definition

    https://www.hwns.com.au/about-us/about-disability/types-of-disabilities/types-of-intellectual-disabilities/

    http://www.projectidealonline.org/v/intellectual-disabilities/

    https://therapytravelers.com/strategies-teaching-students-intellectual-disabilities/

    https://www.fraxa.org/fragile-x-syndrome/symptoms/

    ]]>     2019-02-27 05:19:43 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_rund16/dl39nifna68t/wish/335751416     Adaptive Behavior julia_rund16 https://padlet.com/julia_rund16/dl39nifna68t/wish/335751557 Adaptive behavior is the collection of conceptual, social, and practical skills that are learned and performed by people in their everyday lives. 

    • Conceptual skills—language and literacy; money, time, and number concepts; and self-direction.
    • Social skills—interpersonal skills, social responsibility, self-esteem, gullibility, naïveté (i.e., wariness), social problem solving, and the ability to follow rules/obey laws and to avoid being victimized.
    • Practical skills—activities of daily living (personal care), occupational skills, healthcare, travel/transportation, schedules/routines, safety, use of money, use of the telephone.
    http://aaidd.org/intellectual-disability/definition


    ]]>     2019-02-27 05:21:08 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_rund16/dl39nifna68t/wish/335751557     Media Resource: bmzador https://padlet.com/julia_rund16/dl39nifna68t/wish/336533834 2019-02-28 17:43:46 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_rund16/dl39nifna68t/wish/336533834 Learning Activity jeng4 https://padlet.com/julia_rund16/dl39nifna68t/wish/336925210 An intellectual disability that often gets misdiagnosed as autism is Fragile X Syndrome.  Some signs of having FXS are:

    • intellectual disabilities, ranging from mild to severe
    • attention deficit and hyperactivity, especially in young children
    • anxiety and unstable mood
    • autistic behaviors, such as hand-flapping and not making eye contact
    • sensory integration problems, such as hypersensitivity to loud noises or bright lights
    • speech delay, with expressive language more severely affected than receptive language
    • seizures (epilepsy) affect about 25% of people with Fragile X syndrome
    https://www.fraxa.org/fragile-x-syndrome/symptoms/
    A way to demonstrate this in a classroom activity is by having asking students to build a house of cards.  Then, after some effort is put into it (structure, security, etc.) I blow on it just a little to knock the whole thing down.  Classmates may become upset because we just spent the last 10 minutes working on building this structure. But the demonstration is used to show how a person with FXS needs stability and without a consistent structure to the day everyday, people with FXS have a hard time functioning.
    ]]>     2019-03-01 16:42:35 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_rund16/dl39nifna68t/wish/336925210     Now the more condense version... julia_rund16 https://padlet.com/julia_rund16/dl39nifna68t/wish/337485233 An intellectual disability is characterised by an IQ below 70 (the median IQ is 100), and significant difficulty with daily living such as self-care, safety, communication, and socialization.]]> 2019-03-04 14:54:53 UTC https://padlet.com/julia_rund16/dl39nifna68t/wish/337485233