Learners with Exceptionalities

Learners with exceptionalities are individuals whose _____________ performance is so different from the norm- either higher or lower- that additional services are need to meettheir needs.

• physical

• mental

• physical, mental or behavioural

A ________________ is a functional limitation a person has that inteferes with the person´s physical or cognitive abilities.

• handicap

• disability

A______________ is a condition imposed on a person with disabilities by society, the physical environment or the person´s attitude.

• handicap

• disability

People with______________have limitations in both intellectual functioning and adaptive behaviour.

• Learning disabilities

• Intellectual disabilities

Students with learning disabilities have some or all of the following characteristics:

• Normal intelligence or even giftedness, ADD, Hyperactivity, Difficulty solving problems.

• Immature social skills, specific disorders of memory, thinking or language.

• Overrreliance on peers and teachers for assignments, poor motor coordination, discrepancy between intelligence and performance.

• All of the above

On average, a student with learning disabilities tends to have ____________academic self-steem than students who have not those disabilities.

• lower

• higher

Articulation and phonological disorders such as omissions, distortions, or substitution of sounds are examples of_____________

• language disorders

• speech disorders

Impairments of the ability to understand language or to express ideas in one´s own native language constitute_____________

• speech disorders

• language disorder

Emotional and behavioural disorders cover a wide range of behaviours such as:

• aggression, hyperactivity and withdrawal.

• Inability to make friends, anxiety and phobias.

• All of the above

____________ affects social interaction and verbal/non-verbal communication.

• Autism spectrum disorder

• Autism