Sample

1. Chapter 9
Educating
Learners with
Disabilities and
Chronic Illness

2. Models and Definitions
• Moral model
• Medical model
• Rehabilitation model
• Disabilities model

3. Language of Disabilities
• Use people-first language.
• Use congenital disability, not birth defect.
• Share examples.

4. Roles and Responsibilities
• Promote wellness and self-care.
• Maintain/restore health.
• Maintain independence (habilitation).
• Assist to relearn or restore skills (rehabilitation).
• Assess involvement of family.
• Stress level and coping
• Client goals
• Supportive devices—willingness to use

5. Types of Disabilities
• Sensory
• Learning
• Developmental
• Mental illness
• Physical
• Communication disorders
• Chronic illness

6. Hearing Impairment
• Sign language
• Lipreading
• Written material
• Verbalization by client
• Sound augmentation
• Telecommunications

7. Visual Impairment
• Be as descriptive as possible.
• Tactile learning is important.
• Audio tapes
• Oral instructions can be taped.
• Computer is popular.
• Braille library
• Private and quiet place

8. Learning and
Developmental Disabilities
• Dyslexia
• Auditory processing disorder
• Dyscalculia
• Developmental disability
– ADHD
– Intellectual disabilities
– Asperger-autism spectrum

9. Mental Illness
• Teach by using small words, brief and repeat.
• Keep sessions short.
• Involve all resources—determine learner’s
style.

10. Physical Disability
• Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Memory disorders

12. Communication Disorders
• Expressive aphasia
• Receptive aphasia
• Dysarthria

13. Chronic Illness
• Prevention of medical
crisis and management
of problems
• Control of symptoms
• Carrying out plan and
adherence to self-care
• Prevention of or living
with social isolation
• Adjustment to changes
in the course of the
disease
• Normalizing
interactions with others
and lifestyle
• Funding
• Confronting social and
family problems

14. Role of the Family
• Incorporate their goals.
• Stress and coping
• Level of involvement
• Fear and feeling overwhelmed
• Include family/caregivers in all teaching.

15. Assistive Devices
and Technologies
• Interdisciplinary team approach
• Individualized to meet the needs of the person
with a disability
• Goal is greater independence and fulfillment.