Exceptionality using IDEA Categories

1. Exceptionality
By Novalee Shoemaker

2. Definition
When a child is considered exceptional,
there is some aspect of their functioning
that differs greatly from what is
considered to be the norm. Both children
with impairments and those who possess
unique talents or gifts are included in this
description.

3. Categories of
exceptionality
1. Physical Disability
2. Severe Language Disorder and
Critical Educational Needs
3. Severe Behavior Disorder
4. Hearing Impairment
5. Intellectual Disability
6. Visual Impairment
7. Autism Spectrum Disorder
8. Learning Disability
9. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder
10. Giftedness

4. IDEA Categories
● Autism (slide 5)
● Deaf-Blindness (slide 6)
● Deafness (slide 7)
● Emotional Disturbance (slide 8)
● Hearing Impairment (slide 9)
● Intellectual Disabilities (slide 10)
● Multiple Disabilities (slide 11)
● Orthopedic Impairment (slide 12)
● Other Health Impairments (slide 13)
● Specific Learning Disability (slide 14)
● Speech or Language Impairment (slide 15)
● Traumatic Brain Injury (slide 16)
● Visual Impairment Including Blindness (slide 17)

5. Autism
A developmental disability that adversely affects a child's academic achievement
and has a major negative impact on verbal and nonverbal communication, social
interaction, as well as hyper- and hypo-sensory functioning. Repetitive behaviors
and movements, intolerance to environmental change or changes in daily routines,
and atypical responses to sensory events are further traits that are frequently
linked to autism.

6. Deaf-Blindness
Concurrent hearing and visual impairments, which together result in
significant communication and other developmental and educational
demands that cannot be met in special education programs designed only
for children who are deaf or who are blind.

7. Deafness
A kid's educational performance
is negatively impacted by
hearing impairment that is so
severe that the kid is hampered
in processing linguistic
information through hearing,
with or without amplification.

8. Emotional disturbance
A disorder that negatively impacts a child's academic performance when it exhibits one or
more of the following traits over time and to a noticeable degree
● An inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors.
● An inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and
teachers.
● Inappropriate types of behavior or feelings under normal circumstances.
● A general pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression.
● A tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears

9. Hearing Impairment
A hearing impairment, whether permanent or fluctuating, that has a
negative impact on a child's academic achievement but is not considered
"deafness."

10. Intellectual Disabilities
The academic performance of a kid is negatively impacted
by significantly below-average general intellectual
functioning that coexists with deficiencies in adaptive
behavior and manifests over the developmental period.

11. Multiple Disabilities
When more than one handicap is present, resulting in significant
educational demands that cannot be met in special education
programs. Deaf-blindness is not included in the phrase.

12. Orthopedic Impairment
A serious orthopedic impairment that has a negative impact on a
child's academic achievement. The phrase refers to disabilities brought
on by a congenital abnormality, illnesses, and other conditions.

13. Other Health Impairment
A child's performance in school is negatively impacted by having
low vigor, vitality, or alertness—including heightened attentiveness
to environmental stimuli—that leads in low alertness with regard to
the learning environment.

14. Specific
Learning
Disability
A dysfunction in one or more of the fundamental
psychological processes involved in comprehending or using
language, whether spoken or written, which might show up as
problems with listening, speaking, thinking, reading, writing,
spelling, or performing mathematical calculations. Perceptual
difficulties, brain damage, minimum brain malfunction,
dyslexia, and developing aphasia are among the conditions
included by the phrase. The word excludes learning issues
that are predominantly brought on by mental disabilities,
emotional disturbance, visual, hearing, or motor impairments,
as well as environmental, cultural, or economic disadvantage.

15. Speech or Language
Impairment
A communication issue that negatively impacts a child's
academic achievement, such as stuttering, poor
articulation, language impairment, or voice impairment.

16. Traumatic
Brain Injury
An acquired brain damage brought on by an outside physical force that results
in entire or partial functional disability, psychosocial impairment, or both, and
has a negative impact on a child's capacity to learn. The term is used to describe
open or closed head wounds that affect one or more cognitive, language,
memory, attention, reasoning, abstract thinking, judgment, problem-solving,
sensory, perceptual, and motor abilities, as well as psychosocial behavior,
physical functions, information processing, and speech. Congenital,
degenerative, and brain damage brought on by birth trauma are not included in
the phrase.

17. Visual Impairment Including
Blindness
A vision defect that, even with repair, has a negative impact on a child's academic
achievement. The phrase covers both blindness and impaired sight.

18. How to include all
students in class
Encourage students to ask questions. Almost always, it's
acceptable to inquire about a peer's experience with a
disability. Speaking with others enables kids to see past the
mystery of a disability since everyone wants to be
understood.
Find points of agreement. Although no two people are
exactly same, the majority of us share traits. Our connections
are strengthened if we look for commonalities among us
rather than differences.
Teachers set an excellent example. Students will learn how to
interact, accept, and react to other students via the teachers
actions and words. Not only talk about weaknesses but also
strengths.
Have everyone be involved in activities that everyone can
understand.