Exceptional children are those who deviate physically, mentally, emotionally, or socially from what is considered normal and require special services. They include physically disabled, mentally disabled, gifted, creative, delinquent, emotionally disturbed, learning disabled, and backward children. The document defines and provides examples of each of these types of exceptional children.

1. EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN

2. DEFINITION
 “The term exceptional children refers to those
children who deviate from the normal in physical,
mental, emotional, or social characteristics to such
a degree that they require special social and
educational services to develop their maximum
capacity”
-Telford and Sawrey

3. TYPES OF EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN
 Physically disabled/ handicapped children
 Mentally disabled/ retarded children
 Gifted children
 Creative children
 Delinquent/socially handicapped
 Emotionally disturbed children
 Learning disabled children
 Backward children/slow learners

4. PHYSICALLY DISABLED/PHYSICALLY
HANDICAPPED
 These children are unable to perform their everyday
tasks independently.
 Types of physically handicapped children are;
1. Visually impaired or handicapped children
2. Orally handicapped or hearing impaired
3. Orthopedically impaired or crippled children
4. Speech handicapped or impaired children
5. Perpetually impaired children

5. MENTALLY DISABLED OR RETARDED CHILDREN
 Are children who suffer from the retarded, sub-
normal or deficient growth & development of their
brain affecting their intellectual capacities such that
they’re unable to adapt to their environment and be
independent
 Types of mentally retarded classified on the basis
of:
1. IQ
2. Adaptive behaviour

6. GIFTED CHILD
 A child that shows consistently remarkable
performance in any worthwhile line of endeavor
 Giftedness can be shown in various fields:
1. Academics
2. Mechanical work
3. Social leadership and human relationships
4. Music, dance, drama, painting, writing, & other
creative arts
5. Physical activities like games and sports
6. Creative scientific experimentation & exploration

7. BACKWARD CHILDREN
 Is the child who shows marked educational
deficiency s compared to his peers
 Two types of backward children are:
1. General backwardness
2. Specific backwardness

8. JUVENILE DELINQUENT
 A minor who is deviates seriously from the norms of
his culture or society & commits such acts, that if
committed by an adult would be a punishable crime
 Causes of delinquency:
1. Heredity
2. Intelligence factor
3. Environment and social factors
4. Constitutional/physiological factors

9. EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED
 Emotional disturbance is a type of psychiatric
disturbance without clearly defined physical cause
or without structural damage.
 They can be suffering from any of the following:
1. depression
2. anxiety disorders
3. Phobias
4. Personality disorders
5. Psychotic disorders
6. Behaviour disorders
7. Psychosomatic/psychophysiological disorders

10. LEARNING DISABILITY
 Those children who have a disorder in one or more
of the basic psychological processes involved in
understanding & using language.
 Types of learning disabilities are:
1. Dyslexia
2. Dysgraphia
3. Dyscalculia
4. Dyspraxia
5. ADD/ADHD

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