The document discusses strategies for helping exceptional children overcome problems. It defines exceptional children as those who deviate physically, intellectually, emotionally or socially from typical development and require modified educational programs. Exceptional children have special physical, psychological, social, emotional, educational and vocational needs. Schools can help by providing aids, adapted materials and instruction, and opportunities for participation.

1. TOPIC :-strategies for helping exceptional children to
overcome their problem
Presentation by :-sameeksha singh parihar

2. MEANING OF EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN
The term 'exceptional' means different things to different
people. Some use it when referring to the particularly bright
children or the child with unusual talent. Others use it when they
refer to any typical or deviant child.
An exceptional child is one who deviates physically,
intellectually, emotionally or socially, from the normal
or average child so markedly that he cannot receive
maximum benefit from the regular school programme
and requires modification in the school practices and
programmers or requires special educational services or
supplementary instruction and services to enable
him/her to develop to their maximum capacity.

3. Such a child begins to show signs of exceptionality from birth or during the
developmental stages as the child races ahead of others or lags behind in terms of
growth and development in various dimensions, viz., Physical, Mental, Emotional,
Social and Moral to such an extent that he or she exhibits problems and
maladjustments in academics, the school setting itself, in behavior and in terms of
adjustment problems with other children. An exceptional child has some needs like
those of the normal child and like his peer group children, and does have some
different needs pertinent to the child’s own particular type of exceptionality. Since
the child has some special needs, he / she is also referred to as a child with special
needs

4. DEFINATION
Telford and Sawrey (1972) said, "To be
exceptional is to be rare of unusual".
According to Crow and Crow: "The term 'exceptional'
is applied to a traitor to a person possessing trait up
to the extent of deviation from normal possession of
the trait is so great that because of it the individual
warrant or receives special attentions from his
fellows and his behavior responses and activities are
thereby affected."

5. Characteristics of Exceptional Children
 It is applied to a trait of a person possessing up to the extent of
deviation from normal.
 It is commonly applied to children who differ notable from the
average children.
 An exceptional child deviates physically, mentally, emotionally and
socially from normal growth and development.
 An exceptional child is he who cannot be benefited from regular
classroom teaching programs.
 An exceptional child requires a modification of school practices and
needs special treatment in school to develop his maximum capacity.
 An exceptional child belongs to both the extremes of physically,
mentally, social, emotional and educational achievement.

6. Special Needs of Exceptional Children
Exceptional children need some special services which are as given
below-:
 Physical and Psychological Need- :As exceptional children are different from normal children due to
their impairment, they have some physical and psychological needs which are as mentioned-:
Exceptional children need some special assistive and supportive devices as they can be able to adjust
themselves in society and schools.
The impairment of the Special Educational Need (SEN) learners and its degree needs to be detected,
diagnosed and classified.
They need to have knowledge of effective present status of their impairment.
They need treatment and identification services which should not be neglected or delayed.
 Social Needs-: Man is a social being. So the exceptional children have also some social needs. The
social needs of the abnormal children concerned with-:
They need self-respect and recognition in the society.
They need to have freedom in taking decisions, making judgments and interacting with other likes
general students.
They need to have freedom in showing their role for the welfare of the society and success of
democracy.

7. Educational Needs: As Education is the main sources to empower them successfully, there is a need of
special educational care and treatment to them. They have many educational and learning needs which can be
satisfied with the help of Individualized Education Plan and effective execution. They have many educational
needs and problems which can be cover up through the following educational managements-:
Arrangement of regular classes.
Regular class with consultation.
Resource room.
Special classes
Special day school.
Residential institution.
Modified curriculum.
Guidance and counseling.
Vocational Training facilities.
Special infrastructure.
Taking personal care.
Adopting innovative teaching practices.
Providing remedial instruction.
Opportunity for participation in curricular and co-curricular activities.
Provision of incentive and financial supports.
Follow up services.

8.  Emotional Needs-: The attitude of parents, teachers, psychologists, doctors and the community should be positive towards them otherwise
they may suffer from emotional disturbance. We should have positive and sympathetic behaviour and attitudes towards them in order to
develop their confidence level. Emotional support is needed to be successful in the field of education.
The following needs should be kept in mind for providing them emotional support
They need social support.
They need self-esteem and social prestige.
Recognition and self-acceptance
Affiliation.
 Vocational Needs: Educational and Vocational Needs are correlated. Education is the way for entering upon a
vocation. Vocationalisation of education is to impart some training through education with the help of which a student is
able to undertake some profession and earn his living. The cause of providing education to exceptional children is to
satisfy their vocational needs and able to make them to stand independently. We can satisfy their vocational need by
providing vocational education on the basis of their limitations. In central and state government, there are percentages of
seats in educational institutions and jobs for handicapped individuals are reserved. The main purpose of this kind of
reservation is to empower them with educational and vocational placement.

10. General School admitting disabled children
should arrange to provide the following aids and
appliances for:
 Orthopedically Handicapped Children - Adjustable furniture, special
writing material (thick pen), artificial limbs wheel chairs and crutches.
 Blind Children - Braille late and stylus, Braille sheets, Abacus,Taylor
frame, Mobility canes, Cassette and talking books, Braille textbooks,
Bulletin board, Flat desks, Embossed graph sheets with rubber band push
pin tactile maps. Concrete objects to teach shape size, thick ness,
weight, ascending and descending, etc. number, texture and motor
coordination.
 Partially-Sighted and Low Vision Children - Magnifying glass, Spectacles,
Portable reading lamps, White board in place of black-board and large
print materials.

11. Hearing Impaired Children - Hearing aid (group hearing aid and
individual hearing aid), speech trainer or voice trainer, mirror
(big and small), special learning materials like flash cards,
educational games and toy materials, had-outs of classroom
instruction.
 Mentally retarded and learning children - Educational
games and play materials, concrete objects for teachers'
different concepts, picture cards and pictures, Day, Date
and Month Calendar.