Intellectual Disabilities Sarah Livingston EDEX 796

Definition Condition characterized by: Significant sub-average intellectual functioning Exists concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior

Students with ID Eligibility Characteristics Accommodations & Modifications Examples

IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Created in 1975 Improved in 2004

To be eligible: Child must have disability Must need special education/related services. If child has disability but no need for special education services: May qualify for Section 504Section 504

Characteristics Cognitive Communication Physical Social-emotional

Cognitive Attention Memory Generalization

Communication Speech Nonverbal Language Delayed development Other ways to communicate

Physical Fine/Gross motor Cerebral Palsy Blindness/Deaf Epilepsy Other

Social-emotional Behavior issues Child-like behaviors Some are social; some are not Mimicry/echolalia

Accommodations This is how I teach How material is presented Where student is taught How student communicates what learned

Modifications What I teach my students Simplifying lessons Main facts Functional skills

When I teach It is important for me to: Reduce language Reduce/simplify my lesson Give examples Show finished product

Keep my students on a schedule/routine Give preferred and non-preffered tasks Visual cues Timers Peer buddies (like you )

My students can do the same things as you! Enjoy art

Play ball

Play with friends at recess

Surf the web & the waves

So remember… We can change the world We have a “can do” attitude, do you? “We, the one’s who are challenged, need to be heard. To be seen not as a disability, but as a person who has, and will continue to bloom. To be seen not only as a handicap, but as a well intact human being.” – Robert M. Hensel

FYI List of those you may not know had a disability: Albert Einstein; Asperger’s Beethoven; Deaf Bill gates; Asperger’s Cher; dyslexia David Beckham; ID Reeve & Roosevelt; Physical Van Gogh; Epilepsy