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| IFSP | system of early intervention services..IDEA encourages all states ti implement a comprehensive, multididsciplinary interagency program of early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families |
| life skills | skills that will help the students transition into adult life in the community |
| generalization | the extent to which students use and what they have learned across settings over time |
| early intervention | any form of therapy,treatment,educational program nutrtional intervention or family support designed to reduce the effects of disabilities or prevent developmental problems later for children from birth thru age 5 |
| Down Syndrome | a chromosomal anomaly that often causes moderate to severe mental retardation, along with certain physical characteristics |
| learned helplessness | describes an individual's expectation of failure, regardless of his effort,based on experiences of repeated failure |
| learning disability | deficits in reading(90%0,written lang, math(50%), poor social skills(75%), attentional problems,behavioral problems and low rates of self efficacy |
| cataract | unclearness that reduces the amt of light that reaches the retina-images are blurry,distorted or incomplete |
| semantics | rules for the meaning of language |
| syntax | rules for grammar; the structure of language |
| pragmatics | rules for communication |
| cued speech | Cued Speech is a visual communication system that uses eight handshapes in four different placements near the face in combination with the mouth movements of speech to make the sounds of spoken language look different from each other |
| speech language pathologist | someone who is certified to provide assessment, identification and treatment of articulation and phonological errors,fluency disorders,voice disorders, lang disorders and augmentationand alternate communication |
| types of speech/language disabilities | articulation,fluency,voice disorders,receptive and expressive lang |
| echolalia | The involuntary parrotlike repetition (echoing) of a word or phrase just spoken by another person |
| inner ear | The cochlea is the portion concerned mainly with the sense of hearing. and the canals which control sense of balence |
| outer ear | pre-amplifies sound as it enters the ear |
| middle ear | contains the three small bones that vibrate |
| otitis media | a cause for acquired hearing loss |
| technology for deaf hard of hearing | hearing aid,FM monitor,interpreters,speech-to-text translation,TV captions, text telephones,alerting devices,cochlea implants |
| Braille | must be highly tactile to learn |
| Bi-bi approach | American Sign Language is taught to the child first and then English is taught as a second language |
| accommodations for visually impaired | Kurzweil,speech recognition software,optical devices,,large print,glasses, magnification, special lamps |
| total communication | simultaneous presentation of language by speech and manual communication |
| functional life skills | cooking,personal hygiene,shopping,financial management,transportation,recreational activities |
