LEARNERS WITH

EXCEPTIONALITIES
“ALL CHILDREN CAN LEARN”
 “EXCEPTIONALITIES” LEARNERS OF EXCEPTIONALITIES
● an exceptional refers to an individuals whose physical
● extraordinary behavioral or cognitive performance is so
● well above average
●
different from the norm that additional
rare
● one of a kind services are required to meet the individual
● special needs.
 DISABILIT
Y HANDICAP

refers to a physical or mental problem that makes it a disadvantage that occurs as a result of a

difficult or impossible for a person to walk, see, hear, disability or impairment
speak, learn, or do other important things

measurable impairment or limitation that interferes refers to a limitation imposed upon a person
with a person’s ability. It may refer to a physical with a disability by society such as lack of
sensory, or mental condition. (Schiefelbusch) access for people in wheelchairs.
 CATEGORIES OF EXCEPTIONALITIES
1. SPECIFIC LEARNING 8.DEAFNES
IMPAIRMENT
2. EMOTIONAL 9.SDEAF-
DISTURBANCE BLINDNESS
3.ORTHOPEDIC
IMPAIRMENT 10. AUTISM
4.SPEECH OR LANGUAGE 11. MENTAL
IMPAIRMENT
5. MULTIPLE 12.RETARDATION
TRAUMATIC BRAIN
DISABILITIES INJURY
.VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
7.HEARING
IMPAIRMENT
 LEARNING DISABILITIES

Neurological Disorder
it results from a difference in the way a person’s
brain is “WIRED”
they are as smart or smarter than their peers
they may have difficulty reading, writing, spelling,
reasoning, recalling and or organizing information
CLASSIFICATIONS
 CHARACTERISTICS OF
LEARNING DISABILITIES
WRITTEN MATHEMATIC SOCIALIZA
READING LANGUAGE S TION
 EMOTIONAL DISABILITIES/DISTURBANCE

a condition exhibiting intellectual, sensory, or health

factors over a long period of time and to a marked
degree that adversely affects a child educational
performance
 CLASSIFICATIONS

1. ANXIETY DISORDER
2. BIPOLAR DISORDER
3. CONDUCT DISORDER
4. EATING DISORDER
5. OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE
DISORDER
6. PSYCHOTIC DISORDER
ORTHOPEDIC IMPAIRMENT
a severe orthopedic impairment that adversely affects a
child's educational performance.
a cognitive effect that orthopedic impairment can have on a child is
social and emotional developments, self-help behaviors, and overall
performance.

CEREBRAL
PALSY
Speech or Language Impairment

a communication disorder, such as stuttering, impaired

articulation, a language impairment, or a voice
impairment

affected by speech language impairment (SLI) by

correct verb tense, word order, sentence structure,
vocabulary knowledge, and receptive difficulties. 
 MULTIPLE DISABILITIES

concomitant impairments

the combination of which causes

such severe educational needs
that they cannot be
accommodated in a special
education program solely for
one of the impairments.
 VISUAL IMPAIRMENT

Blindness means an impairment

in vision that, even with
correction, adversely affects a
child's educational performance
this term includes both partial
sight and blindness.
HEARING IMPAIRMENT
makes it hard to hear or understand sounds
 a problem with one or more parts of the ear, the
nerves coming from the ears, or the hearing part of the   3 KINDS
brain
 people are born with hearing loss Sensorineural

Conductive

MIXED
GIFTED AND TALENTED
 Deaf-blindNess
concomitant hearing and visual impairments

causes such severe communication and other

developmental and educational needs that they
2 TYPES
cannot be accommodated in special education
programs solely for children with deafness or CONGENITAL
children with blindness.” DEAFBLINDNESS

ACQUIRED
DEAFBLINDNESS
HELEN ADAMS KELLER
 AUTISM
affecting verbal and non verbal communication and
social interaction.
SIGNS OF AUTISM
may have problems with speaking comprehension and
1. Spin Object
fine motor skills
2. Delayed Speech Development
generally apparent prior to the age of three and is 3. Preferred to play alone
characterized by repetitive behaviors, difficulty 4. Rejecting Cuddles
adapting to new environments and unusual responses
5. Hyperactivity
to sensory stimulations
6. Sleep Problem
7. Issues with communication
8. Avoiding Eye Contact
9. Repetive movements
10. Sensitive to loud noises
TYPES/CLASSIFICATIONS
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
 THAN
KS!
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