CATEGORIES OF

EXEPTIONALITIES
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 COGNITIVE OR ACADEMIC
DIFFICULTIES

SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL &
BEHAVIORAL DIFFICULTIES

PHYSICAL DISABLITIES &

HEALTH IMPAIREMENTS
OMROD
SENSORY IMPAIRMENT

GIFTEDNESS
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COGNITIVE OR
ACADEMIC
DIFFICULTIES
O M B R O D ’ S E D U C AT I O N A L P S Y C H O L O G Y ( 2 0 0 0 )
 COGNITIVE OR ACADEMIC
LEARNING DIFFICULTIES
•DISABILITIES
Perception, language, memory, or metacognition
• DYSLEXIA - reading disorder
• DYSGRAPHIA - writing disorder
• DYSCALCULIA - arithmetic disorder
• DISPRAXIA - psychomotor disorder
• ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
• SPEECH AND COMMUNICATION DISORDER
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SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL &
BEHAVIORAL
DIFFICULTIES
O M B R O D ’ S E D U C AT I O N A L P S Y C H O L O G Y ( 2 0 0 0 )
SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL & BEHAVIORAL
DIFFICULTIES
• AUTISM - social skills, repetive behaviors, speech and
nonverbal communication.
• MENTAL RETARDATION - sub - average intelligence and
deficits adaptive behavior
• EMOTIONAL/CONDUCT DISORDERS - presence of
emotional stateslike depression and aggression disturbing
leaming andperformance in school
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GIFTEDNESS
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 GIFTEDNESS

(a) creativethinking,
(b) leadership,
(c) general intellectual ability,
(d)psychomotor,
(e) specific academic ability and
(f) visual/performing arts.
 GIFTEDNESS

CHARACTERISTICS
a. Perfectionist and idealistic
b. Heightened sensitivity to their own expectations andthose of others
c. Maturity beyond age
d. Problem solvers
e. Abstract thinkers
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PHYSICAL DISABILITIES
AND HEALTH
IMPAIRMENTS
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 PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AND
HEALTH IMPAIRMENTS

• PHYSICAL AND HEALTH IMPAIRMENT- affect individual's

energyand strength, mental alertness and muscle control.
• SEVERE AND MULTIPLE DISABILITIES - presence of two
or moredifferent types of disabilities.
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SENSORY
IMPAIRMENTS
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 SENSORY
IMPAIRMENTS

• VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS - malfunction of the eyes oroptic

nerves that prevent normal visioneven
• myopia (farsightedness)
• hyperopia (nearsightedness)
• astigmatism
 SENSORY
IMPAIRMENTS

2. HEARING IMPAIRMENTS (OTHERWISE KNOWN

ASHEARING LOSS) - malfunction of the ear or auditorynerves that
hinders perception of sounds withinthe frequency range of normal
speech