Developmental Disabilities

Learning Resources

Required Resources

• Course Text: Exceptional Children: An Introduction to Special Education
  
  Note: For each chapter, read the designated sections up to “Educational Approaches”
• • Chapter 4, “Intellectual Disabilities” (pp. 132–1 47)
  • Chapter 5, “Learning Disabilities” (pp. 172–179, 181–182, 184–192)
  • Chapter 6, “Emotional or Behavioral Disorders” (pp. 213–2 21, 224–233)
  • Chapter 7, “Autism Spectrum Disorders” (pp. 257–265, 268–2 71)
  • Chapter 8, “Communication Disorders” (pp. 297–3 14)

Optional Readings and Resources:

• American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
  http://aaidd.org/

• National Down Syndrome Society
  http://www.ndss.org/

• “Understanding Learning Disabilities”
  Division of Learning Disabilities of the Council for Exceptional Children
  http://teachingld.org/understanding-ld

• Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders
  http://www.ccbd.net/

• The National Autism Association
  http://nationalautismassociation.org/

• “The Language of Autism”
  http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/the-language-of-autism/

 

• IDEA 2004: “Definitions of Disability”
  http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/,root,regs,300,A,300%252E8,

 

 

Application: Special Needs from a Variety of Perspectives

Research and Information Exchange on Categories of Special Needs, Part 1

Note: For this assignment you will be submitting via the Submission link and the Doc Sharing area of the course. See the bottom of the page for more details.

Each of the categories of special needs is complex. This Application will give you the opportunity to delve deeper into one, as well as learn about others from fellow students.

There are two parts to the Application Assignment. You will complete Part 1 this week and Part 2 next week.

Part 1: Research One Category of Special Needs

For Part 1 of your Application assignment, you will choose a category of special needs that interests you and research it using your text and at least one additional resource that has reliable information. You will also need to identify at least one Web site you recommend to others to learn about the category of special needs you have chosen.