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    This document provides an overview of learners with exceptionalities. It begins with an introduction that defines exceptional learners as those who differ from what is considered "normal". It then lists several categories of exceptionalities including specific learning disabilities, attention deficit disorders, communication disorders, autism, intellectual disabilities, emotional/behavioral disorders, physical disabilities, sensory impairments, and giftedness. The document encourages the use of "people-first language" and advises focusing on abilities rather than limitations when referring to those with disabilities. It includes engaging film recommendations and exploration questions, as well as activities to advocate people-first language and revise sentences accordingly.

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    Republic of the Philippines

    UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PHILIPPINES


    University Town, Catarman, N. Samar
    Web: http://uep.edu.ph; Email: [email protected]

    Module in Educ 6a
    Facilitating Learner-
    centered Teaching

    April Fatima M. Sardeňa


    Part-Time Lecturer
    First Semester, School Year 2021-2022
    Learners with Exceptionalities

    Introduction
    Learners with
    One significant factor that highlights individual differences and diversity in
    learning is the presence of exceptionalities. We commonly refer to learners with
    exceptionalities as persons who are different in some way from the “normal” or “average”.
    The term “exceptional learners” includes those with special needs related to cognitive
    abilities, behavior, social functioning, physical and sensory impairments, emotional
    disturbances, and giftedness.

    Advance Organizer

    Mental
    Retardation
    Learning
    Impairments
    Disabilities
    Sensory

    Exceptionalities

    Physical Disabilities
    Emotional and and Health
    Behavioral Disorders Impairments

    Autism
    ENGAGE

    Watch any of the following films


    The Rain Man
    I am Sam
    Son-rise a Miracle of Love
    The Life of Hellen Keller

    EXPLORE

    1. Describe the main character in the movie you watched.


    _______________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________

    2. What was his/her exceptionalities? Describe. ________________________


    _______________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________

    3. What problems/difficulties did the main character experience?


    _______________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________

    4. Who provided support? What support did he/she get from his/her environment?
    _______________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________
    EXPLAIN

    From the movie you watched you saw the challenges that confront a person with
    special needs. The person’s adjustment entails the support of the people around him. As
    a future teacher, you would probably encounter learners with special needs, more so if
    special education is your major. It is therefore necessary that you have both the right
    information and proper attitude in dealing with special learners. This will help you
    perform your task to facilitate learning. Let us begin differentiating the words disability
    and handicap.
    Disability. A disability is a measurable impairment or limitation that “interferes
    with a person’s ability, for example, to walk, lift, hear, or learn. It may refer to a
    physical, sensory, or mental condition” (Schiefelbusch Institute 1996).
    Handicap. Is a disadvantage that occurs as a result of a disability or impairment.
    The degree of disadvantage is often dependent on the adjustment made by both the
    person and his environment.

    Categories of Exceptionalities

    For this short introduction of categories, we are basing it on the categories found in
    Omrod’s Educational Psychology (2000).

    Specific Cognitive or Academic Difficulties


    Learning Disabilities. Involves difficulties in specific cognitive processes like
    perception, language memory or metacognition that are not due to other disabilities.
    Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. 1. Difficulty in either focusing and
    maintaining attention and 2. Recurrent hyperactive and impulsive behavior.
    Speech and Communication Disorders. There is difficulty in spoken language
    including voice disorders, inability to produce the sounds correctly, stuttering, difficulty
    in spoken language comprehension that significantly hamper classroom performance.
    Social/Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties
    Autism. A condition manifested by different levels of impaired social interaction
    and communication, repetitive behaviors and limited interests.
    Mental Retardation. Refers to significant subaverage intelligence and deficits in
    adaptive behavior.
    Emotional/Conduct Disorder. Involves the presence of emotional states like
    depression and aggression over a considerable amount of time that they notably
    disturb learning and performance in school.

    Physical Disabilities and Health Impairments


    Physical Disabilities and Health Impairments. This involves physical or medical
    conditions (usually long-term) including one or more of these: (1) limited energy
    and strength, (2) reduced mental alertness, and/or (3) little muscle control.
    Severe and Multiple Disabilities. This refers to the presence of two or more
    different types of disability, at times at a profound level.

    Sensory Impairments
    Visual Impairments. These are conditions when there is malfunction of the eyes
    or optic nerves that normal vision even with corrective lenses.
    Hearing Impairments. These involve malfunction of the ear or auditory nerves
    that hinders perception of sounds within the frequency range of normal speech.

    Giftedness
    Giftedness. This involves a significantly high level of cognitive development.
    There is unusually high ability or aptitude in one or more of these aspects:
    intellectual ability, aptitude in one or more of these aspects: intellectual ability,
    aptitude in academic subjects, creativity, visual or performing arts or leadership.
    People-First Language

    People-first language tells us what conditions people have, not what they are
    (Schiefelbusch Institute, 1996). Other suggestions for referring to those with disabilities
    include:
     Avoiding generic labels
     Emphasizing abilities, not limitations
     Avoiding euphemisms
     Avoiding implying illness or suffering

    Activity 1

    1. Make a collection of teaching guidelines or tips on how to work with students


    with exceptionalities. Follow the categories shown in this Module.
    2. Advocate for people-first language by telling at least 5 people about how to use
    people-first language when referring to learners with exceptionalities.

    Activity 2

    Revise the following sentences to adhere to the people-first language and the other
    guidelines given in this Module.
    1. The teacher thought of many strategies to teach the mentally challenged.
    2. Their brother is mentally retarded.
    3. Their organization is for the autistic.
    4. He is a polio victim who currently suffers form post-polio syndrome.
    5. There was a blind girl in my psychology class.

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