ACTIVITY SHEET :Module 2Lb

Name/Course & Year: ACEBUCHE, MARIA JELIANA P. BSED-MATH 3

A- Read and Respond

Test on Content Knowledge ( Write your answer using blue-ink pen in a short bond paper, have
a soft copy send it to my email)

1. Define and explain the following terms: exceptional children, special education, disability or
impairment, handicap, and at risk.

Exceptional children - exceptional children and youth covers those with mental retardation,
giftedness and talent, learning disabilities, emotional and behavioral disorders, communication
disorders, deafness, blindness and low vision, physical disabilities, health impairments, and
severe disabilities. They are the children with disabilities, they are the unique chlidren from the
normal childrens.

Special Education - Special education provides students with identified disabilities specialized
instruction designed to meet their unique learning needs, giving them the opportunity to
develop their fullest potential.

Disability or impairment - refers to reduced function or loss of a specific part of the body or
organ. A person may have disabilities such as blindness or low vision, deafness or hard of
hearing condition, mental retardation, learning disabilities, communication disorders,
emotional and behavioral disorders, physical and health impairments and severe disabilities.

Handicap - refers to a problem a person with a disability or impairment encounters when

interacting with people, events and the physical aspects of the environment.

At risk - refers to children who have greater chances than other children to develop a disability.
The child is in danger of substantial developmental delay because of medical, biological, or
environmental factors if early intervention services are not provided.

2. In what ways is special education:

 A legislatively governed enterprise?

There are many other laws, memoranda and circulars that have been enacted through
the years in support of special education. The Philippine Policies and Guidelines for
Special Education provides that every child with special needs has a right to an
educational program that is suitable to his/her needs. Special education shares with
regular education basic responsibilities of the educational system to fulfill the right of
the child to develop his/her potential.
  A part of basic education?
Special education is a part of Department of education's basic education, and they are
now the major part of the basic education for elementary and secondary. The Special
Education Division of the Bureau of Elementary Education formulates policies, plans and
programs, develops standards of programs and services.
 The process of teaching children and youth with special education needs?

Special education is defined in terms of WHO, WHAT, HOW, and WHERE of its
implementation.
WHO- the exceptional or the children and youth with special education needs are the
most important persons in special education.
WHAT- every exceptional child needs access to a differentiated and modified curricular
program to enable him/her to learn the skills and competencies in the basic education
curriculum.
HOW- children with mental retardation are taught adaptive skills and basic academic
content that are suitable to their mental ability, Gifted children are provided with
enrichment activities and advanced content knowledge so that they can learn more that
what the basic education curriculum offers.

 An intervention process?

Intervention prevents, eliminates and/or overcomes the obstacles that might keep and
individual with disabilities from learning, from full and active participation school
activities, and from engaging in social and leisure activities. This intervention process
attempts to eliminate the effects of disability.

3. Fill in the following matrix with the definition, learning and behavioral characteristics of
the categories of CSN. You can add or revise the matrix when necessary.

CATEGORY OF CSN

CATEGORY DEFINITION, TYPES, CHARACTERISTICS

MENTAL RETARDATION refers to substantial limitations in present

functioning. It is characterized by significantly
sub-average intellectual functioning, existing
concurrently with related limitations in two or
more of the following applicable adaptive skill
areas
 communication, self-care, home living, social
skills, community use, self-direction, health
and safety, functional academics, leisure and
work

GIFTEDNESS AND TALENT refers to high performance in intellectual,

creative or artistic areas, unusual leadership
capacity, and excellence in specific academic
field (US Government). Giftedness refers to
the traits of above-average general abilities,
high level task commitment, and creativity .

Giftedness shows in superior memory,

observational powers, curiosity, creativity, and
ability to learn (Piirto, 1994).

SPECIFIC LEARNING ABILITY means a disorder in one or more of the basic

psychological processes involved in
understanding or in using language, spoken or
written, which may manifest itself in an
imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read,
write, spell or to do mathematical calculations.

EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDER means a disorder in one or more of the basic
psychological processes involved in
understanding or in using language, spoken or
written, which may manifest itself in an
imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read,
write, spell or to do mathematical calculations.
The term includes such conditions as
perceptual handicaps, brain injury.
 The term does not include children who have
learning problems which are primarily the
result of visual, hearing or motor handicaps, of
mental retardation or of environmental,
cultural, or economic disadvantages (US Office
of Education, 1977).

SPEECH AND LANGUAGE DISORDERS OR

COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

B- You Can Do This!

1. Check and locate a public or private elementary and secondary school where CSN are
enrolled in your community. Prepare a letter requesting the school principal's permission to
visit the SPED Teacher, and request a short interview (Don’t forget to have social or physical
distancing when doing this activity). Ask the SPED teacher for information about the child/ren:
the category of their exceptionality, the causes, and personal data like their age, family
background, number of years in school and other relevant information.

 James Garcia
 Child with Autism ( High Function)
  Genetic
 12
 Moms Name: Cristine Garcia/housewife- 38 years old when she gave birth to James
 7 years in school and therapies
 Responsible, independent, shows tantrums sometimes, can communicate, have an eye
to eye contact, can do self help skills, talent in drawing, knows how to write and read
some words, knows how to follow directions.

3. If you can not do observation as face to face classes are not allowed, ask how the SPED
teacher goes about his or her job. You may ask how he or she feels about teaching these
children. You may also ask him or her about the future of these children when they leave
school.

 Teaching is not that hard because he knows how to listen. I feel blessed because I
became part of James journey in developing his skills. I believe that James future will
become successful because he is a talented child. Despite of his disabilities he still
manage to shine in everything that he do.

4. Write a report on your visit and observation of CSN. Share your findings with your classmates
in the class’s group chat.

 Those children with disability, they are not hard to understand if we're going to know
them more and more . They are intelligent in their own way, they exist in the field that
they are good. Maybe, they are not that like of normal childrens but they are also living
like they are normal. They always give their best at all cost.