Categories of Special Education in Michigan

By: Sarah WensonT/TH 11:00-12:15

Cognitive Impairment (CI)

• IQ of 70 or lower• Common terms

– Cognitive impairment– Mental retardation– Developmental disabilities– Intellectual disabilities

• Difficult time doing adaptive skills.– Showering, eating, brushing

teeth, getting dressed, and other daily things.

Emotional Impairment (EI)

• Disruptive or inappropriate behaviors that may affect a child's learning, social life, and even personal life.

• Random outbursts• Inner and outer types of behavior– Examples:• Anxiety disorder, mood disorder, schizophrenia, and

many more.

Hearing Impairment (HI)

• Controversies– Where child should be educated– Learning sign language– Should child receive cochlear

implant?• Deaf• Hard of hearing• Prelingually deaf• Postlingually deaf

Visual Impairment (VI)

• Visual efficiency– How well sight is used

• Visual acuity– Distance

• Residual vision– Functional use

Physical Impairment (PI)• Cerebral palsy

– Brain can not control functions– Four types

• Spastic-70-80% of cases• Athetoid • Ataxic• mixed

• Muscular Dystrophy– Wasting away of the muscle/ muscle weakness

• Spina Bifida– Spinal cord is not formed correctly

• Orthopedic impairment– Affects child's educational performance

Other Health Impairment (OHI)

• Due to health problems, either big or small.• Affects child's learning ability mostly to be

able to pay attention in class.• ADHD/ADD is the most common• Asthma• Allergies

Speech and Language Impairment (SLI)

• Language– Form– Content– use

• Speech– Voice– Articulation– Fluency

Early Childhood Development Delay (ECDD)

• A child with a disability related to learning that does not take place because of visual or hearing problems. – Basic reading– Basic math– Comprehension

Specific Learning Disability (SLD)

• Dyslexia• Dyscalculia• Dysgraphia • Auditory & Visual processing disorders• Nonverbal disablities

Severe Multiple Impairment (SXI)

• Impairments that are so sever that children can not learn using the special learning tools.

• Child can not be placed in a “normal” class room.

• The severity is determined by testing the child.

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)• A developmental disorder.• Typically appears within the first three years of life. • Affects brain social skills• Characteristics

– Communication– Social interaction– Behavior– Sensory and motor skills

• Types of autism– Autistic disorder– Asperger's disorder– Pervasive development disorder– Rhett's Disorder– Childhood disintegrative disorder

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

• An injury to the brain not caused by birth. Greatly affects the childs performance at school

• Two types– Closed head injury– Open head injury

Deaf-Blind (DB)

Use special instruments in the classroom to help their learning.

examples:Close circuit TVs, talking

books, Braille, personal readers..Etc.

Work Cited

Pictures• http://www.elements4health.com/softwa

re-developed-that-analyzes-mr-images-to-diagnose-alzheimers.html

• http://www.nei.nih.gov/canwesee/• http://people.howstuffworks.com/sign-la

nguage2.htm• http://wiki.injuryboard.com/help-center/

head-and-brain-injuries/default.aspx• http://www.maxiaids.com/categories/21/

Canes.html

Information

• http://www.bridges4kids.org/Disabilities/MIlabels.html

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002494/

• http://www.parentpals.com/gossamer/pages/Detailed/683.html

• http://www.traumaticbraininjury.com/