Addressing Learners' Individual needs

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Across
  1. 2. technology Technological advances (usually computer based) that help exceptional students learn and communicate
  2. 4. of needs A set of seven, from the basic needs for survival and safety to the need for self-actualization, that motivate human behavior as identified by Abraham Maslow.
  3. 7. development The process of acquiring the intellectual ability to learn from interaction with one’s environment
  4. 8. operations stage The stage of cognitive development (11 to 15 years of age) proposed by Jean Piaget in which cognitive abilities reach their highest level of development.
  5. 9. restrictive environment An educational program that meets a disabled students special needs in a manner that is identical, insofar as possible, to that provided to students in general education
  6. 10. stage The stage of cognitive development (to seven years of age) proposed by Jean Piaget in which the individual begins to use language and symbols to think of objects and people outside the immediate environment
  7. 14. The ability to learn; the cognitive capacity for thinking
  8. 15. disability- A limitation in one’s ability to take in, organize, remember, and express information
  9. 16. with disabilities Students who need special education services because they possess one or more of the following disabilities: learning disabilities, speech or language impairments, mental retardation, serious emotional disturbance, hearing impairments, orthopedic impairments, visual impairments, or other health impairments.
  10. 17. styles Cognitive, effective, and physiological behaviors through which an individual learns most effectively; determined by a combination of hereditary and environmental influences
  11. 19. learners Students whose growth and development deviate from the norm to the extent that their educational needs can be met more effectively through a modification of regular school programs
  12. 21. of development Predictable stages through which individuals pass as they progress through life
Down
  1. 1. development The progression of an individual through various stages of psychological and social development
  2. 3. The practice of integrating all students with disabilities into general education classes
  3. 5. intelligence A perspective on intelligence ability, proposed by Howard Gardner, suggesting that there are at least eight, and many as many as ten, types of human intelligence.
  4. 6. education An approach to education that emphasizes the teaching of values, moral reasoning, and the development of “good” character
  5. 10. crisis A life crisis at one of eight different stage of growth and development. According to psychologist Erik Erikson, individuals must resolve each crisis to reach the next stage.
  6. 11. intelligence The capacity to be aware of an and manage ones feelings
  7. 12. deficit disorder A learning disability characterized by difficult in concentrating on learning
  8. 13. inclusion The policy and process of including exceptional learners in general education
  9. 18. education A teaching specialty for meeting the specials educational needs of exceptional learners
  10. 20. operations stage The stage of cognitive development proposed by Jean Piaget in which the individual develops the ability to use logical thought to solve concrete problems