Identify the three federal disability categories into which individuals with high-incidence disabilities fall. Include in your discussion three defining characteristics of each
What will be an ideal response?
Learning disabilities—heterogeneous group of disorders resulting in significant difficulties in acquisition and use of listen/speaking/reading/writing/reasoning/mathematical skills, are intrinsic and presumed due to central nervous system dysfunction and not primarily due to sensory/motor disorders, intellectual or developmental disabilities, emotional disturbance or environmental/cultural/economic disadvantage. Emotional disturbance—behavioral or emotional responses in school programs that are so different from appropriate age/cultural/ethnic norms that they adversely affect academic performance, are more than temporary expected responses to stressful events, consistently exhibited in two different settings
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Grand tour questions in an action research interview
a. allow participants to describe something in their own terms. b. ask participants to describe a specific incident. c. ask participants to describe how something typically happens. d. allow participants to provide examples and use pictures to represent the example.
Assessments are objective and rigorous methods for obtaining information about students
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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