Competency 1 - correct answer Focuses on the characteristics of typical and atypical human growth and development and the characteristics of students with
... [Show More] various disabilities that special education teachers are likely to encounter.
Learning Disabilities - correct answer Students with learning disabilities have average or above average intelligence but an unexpected academic weakness in one or more content areas.
Dyslexia - correct answer Impacts a student's ability to learn to read, to recognize sound segments or letters, following along in text comprehending what they read.
Dysgraphia - correct answer Impacts student's ability to learn to write, often their handwriting and/or spelling.
Dyscalculia - correct answer Impacts a student's ability to understand numbers and mathematical operations, remembering math facts and the sequence of steps in math problems.
Intellectual Disabilities - correct answer Students qualify as having an intellectual disability when they show developmental delays in most aspects of academic and social functioning.
Communication Disorders - correct answer Students who are more likely to mispronounce sounds or have speech that lacks fluency are identified as having speech disorder.
Articulation Disorders - correct answer Affects a student's ability to produce certain sounds and sound combinations.
Fluency Disorders - correct answer Hesitations or stuttering
Specific language Impairment - correct answer Manifests as a delay in a student's language development but the student shows no other conditions that would cause such a delay in language development (e.g., autism, deafness)
Emotional Impairments - correct answer Typically, children who are identified as having emotional impairments show behaviors or emotions that are not appropriate for setting. Often they have trouble making friends, working in groups, and maintaining personal relationships.
Anxiety Disorders - correct answer Characterized by excessive fears or worry. Phobias, separation anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Mood Disorders - correct answer Including depression and bipolar disorder (i.e., swings between elevated or manic mood and depression). Students who are depressed may cry often, lose motivation for things that were once enjoyable, lose weight and disregard hygiene, or have suicidal thoughts.
Oppositional Defiant Disorder - correct answer Students show hostile and defiant behaviors, including temper tantrums, arguments, and irritability.
Conduct Disorders - correct answer Students consistently engage in antisocial behaviors that interfere with others.
Attention Disorders - correct answer Students with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more easily distracted and divide their attention between multiple stimuli instead of staying on task when compared to others at the same developmental level.
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) - correct answer Range from mile to severe based on the degree to which they show characteristics. [Show Less]