Gender Features Males are significantly more likely than females to fall within each major disability group. The largest disparity is within the category of emotionally disturbed, where boys comprise some 80 percent of the population. Boys also...

Go to the PDP Menu Teaching Students with Intellectual Disabilities This lecture focuses on teaching students with intellectual disabilities. Topics covered include: definition of intellectual disabilities, adaptive behavior, IQ, prevalence,...

Go to the PDP Menu Students with Communication Disorders (Speech and Language Impairments) This lecture focuses on students with communication disorders (speech and language impairments). Topics covered include: definition of a speech and...

Go to the PDP Menu Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities This lecture focuses on teaching students with learning disabilities. Topics covered include: definition of learning disabilities, processing disorders, visual processing, auditory...

Etiology of Specific Health Impairments The etiology of specific health impairments varies. Most result from infections, genetic factors, environmental influences, prenatal influences, perinatal influences, and postnatal influences. Back to...

Gifted and Talented child gifted talented teaching – National Association of Special Education Teachers Accommodations and Modifications Gifted readers and reading instruction : Children who have exceptional ability in reading and working with...

Spinal Cord Injury What is Spinal Cord Injury? Spinal cord injury (SCI) occurs when a traumatic event results in damage to cells within the spinal cord or severs the nerve tracts that relay signals up and down the spinal cord. The most common...

Board Certification for Advocacy in Special Education (BCASE) Introduction YOU can provide excellence in advocacy! Board Certification for Advocacy in Special Education (BCASE) Increase your skills for better advocacy! - START HERE Meet the...

BCASE Intro YOU can provide excellence in advocacy! Board Certified for Advocacy in Special Education (BCASE) Increase your skills for better advocacy! - START HERE Meet the increasing need for qualified certified Special Education Advocates!...

HONOR SOCIETY - Omega Gamma Chi Honor Society for Special Education Teachers A Prestigious Honor Society for Special Education Teachers WHO WE ARE Omega Gamma Chi Founded in Washington, D.C. March 1, 2012 A National Honor Society of Special...