Special education

19 Special education terms

Hi teacher, I study in special education for two years, I start my third year 3 weeks ago. This years I started a 3-day internship at CRDI. My topic is special education, I choose 20 word that I think it's very important for me and my future job. These word can help me to become a better educator.

Accommodations
noun
emporary lodgings, sometimes also including board.
Example: The University of Oxford provides some college ACCOMMODATIONS for tourists.
anxiety:
noun
A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.
Example: I make an anxiety yesterday because I was late at job.
attention Skills:
noun
The ability to attend to a task for extended periods of time without losing focus or concentration.
Example: I need some attention skills for my job.
baseline:
noun
Determination of the current level of functioning as documented by type, frequency and duration. Often used with determining current level of behaviour.
Example: The baseline of this discussion.
blindness:
adjectif
A medical condition of the eyes that involves a severe impairment in vision, not corrected by glasses.
Example: Partial blindness means you have very limited vision.
Chunking
noun
An instructional and assessment accommodation where teachers provide new information and/or instructions in small pieces (chunks) to ensure student success.
Example: Chunking is a process by which individual pieces of an information set are bound together into a meaningful whole.
Communication
noun
The imparting or exchanging of information or news.
Example: These different types of COMMUNICATION all have relevant roles.
comorbid:
noun
More than one debilitating condition occurring at the same time. See the strategy pages for each condition a student is diagnosed with.
Example: Comorbid describes two or more diseases or medical conditions that exist at the same time in a person.
Emotional Regulation
noun
A person's ability to effectively manage and respond to an emotional experience.
Example: I have some difficulty keeping an emotional regulation.
empathy
noun
The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
Example: We need empathy to become an educator.
fun
noun
enjoyment, amusement, or lighthearted pleasure.
Example: Hockey is so fun.
listen
verb
An act of listening to something.
Example: I listen a music.
Memory
noun
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information.
Example: The earliest scanned barcode is taken from the MEMORY and sent to the main server via high speed
mental Health:
noun
Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being.
Example: Mental health refers to cognitive, behavioral, and emotional well-being.
Modifications
noun
Adjustments made to age-appropriate curriculum to better fit a student’s specific educational needs. The changes may sometimes include a different grade level, higher or lower.
Example: I made modification to my road trip
open-mindedness
Noun
The readiness to consider something without prejudice.
Example: I had some open-mindedness for an others options.
respect
noun
a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements.
Example: I have many respects for my parents
self-control
noun
The ability to control oneself, in particular one's emotions and desires or the expression of them in one's behavior, especially in difficult situations.
Example: Yesterday, I used my self-control during a hockey game.
Social Skills:
noun
the skills we use to communicate and interact with each other, both verbally and non-verbally
Example: My brothers have social skills because he works in politics