Hi! I made this glossary to help you understand some terms specific to this field of study. I want everyone to understand those words, and the glossary will be helpful to fully understand this career that I will present to you in my blog. In this glossary, there are 20 words, and they will all be useful to have a global view of this profession.
academic
adjective
Relating to education and scholarship.
Example: The relation between these two disciplines is perceived differently in Britain and in America, which needs to be taken into account, since this can affect the perception of some scholars, depending on their ACADEMIC background.
fr: académique
accommodation
noun
Accommodation is a means of preventing and removing barriers that impede students with disabilities from participating fully in the educational environment in a way that is responsive to their own unique circumstances.
Example: However, by buying better ACCOMMODATION it could not harm their treatment.
adaptive behavior
articulation skills
noun
Articulation (pronunciation and talking) is the ability to physically move the tongue, lips, teeth and jaw to produce sequences of speech sounds, which make up words and sentences.
Example: However, this may only be possible for certain individuals, those who are articulated and knowledgeable and those with lesser knowledge or ARTICULATION SKILLS abilities will be excluded.
fr: compétences d'articulation
assessment
baseline
behaviour modification
noun
Behavior modification is a psychotherapeutic intervention primarily used to eliminate or reduce maladaptive behavior in children or adults.
Example: Aversion therapies are a form of BEHAVIOUR MODIFICATION that employs an unpleasant or even painful stimulus to prevent certain unwanted behaviour in patients.
fr: modification du comportement
communication disorders
noun
An impairment in the ability to receive, send, process, and comprehend concepts or verbal, nonverbal and graphic symbol systems.
Example: However, if we consider the numerous other COMMUNICATION DISORDERS that a speech therapist has to deal with during their professional life, it becomes clear why the study of linguistics is so vital to their training.
fr: troubles de communication
developmental disorder
noun
Any condition resulting from atypical, or delayed mental, or physical development.
fr: trouble du développement
disability
noun
A physical, or mental condition that limits a person's movements, senses, or activities.
Example: This is an important point, and relates to people with a learning DISABILITY who may have degrees of social difficulties.
fr: incapacité
general education
noun
A program that develops students' general knowledge, literacy, skills, and competencies to equip them with the foundation for lifelong learning and advanced academic curricula.
Example: Therefore, the role of the government in this system is to promote access by making available funding and scholarship grants, provide quality assurance with regular inspection of the GENERAL EDUCATION standards in schools and setting incentives for the provision of subjects like music, drama, or some languages which are less able to flourish in a more market-oriented system.
fr: enseignement général
integration
noun
Incorporation as equals into society or an organization of individuals of different groups.
Example: The second justification is related to the impact of the INTEGRATION of farmers' experimentation into formal agricultural research, in formal and informal research activities, "resulting in better or more appropriate technologies", and eventually contributing to improve livelihoods.
fr: intégration
intervention
learning
noun
The acquisition of knowledge, or skills through experience, study, or by being taught.
Example: Adult Education is the field of educational science that involves the conceptualization and research of adult education and LEARNING.
fr: apprentissage
learning difficulties
noun
Difficulty in learning and understanding things, or in managing everyday activities, which affects somebody for their whole life.
Example: Piaget's and other stage models can be used as a marker for children's development, to suggest where a child of a specific age should be cognitively, and to highlight any possible LEARNING DIFFICULTIES at an early age, allowing appropriate teaching.
fr: difficultés d'apprentissage
metacognition:
noun
Metacognition is the process of thinking about one's own thinking and learning.
Example: Are you always sleepy? Metacognitively reflects on what is going on with your bedtime schedule and routine.
organizational skills
noun
Organizational skills are a set of techniques used by an individual to facilitate the efficiency of future-oriented learning, problem-solving, and task completion.
Example: It stresses key organizational skills, such as oral speaking and presentations, research, and debate.
fr: compétences organisationnelles
receptive language
noun
Receptive language refers to how your child understands language.
Example: The full term participants were not ahead of the premature participants on RECEPTIVE LANGUAGE tasks though, despite both groups being found to be equally capable of comprehending 10 words.