20 This glossary is about word use in the field of special education. terms
I started my studies by studying in the early childhood education techniques, then I realized that I preferred working with special needs, so I went into the special education techniques. This glossary contains professional terms that we use in the daily life of a special education teacher. Some of these words may be familiar, but their definitions can vary depending on the profession or career chosen. This glossary could be useful for new students or even returning students to understand better certain words and their definitions.
accompaniment
noun
Something that goes with another thing to complete, support, or improve it.
Example: To some Texas songs that himself mumbled in one way or another to the ACCOMPANIMENT of the accordion.
fr: accompagnement
adaptability
noun
The quality of being able to adjust quickly and easily to new conditions, environments, or challenges.
Example: It should be recognised that nation states' strengths lie in their flexibility and ADAPTABILITY, and slot themselves into the global structures.
fr: adaptabilité
animate
verb
Animate means to give life, energy, or movement to someone or something.
Example: To animate activities, the educator must prepare the materials.
fr: animer
anxiety
noun
A normal emotion characterized by apprehension, worry, and physical tension in anticipation of future danger or misfortune.
Example: One of my ANXIETY-inducing problems is that I am confused by the discharge planning system.
fr: anxiété
commitment
noun
A firm promise, dedication, or obligation to do something or support a cause.
Example: Employees registered higher job satisfaction but this did not translate into 'high COMMITMENT' indicators such as high-trust relations or a strong identification.
fr: engagement
communication
Noun
The process of sharing and exchanging information, thoughts, ideas, and feelings between people.
Example: In this context of innovation, COMMUNICATION is seen as a step forward when dealing with technology, development and improving.
fr: communication
confidentiality
noun
Keeping private information secret and only sharing it with authorized people who need to know.
Example: This is essential to ensure that you have the right person and to avoid any breaches of CONFIDENTIALITY.
fr: confidentialité
crisis
noun
Multiple unstable, dangerous, or difficult situations that require serious attention and a decisive turning point.
Example: There was a sudden jump after the CRISIS and no apparent steady depreciation after that.
fr: crise
curiosity
noun
A strong desire to learn, know, or discover more about something.
Example: Most of the hackers like these once explore computer system through simple CURIOSITY and for intellectual challenge.
fr: curiosité
diagnostic
adjective
Anything used to identify, analyze, or pinpoint the cause of a problem, disease, or condition.
Example: A balance is required between depth of analysis and manageability of this DIAGNOSTIC, which should be an input for the intervention design, not an end in itself.
fr: diagnositique
emotion
noun
Complex psychological and physiological responses that help people react to significant events, situations, or internal thoughts.
Example: To see from a critical perspective that a poet's 'overflowing of spontaneous EMOTION' (Wordsworth, 1798, 22) could have been the product of the direct influence of nature.
fr: émotion
Eric Erickson
noun
Was a German-born American developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst famous for creating the theory of psychosocial development and coining the phrase "identity crisis".
Example: According to Eric Erickson's theory, the development of children
fr: Éric Erickson
inclusive
adjective
Including everything, all types of people, or the stated limits and everything in between.
Example: Women's management style tends to be more consultative and INCLUSIVE, whilst men's style seems to be more directive and task-oriented.
fr: inclusion
initiative
noun
A new plan or strategy to solve a problem, or the personal ability to act independently and make decisions without being told what to do.
Example: INITIATIVE - members need to feel that they can act on their own decisions in their specialist area of work.
fr: initiative
learning
noun
The process of acquiring new knowledge, skills, behaviors, values, or understanding through study, instruction, or experience.
Example: Behavioural LEARNING theories Assume that human beings develop or modify their behaviour through stimulus-response.
fr: apprentissage
mandate
noun
An official order, command, or the authorized power given to a person or group to act in a certain way.
Example: Their MANDATE and resources are not geared to specifically address the issues that mothers with disabilities face.
fr: mandat
mistreatment
noun
The act of treating a person, animal, or thing badly, cruelly, or unfairly.
Example: Which is perhaps a testament to the brutality of the age and the possible MISTREATMENT of slaves.
fr: maltraitance
observation
noun
The act of watching, noticing, or measuring something carefully to gather information or learn facts.
Example: To do simple OBSERVATION; whether each team has its own separate open-plan office.
fr: observation
right
noun
A moral or legal claim to have or do something.
Example: There are arguments for and against such practices in their own RIGHT, and mixed views about whether they can coincide with other conservation efforts.
fr: droit
risk factor
sentence
Any attribute, characteristic, or exposure that increases the likelihood of developing a disease, injury, or other negative outcome.
Example: With obesity identified as a health RISK FACTOR, medical discourse enters educational policy in terms of creating the need for health education.
