Developmental Attributes
5-8 years of age
Piaget
"Development of language, memory, and imagination. Intelligence is both egocentric and intuitive." - They have a hard time thinking different then what they believe.
Gender
Girls and Boys
Piaget
Ask children to solve problems
and ask their reasoning behind it
Learning is solitary
Children acquire knowledge through
their own experiences
Vygotsky
Language helps control child's behavior
Learning is social
Children work together
to build their knowledge
Boys will be boys
Boys deserve harsher punishment
Boys are harder to teach and are more rowdy
Girls don't do any wrong
They are better listeners
Dont deserve as harsh as punishment
Visual
Recall things as mental pictures
Puzzles are fun
Visualize ideas in their mind
Kinesthetic
Learning by doing
Enjoy making things with their hands
Demonstrating is better than explaining
Musical
Moving to a beat is easy
Remembering song lyrics are easy
Easily pick up on patterns
Type of disability
Downsyndrome
A congenital disorder, it comes from a chromosome defect, this causes intellectual impairment as well as physical problems. It comes from a defect involving chromosome 21
Severe & Multiple Disabilities
Students with severe and multiple disabilities are described in several categories in IDEA; no single category exists that is labeled severe and multiple disabilities. (intellectual disabilities, deaf and blindness, multiple disabilities)
Autism
A developmental disorder of variable severity that is characterized by difficulty in social interaction and communication and by restricted or repetitive patterns of thought and behavior.
Individualized Education Program, also known as an IEP, is a document that is made for each public school child who needs special education
Misconceptions/Generalizations
Students with disabilities cannot learn as well as other students
Students with disabilities are not smart
Students with disabilities cannot understand us and want to be left alone
Students with disabilities are incapable of learning and doing things for themselves