I use this term to apply to children and adults who need special accomodations, techniques, and tools to be able to learn in school and participate in society. The terms handicapped, retarded, learning disabled are so negative, but they do communicate that an individual needs physical, mental or emmotional support.
"Special Education" as a category may be too vague or just not understood.
Can we come up with language that accuratly communicates the topic without being offensive to the people who are in need of crutches, wheel chairs, communication boards, specially trained teachers, therapists, etc.?
2006-10-08 21:27:26 · 8 answers · asked by JA 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Special Education
Special Ed sounds good to me speaking from someone that has been in special ed since 2nd grade and now I'm in college....but I have a mild case just a processing problem not physical problems!!!
Or you could use special needs...what ever you like!!!
2006-10-09 06:36:33 · answer #1 · answered by Irish Girl 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Special Ed" encompasses students who have disabilities/difficulties in area ranging from developmental delays (autism, PDD), learning disabilities (dsylexia, processing disorders), physical disabilities (everything from poor handwriting to issues like MS) and children with a mix of all of the above (turrets, downes, cerbral palsey). ANy child or adult who qualifies for an IEP, 504 or specialized educational services fits in this category. As far as lables go, I think "special education" sums up the entire thing quite nicely and very succinctly and find it the easiest for both experienced families and newcomers to understand.
As far as the questiong issue, this is not the only forum that has the majority of the questions posted unrelatated to the actual topic. The homeschool board is flooded with school work/homework questions, as well as questions on certification/degree programs (which I would think go under higher education). I think the reason we see a lot of these posts on special education and other education boards is that many of the posters seem to be from other countries, so may not understand and are students themselves so are going to places that would seem to lead to the answers.
2006-10-09 00:48:32 · answer #2 · answered by Annie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like the term special needs
2006-10-08 21:36:46 · answer #3 · answered by Cherry_Blossom 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I liked term I saw some time ago - "individualised teaching" applied equally to gifted and challenged students requiring additional attention
Lots of information on Special Ed here: (If you need it - apologies if you're already aware of these sites)
http://specialed.about.com/
http://seriweb.com/
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html
http://www.iser.com/
2006-10-08 21:45:06 · answer #4 · answered by belmyst 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Has anyone actually asked the people who these terms described how they feel about them? My son has Aspergers and ADHD. The names I am more concerned about come from ignorant attitudes. I am fine with the technical terms for his problemsbut he is not defined by these terms, his NAME is Kris. He IS Kris.
2006-10-08 21:31:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about mentally and/or physcially handicap...
My brother has cerebral Palsey and he is mentally and physically handicap, he is bestest worst little brother ever, lol.
2006-10-08 21:37:09 · answer #6 · answered by Jessica 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
quality time
2006-10-08 23:08:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
haha
2006-10-08 21:29:30 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 5⤋