Chapter 8
Addressing the Learner’s Individual
Needs
Terms
Theorists
Learning
Needs
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What is development?
The predictable changes that all
human beings undergo as they
progress through the life span is
referred to as this.
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Who is Jean Piaget?
This theorist is known as the
“Father of cognitive development.”
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What is the formal operations stage?
Students who are able to think
Hypothetically and abstractly
are regarded as being in
Piaget’s _____ stage.
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What is due process?
The rights parents have to
disagree with an IEP or an
evaluation of their
child’s abilities as given in the
Individuals with Disabilities
Act is known as this.
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What is inclusion?
The integration of all students with
disabilities into general education
classes and school life with
the active support of special
educators and other specialists is
called this.
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Who is Erik Erikson?
This theorist developed the
model of psychosocial
development.
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What is industry?
During Erikson’s school-age
stage, children should be playing
seriously, mastering new skills,
producing products, being
workers, and developing a sense
of this.
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What is least restrictive environment?
This is the requirement under
IDEA that students be
mainstreamed into a regular
classroom whenever integration
is feasible and appropriate.
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What is cognitive development?
This is the process of acquiring
the intellectual ability to learn
from interaction with one’s
environment.
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Who is Lawrence Kohlberg?
This theorist described 3 stages
of moral development
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What is late adolescence?
This is a period of time when an
individual has a quest for
personal meaning that goes
beyond the regard of peers,
moving that individual toward
the establishment of a more
integrated sense of identity.
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What is assistive technology?
A speech synthesizer, a
talking word processor, and
television closed-captioning are all
examples of this.
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What is the individualized education plan or IEP?
This is a written plan required
by IDEA that meets the needs
of the exceptional student. This
plan lists goals and methods for
achieving those goals. It must be
reviewed annually.
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Who is Abraham Maslow?
This theorist described a
hierarchy of needs arranged like
a ladder and leading to self
actualization.
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What is self-actualization?
In Maslow’s model of a hierarchy
of needs, the highest level of
need is this.
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What is collaborative consultation?
This is the approach whereby a
classroom teacher meets with
one or more other professionals
(such as a special educator,
school psychologist, resource
teacher) to focus on the
learning needs of one or
more students.
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