Author Question: Describe how the perspectives on identifying and treating individuals with exceptionalities have ... (Read 78 times)

lbcchick · **on:** Jul 31, 2018

Describe how the perspectives on identifying and treating individuals with exceptionalities have changed over the years.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Use the language of the Information Processing Model to describe how a student handles being given an assignment to do a research project in school.

What will be an ideal response?

lou · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 31, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: Answers should reflect the following trends:
(1) the shift from a medical orientation to an ecological or environmental orientation; (2) the shift from defining exceptionalities in terms of individual student traits to describing the interaction of individual characteristics and environmental demands;
(3) the shift in intervention focus from school age to the inclusion of early intervention and adult services;
(4) the shift from emphasis on treating the child to empowering the family; and (5) the shift from localizing intervention in special schools or treatment centers to providing services in the regular classroom and community.

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: Answer should be similar to the example of Gloria given in Box 1.1 (p.9).