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13 Cards in this Set
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Adaptive Behavior |
Conceptual social and practical skills that people have learned to function in their everyday lives |
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Assistive Technilogy |
Devices such as computers, hearing aids, wheelchairs, and other equipment that help individuals adapt to the natural setting of home, school, and family. |
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Generalization |
The process of applying previously learned information to new settings or situations |
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Head Start |
A federally funded preschool program for students with disadvantages to give them a "head Start" prior to elementary school |
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Developmental Disabilities |
Mental and/or physical impairments that limit substantial functioning in at least three areas of major life activity |
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Standard Deviation |
A statistical measure of the amount that an individual score deviates from the average |
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Self Regulation |
The ability to regulate ones own behavior |
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Learned helplessness |
Refusal to take on new tasks or challenges, resulting from repeated failures or control by others |
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Nature VS Nature |
Controversy concerning how much of a person's ability is related to sociocultural influences (Nurture) as opposed to genetic factors (Nature) |
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Intellectual Disabilities |
Characterized by significant limitations both in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior as expressed in conceptual, social, and practical adaptive skills. This disability originates before age 18. |
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Natural Supports |
Supports for people with disabilities that are provided by family, friends, and peers |
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Sheltered Workshops |
A segregated vocational training and employment setting for people with disabilities |
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Supported Employment |
Jobs for the severely disabled who will need continuous support, and for whom competitive jobs have traditionally not been possible |
