Special Education
Teaching Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Appendix Five: Glossary
Accommodation:
Making changes to meet the needs of a particular student
Adaptations:
Accommodations made in a student's educational program so that the student can meet the outcomes of the prescribed curriculum such as the use of different materials, changes to the learning environment, or alternative instructional strategies.
ADD:
Attention-Deficit Disorder is a term still used by some people to refer to AD/HD (See AD/HD above.)
AD/HD:
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder is a neurological disorder in children and adults with a persistent pattern of problems in the areas of inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. It is a medical diagnosis that requires physician assessment.
Bipolar disorder:
A neurological/mood disorder that includes occurrences of manic and depressed episodes.
Collaboration:
A process in which people work together to solve a common problem or address a common concern. It occurs in a climate of open communication and shared goals, with opinions of participants valued equally and with shared responsibility for implementation of decisions.
Compensatory skills:
Skills that enable a student to use an alternative strategy to circumvent a learning problem.
Conduct disorder:
A behavioural disorder which is characterized by repetitive and
persistent patterns of behaviour which violate societal norms or rules, such as aggressive behaviours, damaging property, or theft.
DSM IV:
Formally titled Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (1994), this manual is published by the American Psychiatric Association and is used in clinical practice by mental health workers and school psychologists as an aid to diagnosis.
Fetal Alcohol syndrome:
A group of symptoms attributed to prenatal exposure to alcohol which include patterns of delayed growth, developmental delay or intellectual disability, learning disabilities, and/or attention disorders.
Hyperactivity:
Over activity
Hyperthyroid:
A condition which is caused by overabundance of thyroid hormone and may include hyperactivity as one symptom.
Learning disabilities:
A term used to describe difficulties that prevent a person from learning academic skills at a level that would be expected based on objective measures of the person's overall learning ability. (See the definition in Special Education Services: Manual of Policy, Procedures and Guidelines , 1995, p E11.)
Modifications:
Accommodations in an educational program which are based on outcomes other than the prescribed curriculum outcomes, planned to meet the student's individual needs.
Multi-disciplinary team:
A group consisting of a variety of professionals which may include educators, social workers, physicians, health care workers, or others who form a team to collaborate on a problem or concern.
Opposition defiant disorder:
A behavioural disorder which is characterized by a recurrent pattern of negative, defiant, disobedient, and hostile behaviour toward authority figures.
Registered Psychologist:
A psychologist who is registered under the Psychologists Act in British Columbia.
Reinforcement (positive):
Any event which follows a behaviour and which increases the frequency of that behaviour. Reinforcers will be unique to each child.
Response costs:
Planned consequences for undesired behaviours designed to decrease the behaviour.
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