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Child and Adolescent Development for Educators, 2/e
Judith Meece, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Student Study Guide by Nancy Defrates-Densch

Children with Exceptional Learning Needs

Essay Questions



1

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of labeling children. How should teachers approach this?

2

Discuss the 9 provisions that are to be ensured under IDEA. These provisions do not apply to gifted and talented children. Should they? Why or why not?

3

Your text lists classroom accommodations that can be made to help students with various disabilities in a general classroom. Discuss these and others that might be helpful.

4

Discuss the relative merits of the various ways in which children with disabilities are integrated into the general classroom (e.g. peer-directed learning, cooperative learning, peer tutoring, buddy system, self-directed learning).