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This document categorizes and briefly describes different types of exceptional learners: 1. It identifies five main categories of exceptional learners: specific cognitive or academic difficulties, emotional/conduct behaviors, physical abilities and health impairments, sensory impairments, and giftedness. 2. Within each category it lists and describes different conditions - for example, specific cognitive or academic difficulties includes learning difficulties, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and speech/communication disorders. 3. The categories and conditions are presented in a graphic organizer for easy visualization and understanding of the different types of exceptional learners.

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Module 6

This document categorizes and briefly describes different types of exceptional learners: 1. It identifies five main categories of exceptional learners: specific cognitive or academic difficulties, emotional/conduct behaviors, physical abilities and health impairments, sensory impairments, and giftedness. 2. Within each category it lists and describes different conditions - for example, specific cognitive or academic difficulties includes learning difficulties, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and speech/communication disorders. 3. The categories and conditions are presented in a graphic organizer for easy visualization and understanding of the different types of exceptional learners.

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Module 6: Learners with exceptionalities

Assessment task/s

1. By means of a graphic organizer, present the basic categories of


exceptional learners and describe each category briefly.

Categories of exceptional learners

SPECIFIC COGNITIVE EMOTIONAL/CONDUCT PHYSICAL ABILITIES SENSORY GIFTEDNESS


OR ACADEMIC BEHAVIORS AND HEALTH IMPAIRMENTS Significantly
DIFFICULTIES IMPAIRMENTS
high level of
cognitive
development
Learning difficulties Autism
Physical and health Visual
Involve difficulties in Different levels of impaired
impairments Impairment
specific cognitive processes social interaction and
communication *Limited energy and Malfunction
strength of the eyes

ATTENTION-DEFICIT
Mental Retardation
HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
Sub-average intelligence and
deficits in adaptive behavior
Severe and Multiple Hearing
*Difficulty in focus
disabilities Impairments
Presence of two or Malfunction
more different types of the ears
of disabilities
SPEECH AND Emotional/Conduct disorders
COMMUNICATION DISORDER Presence of emotional states
like depression and aggression
*Difficulty in spoken language

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