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    This document discusses the educational needs of various types of exceptional learners. It identifies gifted learners, slow learners, creative children, underachievers, mentally and physically handicapped learners, socially and culturally disadvantaged learners, and delinquent children as exceptional learners. For each group, it describes their characteristics and challenges and recommends educational approaches to meet their needs, such as special schools, remedial classes, counseling, enrichment programs, visual aids, and activities to develop skills and confidence. The overall document provides an overview of different categories of exceptional learners and guidance on creating inclusive learning environments to support students with diverse needs and abilities.

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    This document discusses the educational needs of various types of exceptional learners. It identifies gifted learners, slow learners, creative children, underachievers, mentally and physically handicapped learners, socially and culturally disadvantaged learners, and delinquent children as exceptional learners. For each group, it describes their characteristics and challenges and recommends educational approaches to meet their needs, such as special schools, remedial classes, counseling, enrichment programs, visual aids, and activities to develop skills and confidence. The overall document provides an overview of different categories of exceptional learners and guidance on creating inclusive learning environments to support students with diverse needs and abilities.

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    This document discusses the educational needs of various types of exceptional learners. It identifies gifted learners, slow learners, creative children, underachievers, mentally and physically handicapped learners, socially and culturally disadvantaged learners, and delinquent children as exceptional learners. For each group, it describes their characteristics and challenges and recommends educational approaches to meet their needs, such as special schools, remedial classes, counseling, enrichment programs, visual aids, and activities to develop skills and confidence. The overall document provides an overview of different categories of exceptional learners and guidance on creating inclusive learning environments to support students with diverse needs and abilities.

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    EDUCATIONAL

    NEEDS OF
    EXCEPTIONAL
    LEARNERS
    SUBMITTED BY
    DAVID MATHEW
    Who are Exceptional Learners ?
    Exceptional learners are those who deviate significantly from
    the normal learners.
    • Gifted children.
    • Slow learners/Backward leaners.
    • Creative children
    • Under achiever
    • Mentally retarded
    • Physically handicapped
    • Socially and culturally disadvantaged children
    • Deliquent children.
    Gifted Learners
    • IQ above 130, Superior heredity
    • Genuine interest in learning and acquisition of knowledge.
    • Abstract thinking
    • Good observation, logical reasoning
    • Good memory power and imagination
    • Desire to be excellent.
    Educational Needs

    • Accept their superiority


    • Special schools or seperate schools.
    • Engage in peer tutoring.
    • Ability grouping or seperate classes.
    • Skipping or double promotion
    • Framing special curriculum for gifted children.
    • Enrichment programmes
    Slow Learners / Backward Children
    • IQ below 70
    • Learn at a reduced rate compared to their peers
    • Low self confidence and self esteem
    • Short memory and attention span
    • Unable to comprehend complex ideas
    Educational Needs

    • Remedial classes
    • Avoid complex learning situations and give simple tasks.
    • Help them to develop self confidence
    • Visual presentations that enhance memory of students.
    • Sympathy and friendly attitude of teachers is necessary
    • Be patient and accessible to students
    • Check their progress regularly
    • Motivation and counselling
    Creative Children
    • Leaners who has the ability to create or discover new ideas
    and concept by rearranging or reshaping what is known to
    them.
    • Have the ability to make unusual associations or connections
    between seemingly unrelated or remote ideas.
    • Have a large number of ideas or solutions to problems.
    • Higher levels of concentration, curiosity and imagination.
    EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

    • Organize creativity tests to identify creative learners.


    • Provide opportunities for creative expressions.
    • Encourage children to think instead of spoon feeding
    • Give full freedom for students to develop their imagination
    • Eliminate conservatism and introduce innovative ideas in
    classrooms.
    • Ensure students participation in extracurricular activities that
    involves creative thinking
    The Underachievers

    • These are students who are performing below their


    intellectual potential or below the standards set for their age
    or grade level.
    • There are situational underachievers and chronic
    underachievers.
    • This may be due to lack of interest or low self esteem
    • Lack of poor study methods can result in under acheiving
    EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

    Early identification and counselling


    Special classes and activities.
    Home school interactions.
    • Unlearning of underachievement.
    • Constant guidance until the student use their potential.
    Mentally Retarded & Physically
    handicapped
    • Mentally retarded children are those with intellectual
    disability having lower IQ than expected on the age level.
    • Physically handicapped children are those having physical
    disabilities such as deaf and dumb, blind etc...

    EDUCATIONAL NEEDS
    • Ensure medical help and care.
    • Special schools and trained teachers are necessary for these
    students.
    • Use of scientific aids and techniques such as Braille writing,
    Sign language will enhance the learning.
    Socially and culturally disadvantaged
    learners
    • These are the learners from underprivileged and
    marginalized communities in the society.
    • They may face inadequant parental care and
    nutrition.
    • Lack of academic interest due to chaotic family
    condition
    Educational Needs

    • Compensatory education
    • Special programmes from government inorder to impart
    education into lower strata of society and bring them forward.
    • Financial aid and free education for economically weak sections.
    • Motivational programmes to increase their self esteem.
    • Ensure proper nutrition.
    Deliquent Children
    • A maladjusted person who creates difficulties for others and
    who himself blocked his own growth.
    • They may be violating laws, behaving antisocial or being
    disobedient.
    • They disrespect values of society and show aggressive
    character.
    • These children usually adopts deliquency as a protest or
    rebellion against parents, teachers and social organization.
    • The reason for this behaviour can be heredity, family
    problems, lack of proper guidance from parents, social
    problems , bad influences of others etc...
    EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

    • Counseling and moral enlightment


    • Educate parents
    • Save the child from bad company
    • Organize guided group activities in school
    • Engage them in socially usefull activities
    • Make classroom and school environment healthy and joyfull
    THANK YOU

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