Psychology 2043A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Speech-Language Pathology, Physical Therapy, Audiology

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2043A/B
• Professor: Sarah - Smits Bandstra

Document Summary

Lecture 1 - children with exceptionalities and their families. Careers for working with children with exceptionalities - teacher, special education, speech pathology, psychologist and school administrator - occupational therapist, pediatrician, physical therapist, school counselor, school nurse, audiologist, educational assistant, social work. Exceptional children characteristics: mental characteristics, sensory abilities - ability to see, smell, etc, communication abilities, behaviour and emotional development, physical characteristics. Unless they are remarkably different from the norm. Children with exceptionalities are different in some ways from other children in the same life age. Students are not considered exceptional unless the educational program is modified to help them be successful. 1850 - only a smattering of physicians were interested in max"s specialization, usually who lived in a urban centre. 1900 - isolated and stirring with a urban community and would not have helped max. 1950 - beginning of special programs, in some states of urban centres. 1975 - specialized services became apart of legislation to help exceptional children.