PSYC 3850 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Dual Diagnosis, Functional Skills Qualification, Motivation

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3850
• Professor: Carol Anne Hendry

Document Summary

Educational characteristics are highly variable and dependent on many factors severity of disability, type of support in the home/school/community, student age, physical environment, teaching content, curricula, etc. a ected by the cognitive and learning characteristics discussed in the previous chapter. Academic skills de nitions of cids focus on de cits and challenges, and support needs. Iwcids can and do learn academic skills many di culties e. g. abstract concepts, cognitive functioning issues, attention, learning development may need a modi ed functional curriculum. Iwcids experience challenges to concept acquisition and storage. Iwcids are better at remember prototypical information (e. g. most mammals live on land) than exemplars (e. g. Iwcids are better at remember prototypical information (e. g. most mammals live on land) than exemplars (e. g. some mammals live in the ocean") but are capable of learning concepts, given appropriate instruction.