WGU C847: Fundamentals of Diversity,
Inclusion, and Exceptional Learners
Already Passed
PLEASE NOTE!!! ✔✔MAKE SURE TO WATCH THE LECTURE VIDEOS!!! You can find
the document that has links to them in the course tips. Watch all of them, you'll need it for the
test. The OA goes over ADHD, Gifted and Talented students, AT, IEP's, types of classes (like
resource pull out rooms), and public laws with years and PL numbers (and of course the name of
the PL such as IDEA) and what the components were for them, but it only takes up like 12% of
the test, amongst other things, so make sure you watch every lecture video and podcast in the
Course Tips
Exceptional Children ✔✔inclusive term generally referring to individuals who differ from
societal or community standards of normalcy
Disability ✔✔inability or reduced ability to perform a task in a specific way; a limitation
imposed on an individual by a loss or reduction of functioning
Handicap ✔✔the impact or consequence of a disability, not the condition itself; also can reflect
attitudinal limitations imposed on the person with the disability by people without disabilities
Handicapism ✔✔the unequal and differential treatment experienced by those with a disability
developmental delay ✔✔A term defined by individual states referring to children ages 3 to 9
who perform significantly below developmental norms
,at-risk ✔✔individuals who, although not yet identified as having a disability, have a high
probability of manifesting a disability because of harmful biological, environmental, or genetic
conditions
Special Education ✔✔customized instructional program designed to meet the unique needs of an
individual learner by use of specialized materials, equipment, services, and/or teaching strategies
related services ✔✔integral part of a student's special education such as speech-language
pathologists, social workers, and occupational therapists that allow the learner to obtain benefit
from his or her special education
Public Law (PL) 108-446 ✔✔the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of
2004
identifies the following thirteen categories of disability:
• Autism
• Deaf-blindness
• Developmental delay
• Emotional disturbance
• Hearing impairments including deafness
• intellectual disability
• Multiple disabilities
, • Orthopedic impairments
• Other health impairments
• Specific learning disabilities
• Speech or language impairments
• Traumatic brain injury
• Visual impairments including blindness
High Incidence Disabilities ✔✔Disabilities that occur more commonly: (specific) learning
disabilities, speech and language impairments, health impairment, mild intellectual disabilities,
emotional disabilities
PL 99-457 (the Education of the Handicapped Amendment of 1986) ✔✔federal law mandating
that children between 3 and 5 years of age receive the same special education services and legal
protections as their school-age counterparts, or else states would risk the loss of significant
federal financial support. It required an IFSP
Individualized Education Program (IEP) ✔✔A written detailed plan developed by a team for
each pupil aged 3-21 who receives a special education; a management tool.
PL 94-142 ✔✔1975 Education for All Handicapped Children Act
PL 108-446 ✔✔Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004
Inclusion, and Exceptional Learners
Already Passed
PLEASE NOTE!!! ✔✔MAKE SURE TO WATCH THE LECTURE VIDEOS!!! You can find
the document that has links to them in the course tips. Watch all of them, you'll need it for the
test. The OA goes over ADHD, Gifted and Talented students, AT, IEP's, types of classes (like
resource pull out rooms), and public laws with years and PL numbers (and of course the name of
the PL such as IDEA) and what the components were for them, but it only takes up like 12% of
the test, amongst other things, so make sure you watch every lecture video and podcast in the
Course Tips
Exceptional Children ✔✔inclusive term generally referring to individuals who differ from
societal or community standards of normalcy
Disability ✔✔inability or reduced ability to perform a task in a specific way; a limitation
imposed on an individual by a loss or reduction of functioning
Handicap ✔✔the impact or consequence of a disability, not the condition itself; also can reflect
attitudinal limitations imposed on the person with the disability by people without disabilities
Handicapism ✔✔the unequal and differential treatment experienced by those with a disability
developmental delay ✔✔A term defined by individual states referring to children ages 3 to 9
who perform significantly below developmental norms
,at-risk ✔✔individuals who, although not yet identified as having a disability, have a high
probability of manifesting a disability because of harmful biological, environmental, or genetic
conditions
Special Education ✔✔customized instructional program designed to meet the unique needs of an
individual learner by use of specialized materials, equipment, services, and/or teaching strategies
related services ✔✔integral part of a student's special education such as speech-language
pathologists, social workers, and occupational therapists that allow the learner to obtain benefit
from his or her special education
Public Law (PL) 108-446 ✔✔the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of
2004
identifies the following thirteen categories of disability:
• Autism
• Deaf-blindness
• Developmental delay
• Emotional disturbance
• Hearing impairments including deafness
• intellectual disability
• Multiple disabilities
, • Orthopedic impairments
• Other health impairments
• Specific learning disabilities
• Speech or language impairments
• Traumatic brain injury
• Visual impairments including blindness
High Incidence Disabilities ✔✔Disabilities that occur more commonly: (specific) learning
disabilities, speech and language impairments, health impairment, mild intellectual disabilities,
emotional disabilities
PL 99-457 (the Education of the Handicapped Amendment of 1986) ✔✔federal law mandating
that children between 3 and 5 years of age receive the same special education services and legal
protections as their school-age counterparts, or else states would risk the loss of significant
federal financial support. It required an IFSP
Individualized Education Program (IEP) ✔✔A written detailed plan developed by a team for
each pupil aged 3-21 who receives a special education; a management tool.
PL 94-142 ✔✔1975 Education for All Handicapped Children Act
PL 108-446 ✔✔Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004
