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- 1. Multiple Disabilities Brittinie& Tricia October 16, 2012 Encompasses a combination of conditions that may impact a student’s ability to learn and achieve success in an academic setting. o Students with severe disabilities are typically included under this terminology. o This disability category includes those students with the most severe physical, cognitive, and communicative impairments. “It should be noted o The common connection isn’t that they have two or more co-existing impairments, however, that these but that they generally need extensive support across any number of skill areas. students can also have average or even Characteristics - Six Categories that impact their above-average learning: intelligence” Intellectual functioning- Motor development- help develop appropriate Most have severe Significant delays in fine instructional programs. impairments and gross motor skills Physical Therapy w/ Health care needs- Adaptive skills- orthopedic supports to Medical procedures, Especially self-care and improve deficits in motor medical aids, medications social skills Resources: Programs should include Sensory impairments- Communication skills- United Cerebral Palsy self-care and self- Hearing and visual Challenges requiring Association – advocacy components impairments are common augmentative and www.ucp.org (essential for their Having a clear alternative communication Utah Center for inclusion in the understanding of their Assistive Technology – community) sensory impairments will www.ucat.usor.utah.gov Teaching Strategies: Assistiveware – www.assistiveware.com Planning process: a Peer tutoring – Must be GOAL: AAC devices multidisciplinary process reciprocal. Student with allow students with MD to Project Ideal - (parents, teachers, physical MD should be able to share countless emotional http://projectidealonline. org/multipleDisabilities. therapist, assistive provide something to the and social benefits that php technology teachers, and tutoring process, even if it can come from a any additional support is simply social behavior. reciprocal interaction with National Dissemination Center for Children staff). another person. with Assistive technology – is Disabilitieshttp://nichcy Determining the students an effective tool for Tangible and tactile .org/disability/specific/ strengths and desires students with MD in symbol systems: multiple overcoming functional Choice boards Determine what Resources and communicative Object prompts & and support will be needed limitations. symbols Physical modeling & Develop an IEP Augmentative and prompting Alternative Computer or microswitch Integrate students with Communication –is any technology multiple disabilities with instructional device, other peers. Part of the technique, or system that learning process is social serves to support and development. bolster communication