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Mainstreaming: process through which students with special needs are placed in an educational setting that is as close to what is considered the norm for most students for some or all of their school day.
Manipulatives: concrete objects, for example, an abacus or popsicle sticks, that students can use to develop a conceptual understanding of math topics.
Mental illness: disorder characterized by below average cognitive functioning in two or more adaptive behaviors with onset before age 18.
Modification: any of a wide variety of services or support related to a child’s disability that help a student to access the subject matter and demonstrate knowledge; such services and supports fundamentally alter the standard or expectation of the assignment or test.
Multi-sensory learning: a technique to facilitate learning that combines different senses at the same time.
Multiple intelligence (MI): a theory originally developed by the psychologist Howard Gardner in which human intelligence is viewed as multidimensional.
Mainstreaming: process through which students with special needs are placed in an educational setting that is as close to what is considered the norm for most students for some or all of their school day.
Manipulatives: concrete objects, for example, an abacus or popsicle sticks, that students can use to develop a conceptual understanding of math topics.
Mental illness: disorder characterized by below average cognitive functioning in two or more adaptive behaviors with onset before age 18.
Modification: any of a wide variety of services or support related to a child’s disability that help a student to access the subject matter and demonstrate knowledge; such services and supports fundamentally alter the standard or expectation of the assignment or test.
Multi-sensory learning: a technique to facilitate learning that combines different senses at the same time.
Multiple intelligence (MI): a theory originally developed by the psychologist Howard Gardner in which human intelligence is viewed as multidimensional.