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Children With Special Needs
Children With Special Needs
Children with
Special Needs:
Reported By:
A symptom of this disorder can be seen in external behaviors that have direct
or indirect effect on other people, like defiance, aggression, lying, stealing,
disobedience, or lack of self control or impulsiveness. On the other hand,
internalized behaviors affect the person himself, and subsequently develops
anxiety, depression, eating disorders, social withdrawal, or Suicidal Tendencies.
The following behaviors may indicate a social
or behavioral disorder among students.
a) Difficulty in interacting with others in socially acceptable manner.
b) Difficulty in establishing satisfactory interpersonal relationships.
c) Poor self-concept
d) Frequently absent from school
e) Deteriorating academic performance with increasing age
f) Unable to learn but cannot be explained by IQ , sensory or health factors
g) Showing inappropriate types of behavior or feelings even under normal
circumstances
h) Developing physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or school problems
Autism:
According to experts, it is a condition that is caused by a brain
abnormality. This a disability marked by impairment in social interaction.
Individuals with autism prefer to be alone and form weak emotional
attachments, if at all. In some cases, they exhibit savant syndrome, where they
have extraordinary ability in one function (like exceptional musical ability)
which is in contrast to their other mental functions. Autism falls on a
continuum from the least severe to the most severe symptoms.
Characteristics of Children with Autism
a) They engage in obsessively repetitive movement activities like
rocking back and forth, wringing of the hands and other
stereotyped movements.
b) They can be self-abusive, as for example, banging their heads
slapping or biting themselves.
c) They have unusual responses to sensory inputs as for example
exaggerated response to sound
d) They are withdrawn and do not communicate at all.
e) They exhibit periodic emotional outburst.
f) May exhibit abnormal responses to objects.