Critical analysis of exceptional children

An exceptional child is one who deviates physically, intellectually, emotionally or socially, from the normal or average child so markedly that he cannot receive maximum benefit from the regular school programme and requires modification in the school practices and programmes or requires special educational services or ...The categories of exceptionality generally recognized in special education include: gifted or talented, multiple disabilities, medical disorders, traumatic brain injury, visual or hearing impairment, communication disorders, autistim and related disorders, emotional and behavioral disorders, learning disabilities and ..The different groups of exceptional children include (1) children with physical handicaps: (a) children with orthopedic and neurologic Page 3 EDUCATION FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL CHILD 1101 impairments, (b) children with impaired hearing, i.e. the hard-of-hear- ing and the deaf, (c) children with impaired visionThe term exceptional children refers to those children who deviate from the normal in physical, mental, emotional or social characteristics to such degree that they require special social and The types are1. The Intellectually Exceptional Child 2. The Physically Handicapped Child3. The Emotionally Disturbed Child4.