Chapter 12
Understanding Students with Physical Disabilities and Other Health
Impairments
Chapter Objectives
After studying this chapter, you should be able to:
• Identify and define the characteristics of students with physical disabilities and
other health impairments.
Chapter Overview/Presentation Outline
I: Introduction
Slide 2: Chapter 12 Objectives
-Present slide 2 and review the chapter objectives
II. Physical Disabilities
Slide 3: Defining Physical Disabilities
-Present slide 3 and discuss the definition of physical disabilities
III. Other Health Impairments
Slide 8: Defining Other Health Impairments
-Present slide 8 and discuss the definition of other health impairments
Slide 13: Characteristics of Asthma
-Present slide 13 and discuss the characteristics of asthma
III. Evaluating Students with Physical Disabilities and Other Health Impairments
Slide 14: Determining the Presence of Physical Disabilities and Other Health Impairments
-Present slide 14 and discuss neuroimaging and prenatal screening
IV. Designing an Appropriate IEP
Slide 16: Partnering for Special Education and Related Services
-Present slide 16 and discuss IEP, 504, and health care plans
V. Using Effective Instructional Strategies
Slide 20: Early Childhood Students
-Present slide 20 and discuss token economies
VI. Assessing Students’ Progress
Slide 24: Measuring Students’ Progress
-Present slide 24 and discuss using computers for curriculum-based measurement
Class Activities
1. At the beginning of class, have students read the case study at the beginning of the chapter.
2. Have students create a brochure about the disability addressed in the chapter. The brochure
can be trifold and include: a definition of the disability, causes of the disability, characteristics of
3. Assign each student or pair of students a disability. Have the students prepare a class
presentation of the disability to include definition of the disability, causes and prevalence,
3. Have students make a labeled drawing of a classroom that is accessible to a student in a
5. My Left Foot © 1989, 103 minutes—Show a portion or all of My Left Foot and allow students
to discuss the film.
6. At the end of class, have students revisit the case study at the beginning of the chapter. Use the
questions at the end of the chapter, “What do you think?” to facilitate discussion.