Exceptional Development

A. The Intellectually Gifted

Bright children are usually far ahead of their age-mates, not just
intellectually, but socially and physically as well.
Gifted children are able to learn faster and more efficiently and process
information at a rapid pace, significantly better and different from the rest.
B. Children with Intellectual eficits
own !yndrome
- also called Trisomy "#
- caused by de$iation in the set of chromosome labeled number "#
- almond shaped eyes, folded eyelids and short stature
- susceptible to respiratorial infections, heart disorder , leu%emia
and pneumonia
- ris% to de$elop Al&heimer's disease later in life
- slow to learn to spea% and often ha$e difficulty articulating words
- trouble attending to, discriminating and interpreting comple( or
subtle information in their en$ironments
Turner !yndrome
- Chromosome abnormality found in females
- short with stubby fingers, misshaped nec%s and unusually shaped
mouths and ears
- tend to be docile, pleasant and not easily upset
- do not de$elop secondary se( characteristics )breast, pubic hair*
- remain sterile
- immature
+linefelter's !yndrome
- ,orm of chromosome abnormality characteri&ed by feminine
physical characteristics li%e breast de$elopment and rounded
broad, hipped figure.
- --. pattern - male inherits an e(tra - chromosome
- mentally retarded
- $erbal language deficits and reading problems
- sterile
- -.. pattern - inherits an e(tra . chromosome
- taller than normal men
/er$asi$e e$elopmental isorders
- Collection of disorders characteri&ed by gross deficits in many
areas of cogniti$e, emotional and social de$elopment.
- isorders are often referred to as psychoses )broadly,
disturbances in which the person's functioning is so maladapti$e
that he or she is said to be out of touch with reality*
- Beha$iors are unusual and incapacitating
Autistic isorder
- %nown as early infantile autism or childhood autism
- inability of a child to communicate and interact socially
- ,eatures0
- 1(treme autistic aloneness
- 2anguage abnormalities
- 3epetiti$e beha$iors
Asperger's !yndrome
- considered mild form of autism
- do not suffer from cogniti$e delay
- has an a$erage to abo$e a$erage intelligence
- need for high stimulation, ha$e an o$erde$eloped use of
imagination
- tend to be more social
- ha$e fewer language deficits
- more willful in their beha$ior