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Importance Of Exceptional Children��

Presented by

DEBALINA GIRI

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Department Of Education

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Exceptional Children

  • An exceptional child may be defined as one who differs so much from his peer average in respect of physical, mental or social characteristics that he is unable to develop his fullest potential under normal conditions in the ordinary class and for whom some special environment has to be created either within or without the normal school.

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  • According to W. M. Cruickshank ‘An exceptional child is he who deviates physically, intellectually, emotionally and socially so marked from normal growth and development that he cannot be benefited from a regular classroom program me and needs special treatment in school’.

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Characteristics of Exceptional Children

  1. Exceptional children deviate markedly from the normal children.
  2. Deviation may be physical, intellectual, emotional or social.
  3. Exceptional children need a special environment.
  4. Special environment may be provided in the normal school or in a special school.

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CLASSIFICATION OF EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN

  • Mentally Exceptional Children
  • Gifted Children
  • Backward and mentally Retarted children

  • Emotionally Exceptional children
  • Delinquent

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  • Physically handicapped Children
  • The Blind and near blind children
  • The crippled children

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c) The Deaf and Dumb Children

d) Children with Defective Speech

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  • Socially Handicapped Children
  • Neurotic Children
  • Multi handicapped Children

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Importance and Need for the education of exceptional Children

  • Exceptional children do not get proper motivation in regular classroom work as they need different treatment.
  • Exceptional Children may develop behavior problems if their specific needs not properly attended to.
  • Principle of equality demands that all children must be provided equality of opportunity so that develop their potentialities to the maximum level.

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  • Education of the exceptional children will enable them to be self- supporting economically.
  • Special education will train children to become useful members of the society.
  • Several categories of children i. e, the deaf, the dumb and the blind need special curriculum, methods of teaching, instructional materials, etc. which can be provided only in special schools.

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