Teamwork
These team members are responsible for providing IEP services, determined by minutes.
Who are related service providers (or therapists)?
This is what most WPSBC staff call a data sheet.
What is an instructional program?
What is FERPA?
Kristen's IEP says she needs to be in her gait trainer 3x a week. Her classroom staff are tired and don't feel like putting her in this week. What special education law does this break?
What is IDEA? Everything in an IEP must be implemented exactly as it is written.
In this communication style, issues are avoided, frequently brushed under the rug, or not addressed head-on.
What is passive?
This is the MOST IMPORTANT member of the IEP team.
Who is the Parent/family/student?
These team members should collect data.
Who are ALL team members?
This is when it is acceptable to pass judgment about parents, families, and students.
What is NEVER? As a school employee, your focus is on supporting the student's education. Every family is a good family, no matter what our perception is.
Katie's IEP says that she needs access to her speech device throughout the day, but her classroom staff forgot to charge it. Who is responsible for ensuring that her speech device is charged?
Who are CLASSROOM STAFF? As a paraeducator, you have to ensure that devices, including iPads, speech devices, and other SDI, are charged and ready for the student to use. Side note - speech devices should be available to students all day, every day!
In this communication style, you risk damaging relationships due to strong opinions and overpowering conversations.
What is aggressive?
This team member is responsible for supporting students with disabilities by assisting with tasks, reinforcing learning, and helping to implement IEP goals and services.
Who are paraeducators?
This is the name of the document that should be followed when a student is exhibiting behaviors that can impede the learning of others.
What is a Positive Behavior Support Plan? (PBSP)
This is a brain-based visual impairment.
What is CVI?
Ryan's IEP goal states that he should be given access to a tactile schedule, but his classroom staff can't find it. Since it's missing, it's okay for him to not use it. True or false?
In this communication style, needs and desires are expressing in a clear, direct, and respectful manner.
What is assertive?
These are the team members responsible for implementing the IEP.
Who are ALL OF THE TEAM MEMBERS? We ALL must implement IEPs.
Data must be collected weekly. If a student misses this number of days, it is acceptable to not take a weekly data point.
What is THE ENTIRE WEEK? If a student misses 4 days but is in attendance on Friday, data must be collected to adhere to the IEP language. The only time data should not be collected for the week is when a student misses a FULL WEEK of school.
This term refers to the legal obligation that ALL SCHOOLS have when it comes to supporting students with disabilities in interactions and meaningful relationships with students without disabilities.
What is inclusion?
This term refers to a change in HOW materials or content is taught.
What is an accommodation or adaptation?
This is a style of communication where the person appears to be passive on the surface, but is actually expressing their anger, frustration, or resentment in a covert or indirect way.
What is passive-aggressive?
This is the name of the law that requires specific attendees of an IEP team, including the parent, student, and general education teacher.
What is IDEA? Note - due to being in a full-time special education program, our IEP teams do not have to include a general education teacher.
These are the terms for shorter, incremental measurements of achievement within an IEP goal.
What are benchmarks and objectives?
This is the MINIMUM number of days that a Pennsylvania school must provide instruction.
What is 180 days? This is why we very rarely will have snow days - we are required to provide the instruction that is stated in the IEPs.
This term refers to a change in the content or level (AKA, the WHAT) that is being taught.
When is it appropriate to argue or yell in front of students?
The answer is NEVER! We are school employees and should always behave with professional manners.