LEGISLATION
ACRONYMS
PROVISIONS UNDER IDEA
IEP PROCESS
IMPLICATIONS
100
Initial legislation of 1975 that sought to eliminate discrimination against individuals with disabilities. The acronym being EAHCA.
What is Education for All Handicapped Children Act
100
Part of the IEP process that determines a student's current performance level is called the ____?
What is PLEP. Present Levels of Educational Performance.
100
A student with disabilities under IDEA who requires year round schooling may be provided with ESY services, which are?
What is extended school year services.
100
The document that delivers the parent and student rights prior to an IEP is called?
What is The Procedural Safeguards Notice
100
______ _______ of law is required before children who have been labeled to have behavioral problems, mentally retarded, emotionally disturbed or hyperactive, are suspended or expelled from public schools.
What is Due Process.
200
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act was renamed the ________ in 1990.
What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act or IDEA
200
A widely used reading diagnostic test used to assess a students reading comprehension level.
What is the SDRT. Standford Diagnostic Reading Test.
200
The Procedural Safeguards Notice is step 1 of the IEP process. This is when student and parents are offered their?
What is rights.
200
Members in an IEP team include?
Who are school official, child's teachers (SPED and regular ed, parents, service providers.
200
____________ must be spent equitably in such a manner that no child is entirely excluded from publicly supported education consistent with his needs and ability to benefit therefrom.
What is Funding.
300
The settlement known as the Felix Consent Decree in Hawaii identified children who are in need of mental health services. The provider of mental health services on our campuses is known as?
What is Mokihana.
300
Congress seeks to expand education of children with disabilities by asserting unmistakable overarching right to an appropriate education guaranteed by IDEA's structured requirements. Any school receiving federal funds under IDEA must prove that they are assuring all handicapped children have the right to a ____ _______ _____ ______?
What is FAPE. Free and Appropriate Education
300
A student's comprehensive needs in academics, behavior, and emotional support will be addressed in the student's?
What is the IEP.
300
Reading diagnostic tests, classroom observations, IQ tests and classroom grades are all data points to help the IEP team determine a student's?
What is a student's Present Level of Educational Performance (PLEP).
300
IDEA's requirement of a "free and appropriate education" is satisfied when the state provides ________ instruction with sufficient support services to permit the handicapped child to benefit educationally from instruction.
What is Personalized.
400
The statement, "No otherwise qualified handicapped individual in the US shall, solely by reason of his handicap, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any federal program" is part of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, section _________?
What is 503
400
Maintstreaming, inclusion, pull out setting, or fully self contained are all examples of students being placed in the _______ ________ environment.
What is LRE. Least restrictive environment.
400
Speech pathology, psychological services, recreation and medical counseling, transportation, physical and occupational therapy are considered "________" services under IDEA.
What is "related"
400
Goals and objectives written into an IEP must be?
What is "measurable."
400
To prevail on a claim under the Rehabilitation Act Section 504, a plaintiff must establish that he/she was _________ against based on his/her disability.
What is Discriminated.
500
An action that places a child in the least restrictive environment is called "mainstreaming." Currently, the term mainstreaming is being replaced or interchanged with the term__________?
What is inclusion.
500
HAR Title 8 Chapter 19 outlines student misconduct and discipline. What does HAR stand for?
What is the Hawaii Administrative Rules.
500
The Regression-Recoupment Dilemma refers to what?
What is the time and amount that a child under IDEA regresses or recoup information/learning after a break from school (summer, spring break, etc).
500
The final step in an IEP process where all decisions and forthcoming actions are documented is in the?
What is the Prior Written Notice.
500
Alterations in a classroom program such as extended time, preferential seating, and or chunking information under the Rehabilitation Act Section504 are considered appropriate classroom ___________ made by the regular education teacher.
What are Accommodations.
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