Procedures
State and Federal Laws
Special Ed/Culture
IEP Team Members
Awesome Acronyms
100
A parent of a child, a school district, a public agency, other persons knowledgeable about the child may initiate a request for an initial evaluation to determine if the student is eligible for special education.
What is a referral?
100
Students' rights to a free appropriate public education.
What is FAPE
100
One of the most effective ways of breaking down prejudice and encouraging appropriate interaction among students with different characteristics.
What is cooperative learning?
100
When scheduling an annual IEP meeting, this person is responsible for notifying required team members.
Who is the case manager?
100
IEP
What is Independent Education Program?
200
A team made up of a variety of professionals, many times including general and special educators, who work with general education teachers to generate techniques for teaching difficult-to-teach children.
What is an interventions team?
200
To the maximum extent appropriate in the general education environment with students who are nondisabled
What is Least Restrictive Enviornment
200
A long-standing problem is the disproportionate representation in special education of these two groups.
Who are males and ethnic minority students?
200
In the event of Initial Eligibility, this IEP team member will act as the Interpreter of Cognitive Evaluation results.
Who is the School Psychologist?
200
ASD
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
300
This section of the IEP describes the current classroom functioning of the student.
What is Present Levels of Academic Performance?
300
The Education for all Handicapped Children Act was originally passed in 1975, amended in 1990, 1997, and 2004, and is now known as this...
What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA-04)?
300
Technique to aid memory, such as "I before E".
What is mnemonics?
300
Prior to initiating special education services, permission must be obtained from this mandatory team member.
Who is the Parent or Guardian?
300
ABA
What is Applied Behavior Analysis?
400
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) protects a students right to this.
What is a student's right to confidentiality?
400
School districts must ensure that the following attend this meeting- (a) The parents of the student; (b) Not less than one general education teacher of the student if the student is, or may be, participating in the general education environment; (c) Not less than one special education teacher of the student, or where appropriate, not less than one special education provider of the student; (d) A representative of the public agency who: (i) Is qualified to provide, or supervise the provision of, specially designed instruction to meet the unique needs of students eligible for special education; (ii) Is knowledgeable about the general education curriculum; and (iii) Is knowledgeable about the availability of resources of the school district. (e) An individual who can interpret the instructional implications of evaluation results, who may be a member of the team described in (b) through (e) of this subsection; (f) At the discretion of the parent or the school district, other individuals who have knowledge or special expertise regarding the student, including related services personnel as appropriate; and (g) Whenever appropriate, the student.
What is the IEP team?
400
Way to reach students with different learning styles, different abilities to absorb information and different ways of expressing what they have learned.
What is differentiated instruction?
400
Of the mandatory team members of an IEP meeting, this participant's role is to make financial decisions on behalf of the school/district.
Who is the district representative?
400
ADD
What is Attention Deficit Disorder?
500
This form must be signed by the parent or guardian and returned to the school prior to conducting any formal evaluation of the student.
What is the Evaluation Consent Form?
500
The systematic use of stimuli or other treatment which a student is known to find unpleasant for the purpose of discouraging undesirable behavior on the part of the student.
What is Aversive interventions.
500
A student who performs or behaves poorly in school and appears likely to fail or fall short of his or her potential might be considered this...
What is "at risk"?
500
When writing initial IEP goals, this team member will assist in providing current academic levels/functioning; and who are also required to attend the meeting.
Who is the General Education Teacher?
500
ID
What is Intellectual Disability?
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