Roles and Responsibilities
"Just Right" Support
Accommodations vs. Modifications
ADA
IDEA
100

To support access and independence under teacher direction. 

What is the primary role of a paraeducator in the classroom?

100

Learned helplessness

What develops if students receive too much support, too often?

100

This changes how  a student learns not what they learn.

What are accommodations?

100

ADA stands for...

What is the Americans with Disabilities Act?

100

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

What does IDEA stand for?

200

Case managers and teachers should design these, while paraeducators support implementation.

What are lesson plans?

200

This allows for processing time, independence and problem-solving skill development.

What is "wait time"?

200

This changes the learning expectations or content.

What is a modification?

200

A student must have a medical diagnosis and this plan provides access....

What is a 504 plan?

200

The IEP

What is the document that is legally required under IDEA?

300

The supervising teacher or case manager.

Who should a paraeducator go to with concerns about their student first?

300

Everyone needs to be able to handle challenges, obstacles and irritation.

What is frustration tolerance?

300

Accessing extended time and a quiet testing locaiton is....

What is an accommodation?

300

Schools, workplaces, public spaces, federal buildings and transportation

Which environments are covered under ADA?

300

FAPE 

What is guaranteed under IDEA?

400

Grading, primary instruction and creating IEP goals.

What are tasks that a teacher or case manager must complete that a paraeducator cannot?

400

Fewer prompts, sitting farther away, asking guiding questions.

What are ways to fade supports?

400

A student that is expected to master 5 of the 7 traits of living things is receiving a (an)...

What is a modification?

400

September 26, 1973

When was Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 passed?

400

Specific Learning Disability, Autism, Speech and Language Impairment, Other Health Impairment, Intellectual Disability, Acquired Brain Injury...

What are some examples of educational identifications?

500

LRE

What is least restrictive environment?

500

Student independence, to not be needed

What is the goal of special educators and paraeducators?

500

These students may receive both accommodations and modifications.

What are students identified for support via special education?

500

July 26, 1990

What is the date that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law?

500

November 29, 1975

What is the date that IDEA was passed?

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