Inclusive Education
Documents
Acronyms
Learning Disabilities & Disorders
Assessment
100
A method of instruction or assessment that alters the presentation of the curriculum for the purpose of responding to the learning diversity, interests and strengths of pupils.
Differentiated Instruction
100
The written documentation of a specific plan to support a student's exceptional learning needs.
Individual Education Plan
100
What does the acronym SMART stand for?
Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Timely
100
What is a neurobehavioral developmental disorder that is primarily characterized by "the co-existence of attentional problems and hyperactivity, with each behavior occurring infrequently alone" and symptoms starting before seven years of age.
ADHD
100
What is a scoring tool for subjective assessments. It is a set of criteria and standards linked to learning objectives that is used to assess a student's performance on papers, projects, essays, and other assignments.
Rubric
200
What is a change made in the teaching process, materials, assignments or pupil products to help a pupil achieve the expected learning outcomes?
Adaptation
200
What is a written document recording the individual student's exceptional needs and the requirements for transportation services as part of a student's IEP.
Personal Transportation Plan
200
What is IHCP?
Individual Health Care Plan
200
What is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior.
Autism
200
Written observations of individual student behaviours, skills and attitudes as they relate to the outcomes in the program of studies. Such notes provide cumulative information on student learning and direction for further instruction.
Anecdotal Notes
300
Removing physical (or other) barriers or obstacles to ensure access to buildings, facilities and environments to ensure equality for all individuals.
Accessibility
300
What is an intervention plan developed by a team to meet a student's social and/or behavioural needs.
Behaviour Intervention Plan
300
What is an ALP?
Alternative Learning Plan
300
A learning disability that involves extreme difficulty with writing, problems with handwriting, spelling and organizing of ideas.
Dysgraphia
300
What is a collection of student work that can be used to appraise student performance over time.
Portfolio
400
Changes in the content of the learning outcomes a student is expected to meet in the provincial curriculum, made by the teacher or school team.
Modification
400
What is a document that outlines changes made in the teaching process, materials and/or assignments to help a pupil achieve the expected learning outcomes.
Adapted Education Plan
400
What is ARND?
Alcohol Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder
400
What is a broad term defining a learning disability that impairs a person's fluency or accuracy in being able to read, write, and spell, and which can manifest itself as a difficulty with phonological awareness, phonological decoding, orthographic coding, auditory short-term memory, and/or rapid naming.
Dyslexia
400
What is the final assessment in a unit or area of study.
Summative Evaluation
500
The in-school team and additional personnel, such as clinicians and consultants, who collaborate with the in-school team to support student-specific planning and educational programming.
School Support Team
500
What is a collection of written information about a student's education.
Pupil File
500
What is PDD?
Pervasive Developmental Disorder
500
What is a psychological mental disorder affecting both children and adults. Children and adults with the disorder are fully capable of speech and understanding language, but can fail to speak in certain social situations when it is expected of them. It is in presentation an inability to speak in certain situations.
Selective Mutism
500
What is the process of judging an ongoing, changing process or product for diagnosis, revision, description, information, or comparison.
Formative Evaluation
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