Special Education Eligibility
This plan helps students with disabilities succeed in school.
What is an IEP (Individualized Education Program)?
Kids with autism might have trouble with this type of communication.
What is social communication?
Emotional disturbance can involve an inability to learn that is unexplained by these factors.
What are intellectual, sensory, or health factors?
This is a clear way to describe what a student does.
What is behavior description?
This function involves behavior used to gain attention from others.
What is attention-seeking?
This law helps students with disabilities get the education they need.
What is IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)?
Kids with autism might do this over and over.
What are repetitive behaviors?
This challenge involves difficulty forming or maintaining relationships.
What are relationship challenges?
These are events that happen right before a behavior occurs.
What are antecedents?
This function involves behavior used to avoid or escape a disliked situation.
What is escape/avoidance?
This meeting decides what help a student with disabilities needs.
What is an IEP meeting?
Children with autism may have unusual reactions to these.
What are sensory inputs?
This is when a student feels very sad or worried.
What is pervasive unhappiness?
This is what happens right after a behavior.
What is a consequence?
This function involves behavior engaged in for physical comfort or relief.
What is sensory?
This team decides if a student qualifies for special education.
What is the IEP team?
Autism typically impacts communication and social interaction before this age.
What is age 3?
This is when a student acts in unusual ways.
What are inappropriate behaviors?
This is why a student might act a certain way.
What is a behavior function?
This function involves behavior used to obtain an item or engage in an activity.
What is tangible?
This is the main focus of special education services.
What is educational performance?
A child showing autism characteristics after age 3 may still be diagnosed if these are met.
What are all criteria?
This disorder is specifically mentioned as qualifying under emotional disturbance.
What is schizophrenia?
These are alternative, positive behaviors that serve the same function as the target behavior.
What are replacement behaviors?
Jenny's avoidance behavior in PE is an example of this function. (Case Study from Lecture)
What is escape/avoidance?