Laws & Rights
This federal law guarantees students with disabilities a free appropriate public education.
What is Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)?
This is a disorder affecting psychological processes involved in understanding or using language, which can impair skills like reading, writing, speaking, spelling, or math, and is not primarily caused by sensory, intellectual, emotional, or environmental factors.
What is a specific learning disability?
Extended test time is an example of this type of support.
What is an accommodation?
This person usually leads the implementation of classroom accommodations.
Who is the teacher?
This meeting reviews student progress and updates goals at least once a year.
What is an annual IEP meeting?
FAPE stands for this important student right.
What is Free Appropriate Public Education?
Under IDEA this refers to a condition in which chronic or acute health problems, such as ADHD, asthma, diabetes, or epilepsy, limit a child’s strength, vitality, or alertness and negatively impact educational performance, requiring special education services.
What is Other Health Impairment?
This changes what a student learns instead of how they learn it.
What is a modification?
Parents are considered this important part of the IEP process.
What is members of the IEP team?
Teachers should regularly collect this to monitor progress toward IEP goals.
What is data?
This document outlines a student’s goals, accommodations, and services.
What is an IEP (Individualized Education Program)?
This developmental disability can affect communication and social interaction.
What is autism?
Breaking assignments into smaller steps is an example of this teaching strategy.
What is scaffolding?
This specialist may evaluate academic achievement and learning needs.
Who is the school psychologist?
This section of the IEP describes how the disability affects classroom performance.
What are Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance (PLAAFP)?
Parents must give this before a school can evaluate a child for special education services.
What is consent?
Students with this impairment may need sign language interpreters or amplification devices.
What is hearing impairment?
This section of the IEP, lists accomodations, modifications, and/or excusal of assessments.
What is section K of the IEP?
This type of IEP team member has increased their participation in IEPs at Broadous Elementary School from 28.8% participation during the 2024-2025 school year to 79.3% participation during the 2025-2026 school year.
Who is the student?
Transition planning is legally required by this age in many states.
What is age 16?
This law protects individuals with disabilities from discrimination in schools and workplaces.
What is Section 504?
This disability category involves significant delays in intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior.
What is intellectual disability?
These professionals help students improve speech and communication skills.
Who are speech-language pathologists?
This term describes educating students with disabilities alongside peers without disabilities whenever appropriate.
What is Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)?
These goals should be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound.
What are SMART goals?