In this Together
Assesses students' needs, performance, and progress. Adapts lessons to student abilities. Creates Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) and Prepares students for academic and life transitions.
Who is a Special Education Teacher?
Authorizes federal aid to educate more than 6 million children with disabilities.
What is the Federal Statute?
IEP
What is an Individual Educational PROGRAM (Plan)?
Under the Federal Civil Rights Law, this plan provides modifications or accommodations- removes barriers - to the learning environment so students can learn alongside their peers.
What is a 504 Plan?
FAPE
What is a Free and Appropriate Public Education?
Prior to initiating special education services, permission must be obtained from this mandatory team member.
Who is a parent or guardian?
A Federal Law that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and related services to those children
What is IDEA?
ASD
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Under a Federal Education Law for students with disabilities, this is Specifically Designed Instruction for the students whose disability adversely affects educational performance.
What is an IEP?
IDEA
What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act?
Our Director of Pupil Services
Who is Patti Hess?
Educate students with disabilities with no disabled students to the maximum extent appropriate.
What is the Least Restrictive Environment or LRE?
ABA
What is Applied Behavioral Analysis?
Anti-discrimination laws enforced by OCR (office of civil rights)
What is Chapter 15- Section 504 or ADA?
IEE
What is an Independent Education Evaluation?
This can be requested if there is a disagreement in a school evaluation about the need for SpEd services. MAY or MAY NOT be paid for by the school.
An essential part of the special education team in providing individualized services and playing an increasingly prominent role in instructing individuals with exceptional learning needs at all ages.
What is a Paraeducator/Paraprofessional?
This is an expenditure beyond the average per pupil expenditure the preceding year for students identified as having a disability and receiving services.
What is Excess Cost?
PPT
What is a Planning and Placement Team?
This act has categorized 13 different disabilities that qualify for special education services.
What is the IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act?
CPAC
What is the Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center?
A written request to evaluate a student suspected to have a disability. This can be made by parent or guardian, school personnel, professional or agency personnel with parent permission, or the student (if 18 years or older)
What is a referral?
Comply with the procedural requirements of the IDEA.
What is the Procedural Safeguards?
LD
What is a Learning Disability?
While you have a right to request this identification as it is a federal law, CT state law dictates that services for this do not require related services. It is up to the district's Board of Education to determine the provision of services. The exception is if the student also has a disability under the IDEA.
What is Gifted and Talented?
ESY
What is Extended School Year?