The ADA’s Definition of Disability
Title III Highlights explains that places of public accommodation, including private career schools, have several specific requirements to meet?
Remove barriers to make their goods and services available and usable by people with disabilities to the extent that it is readily achievable to do so.
Furnish auxiliary aids when necessary to ensure effective communication for those with sensory or cognitive disabilities.
Make reasonable modifications in policies, practices, and procedures that deny equal access to individuals with disabilities.
Eliminate unnecessary eligibility standards or rules that deny individuals with disabilities an equal opportunity to enjoy the goods and services of the place of accommodation.
What does section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 similarly protects individuals from
What is discrimination while in public school but extends some of those expectations to colleges that accept federal assistance as well.
As a educator, you may encounter students who need accommodations but refuse them what action should you take?
What is invite your school’s Disability Resource Specialist to come in and speak to the class as a whole early on
What is a group of disorders that affect a broad range of academic and functional skills, including the ability to read, speak, listen, spell, reason, and organize information; does not necessarily indicate low intelligence
What is learning disability
What is a specific learning disability that is an impairment in the brain’s ability to translate written images received from the eyes into meaningful language
What is Dyslexia
According to Title III Highlights, a brochure published by the Office of the Americans with Disabilities Act, an individual with a disability is one who
What is a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities; or has a history or record of such an impairment; or is regarded by others as having such an impairment.
What possible modifications that might be required include extending the time permitted for completion of the course
What is providing auxiliary aids or services, and offering the course in an accessible location or making alternative arrangements for accessibility.
When is a a institution required to provide an individual accommodation plan?
What is when students make such a report and request
It has been determined that people with learning disabilities may simply have difficulty achieving their potential because?
What is a deficit in one or more ways the brain processes information.
What is the ter dyslexia decribed as in ancient Greek?
What is Difficulty with words
What are functions such as caring for self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and working
What is Major life activities
What alternative arrangements must be provided comparable conditions to those provided to others according to the The Americans with Disabilities Act Title III Technical Assistance Manual?
What is lighting, and room temperature
What might a accommodation plan might include?
What is the use of auxiliary aids and services, such as qualified interpreters, listening devices, note-takers, and written materials for individuals with hearing impairments or, qualified readers, recorded texts, and Braille or large-print materials for individuals with vision impairments
A common schema places learning disabilities into broad categories based on the four stages of information processing used in learning.
What is input, integration, storage, and output
What are some teaching tip to help educators that have students with dyslexia
Whenever possible, use highly-focused teaching in groups of two or three students.
Implement peer coaching and mentoring.
Maintain a sense of humor and make learning fun.
Work at a gradual pace and break information into small, manageable chunks.
Give acknowledgment, recognition, and praise for good work.
Use structured multisensory methods for teaching and have students use multisensory methods for practicing and learning (use visual, auditory, tactile, and kinesthetic methods, including games, activities, humor, and technology).
Reassure learners that their difficulties are not their fault.
Encourage hobbies, interests, and extracurricular activities.
Find something the learners are good at and focus on their strengths.
Mark written work on content rather than spelling; check what is correct rather than what is incorrect.
Leave notes on the board as long as possible if learners are being asked to copy them; invite students to use their phones to photograph notes, if needed.
Use written notes and lists rather than prose.
Use color in visual aids; have students use colored pens and highlighters.
Employ mind mapping and windowpaning
Teach learners good study skills.
Before exams, have learners check to see that they have thorough notes and give them the opportunity to have their notes checked for omissions or errors.
The ADA guarantees access to the following
What is jobs, public accommodations, government services, public transportation, and telecommunication.
When was the The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 1975 revised
What is 2004
What are six categories that may be included in an accommodation plan?
What is the Physical Enviroment, Lesson Presentation, Assigments/Worksheets, Testing and Evaluation, Organizational Planning, and Educcator Behaviors and Attitudes
What is the information perceived through the senses, such as visual and auditory perception called? Also what arethe stage during which perceived input is interpreted, categorized, placed in a sequence, or related to previous learning.
What is Input and Integration
What are some behaviors to avoid when teaching learners with dyslexia ?
May not get the sense of a paragraph or chapter, even though they read it correctly
Often tire more quickly than learners without dyslexia, as learning requires far greater concentration
May have difficulty with figures or musical notes
May omit words or write words twice
Suffer from their own uncertainty in how to process words
Have difficulty taking notes because they cannot listen and write simultaneously
Feel constant time constraints because they read slowly
Are often personally disorganized and may be clumsy or forgetful even when trying very hard
In 1990 what were the Title III provisions that prohibited discrimination against people with disabilities?
What is Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA
What does the The Americans with Disabilities Act Title III Technical Assistance Manual explain?
What is general requirements of the ADA require modifying courses to ensure that the place and manner in which the course is given are accessible to all
What is the document that provides the necessary information for the learner regarding the steps the school is able to reasonably take to accommodate the individual learner’s needs
What is an accommodation plan
What are problems with memory can occur with either short- or long-term memory called? Also what information comes out of the brain through words and language or through muscle activity, such as gesturing, writing, or drawing.
What is storage and output
"Daily Double"
What specific consideration should be use for handout development?
What is the Use clean, larger fonts such as Verdana or Arial. Align text on the left-side of the page. Include diagrams and visual information such as mind maps. Try to start sentences on a new line for readability. Use boldface type to emphasize information rather than italics or underlining. Avoid using abbreviations.
Use colored paper for specific topics.