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plan that Identifies services for children under 3 years old. annually developed and reviewed at least every six months.
What is an Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)
Parents are most likely to get this many hearing test before reaching a diagnosis.
What is 2-3 visits for 48.40% of respondents
Colleges must provide these to ensure students with disabilities have equal access to education.
What are reasonable accommodations.
This is the primary goal of transition planning in an IEP
What is preparing students for life after high school (college, work, independent living)
This law ensures that students with disabilities receive a free and appropriate public education (FAPE).
What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Ensures that parents have access to an interpreter for IEP team meetings, can participate in IEP development, and record team meeting among other things
What is Parents Procedural Rights
Age range for people to qualify for IDEA services.
What is Age 3-21, Michigan goes to age 26
Interpreters, CART services, and captioning are examples of these supports for deaf students.
What are communication accommodations.
One of the key questions students should consider when planning for adulthood is this.
What is "What kind of job do I want?"
This federal law prohibits discrimination against students with disabilities in schools that receive federal funding
What is Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act?
Students do not receive services if their disability does not affect their educational performance to the extent that specialized instruction or an individually tailored curriculum is needed
What is Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Law passed in Michigan and other states aimed at ensuring all children have a strong language foundation before entering school.
What is LEAD-K (Language Equality & Acquisition for Deaf Kids)
This group is responsible for covering the cost of interpreters and captioning services at colleges and universities.
What are the schools (not the students)
Interest inventories, student surveys, and skills assessments are examples of this type of evaluation used in transition planning.
What is a transition assessment
This law requires both public and private institutions to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
At least two things an IEP must consider when being developed and implemented
What is child's strengths, parent's concerns, the results of the most recent evaluation, child's academic, developmental and functional needs or special factors
one of the services Michigan Hands and Voices Provides
What is guide program for families with DHH children, guide program for DeafBlind children, or ASTra advocacy and support training
Dormitories and campus activities must include features such as visual fire alarms and video phones to comply with this legal requirement.
What is campus accessibility for students with disabilities.
Skills like banking, cooking, and using public transportation are part of this aspect of transition planning.
What are independent living skills.
This term refers to the requirement that students with disabilities be educated with their non-disabled peers as much as possible.
What is Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
growing trend of laws specifically addressing needs of DHH students that typically include the common elements of Emphasis on communication, Equal opportunity to benefit from services, availability of same language mode peers, and more
What is Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children's Bill of Rights
Five Stages of the grieving process parents go through when they learn their child has a disability
This law ensures that professional licensing exams and continuing education programs provide accommodations for test-takers with disabilities.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
This program at the Michigan School for the Deaf helps students ages 18-26 develop work and life skills.
What is the SITE Program (Skills for Independence, Transition, and Employment.
This legal case involved a deaf medical student who was denied accommodations and later won in court.
What is Argenyi v. Creighton University