Laws and Acts
LD Types
Social/Emotional
Identification Models
Teaching Practices
100
This Law mandates that schools evaluate students reading difficulties using qualified professionals, a variety of technically sound measurements, and assessments.
What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004?
100
A learning disability that is characterized by difficulties with accurate and or fluent word recognition, poor spelling, and poor decoding abilities.
What is Dyslexia?
100
The inabilities to greet someone, accept criticism, receive compliments, say no, and give positive feedback. Not able to react to others facial expressions or grasp nonverbal communication.
What is social skill deficit?
100
In using this model for identification students receive instruction and their progress is monitored to determine if they respond to classroom instruction. Students may move through three tiers of instruction and each one more intense than the one before it.
What is Response to Intervention?
100
The instruction that enables the student to work on appropriate tasks over time under conditions that motivate.
What is individualized instruction?
200
This Act requires all public schools to adopt content standards linked to standardized testing, make annual yearly progress determined by federal regulations, have curriculum that is scientifically based, and school staff must be highly qualified.
What is the No Child Left Behind Act 2004?
200
Having problems doing math problems, understanding time, and using money.
What is Dyscalculia?
200
A passive condition in which a student goes unnoticed and is rejected from social activities.
What is social isolation?
200
This model is giving a student a achievement test and a test of intellectual ability and these test are reviewed to determine if there is a difference between the student’s achievement and his intellectual ability.
What is the Discrepancy Model?
200
A time efficient, short, interactive and lively paced instruction used with more than eight children.
What is Large Group instruction?
300
This Act established learning disabilities as a category of exceptionality and provided funds to states for prototype programs, teacher training, information dissemination and research.
What is the Learning Disabilities Act of 1969?
300
Having problems with movement and coordination. It is often referred to as the output activity because it relates to the out of information from the brain.
What is Motor Difficulties?
300
Exhibiting overdependence on parents, teachers, and others by requiring excessive help, reassurance, and assistance in various activities.
What is learned helplessness?
300
This model uses standardized tests in listening comprehension and oral expression.
What is the Language Achievement Model?
300
This type of instruction is given to three to seven students, is considered highly effective for LD children, has students monitoring their own progress, asking for help, and following directions.
What is Small Group Instruction?
400
This Act covers the rights of all individuals with disabilities not just school aged children; it prohibited discrimination by any program or activity that receives federal funds.
What is is section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973?
400
The inability to understand or produce spoken language. The inability to retell a story, have fluency of speech, understand meaning of words, parts of speech and directions.
What is Language and Communication Learning Disability?
400
This behavior inhibits the learning or work of others. Individuals who have aggression toward others, loud outbursts, swearing and name calling others in the classroom are displaying this.
What is disruptive behavior?
400
This test is largely standardized and covers many areas of academic achievement of students with learning disabilities.
What is the Woodcock Johnson III Test of Achievement?
400
A powerful instructional arrangement that is the ideal supplementary teaching model. It is said to improve students cognitive achievement, attitude and self-concept.
What is one- to one tutoring?
500
This Law established funds for demonstration programs for infants and preschoolers with disabilities and their families.
What is the handicapped Children’s Early Education Assistance Act of 1968?
500
Having problems with hand –eye coordination, balance, and manual dexterity.
What is Dyspraxia?
500
Students who do not use functions that are expected for their developmental age may have this problem.They fail to take turns when conversing, can’t stay on topic when conversing, use inappropriate facial expressions, have immature speech, and have difficulty interpreting verbal/nonverbal cues.
What are pragmatic deficits?
500
This process has the following steps: pre-referral, referral, assessment for identification, initial assessment for instruction, and individualized education program.
What is the assessment process?
500
An instructional arrangement where the teacher pairs two students in a tutor- tutee relationship to promote learning of academic skills or subject content.
What is Peer Tutoring?
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