Definitions
Terms
IDEA
Intervention
Pot Luck
100
Exceptional
What is the term used to describe students who receive special education services?
100
At Risk
What is the term that describes children who have a greater than usual chance of developing a disability?
100
zero reject
What is the principle of IDEA that schools must educate all children with disabilities
100
Preventive
What is the term that describes special education that is designed to keep minor problems from becoming a disability?
100
Compensatory
What is the type of intervention designed to enable successful functioning in spite of the disability?
200
Exceptional Children
What is the term that describes those who differ from the norm (either above or below) to the extent that they require an individualized program of special education?
200
Disability
What is a limitation that exists when an impairment limits the ability to perform certain tasks (e.g., reading, writing)?
200
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
What is the principle of IDEA that states that students with disabilities must be educated with children without disabilities to the maximum extent possible?
200
Primary prevention
What is the type of prevention that is designed to reduce the number of new cases of disability?
200
Use of specialized or adapted materials and methods
What is the "how" of differences in special education versus general education?
300
PL 94-142 Education for All Handicapped Children Act (IDEA)
What is the legislation that changed special education by requiring schools to provide education to all students with disabilities.
300
Handicap
What is a problem encountered when interacting with the environment?
300
Nondiscriminatory Identification and Evaluation
What is the principle of IDEA that states schools must use nonbiased methods of evaluation?
300
Secondary prevention
What is the type of prevention that is aimed toward individuals who have already been exposed to or are already displaying the risk factors intended to eliminate or counteract the effects of those risk factors?
300
Close the research to practice gap
What is the first and foremost current challenge?
400
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
What is the legislation that extended civil rights to people with disabilities?
400
Impairment
What is the loss or reduced function of a body part or organ?
400
Due Process Safeguards
What is the principle of IDEA that protects parents and children's rights?
400
Tertiary Prevention
What is the type of prevention that is aimed at individuals with a disability and intended to prevent the effects of the disability from worsening.
400
No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
What is recent legislation that focused on accountability for student learning, placed emphasis on research, and included implications for students with disabilities?
500
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)
What is the legislation that extended civil rights to all private sector employment, public service, public accommodation, and transportation?
500
Shared Decision Making
What is the principle of IDEA that states that schools must collaborate with parents?
500
Free, Appropriate, Public Education (FAPE)
What is the principle of IDEA that states a Individualized Education Plan (IEP) must be developed for each child?
500
Remedial
What is the type of intervention designed to eliminate the effects of a disability?
500
Exclusionary Past
What is the concept that children who are different have often been denied full and fair access to educational opportunities?
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