The Culture of Life
The socially transmitted ways of thinking, believing, feeling, and acting within a group.
Culture
A written program required for all children with disabilities under IDEA.
individualized education program (IEP)
According to Maslow's theory, reaching one's full potential is
self-actualization
The general process of learning the social norms of the culture.
socialization
The case in which the U.S. Supreme Court found that if a state undertakes the provision of free education for its citizenry, the property right of an education is established. This defined racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education
Assessments that favor one group over another.
biased assessments
This framework tailors instruction, assessment, or content to meet the diverse needs, interests, and readiness levels of individual students.
Differentiated Instruction
The dominant feature of Western culture that stresses the rights, freedom, and importance of individuals over groups.
Individualism
Students with very high intelligence or such unusual gifts and talents in the arts that they require special educational programming to reach their full potential are
gifted and talented.
This represents a situation where students with and without disabilities are educated together in the most appropriate setting.
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
To reach this level on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, a teacher could provide a safe, supportive environment that encourages curiosity and the pursuit of personal interests once basic needs are met.
self-actualization
The cultural group whose values and behaviors have been adopted by most institutions in society.
dominant group
The percentage of U.S. students that receive special education services.
14.5%
An accommodation changes the assessment, while this changes the content being taught.
modification
Making available to all persons with disabilities or other handicaps, patterns of life and conditions of everyday living which are as close as possible to or indeed the same as regular circumstances and ways of life of society.
Normalization
This kind of student support are changes in how a student learns removing barriers so students can learn the same material as their peers and meet the academic standards that states set for each grade level.
accommodation