Disability Law
The framework on how to improve the performance of American's elementary and secondary schools while at the same time ensuring that no child is trapped in a failing school.
What is No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001?
Frequent feedback, opportunity to verbalize steps needed, calculator, sit near teacher for instructional purposes, and extra time for written response are examples.
What are accommodations?
The most common special education eligibility?
What is Specific Learning Disability?
MARKER strategy
Make a list of goals, set the order, and set the dates
Arrange a plan for each goal and predict your success
Run your plan for each goal and adjust if necessary
Keep records of your progress
Evaluate your progress toward each goal
Reward yourself when you reach a goal, and set a new goal
A student is struggling to decode phonemes in isolation and blend them. What eligibility may this student have?
This Act was amended in 2004 and included RTI model to determine if there is a presence of a learning disability.
What is Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA)?
This section of the IEP displays special education content area, minutes supported, placement, duration, and responsible persons.
What is the Schedule of Services?
Eligibility of an individual that may receive physical therapy.
What is Orthopedic Impairment?
Key components of basic math skills.
What are prenumber, numeration, place value, and fractions?
A student is identified with Autism and is non-verbal. What is one way this student can communicate with technology interaction?
What is Augmentative Communication?
Guidelines for IDEIA include this in which persons with disabilities are to be educated with their peers in this environment.
What is Least Restrictive Environment?
PLAAFP
What is Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance?
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder falls under this eligibility.
What is Other Health Impairment (OHI)?
Direct Instruction using PROJECT strategy.
Prepare your assignment sheet
Record and ask
Organize (refer to next Slide)
Jump into it
Engage in the work
Check your work
Turn in your work
A school team has been collecting data on a students repeated behaviors and interventions. He continues to display these behaviors and may benefit from what?
What is a Functional Behavior Assessment?
It defined handicapped persons and appropriate education as well as prohibits discrimination in federally funded programs.
What is the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973?
Required step in the IEP process that discusses your rights as parents, guardians, and students in Texas.
What are Procedural Safeguards?
Inability to build or maintain relationships and inappropriate behaviors out of the norm are some characteristics.
What is Emotional Disturbance?
Stage 1: Awareness, Stage 2: Knowledge, Stage 3: Simulation, Stage 4: Practice, and Stage 5: Skill
What is Strategy Instruction?
A student is identified as Orthopedic Impairment and Speech Impairment. What related services would they benefit from?
What is physical therapy, speech therapy, and possibly occupational therapy?
It prohibits discrimination in the private sector and protects equal employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990?
A special education student that has shown documented significant regression over a specific period of time after interventions were provided.
What is Extended School Year?
Hearing impairment, visual impairment, Traumatic Brain Injury, Intellectual Disability, and multiple and dual sensory disabilities.
What are Low Incidence Disabilities?
Steps in completing writing projects for students with disabilities.
Michael has just started at a new school and the campus was just identified that he is in special education. What is the process to set up services?
What is a 30 day transfer ARD?