Learning Disabilities
This term refers to a neurological disorder that affects how people learn and process information
What is a learning disability?
The main difference between an IEP and a 504 is this
What is an IEP is covered under IDEA, 504 is covered under ADA?
This term refers to any party with an interest or concern in a business or institution
What is a Stakeholder
Response to Intervention means
What is using high quality instruction/intervention matched to student needs and using learning rate over time and level of performance to inform educational decisions?
The full name of the acronym IDEA
What is the Individuals with Disabilities Act
Dyscalculia is
What is a learning disability that affects the ability to understand and calculate with numbers?
Parents have these rights if they disagree with the school's decisions regarding their child’s education
What is the right to ask for mediation, have a due process hearing, or file a complaint with the state education agency?
The acronym RTI stands for
What is response to intervention?
Parents must do this before their child can be special education tested
What is give consent?
The original purpose of the IDEA
What is to ensure that children with disabilities were entitled to a free and appropriate public education?
This term refers to a learning disability that affects word recognition, spelling, and decoding
What is dyslexia?
This disability was not federally recognized as a disability until an amendment to IDEA in 1990
What is autism?
Assistive Technology is
What is any item, piece of equipment, or software that is used to maintain or improve the functional capabilities of a person with a disability?
If a student does not improve after RTI is implemented, this is the next step
What is the teacher should begin the referral process to have the student evaluated for special education?
There are this many disability classifications under IDEA
What is thirteen?
True or False: all students who struggle academically have a learning disability
What is false?
The purpose of the Adults with Disabilities Act
What is to ensure that people with disabilities are not discriminated against?
This term refers to the practice of educating all or most children in the same classroom including students with disabilities
What is inclusion?
The types of ADHD are
What is inattentive type, hyperactive type, and combined type?
The principle under IDEA that states that children in special education must be educated with their non disabled peers to the maximum extent appropriate
What is the least restrictive environment?
This percentage of the U.S. population has some kind of learning disorder
A school has this many days to complete an evaluation after receiving a referral
What is sixty days?
ADHD stands for
What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?
A gifted learner is
Who are those who demonstrate outstanding aptitude or competence in one or more domains?
The IDEA classification referring to simultaneous impairments requiring modifications and/or accommodations?
What is Multiple Disabilities?