The Law
IEP refers to this.
What is an Individual Education Plan.
An IEP is more than just a written legal document. It’s a map that lays out the program of special education instruction, supports, and services kids need to make progress and thrive in school.
Number of Disabilities under I.D.E.A.?
What is 13?
A child has one or more of the 13 disabilities listed in IDEA to be eligible for special education services.
This test is used to qualify students for Gifted Education.
What is IQ test?
Only this type of request is allowed.
Only written requests for an evaluation are officially deemed officially “a request for evaluation.”
This is the difference between accommodations and modifications?
What is an accommodation changes HOW a student learns the material. A modification changes WHAT a student is taught or expected to learn.
This is how often the IEP is reviewed.
What is every year?
The child must be reevaluated every three years (the triennial review) to determine whether services are still needed.
E.S.E. stands for what in Florida?
What is Exceptional Student Education? Covers students with disabilities as well as gifted education.
This is what twice exceptional means.
What are gifted students who have some form of disability?
Collecting information about a child’s strengths and learning needs is called.
An individual evaluation.
The evaluation may include tests, observations, interviews or other ways of gathering information.
These can be accomodated for students with disabilities.
What is an alteration of . . .
FAPE stands for.
What is a Free and Appropriate Public Education?
Students with disabilities have a legal right to a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment.
ADHD falls under this disability category.
What is Other Health Impairment (OHI)?
They are 15% of the population, but represent only 9% of students in gifted education.
What are black students in the US.
White children and those from wealthy families are more likely to be identified as "gifted" — despite decades of effort to make these programs more equal.
MTSS stands for.
What is Multi-Tiered System of Supports?
A pre-referral framework (Tier 1 and Tier 2) used to support struggling students. MTSS is designed to help schools identify struggling students early and intervene quickly and includes behavior, social and emotional needs, and absenteeism.
Executive Functioning is an issue for students with this disability.
What is ADHD?
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
What is Learning Disabilities?
Executive functioning refers to the cognitive and mental abilities that help people engage in goal-directed action. They direct actions, control behavior, and motivate us to achieve our goals and prepare for future events.
Accommodations and Modifications can provide support for students with executive functioning issues.
This is a federal special education law for children with disabilities.
What is I.D.E.A.? The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
These people are members of the IEP team.
Who are . . .
Gifted learners may struggle with the following.
What is. . . (any of the following)
Florida is the only state to count 60 days as this.
What is only school days?
IDEA says that the evaluation for special education services, “must be conducted within 60 days of receiving parental consent for the evaluation." Florida is the only state to only count in school days, not calendar days.
The Florida Alternate Assessment is for these students.
What is students with significant cognitive disabilities?
The Florida Alternate Assessment is a standards-based achievement test designed specifically for students with significant cognitive disabilities.
Students who take this test are on a "modified curriculum" and do NOT receive a standard diploma.
This is a federal civil rights law to stop discrimination against people with disabilities.
Section 504 (of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973)
These are all the disability categories.
What is
1. ASD- autism spectrum disorder
2. DB- deaf/blind
3. ED- emotional disturbance
4. HI- hearing impaired
5. IND- intellectual disability
6. LD- learning disability
7. MD- multiple disabilities
8. OHI- other health impairment
9. OI- orthopedic impairment
10. SLI- speech/language impairment
11. SLD- specific learning disability
12. TBI- traumatic brain injury
13. VI- visual impairment
SLD- s
These areas are covered in MDCPS' Gifted Characteristics Checklist.
What is Verbal Abilities, Learning Characteristics, Motivational Characteristics, and Social Abilities?
These are the 10 Procedural Safeguards.
What is. . .
1. Procedural safeguards notice- a written explanation of your rights under both IDEA and your state’s laws.
2. Parent participation- parents have a legal right to participate in all meetings about their child’s education & can call an IEP team meeting at any time.
3. Access to educational records- parent have the right to see, get an explanation of your child’s school records, and ask for corrections. These rights are protected by IDEA and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
4. Confidentiality of information- the school must protect your child’s confidentiality.
5. Informed consent/Parental consent- before evaluating your child or providing special education services for the first time, the school must inform and get consent from parents.
6. Prior Written Notice (PWN)- written notice before a school changes or denies any aspect of special education.
7. Understandable Language- written notice must use language in parent's native language (including Braille).
8. Independent educational evaluation (IEE)- parents have the right to get an IEE by someone who’s not a school employee. The school must consider the results of the IEE. However, the school isn’t required to accept the findings.
9. “Stay put” rights- this protection keeps your child’s current IEP in place while you and the school work things out. But you have to act quickly.
10. Dispute resolution options- parents have the right to disagree with the school about what’s best for your child and the law, IDEA, provides several dispute resolution options.
These are common accommodations.
Accommodations are divided into several categories: