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Basic Terminology
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100
This law, passed in 1990, extends civil rights protection of people with disabilities to private sector employment and public services.
What is the ADA-Americans with Disabilities Act
100
Children whose performance deviates from the norm, either below or above, to the extent that special education is needed.
Who are exceptional children
100
This is individually planned, specialized, intensive, outcome-directed instruction
What is special education
100
This is placing students with similar levels of achievement and skill into the same classes or instructional groups
What is ability grouping
100
The term for when a particular group receives special education at a rate significantly higher or lower than would be expected based on the proportion of the general student population
What is disproportionate representation
200
This is a document required for every child with a disability. It includes the child's present performance, annual goals, instructional objectives, and services needed. It must be signed by parents and educational personnel.
What is an IEP-Individualized Education Plan
200
This term refers to the loss or reduced function of a particular body part or organ.
What is impairment
200
This is the presentation of a pleasant stimulus or event immediately after a response has been emitted, which has the primary effect of increasing the occurrence of similar responses in the future
What is positive reinforcement
200
Educating students with disabilities in general education classrooms
What is inclusion
200
This is the action an IEP team takes when the determine that a disability is no longer present, and special education is discontinued
What is declassification
300
This provision of education and related services without cost to the child's parents or guardians is guaranteed by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
What is FAPE-Free Appropriate Public Education
300
A condition characterized by functional limitations that impede typical development as the result of a physical or sensory impairment or difficulty in learning or social adjustment.
What is a disability
300
Designed for at risk children from birth to age five, the therapies, treatments, and programs are designed to reduce the effects of disabilities or prevent the occurrence of learning or developmental problems later in life
What is early intervention
300
A lesson that entails different extensions of the same basic lesson for groups of students of differing abilities
What is a tiered lesson
300
This is intervention given to at risk children in the general education classroom, prior to referring the student for formal testing for special education eligibility
What is prereferral intervention
400
This act ensures that all children with disabilities may receive a free appropriate public education, assists states in implementing early intervention programs, ensures that educators and parents have the tools needed to improve education, and assesses the effectiveness of efforts to educate children with disabilities.
What is IDEA-The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
400
Any effort made on behalf of children and adults with disabilities; may be preventive or compensatory
What is an intervention
400
A special classroom, usually located within a regular public school building, that includes only exceptional children
What is a self-contained class
400
A process that consists of screening and several tiers of increasingly intensive trials of interventions before referral for assessment for special education eligibility
What is response to intervention (RTI)
400
Skills that people have learned in order to function in their everyday lives
What is adaptive behavior
500
Similar to an IEP, this document coordinates early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities.
What is IFSP-Individualized Family Services Plan
500
An educational approach that provides a child with extra learning experiences that the standard curriculum would not normally include (most often used with gifted and talented children).
What is enrichment
500
The educational setting that most closely resembles a regular school program and also meets the child's special education needs.
What is the least restrictive environment (LRE)
500
A general education teacher and a special education teacher plan and deliver instruction together in an inclusive classroom
What is co-teaching
500
A review of the relationship between a student's misconduct and his disability conducted by the IEP team, required when school officials seek to discipline a student with disabilities in a manner that would result in a change of placement, suspension, or expulsion in excess of 10 days.
What is a manifestation determination
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