Special Education Laws
Law mandating that all students with disabilities are entitled to a free and appropriate education
IDEA
Summary of the student's current academic, socialization, behavioral, communication and functional skills
Present levels of performance
Disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in using or understanding spoken or written language that may appear as an impaired ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell or do mathematical calculations
Specific Learning Disability
One teacher instructs the whole class, while the other teacher circulates to collect information on students' performance or to offer support, redirection and enrichment to individual students
One teaching/one collecting data/helping
Students receive support from both the general education teacher and special education teacher in the inclusive classroom
General Education classroom placement with collaborative teacher assistance
Services provided to pre-school children with disabilities ages birth to 5 years
Early intervention services
Skills students need to master pertaining to grade-level statewide content learning standards
Annual Goals
Disability characterized by difficulty processing non-verbal visual spatial information and communications such as body language, gestures and the context of linguistic interactions
Both teachers teach the same material at the same time to two equal groups of students
Parallel Teaching
Students remain in the general education classroom and receive support from an itinerant teacher
General education classroom placement with itinerant specialist
Requirement of schools to educate students with disabilities in classes with students who do not have disabilities to the greatest extent possible
Least Restrictive Environment
Supports services provided by trained school personnel students receive both inside and outside the classroom used to assist them in achieving statewide content learning standards
Supplementary Aids and Services
Disability characterized by difficulty identifying and maintaining attention to relevant classroom directions, information and stimuli affecting a student's school performance
ADHD
Both teachers teach different content or review that content or use different learning activities at the same time to two equal groups of students
Station Teaching
Students with disabilities are educated in inclusive classrooms and receive direct services from special educators in separate rooms
General education classroom placement with resource room assistance
Process used to identify students with learning disabilities through determination of a significant gap between learning potential and academic achievement
IQ-Achievement Discrepancy Model
Differentiated practices used in the classroom to assist students with disabilities in achieving mastery of statewide content learning standards
Accommodations
Disabilities characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior as expressed in conceptual, social and practical adaptive skills
Intellectual Disabilities
One teacher works with a smaller group or individual students while the other teacher works with a larger group
Alternative Teaching
Highly restrictive environment in a separate school used to provide direct services to students with significant emotional, physical and cognitive disabilities
Special Day School
Multi-level prevention, assessment and instructional data-based decision model used to assess whether students respond to interventions or if a special education referral is needed
Response to Intervention
Services provided to students with disabilities ages 16 and older to address postsecondary goals in the areas of training, education, employment, community participation, and, where appropriate, independent living skills
Transition Services
Developmental disability significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction, generally evident before age 3, that adversely affects a child's educational performance
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Both teachers plan and teach the lesson together to the whole class and blend their content knowledge, perspective and instructional, assessment and management practices
Team Teaching
Highly restrictive environment in a separate school where students live participate in a 24-hour program used to provide comprehensive medical and psychological services to students with significant educational and social challenges
Residential School