FAPE it til you make it!
Changing Perspectives
Wait, which law?
Case Management: It's my fave...
90s Sitcoms
100
This federal law ensures that students with disabilities have the right to a Free Appropriate Public Education.
What is IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)?
100
This real person’s name was changed for a folk song about a bullying experience written by Lee Domann, who later regretted his actions.
Who is Howard Gray?
100
IDEA applies only to students in this age range, while ADA protections extend across the lifespan.
What is ages 3 to 21 (for IDEA)?
100
Individual Education Plans (IEPs) must be reviewed at least this often.
What is annually (once a year)
100
The two actresses that shared the role of this character.
Who are Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen?
200
Under IDEA, this individualized plan outlines the special education services a student will receive to access FAPE.
What is an IEP (Individualized Education Program)?
200
These occur in the first 15 years of your life, and stay with you to evolve into your value system and how you perceive others.
What are Emotional Imprints?
200
This law is a civil rights law that prohibits disability discrimination in all public and private settings, including schools, regardless of special education status.
What is ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)?
200
This individual may serve as the district’s representative and must be knowledgeable about available resources and able to commit them. This member cannot be excused from a meeting.
Who is the LEA (Local Education Agency) representative?
200
This nerdy next-door neighbor with a love for cheese and science became the breakout star of Family Matters. (100 Bonus Points if a member of your team can state their catch phrase, correct accent required)
Who is Steve Urkel?
300
FAPE must be provided in this type of setting, meaning that students with disabilities should be educated alongside their non-disabled peers as much as possible.
What is the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)?
300
David Levine encouraged us to shift the term "trauma-informed" practices to this new way of thinking.
What is "healing-centered"?
300
If a school fails to provide required accommodations under Section 504, parents can file a complaint with this federal office within the U.S. Department of Education.
What is OCR (Office for Civil Rights)?
300
This document must be provided to parents any time the school proposes or refuses to initiate or change a student’s identification, evaluation, or placement.
What is Prior Written Notice (PWN)?
300
This actress played the sweet but naive Rose Nylund from St. Olaf, Minnesota, on The Golden Girls.
Who is Betty White?
400
Under IDEA, FAPE must be provided at no cost to parents and include both special education and these supportive programs that help a student benefit from instruction.
What are related services?
400
Finish this quote: "That which is unnamed is invisible, and it's a teachers job to..."
What is "name the world"?
400
In order to qualify for services under IDEA, a student must meet criteria for one of 13 specific disability categories. Under ADA, a person must only show that their disability (or condition) does this.
What is substantially limits one or more major life activities?
400
This legal document informs parents of their rights under IDEA and must be given at least once a year.
What is the Procedural Safeguards Notice?
400
Carlton Banks’ iconic dance on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was always performed to this 1965 hit by Tom Jones. (100 Bonus Points if a member of your team performs the dance).
What is “It’s Not Unusual”?
500
In the 2017 Supreme Court case Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, the Court ruled that IEPs must be “reasonably calculated to enable a child to make progress,” raising the standard for this key concept.
What is educational benefit?
500
Skills we use to share what we know, like critical thinking, collaboration, or communication, as well as character skills like fortitude and leadership.
What are durable skills?
500
This federal civil rights law prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in programs that receive federal funding.
What is Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act?
500
A manifestation determination must be held when a student with a disability is removed from their current placement for more than this many school days in a school year.
What is 10 school days?
500
Phoebe Buffay, a quirky character on Friends, often sang this bizarre song at Central Perk.
What is “Smelly Cat”?