Awesome Acronyms
IEP
What is Individualized Education Program?
IDEA protects these group of people.
Who are students with disabilities?
This Special Education Service can not be provided by itself after the age of 9.
What is Speech Therapy?
This document/form must be completed any time a decision is made, proposed or denied in a special education meeting.
What is Prior Written Notice?
When a Parent may request an IEP meeting you must schedule it within this timeline?
What are 10 school days?
FAPE
What is Free Appropriate Public Education?
This service is provided to students who need assistance in adapted daily living skills.
What is Occupational Therapy?
This team member is an expert in specific content areas. They know best how the student is doing in a classroom setting.
What is regular education teacher?
Once a child becomes initially referred for Special Education and a Consent for assessment has been signed, the school has this many days to complete any and all assessments.
What are 45 school days?
IDEA
What is Individuals with Disabilities Education Act?
Students with Disabilities must be educated in this type of environment?
What is Least Restrictive Environment?
This person can not be written in the IEP as providing consultation without having a goal in the IEP.
What is Special Educator?
After an ARD meeting, the IEP is implemented after how many days unless parents sign a waiver.
What are 5 school days?
This type of IEP meeting must be held if a student has met their 10-day out of school placement for is a serious behavior offense prior to either extra days of suspension, hearing or expulsion.
What is Manifestation Determination Review (MDR)?
LEA
What is Local Education Agency?
If a parent is in disagreement with the IEP Team and together they can not agree on a decision/plan. The parent can request.
What is a 10-day Recess?
This equipment is used to help a student be successful in the classroom. This could include a pencil grip.
What is Assistive Technology?
When a student's behavior impedes his/her learning this assessment should be completed to help identify appropriate behavioral supports and prior to a BIP.
Who is a Functional Behavioral Assessment?
These 4 individuals are required to attend an ARD meeting and sign acceptance of the student's IEP?
Who are the following people?
1. Parent/Guardian/Adult Student (over 18 yrs)
2. LEA (Administrator of the Campus or District)
3. Regular Education Teacher
4. Special Education Teacher
FBA
What is Functional Behavioral Assessment?
This law was reauthorized in 2004.
What is IDEA?
If a parent is requesting you to increase services on the IEP, this information needs to be referred to prior to holding an IEP meeting and making any decisions.
What is data and progress reports?
This part of the student's IEP must be completed prior to drafting and accepting any IEP Goals and Objectives.
What are Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance (PLAAFP)?
In order for a student to qualify for special education they must meet the following 3 criteria.
What are the following criteria?
1. Have at least 1 of the 13 disabilities under IDEA
2. Disability their adversely impacts their access to the general education curriculum and education
3. Requires Specially Designed Instruction