Federal Law
This law guarantees students with disabilities a Free Appropriate Public Education.
What is IDEA?
This legal document outlines goals, services, and accommodations for a student.
What is an IEP?
This framework provides tiered academic and behavioral supports for all students.
What is MTSS?
This assessment identifies the function of a behavior.
What is an FBA?
This disability includes social communication deficits and restricted interests.
What is ASD or AUT?
This civil rights law prohibits disability discrimination in employment and public spaces.
What is ADA?
This principle states students should be educated as close to general education as possible.
What is LRE?
This process identifies learning disabilities by measuring student response to academic intervention.
What is RTI?
This plan is developed after an FBA to change problem behavior.
What is a BIP?
This condition involves attention, impulsivity, and/or hyperactivity.
What is ADHD?
This law applies to any program receiving federal funding and ensures equal access.
What is Section 504?
This team is legally responsible for developing an IEP.
Who is the IEP team?
This is typically used before a special education referral.
What is RTI?
This approach focuses on prevention and positive reinforcement.
What is PBIS?
This disability requires both low IQ and limitations in adaptive behavior.
What is ID?
This law requires reasonable accommodations but does not require an IEP.
What is Section 504?
This plan must be reviewed at least once per year.
What is the IEP?
This system emphasizes early intervention and data-driven decision-making.
What is MTSS?
This comes first: FBA or BIP?
This is the only IDEA category that requires a medical diagnosis.
What is OHI?
This law is specific to special education services and procedural safeguards.
What is IDEA?
This legal requirement ensures placement decisions are individualized—not program-driven.
What is LRE?
RTI and MTSS both emphasize using this to collect data and guide decisions.
What is progress monitoring?
This system can be implemented school‑wide or individually.
What is PBIS?
This disability reflects difficulty processing language despite average intelligence.
What is SLD?