Classifications
A neurological and developmental disorder that affects how people interact with others, communicate, learn, and behave.
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)?
A set of accommodations that help students with disabilities participate in school on an equal basis with their peers.
What is a 504 plan?
A federal law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in several areas, including employment, transportation, public accommodations, communications and access to state and local government' programs and services.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
a treatment that helps people improve a child's ability to communicate and use language.
What is Speech/Language Therapy (SLT)?
A communication disorder that interferes with the development of language skills in children who have no hearing loss.
What is Speech or Language Impairment (SLI)?
A process for gathering information about behaviors of concern, whether the behaviors are.
What is a Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA)?
A federal law that protects the privacy of students' educational records.
What is the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)?
This therapy can help children with sensory processing difficulties, help fine motor skills, and help develop the skills needed to participate in daily life and activities.
What is Occupational Therapy (OT)?
A disability that can apply to children with chronic or acute health issues that affect their ability to learn.
What is Other Health Impairment (OHI)?
A plan that outlines the interventions that will be used to reduce, replace, or reinforce desired/challenging behaviors.
What is a Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP)?
A legal right that ensures children with disabilities have access to the same K-12 public education as other students.
What is Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)?
A specialized therapy/treatment that helps children develop or regain gross motor skills, balance, strength, and coordination.
What is Physical Therapy (PT)?
An emotional or behavioral disability is a disability that impacts a person's ability to effectively recognize, interpret, control, and express fundamental emotions.
What is Emotional Disability (ED)?
A plan tailored to meet the individual needs of students with disabilities.
What is an Individualized Education Plan (IEP)?
A federal law that ensures that eligible children with disabilities receive a free and appropriate public education (FAPE).
What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)?
This therapy is a scientific and evidence-based approach that helps people with autism learn and develop skills to improve and manage their behaviors.
What is Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)?