Laws
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
What is I.D.E. A.
A physical, learning or mental condition that substantially limits one or more major life activities
What is a disability
Individualized Education Program/Plan
What is an IEP
The preferential way in which the student absorbs, processes, comprehends and retains information.
What is Learning Style
Programs that address the needs of students with learning, mental, emotional, or physical disabilities.
What is Special Education
A federal law that protects the privacy of student education records.
What is Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
The number of disability categories
What is 14
An adjustment or change in the environment to help an individual student complete their work - speech to text, small group, extended time)
What is an accommodation
A learner who finds it easier to learn when they can see things written down or in a picture.
What is a Visual Learner
Any device, equipment, or software that helps the individual student access the curriculum (ex: Chromebook, Speech-Text, Text to Speech).
What is Assistive Technology
A civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability at schools that receive federal funding.
What is the Rehabilitation Act and Section 504
This group has the largest amount of people identified within the disability categories
What are Learning Disabilities
Services that might include transportation, social work, speech, or occupational therapy required to meet a student's IEP goals
What are Related Services
A person who prefers to learn by hearing information, listening, or speaking
What is an Auditory Learner
Effectively communicating one's own rights, needs, and desires and taking responsibility for decision making that.
What is Self-Advocacy
This law ensures all children with disabilities receive free and appropriate public education in the least restrictive environments (FAPE)
What is I.D.E.A.
The number of children in the U.S. reported having learning and attention issues such as dyslexia and ADHD,
What is 1 in 5
Age-appropriate assessments of academics, interests, and independent living.
What is Transition Assessments
A person who learns new material best through the performance of hands-on activities.
What is a Kinesthetic Learner
The age range of children who qualify for special education services
What is 3-21
This is the first civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in schools, workplaces, and public spaces
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act
What are the 14 disability categories
A portion of the IEP written by members of the IEP team that indicates what a student will accomplish in one year.
What are annual goals
The process of thinking about thinking
What is metacognition
A case manager, reading and math teachers, social worker, speech pathologist, transition counselor, parents, and student
Who are the member of the IEP team