Special Education Vocabulary
School districts are mandated to identify, find and evaluate students who live within their boundaries suspected of having a disability.
What is child find.
Clearly defines the skill or performance that is being monitored
What is behavior / skill
Who is Lynette Flieller
PLAAFP
Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance
Parents, teachers or other school personnel
A disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, that may manifest itself in the imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or to do mathematical calculations:
What is a Specific Learning Disability
Identifies how much, how often, or to what standard the behavior / skill must occur in order to demonstrate that he goal has been achieved
Supports Special Education Department as Special Education Assistant
Who is Raquel Garza
FAPE
What is Free and Appropriate Public Education?
Autism, Blindness, Deafness, Emotional Disturbance, Hearing Impairment, Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Orthopedic Impairment, Other Health Impaired, Specific Learning Disability, Speech or Language Impairment, Traumatic Brain Injury, Visual Impairment
What are the 13 categories of special education defined by IDEA.
Specifies the manner in which progress toward the goal occurs
What is Condition?
Serves as Special Education Director
Who is Elia Cantu
MDR
What is a Manifestation Determination Review
District Representative, Special Education Teacher, General Education Teacher, Parent, Child (if appropriate), Someone to interpret evaluation results, Related Servicer(s) - if applicable
Having limited strength, vitality or alertness including a heightened alertness to environmental stimuli that results in limited alertness with respect to the education environment that a) is due to a chronic or acute health problems b) adversely affects a child's education performance
What is Other Health Impairment?
Identifies the amount of time in the goal period and is usually specified in the number of weeks or certain date for completion
What is the Timeframe?
Serves as FNE and FSE ARD facilitator
Who is Thomas Wilson
LRE
What is Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
Number of days Initial Evaluation must occur within
Not later than 45 school days from date on which the local education agency (LEA) receives written consent for the evaluation from the child’s parent/guardian
A condition exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics of an extended period of time, to a marked degree & adversely affects a child's education performance: 1)Inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory or health factors 2) Inability to build or maintain satisfactory relationships with peers & adults 3) Inappropriate types of behavior or feelings under normal circumstances 4) A general pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression 5) A tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or school problems.
What is Emotional Disturbance?
Goal objectives are required for these students
What is is students taking the STAAR Alt assessment?
Serves as Bilingual Diagnostician (all campuses)
Who is Blanca Diaz