Awesome Acronyms
PBIS
What is Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports?
Collaborate with parents in the development and delivery of their child's special education program
What is Parental Participation or Parent Input?
Students who qualify for special education services must be between these ages in order to qualify for services.
What are the ages 3-21?
Vital member(s) of the IEP team to contribute with an expertise like NO ONE else. They know the child the best.
Who are the Parents?
Additional programs and strategies provided to students who require targeted supports beyond universal supports.
What is Tier 2 intervention?
FAPE
What is Free Appropriate Public Education?
Educate students with disabilities in the general education setting with support to the maximum extent appropriate, along with their non disabled peers in the school they would attend if they were not disabled.
What is Least Restrictive Environment?
It is a law that makes available FAPE to eligible children with disabilities and ensures special education and related services to those children.
What is IDEA( Individual with Disabilities Education Act)?
This team member usually sees the student 5 school days a week. They know best how the student is doing in the general education setting.
Who is the general education teacher?
Loss of knowledge and skills that students experience when they are not in school.
What is Learning Loss/Interrupted Learning?
IDEA
What is Individuals with Disabilities Education Act?
Locate, identify, and provide services to all eligible students with disabilities.
What is Child Find?
A national law that protects qualified individuals from discrimination based on their disability.
What is Section 504 or ADA?
This person has a disability and can give input regarding their own education.
Who is the student?
A student receives Special education supports and services by special education personnel in a classroom setting outside of general education for 80% or more of the school day.
What is a Special Day class(SDC) /self-contained ?
MTSS
What is Multi-Tiered System of Supports?
Designed to protect the rights of parents and their child with a disability
What are Procedural Safeguards?
State law that provides guidance to ensure compliance with the federal law( Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004), and it’s regulations
What is California Education Code- Special Education
This person is qualified to supervise specially designed instruction/related services, is knowledgeable about the general education curriculum, and knowledgeable about the availability of resources of the LEA.
Who is the administrator/administrative designee?
A student receives Special education supports and services by special education personnel in a classroom setting outside of general education for 20% or less of the school day.
What is a resource program?
LRE
What is Least Restrictive Environment?
Conduct an assessment to determine if the student has an IDEA related disability and if he/she needs special education services
What is an initial evaluation?
The amount of time the IEP team has to conduct the initial IEP to determine eligibility after the parent's written consent?
What is 60 days?
This person is the case manager/carrier for the student.
Who is the special education teacher (education specialist, SDC teacher)?
An evidence-based three-tiered framework to improve and integrate all of the data, systems, and practices affecting student behavioral outcomes.
What is PBIS(Positive Behavior Interventions and Support)?