Categories of Eligibility
Essential Acronyms
IEP's
Required by Law
Wild Card
100
A severe discrepancy between ability and achievement identified by norm-reference psychometric testing OR Failure to respond to scientifically-based academic interventions as measured by progress monitoring through a Response to Intervention (RTI) model
What is Specific Learning Disability (SLD)?
100
IEP
What is Individualized Education Program?
100
This section of the IEP describes the student's current strengths and needs
What is the Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance (PLAAFP)?
100
The number of calendar days to complete an initial assessment once the signed consent is received.
What is 60 days?
100
Typically thought of as a regular education initiative that outlines accommodations and/or modifications necessary to "even the playing ground"/provide equal access to education for individuals with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity such as learning.
What is a Section 504 plan?
200
Health impairment that limits strength, vitality, or alertness that is due to chronic or acute health problems including but not limited to asthma, ADHD, diabetes, epilepsy, and/or heart conditions. The health impairment adversely affects performance in the educational environment and must be verified by a doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy.
What is Other Health Impairment (OHI)?
200
IDEA
What is Individuals with Disabilities Education Act?
200
How often the IEP team must meet/formally review a student's IEP.
What is yearly/annually OR when the parent requests it?
200
This is the number of days a notice must be sent to the parents/guardians prior to the IEP meeting?
What is 10 days?
200
Examples include: transportation, speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, counseling, and medical services from the school nurse.
What are related services?
300
One or more of the following characteristics: *inability to build and maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and teachers *inappropriate types of behavior or feelings under normal circumstances *general and pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression *tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or school problems *inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors
What is Emotional Disability (ED)?
300
FAPE
What is Free and Appropriate Public Education?
300
Required IEP members
Who are the parent(s), special education teacher, regular education teacher, individual to interpret the educational implications of the data, and a representative of the LEA/PEA?
300
The number of calendar days to complete an IEP once special education eligibility is determined.
What is 30 days?
300
Examples include preschool screenings; 45-day screening forms; disseminating information to pediatricians, daycare centers; newspaper advertisements; etc.
What are Child Find activities?
400
Intellectual disability evidenced by performance on a standard measure of intellectual functioning that is between 2 and 3 standard deviations below the mean. AND Adaptive behaviors that are between 2 and 3 standard deviations below the mean.
What is Mild Intellectual Disability (MIID)?
400
Acronyms used in the special education evaluation process: RED/MET
What are Review of Existing Data and Multidisciplinary Evaluation Team?
400
This section of the IEP should be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound?
What are (SMART) goals?
400
This document should be given to the parents: 1. When a student is referred for an initial evaluation 2. When a parent files a complaint 3. During a disciplinary change of placement 4. At the parent's request 5. At least once a year
What are Procedural Safeguards/Parents' Rights?
400
The 4 most common special education eligibility categories.
What are Specific Learning Disability (SLD; 40.5%), Speech Language Impairment (SLI; 18.1%), Intellectual Disabilities (MIID, MOID, SID; 7.4%), and Emotional Disability (ED; 6.5%)? *2011 data
500
A developmental disability that significantly affects verbal and nonverbal communication, social interaction, and adversely affects performance in the educational environment. Characteristics include irregularities/impairments in communication, repetitive and stereotypical movements, resistance to environmental change or changes in daily routines, and unusual responses to sensory experiences.
What is Autism (A)?
500
LEA/PEA
What is Local Education Agency or Public Education Agency (also referred to as "district representative")?
500
Necessary information to be included in the statement of special education, related services, and supplemental aides and services to be provided to the student.
What are the: *projected date for the beginning of the services *anticipated frequency of the services *location of the services *duration of the services?
500
The document used when the school proposes or refuses to initiate or change: - identification of student - evaluation of student - educational placement of student - provision of FAPE for student.
What is a Prior Written Notice?
500
The process wherein an IQ test is given and scores are obtained that indicate average to above average intelligence. An achievement test is then given. If the child has a discrepancy between his IQ score and his achievement score that indicates between 1 1/2 to 2 standard deviations difference between what a score should be and what it actually is.
What is the Discrepancy Model for SLD Identification?
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