Provisions of IDEA
Special Ed. Acronyms
Judicial Decisions
Collaboration & Teamwork
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A school district is required to provide this to all children, regardless of disability, at public expense.
What is FAPE, Free Appropriate Public Education?
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Individually chosen based on students needs and abilities, this could be the regular classroom, a resource room, or separate facility depending on the student's needs.
What is LRE - Least Restrictive Environment?
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1. This landmark case began with the civil rights movement’s fight for equal access to education for all students. The court’s decision has been interpreted to benefit not just racial groups, but disabled students as well.
What is a. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS?
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Sometimes team members switch roles between expert and novice, or consultant and consultee depending on what aspect of the child’s education is being discussed. This is a more effective type of collaboration.
What is consultation?
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The sometimes controversial practice of giving a name to a disability for the purpose of diagnosis or categorization, to aid in finding interventions, or qualifying for federal funding assistance.
What is labeling?
200
This is administered in the student's native language to determine whether a child has a disability.
What is a Nondiscriminatory Evaluation?
200
This term refers to a multifaceted approach to instruction which began with the idea of accessible school architecture, but was expanded to include curriculum that uses materials and technologies which are designed to be flexible so that students with many, varied learning needs can access the curriculum in the way that works best for them.
What is UDL - Universal Design for Learning ?
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This case questioned the fairness of automatically segregating disabled children from the general education population. It determined that children with intellectual disabilities are entitled to FAPE, and that regular public school placement is preferable to a segregated class.
What is a. PARC v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania?
200
This ideal type of team teaching can be difficult to achieve. Members of the team will work toward broad common goals, share roles and information, and conduct joint assessments.
What is a transdisciplinary Team?
200
A statement of special education services, a list of measurable annual goals, and a list of accommodations are all part of this document.
What is an IEP, Individualized Education Program?
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These two procedural safeguards protect student's and parent's rights if they disagree with the results of a school evaluation.
What are independent evaluations and due process hearings?
300
4. Some schools use this pre-referral process to help identify students who might be disabled, and provide interventions to help keep at risk students from progressing into Special Education.
What is RTI – Response to Intervention?
300
This Act provides federal funding to school districts and research groups for the development of programs for gifted and talented students.
What is the Javits Gifted and Talented Student Education Act?
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This is when one teacher works with a small group or individual while the other works with the rest of the class.
What is Alternative Teaching?
300
This term describes a wide range of educational settings, from residential to general education classrooms and many levels in between. IDEA requires that schools have all of these available to meet student’s needs.
What is a Continuum of Alternative Placements?
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Shared decision making encourages the inclusion of at least these 4 groups when developing an IEP for a student.
Who are parents, classroom teachers, special education teachers, school administrators/representatives?
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This type of assessment is done to help determine if or what kind of disability a student may have and his/her placement in special education. It must use multiple types of tools and strategies, and be administered in the student's native language.
What is MFE, Multifactored Evaluation?
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This legal provision, inspired by the Civil Rights Act, ensures that no person with a disability is excluded from any program receiving federal funding. It requires entities receiving federal funding to not discriminate.
What is Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973?
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This is when two teachers spit the students in half but each teach the same material.
What is parallel teaching?
400
The practice of integrating students with disabilities into academic and social activities with the general student population of a school.
What is Inclusion?
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This provision ensures that all children with disabilities receive a FAPE, and no one is turned away.
What is Zero Reject?
500
This method allows students to take turns teaching one another in small groups?
What is CWPT – Classwide Peer Tutoring?
500
In the Armstrong v. Kline case, parents of disabled children noticed that their children regressed during school breaks. As a result of this court decision, an IEP may include this provision to help combat this regression.
What is Extended School Year?
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This is when two teachers each teach different difficult content to half of the class and then switch groups and
What is Station Teaching?
500
also known as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, this law requires scientifically based instruction and adequate yearly progress towards proficiency goals with penalties for low performing schools.
What is No Child Left Behind?
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