Acronyms
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
What is IDEA?
Local Education Agency
What is LEA?
Local school systems must provide all children with a free education appropriate to each child's needs.
What is Zero reject?
The law that mandates all aspects of special education.
What is IDEA?
How courts intrepret and implement laws.
What is case law?
Least Restrictive Envrironment
What is LRE?
Parents have the right to call a special hearing when they do not agree with the school's educational plans for their child.
What is due process?
The law that increased responsibility for teachers and schools.
What is NCLB?
The plan written to provide services for infants/toddlers and their families.
What is an IFSP?
Free and Appropriate Public Education
What is FAPE?
Vaccines for Children Program
What is VFC?
The process of finding and identifying children who require early intervention services.
What is child find?
The law that provides accommodations for individuals with disabilities in the community.
What is ADA?
The intent of this law is for children to be screened regularly during infancy and the preschool years to prevent health problems.
What is EPSDT?
Early Intervention
What is EI?
Children's Health Insurance Program
What is CHIP?
Referring to people with disabilities so that the language speaks of the person first and then the disability.
What is people-first language?
The law provides a broader definition of disabilities than IDEA. To be protected a student must:
What is section 504?
The name of the document that outlines parents' rights.
What is procedural safeguards?
Individual Education Program
What is IEP?
No Child Left Behind
What is NCLB?
The section of IDEA 2004 that covers services for infants and toddlers.
What is Part C?
The law that mandated a minimum 10% of the total number of children enrolled in this federally funded preschool program are determined eligible for special education.
What is the Head Start Act 0f 2007?
The very least restrictive placement that is available in schools.
What is an inclusion classroom?