Special Education Vocabulary
IDEA
What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
School districts are mandated to identify, find and evaluate students who live within their boundaries suspected of having a disability.
What is child find.
No individual can be excluded solely because of their disability.
What is Section 504 of REHAB Act 1973?
De-segregated schools
Brown v. Board of Education
ADA
What is Americans With Disabilities Act
Allowed full participation in the decision-making process
Walking, seeing, hearing, working and learning
What are Major Life Activities?
Rowley
Addressed issue of "Appropriate" education. 1. Satisfactory Progress 2. Integrated to maximum extent possible
FAPE
What is Free and Appropriate Public Education?
Autism, Blindness, Deafness, Emotional and Behavioral Disorder, 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.
This document allows for accommodations for a student that does not have an IEP, and is NOT covered under IDEA.
What is a 504 Plan?
Established the term "Appropriately Ambitious" in light of a student's circumstances.
Endrew vs. Douglas County School District
IEP
What is an Individualized Education Plan?
Procedural Due Process
Affords parents/guardians safeguards to their child's education. (i.e. confidentiality, access to records, written notice, impartial hearing)
Emphasized student achievement and required "Highly Qualified" teaching professionals.
What is NCLB (No Child Left Behind)?
Gave parents right to seek tuition reimbursement
LRE
What is Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
Multi-Disciplinary Team
Group of professional from different disciplines who function as a team but roles differ from each other (i.e. teacher, OT, SLP, Psych)
Requires data be disaggregated according to the student's disability, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, and ELA ability.
What is ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act)?
Established who carries the "Burden of Proof" in a Due Process
What is Schaffer v. Weast?