Agencies/Organizations/Programs
The Pennsylvania Department of Education that is responsible for the education of students with disabilities from ages 3 through 21:
Who is the Bureau of Special Education (BSE)?
A communication disorder characterized by difficulty understanding and/or producing language:
What is aphasia?
A change that gives a child with a disability an alternate method of demonstrating knowledge:
What is an accommodation?
An individual who represents or speaks on behalf of another person’s interests, as in a parent for his/her child:
What is an advocate?
The law that protects the privacy and transfer of student education records:
What is the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)?
The largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals who are gifted:
Who is the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)?
A disability in which a child’s intellectual and adaptive behavior is below average, which impacts upon the child’s education:
What is a cognitive delay?
Resolving a dispute between a family and an early intervention program or a local educational agency related to the identification, evaluation, placement, or program of a child with disabilities:
What is due process?
A series of tests and observations performed by a multidisciplinary team to find out if a child has a disability and requires special education services:
What is an evaluation?
The law that provides the legal authority for early intervention and special education services for children from birth to age 21:
What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)?
A regional educational agency that provides services to local educational agencies including curriculum, special education, technology and information services, human resources, instruction, and professional development:
Who is the Intermediate Unit (IU)?
A muscular disorder present at birth in which a child has trouble producing what he/she wants to say correctly and consistently:
What is Developmental Apraxia of Speech (DAS)?
Specialized services and supports designed to help families with children birth to age five who have developmental delays:
What is Early Intervention (EI)?
A related service provided to children who are blind or visually impaired by qualified personnel to enable them to move safely in school and other environments:
What is Orientation and Mobility (O & M)?
The law that protects the civil rights of individuals with disabilities:
What is Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act?
A coalition of parents of students representing a range of disabilities and ages:
Who is the Parent Education Network (PEN)?
Overall category of developmental disorders that includes autism, Rett syndrome, Asperger’s syndrome, etc.:
What is Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD)?
A written statement of a child’s current level of educational performance and of the child’s individualized plan of instruction, including the goals, specific services to be received, the staff members who will carry out the services, etc.:
What is an Individualized Education Program (IEP)?
A special education professional who works side-by-side with a special education teacher to provide appropriate and meaningful educational programs to students with special needs:
What is a paraprofessional?
The law that prohibits discrimination by employers, by facilities open to the general public, and by state and local public agencies that provide such services as transportation:
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
Ensuring the intent and spirit of the Right to Education for students with disabilities are being carried out throughout the commonwealth through recommendations, evaluation, advocacy, and monitoring:
Who is the Pennsylvania State Task Force on the Right to Education?
An abnormal sensitivity to touch indicated by avoidance or rejection of touching and handling:
What is Tactile Defensiveness?
An IDEA requirement indicating that children with disabilities must be educated with children who are not disabled to the maximum extent possible:
What is called a Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)?
A series of tests and observations performed by a multidisciplinary team to find out if a child with a disability continues to require special education and related services:
What is a reevaluation?
The section of Pennsylvania State Education Law that provides special education regulations in compliance with Federal education law, and specifically pertains to students with disabilities who are enrolled in charter, cyber charter, or regional charter schools:
What is Chapter 711?