Acronyms
Disability History
Rules/ACT/LAW
IEP Team Members
Misc.Term
100

IDEA

What is Individuals with Disabilities Education Act?

100

What is the planning document used to drive the instruction of students in special education?

IEP

100

Students who qualify for special education services must between these ages in order to qualify for services.

ages 3-21

100

This person has a disability and can give input on their own education

Student

100

What animated film featuring characters with disabilities became the highest-grossing animated film in North America

Finding Nemo (specifically, Finding Dory)

200

IFSP

Individual Family Service Plan

200

What do the popular novels The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Ginny Moon, House Rules and By the Light of the Moon have in common?

Character(s) with autism 

200

This act has categorized 13 different disabilities that qualify for special education services.

IDEA

200

This person is the case manager for the student. They write the IEP.

special education teacher

200

What is another name for Special Education?

Exceptional Education

300

FERPA

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

300

First Deaf university

Gallaudet University

300

What plan can serve students at both the K–12 and college levels?

504 Plan

300
Vital member(s) of the IEP team to contribute with an expertise like NO ONE else. They know this child the best.
What is Parents
300

Name 5 (out of many) special education-related services?

  • speech-language pathology
  • audiology
  • interpreting (ASL)
  • psychological
  • physical and/or occupational therapy
  • recreation, including therapeutic recreation
  • counseling services, including rehabilitation counseling
  • orientation and mobility services
  • medical services for diagnostic or evaluation purposes
  • school health services and school nurse services
  • social work services in schools
  • parent counseling and training
  • Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teacher
  • Blind and Visually Impaired Teacher
  • Social Worker
  • Transportation
  • Vocational Skills
  • Autism Specialist
  • ABA
  • Adaptive Physical Education
400

BASC

Behavior Assessment System for Children

400

Which U.S. president had a sister that they did a brain lobotomy on and it made her have an intellectual disability?

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK)

400

This act aims to increase the academic achievement of all public school students, improve the performance of low-performing schools, and require schools to adopt scientifically based instructional practices.

 Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

400

This person is responsible for testing and evaluating the student.


school psychologist or special education teacher

400

An individualized instructional program for eligible students with disabilities that are provided beyond the regular school year.

Extended School Year Services?

500

LEA

Local Education Agency

500

Where did the first national disability pride parade take place?

Name city or state

Chicago

500

What IDEA principle states, "This minimizes the number of misidentifications, provides a variety of assessment tools and strategies, prohibits the use of any single evaluation as the sole criterion and provides protections against evaluation measures that are racially or culturally discriminatory."

Appropriate Evaluation 

500

Name 2 people (out of 3) that can be LEAs

Principal

School Psychologist

Special Education Director

500

What is it called when a [Special education] teacher travels to multiple schools?

Itinerant

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