Special Education Laws
Special Education Laws
SLP & Aud
Speech Terms
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1986 - Fed. funds provided for early intervention (b-5) with qualified personnel intent on eliminating hospital and school agencies.  IFSP were req'd for home-based instruction with therapy and parent education.
What and when was the Education of the Handicapped Amendments (P. Law 99-457)
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In 1965 states were given fed. funds to help special needs (& gifted) students be evaluated.
What and when was the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (P. Law 89-10)?
100
Patients welfare is top priority, professionals must achieve highest level of professional competence, professionals must provide accurate information and they must maintain ethical standards
What is the code of ethics provided by ASHA for SLPs and A's?
100
Exchange of ideas between sender and receiver.
What is speech?
200
1988-Funding for ctrs. to include augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).
What is the Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities (Public Law 100-407)
200
In 1966 feds. gave funds for model programs showing how to educate disabled children
What and when was the Handicapped Children's Early Education Act (P. Law 90-247)?
200
Probability of benefit that results from the quickest method involving the least effort yielding the greatest benefit.
What is effectiveness?
200
The study of influences such as cultural identity, setting and participants.
What is sociolinguistics?
300
1990-Diverse pop. needs must be met, FAPE for c/w/dis.  Pt. B preschool w/IEP and Pt. C infants and toddlers with IFSP
What is Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)?
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1973-Forbids discrimination of services or employment to people with disabling conditions.
What and when was Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act (Public Law 93-112)?
300
Efficacy relates to the clinical outcomes. It is used to decipher research data in terms of identified population, treatment (focused and on specific population) and research should be conducted in realistic settings (optimal intervention conditions). 
What is efficacy and how does it relate to SLPs?
300
A socially shared code or conventional system for representing concepts through the use of arbitrary symbols and rule-governed combinations of those symbols.  Language has the following characteristics:  socially shared tool, rule-governed system, arbitrary code, generative process and dynamic scheme.
What is language?
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2000-Educational rights for disabled, defined &  developed guidelines (diagnosed 5-22 yrs), disability indefinitely, which includes function limitations in 3 or more areas (self-care, receptive and expressive language, learning, mobility, self-direction and economic self-sufficiency and gives individualized support.
What is the Development Disabilities Assistance Act and Bill of Rights Act (Public Law 106-402)?
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1975-FAPE for disabled children, includes related therapy, evaluations and IEPs must be written stipulating present level of performance, annual short/long goals, designated instruction and length of service. In addition CSE of parents, school admin., and teachers must review and endorse IEP.  Parents must sign-off and the IEP must be rev'd. yearly.
What and when was Education of All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA) (Public Law 94-142)?
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Evaluate and provide prevention and remedial services to children and adults with speech, language, voice, and swallowing problems.  - Speech (clarity & fluency) "The King's Speech" - Language ("grammatical" & Effective)  - Swallowing (safely getting nutrition by mouth) - Literacy  - Accent reduction/modification - research
What do speech-language pathologists (SLP's) do?
400
The ability to recognize correct grammar because of native language rather than rules.
What is linguistic intuition?
500
1997-Specified what IEP should contain, FAPE ends at graduation, ADD and ADHyperactivity disorder sometimes listed as a disability and Pt. C for birth-3 includes family members as interdisciplinary team and decision makers.
What was the Reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (Public Law 105-17)?
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2004-Req'd. that individuals IFSP or IEP be offered in least restrictive environment (LRE), gtd parents' rights in ed. choice, early intervention (b-3) outline should be: 1) transdisciplinary, 2) family ctrd., 3) individualized, 4) developmentally appropriate, 5) LRE and 6) based on empirical evidence on intervention effectiveness.
What is the Individual with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA)
500
These specialists measure hearing ability, identify, assess and measure and prevent disorders of hearing and balance.  They evaulate auditory processing disorders (APD) and select, fit and dispense hearing aids and other amplication devices and provide guidance.
What are audiologist and what do they do do?
500
Form (syntax, morphology and phonology), Content (semantics) and Use (pragmatics).
What are three parts of language?
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