Special Education Laws
Learning Disabilities
Student Groups that Challenge Schools
Factors Impacting Education
Misc
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**Changed title of “Education for All Handicapped Children Act” in 1990 **A federal education law **Covers individuals to age 21 **Focuses on “educational benefits” **Informed consent is required for an IEP
What is “Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)”
100
Three Types of Students with Attention Deficit Disorders (ADD)
What are: distractible type, hyperactive type, combined type
100
(1982) decision stated that all immigrant children, whether documented or not, have the same right as U.S. citizens to attend public school
What is Plyler vs. Doe
100
Teachers may purposely or inadvertently treat boys and girls differently and reinforce stereotypes of girls in the areas of: Behavior, Personality, Aspirations, Achievement
What is Gender Bias
100
Tier 1: primary prevention, universal interventions and supports are used with all students Tier 2: secondary prevention intervention, used with students whose behavior does not improve as a result of primary preventive interventions and supports Tier 3: tertiary prevention, provides more individualized prevention interventions and supports for students who do not respond to tier 2 or whose behavior requires immediate or more intensive intervention
What are: Three Tiers of Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS)
200
**Greater access to the general education, allowing for special education to take place in a variety of settings (along a “continuum” of services) **Sought to strengthen role of families **Intended “to meet the unique needs of the student” through individualized instruction and/or providing “related services”…
What is IDEA Amendments 1997
200
Developmental disability ** significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction, generally evident before age 3, ** adversely affects a child's educational performance. ** MAY ALSO INCLUDE: engagement in repetitive activities and stereotyped movements, resistance to environmental change or change in daily routines, unusual responses to sensory experiences. The term does not apply if a child's educational performance is adversely affected primarily because the child has an emotional disturbance.
What is Autism
200
** Also called a dual language program ** Designed to help all students become proficient in two languages by mixing students who speak languages other than English with students who speak English ** Both languages are used to deliver instruction **Content is taught in each language approximately 50% of the time
What is Two-Way Bilingual Education
200
** Health problems ** Productivity challenges ** Physical environment effects ** Strains on emotional well-being ** Challenges to family interactions
What are general effects of Poverty on education
200
Behavior ABCs
What are: A - antecedents; B - problem behavior; C- consequences
300
** Re-authorization of IDEA ’97 ** Written to correlate with No Child Left Behind Act (i.e., schools are held accountable for the success of students with disabilities; short-term objectives were eliminated from IEPs)
What is "Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004" (IDEIA ’04)
300
** Include the disability categories of learning disabilities, mild intellectual disabilities, mild emotional/behavior disorders, and speech and language impairments ** Make up between 90 and 95% of students with disabilities
Who are Students with High-Incidence Disabilities
300
**Employs both the native and the new language and culture **Demonstrated to improve cognitive and sociocultural development, self-esteem, academic progress, and the learning of English
What is Bilingual Education
300
make up to 20% of children in the U.S.
Who are Children of Immigrants
300
4 types of Transitioning
What are: to General Ed classrooms, culturally and linguistically diverse students, to new school, to adulthood
400
**A Civil Rights law **Covers individuals throughout their lives **Focuses on accommodations **Consent is not required for children to have a “504 plan”
What is "Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act" (PL 93-112)
400
Students with physical, sensory, and multiple and significant disabilities Make up about 6% of students with disabilities
Who are Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities
400
** Sometimes referred to as English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) ** May be a component of or alternative to bilingual education ** Often delivered in pull-out programs or settings ** Content instruction occurs only in English
What is English as a Second Language
400
Changing economic conditions Demographic shifts Discrimination and Bias Changes in the structure of families Increases in substance abuse and child abuse
What recent factors have reshaped society in the US?
400
** Content (what they teach) ** Process (how they teach) ** Product (how students demonstrate mastery) ** Affect (how students connect their thinking and feelings) ** Learning environment (how the classroom is designed)
What are Ways Teachers Differentiate Instruction
500
** ORIGINAL SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW ** Provide free and appropriate education to all students with disabilities ** Educate students with disabilities in the same schools as ** students without disabilities ** Provide procedural safeguards (legal and practical protections) for students with disabilities ** Outlined the Individualized Education Program (IEP) Process
What is the "Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975" (PL 94-142)
500
** Visual acuity (decreased ability to see details) ** Visual field (decreased ability to see something straight ahead) ** Ocular mobility (decreased ability to track stationary and ** moving visual stimuli)
What are Types of Vision Loss
500
** Seek to provide access, equity, and excellence for all students ** Focus on students’ individual strengths and challenges and diversity ** Involve use of effective and reflective practice ** Recognize the importance of community, collaboration, and acceptance of individual differences
What are Mutlcultural Education and Inclusion
500
These districts ** serve a greater percentage of students living in poverty than other school districts. ** A growing number of culturally and linguistically diverse students are educated in here, including children of migrant workers and Native Americans.
What are Rural School Districts
500
Think and talk about learning Aim for team goals Review team roles and responsibilities Get materials, supplies, and technology resources Energize team for learning Tell other teams about your performance
What is TARGET
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