SPED by the Letters
Educational Case Law
The "I" EP
What's My Age Again?
More Letters!
100

IDEA

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

100

NCLB for short

No Child left behind

100

The I in IEP stands for this

Individualized

100

IDEA serves students in this age range

3-22 years

100

An MTSS

Multi Tierd System of Supports 

200

FAPE

Free and Appropriate Education

200


The district court granted the handicapped students' request and issued a permanent injunction, an order which prevented the school district from indefinitely suspending a student for disability-related misconduct. Honig vs. 


Doe

200

CBI is community based this

Instruction

200

Transition services must be provided at this age in Ohio

14

200

This approach is modeled using a triangle

RTI

300

SDI

Specially Designed Services

300

Prior to this case, the "separate but equal doctrine" allowed public schools to deny admission to students based on race.

Brown vs. the Board of Education

300

DIBELS the Dynamic "This" of Basic Early Literacy Skills, an early reading assessment.ED

Indicator

300

Students with learning disabilities are typically identified in this grade.

3rd

300

You should use these letters when evaluating educational technology

SAM-R

400

PLOP

Present levels of Performance

400

Prior to this case, a Pennsylvania law allowed public schools to deny admission to students with cognitive disabilities.  The district court hearing the case found the law unconstitutional and required that the state ensure the right to free education for children with disabilities at an appropriate level for the individual child.

Pennsylvania Association of Retarded Children (PARC) v. Commonwealth

400

In a BIP, the I means this

Improvement

400

They're created for eligible kids from birth to age 3 who need extra help with physical, communication, self-help, cognitive, or social-emotional skills.

IFSP

400

If a child is having continued and frequent outbursts in the classroom that significantly disrupts the learning process, you conduct one of these, and implement one of these.

FBA and BIP

500

FERPA

Federal Education Records Privacy Act

500

Shortly after the PARC v. Commonwealth decision, several children challenged the District of Columbia public schools in court for both expelling and refusing admission to disabled students.  The schools argued that they did not have the funding or resources to provide an education to disabled children.

Mills v. Board of Education of District of Columbia

500

In an IEE, the "I" is critical for both parties

Independent (Educational Evaluation)

500

The IFSP must be reviewed "every this" Wow, that is twice as much as the IEP!

6 Months

500

Transition services were mandated in 1990 under IDEA, these two categories of disability were also added, making the total 13.

Autism and TBI