SPED Acronyms
Foundations & Designing Learning Environments
Crip Camp
Laws
MISC
100

LRE

Least Restrictive Environment

100

Come up with at least 5 ways that Trane playground is accessible for children with disabilities.

Ex: It has a rubber ground so children in wheelchairs can move freely on the playground. This allows children to be able to move freely with their peers and participate in games.

100

List at least 5 aspects of the camp that you think helped to empower the people with disabilities who attended the camp.

They could do anything they want to do

They were taught normal things, that everyday people do

They gave them freedom

They gave them respect

They let them express their feelings

100

What is Ableism? 


100

What is the most restrictive placement for students with disabilities in schools?

self-contained or separate school

200

ADHD

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

200

What is People-First Language

“People First Language” (PFL) puts the person before the disability, and describes what a person has, not who a person is.

200

What was Willowbrook, and what were the concerns with this facility?

It was a state school where kids with intellectual disabilities would go. They were overcrowded, used dehumanizing practices, dangerous conditions, and regular abuse of residents.

200

Which law provides accommodations for students who DO NOT qualify as having a disability?

section 504

200

What percentage of students are included in tier 1?

80%

300

EBD

Emotional And Behavioral Disorders/Disabilities

300

What is scaffolding?

Scaffolding: the assistance given to a child by adults and peers that allows the individual to function indepen­dently and construct new concepts. Children with disabilities should be educated within their ZPD.

300

What famous couple helped produce Crip Camp?

Barack and Michelle Obama

300

Which law provides funding for special education?

IDEA

300

FERPA

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

400

DB

Deafblind

400

Outdoor Learning Environments - 

Considerations for Young Children with Delays or Disabilities

  • Ensure safe access to . . .

  • Ground-level playground equipment

  • Elevated structures

  • Dramatic play equipment

  • Play tables

  • Water play, sandboxes, garden areas

400

On what day (number) of the movement was the 504 regulations suddenly signed by Joe Califano?

22nd

400

Name 4 of the 6 Major Principles of IDEA

  • Zero Reject

  • Nondiscriminatory Identification and Evaluation

  • Free, Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)

  • Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)

  • Due Process Safeguards

  • Parent and Student Participation and Shared Decision-Making

400

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

Itinerant

500

FAPE

Free Appropriate Public Education

500

Primary Grades - Practices to include children with delays or disabilities (Classroom) - name one.

  • Flexible arrangement of tables and desks

  • Safe environment and supervision

  • Encourage exploration and cognitive growth

  • Allow alternating rest and active periods

  • Give advance notice of transitions

500

What was the camp's official name?

Camp Jened

500

12 Special Education Disability Categories - Wisconsin

  • Autism
  • Blind and Visually Impaired
  • Deaf and Hard of Hearing
  • Deafblind
  • Emotional Behavioral Disability
  • Intellectual Disability
  • Orthopedic Impairment
  • Other Health Impairment
  • Significant Developmental Delay
  • Specific Learning Disabilities
  • Speech and Language
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
500

What is Project Follow-Through?

Project Follow-Through: a program designed to extend the Head Start concept to include children enrolled in kindergarten through the third grade