Philosophy that brings students, families, educators, and community members together to create schools based on acceptance, belonging and community.
What is Inclusion
100
A person centered, multimethod problem-solving process that involves gathering information to determine why, where, and when behaviors occur.
What is Functional Behavior Assessment
100
An instructional arrangement where students work with their peers to achieve shared academic goals rather than competing against or working separately from their peers.
What is Cooperative Learning
100
Most common childhood psychiatric condition.
What is Attention Deficit Disorder
100
Intended to open schools to all students with disabilities so they could “benefit” from special education
What is Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975
200
Requires that students with disabilities be educated as much as possible with their peers without disabilities.
What is Least Restrictive Environment
200
The events, stimuli, objects, actions, and activities that precede and trigger the behavior.
What is Antecedents
200
A type of cooperative learning arrangement that involves dividing students into groups, with each student assigned a task that is essential in reaching the group's goal.
What is Jigsaw
200
Communication disorder, such as stuttering, impaired articulation, a language impairment, or a voice impairment, that adversely affects educational performance.
What is Speech and Language Impairment
200
This law extended rights and safeguards of PL 94-142 to children birth to five years of age and encouraged early intervention for children who are at risk.
What is Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities Act of 1986
300
An item, or a piece of equipment, or product system that is used to increase, maintain, or improve, the functional capabilities of an individual with a disability.
What is Assistive Technology Device
300
The way in which a person acts in response to a particular situation or stimulus.
What is Behavior
300
A type of cooperative learning arrangement that involves teams determining how they will approach a task. All group members are involved in the teams decisions and each group produces one product.
What is Learning-together Approach
300
Affects voluntary motor functions and muscle tension or tone, and is caused by damage to the central nervous system before birth or during one’s early years.
What is Cerebral palsy
300
This law made rehabilitation and social work services available to students with disabilities.
What is Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1990
400
The presence of students from a specific group in an educational program that is higher or lower than one would expect based on their representation in the general population of students.
What is Disproportionality
400
The events, stimuli, objects, actions, and activities that follow and maintain the behavior.
What is Consequences
400
A type of cooperative learning arrangement where one student tutors and assists another in learning a new skill.
What is Peer Tutoring
400
Students that may have a variety of conditions, including: congenital malformations, loss of limbs, neurological infections, or muscular diseases
What is Medically Fragile Students
400
Allowed for greater access to the general education, allowing for special education to take place in a variety of settings (along a “continuum” of services).
What is IDEA Amendments of 1997
500
A written, individualized program listing the special education and related services students with disabilities will receive to address their unique strengths and challenges.
What is Individualized Education Plan
500
Visual representations depicting the relationship between behaviors and their consequences.
What is Consequence Maps
500
A teaching arrangement whereby teachers and ancillary support personnel work together to educate all students in general education classroom.
What is Co-teaching
500
Disability that usually involves severe disorders in verbal and nonverbal communication, socialization and behavior, typically occurring at birth or before age three.
What is Autism
500
This act qualifies individuals for services if they have a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities; have a record of such an impairment, or
are regarded by others as having an impairment.