SPED Process & Evaluations
Scores from a test are obtained consistently
What is reliability?
Helps students with holding utensils (pencils, eating utensils), sensory input, etc.
What is an occupational therapist?
Chronic respiratory disease caused by inflammation of airway to lungs
What is asthma?
Physical disability characterized by fluid buildup in the skull, leading to brain swelling
What is hydrocephalus?
Intellectual disability caused by three copies of the 21st chromosome
What is Down syndrome?
Location of adverse disability impact section in an IEP
What is the background/informational page?
What is an audiologist?
High fat, low carb diet for managing seizures
What is a ketogenic diet?
Type of cerebral palsy characterized by muscle rigidity
What is spastic CP?
When an autistic person tries to present a non-autistic persona to others, often at expense of their own mental health
What is camouflaging?
Examples of informal assessments
Interviews, observations
The person who writes individualized health plans
Who is the school nurse?
Plan for students that can have crisis health needs in schools
What is an emergency care plan?
Type of hearing loss impacting the inner ear
What is sensorineural hearing loss?
Prenatal cause of intellectual disability
Assessment adaptation for a student with mobility needs
Making sure assessment items are within reach
In the related services table of an IEP, the length of each session
What is duration?
Therapeutic position where student lies with chest down and back up;
Name 3 signs of hearing loss
Carefully watches speaker's face, responds inconsistently to sound, asks for things to be repeated, prefers low or high pitch sounds
A similarity between Down syndrome and Williams syndrome
ID, enjoys social interactions
Meeting to determine whether challenging behavior is a characteristic of the student's disability or school's failure to implement an IEP
What is a manifestation determination meeting?
Service delivery model where the RSP trains the teacher
What is an indirect/consultative model?
Type of tube feeding administration that is delivered one to multiple times a day, typically when most people would eat
What is bolus tube feeding?
Name 3 potential causes of TBI
Falls, car accidents, shaken baby syndrome, close-headed injury
anxiety, depression, ADHD; sleep problems, GI problems, seizures