Classroom-based assessments at the end of the lesson
Having your students write down their answer to questions related to the content and skills taught that day and to list some things that are still confusing to them.
What are exit tickets/slips
a philosophy that brings diverse students, families, educators, and community members together to create schools and other social institutions based on acceptance, belonging, and community
What is inclusion
A condition caused by damage to the central nervous system before birth or during one’s early years that affects voluntary motor functions and muscle tension or tone.
What is cerebral palsy
An alteration of environment, curriculum format, or equipment that allows an individual with a disability to gain access to content and/or complete assigned tasks
What is accommodations
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 an IEP
Asking students to write comments in their journals on what they learned, how they learned it, what they do not understand, why they are confused, and what help they would like to receive
What are learning journals/logs
Schools are required to make sure students with disabilities spend as much time as possible with students who do not have disabilities
What is LRE
A psychiatric condition that is characterized by difficulty identifying and maintaining attention to relevant classroom directions, information, and stimuli that affects school performance
What is ADHD
Technology and any devices a student might need in order to learn
What is assistive technology
A licensed professional who deals with the upper extremities and fine motor abilities; works with students to prevent, restore, or adapt to impaired or lost motor functions; and helps students develop the necessary fine motor skills to perform everyday actions independently.
What is an occupational therapist
These can can provide information on students’ perceptions of their educational challenges, progress in learning new material, and strategies for completing a task
What are self evaluation questionnaires, interviews, or checklists
A principle that seeks to provide opportunities, social interactions, and experiences that parallel those of society to adults and children with disabilities
What is normalization
A type of learning disability that is characterized by difficulties processing nonverbal, visual-spatial information and communications, such as body language, gestures, and the context of linguistic interactions.
What is nonverbal learning disabilities
The service, frequency, and location counseling
What is related services
An action taken or a stimulus given after a behavior occurs that increases the rate of the behavior or makes it more likely that the behavior will occur again.
What is positive reinforcement
Students work on meaningful, complex, relevant, open-ended learning activities that are incorporated into the assessment process and linked to your curriculum and learning standards.
What are authentic assessment or performance assessment
Involves delivering and monitoring a specially designed and coordinated set of comprehensive, universally designed, and evidence-based instructional and assessment practices and related services.
What is special education
An impairment in vision that, even with correction, adversely affects educational performance. The term includes both partial sight and blindness.
What is student with a visual disability
Plan for the student after high school that includes training, education, employment, and community participation
What are transition services
A multilevel prevention, assessment, and instructional data-based decision model for assessing the extent to which students respond to a series of more intensive and individualized research based interventions.
What is RTI
Involves teachers, students, and family members working together to create a continuous and purposeful collection of various authentic student products across a range of content areas throughout the school year that show the process and products associated with student learning
What is a portfolio assessment
Refers to the partial or full-time programs that educated students with disabilities with their general education peers
What is mainstreaming
Difficulty in identifying letters and their sounds, reading rate, listening, vocabulary and reading comprehension
What is dyslexia
Refers to other areas of achievement that are not academic. It can include information about your child's social skills, communication skills, and other activities of daily living
What is the PLAAFP
An acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force, resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment
What is TBI