The Culture of Life
The socially transmitted ways of thinking, believing, feeling, and acting within a group.
Culture
The dominant feature of Western culture that stresses the rights, freedom, and importance of individuals over groups.
Individualism
A written program required for all children with disabilities under IDEA.
individualized education program (IEP)
Students with very high intelligence or such unusual gifts and talents in the arts that they require special educational programming to reach their full potential are
gifted and talented.
According to Maslow's theory, reaching one's full potential is
self-actualization
The general process of learning the social norms of the culture.
socialization
The cultural group whose values and behaviors have been adopted by most institutions in society.
dominant group
_________ are the published opinions of judges, which interpret statutes, regulations, and constitutional provisions.
Case Law
Assessments that favor one group over another.
biased assessments
This framework tailors instruction, assessment, or content to meet the diverse needs, interests, and readiness levels of individual students.
Differentiated Instruction
This characteristic of culture happens when people adjust their cultural practices, beliefs, and values in response to new environments or changes.
adaptation
Children with poor self-images are prone to develop _____, which are negative attitudes towards others based on group membership.
prejudices
The case in which the U.S. Supreme Court mandated that the District of Columbia schools provide a publicly supported education to all children with disabilities and that education cannot be denied based on the accommodations' additional cost to the school.
Mills v. Board of Education of D.C.
This represents a situation where students with and without disabilities are educated together in the most appropriate setting.
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
To reach this level on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, a teacher could provide a safe, supportive environment that encourages curiosity and the pursuit of personal interests once basic needs are met.
self-actualization
This characteristic of culture refers to the evolving set of values, beliefs, and practices within a group/society that changes all the time for varied reasons, in big and small ways.
Dynamic
The arbitrary denial of the privileges and rewards of society to members of a group.
Discrimination
The case in which the U.S. Supreme Court found that if a state undertakes the provision of free education for its citizenry, the property right of an education is established. This defined racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education
Making available to all persons with disabilities or other handicaps, patterns of life and conditions of everyday living which are as close as possible to or indeed the same as regular circumstances and ways of life of society.
Normalization
An accommodation changes the assessment, while this changes the content being taught.
modification
The characteristic of culture that refers to the patterns and customs that bind people together as an identifiable group and make it possible for them to live together and function with ease.
Shared
This is the relegation to a position that is not part of the mainstream nor accepted by most people.
Marginalization
The comprehensive legislation signed into law in 1975 that guaranteed all children ages 3-21 with disabilities a free and appropriate education in the least restrictive environment.
Public Law 94-142
The percentage of U.S. students that receive special education services.
14.5%
This kind of student support are changes in how a student learns removing barriers so students can learn the same material as their peers and meet the academic standards that states set for each grade level.
accommodation