What is DESE?
What is the acronym for the Department of Secondary Education
Difficulties making friends in preschool
What is a symptom of ADHD?
Who provides educational support/services to children under 3 years old?
What is Early Intervention?
What is the term for when infants and toddlers learn to understand the world around them?
Cognitive Development
NAEYC
What is the acronym for the National Association of the Education for Young Children NAEYC
What disability is defined by open spine-a condition that occurs during prenatal development
What is Spina Bifida?
When a child turns 3, who provides special education services?
Public School
What is the IDEA?
The Individuals with Disabilities Act
IEP
What is the acronym for Individual Educational Plan
What is it called when the brain is damaged by a child's head hitting something very hard, or a bat/ball etc ,or an incident of physical abuse (shaken baby syndrome)
Traumatic Brain Injury TBI
What is the plan called for children who have disabilities and is developed by a service team?
What is an IEP?
Language Development
IFSP
What is the acronym for Individualized Family Service Plan
What genetic disorder weakens a child's muscles over time?
Muscular Dystrophy
This therapist provides expertise in developing large motor skills, balance, coordination and other skills.
What is a Physical Therapist?
What therapy is provided for children with language/speech delays?
Speech therapist
AT
What is the acronym for Assistive Technology?
What is one of thte most common physical disabilities in childhood? The term indicates injury or damage to parts of the brain that control a person's muscles.
What is Cerebral Palsy?
This therapist provides expertise in developing small motor skills so children can become more independent in self-care routines (eating, dressing, using utensils etc.).
What is an Occupational Therapist?
President Obama (former) removed the terms mental retardation and mentally retarded from federal health, education and labor policies and replaced them with people first language-intellectual disability, and individual with intellectual disability.
What is Rosa's Law?
Written for Rosa Marcellino a young girl with down syndrome who fought to have the law changed.
The intention is to highlight the fact that words do matter and to help change the perceptions society has of individuals with intellectual disabilities.