legal terms
required by Section 504 that includes necessary information to enable a student to have equal access.
What is accommodation plan?
organizing material into manageable parts
What is chunking or task analysis?
used to describe the movement away from serving students with disabilities in self-contained classrooms.
What is mainstreaming?
changes to content to support learners.
What is modification?
are supports that allow students access to the general curriculum but do not fundamentally alter the learning goal of grade level standard (Freedman ,2000, 2005)
What are accommodations?
stores student special education records, opens all initial referrals and assigns a CSE case number for public school students. The CSE also manages all special education issues for non-public schools (private, parochial) and charter schools
What is the CSE Committee on Special Education?
a problem solving process in which one individual offers expertise and assistance to another.
What Collaborative Consultation ?
educating students with disabilities in the general education classroom with appropriate supports.
What is inclusion?
events that occur before a target behavior.
What is an antecedent?
detailed, factual, narrative descriptions of an account of an incident. The precise sequence of events is documented using descriptive language in order to describe exactly what occurs during a given situation.
What are anecdotal records?
is an educational right of children with disabilities in the United States that is guaranteed by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973[1] and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
What is Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
level of learning in math where students manipulate physical materials to find solutions.
What is concrete?
a method of collecting data on a student’s target behavior that is discrete and countable within a specified time period.
What is Frequency/ Event Recording?
using a variety of strategies and techniques to reach all learners.
What is Differentiated Instruction?
The simultaneous existence of two or more conditions/disabilities within the same person.
What is comorbidty?
students with disabilities are to be educated in an environment closest to general education.
What is Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)- ?
guidance, assistance, and support that a teacher provides to help learners to bridge the gap between their current level of performance and intended goal of performance.
What is mediated scaffolding?
Spoken language that is meaningful to others.
What is expressive language?
interventions, techniques, and strategies to assist in supporting a specific student’s behavior. Required by law.
What is a BIP Behavior Intervention Plan?
students with disabilities are to be educated in an environment closest to general education.
What is Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)?
document that is an individually tailored program that describes the educational plan for a student with a disability/s
What is Individualized Education Program (IEP)- ?
memory enhancing techniques that help students recall facts.
What is Mnemonic Devices-?
For a student with physical or health disabilities to qualify for special education services, the student's disability must
What interferes with his/her educational performance
a problem solving process aimed at identifying the purpose or function of a behavior.
What is FBA Functional Behavioral Assessment ?
a process used to determine if a pupil responds to valid interventions. Designed as an early intervention as well as a way to diagnose learning disabilities.
What is Response to Intervention? (RTI)?