Disabilities
A limitation imposed on an individual by a loss or reduction of functioning, such as the paralysis of muscles, the absence of a limb, or loss of sight/hearing.
Disability
What does MTSS stand for?
Multi Tier System of Supports
What does IEP stand for?
Individual Education Plan
Specific Learning Disability (SLD) in the area of Reading
What does ADHD stand for?
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
(ADHD only now)
Not the condition itself – It is the Difficulties imposed by the environment on a person with a disability.
Handicap (Think of the sign in public)
What does IDEA stand for?
Bonus: When was it passed?
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
1975 (Reauthorized in 1990, 2004)
This term describes how we track students IEP goal progress?
Progress Monitoring
This disability diagnosis recently changed when Asperger's and HFA were dropped by the APA?
Autism Spectrum Disorder
This group is often underdiagnosed since they don't represent "stereotypical" symptoms
Girls
Often with varying definitions by state, what does DD mean?
Developmental Delay
This classroom often has a mix of regular and special education students?
Inclusion
An IEP allows us to modify what?
Content
This controversial category identifies students struggling with anxiety, depression and other mental health disorders.
Emotional Disturbance
This type of ADHD struggles with attention?
Inattentive Type
ADHD falls under this disability category
Other Health Impairment
What does LRE stand for in an IEP?
Least Restrictive Environment
A 504 plan allows us to modify what?
Environment - Accommodations
This disability category replaced the previous (and offensive) Mental Retardation category
Intellectual Disabilities
ADHD significantly impacts students ability to plan, organize and sustain/shift focus...this is know as?
Executive Functioning
This act was passed in 1990 is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability.
American with Disabilities Act (ADA)
This plan can be temporarily put in place for students after experiencing a concussion?
504 plan
What part of an IEP or 504 plan can go with a student to college.
Accommodations
What is the medical diagnosis for a student with a Leraning Disability in the Area of Mathematics
Dyscalculia
This type of ADHD were be present for a student with excessive movement, running, climbing, fidgeting
Hyperactive-Impulsive Type