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Disabilities
Differentiation
Co-Teaching
IEP
Laws in special education
100
a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or using spoken or written language that may appear as an impaired ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do mathematical calculations.
What is specific learning disability
100
A process for planning units of instruction and individual lessons by which you first determine the assessments you will use to evaluate your students’ learning
What is backward design
100
Also called cooperative or collaborative teaching
What is co-teaching
100
The written individualized education program listing the special education and related services students with disabilities will receive to address their unique academic, social, behavioral, communication, functional, and physical strengths and challenges
What is IEP
100
based on six fundamental principles that govern the education of students with disabilities
What is IDEA
200
Difficulties in identifying letters and their sounds, reading rate, listening, vocabulary, and reading comprehension
What is Reading-based learning disability (dyslexia)
200
Relates to your use of assessment strategies during instruction to monitor your students’ learning progress and to use this information to adjust your instruction to foster student learning
What is formative assessment
200
Both teachers teach the same material at the same time to two equal groups of students.
What is parallel teaching
200
Refers to students choosing not to use technology
What is abandonment
200
Passed in 1975, this act mandates that a free and appropriate education be provided to all students with disabilities, regardless of the nature and severity of their disability
What is Education For All Handicapped Children Act
300
Difficulties in idea generation, text organization, sentence structure, vocabulary usage, spelling, and grammar
What is Written expression–based learning disability (dysgraphia)
300
Focuses on your use of assessments at the end of instruction to assess student mastery of specific content, topics, and concepts and skills taught and to report student achievement
What is summative assessment
300
Both teachers plan and teach the lesson together to the whole class and blend their content knowledge, perspective, and instructional, assessment, and management practices.
What is team teaching
300
is defined as any item, piece of equipment, or product system—whether bought, modified, or customized—that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of an individual with a disability.
What is assisted technology device
300
extended many of the rights and safeguards of Public Law 94-142 to children with disabilities from birth to 5 years of age and encouraged early intervention services and special assistance to students who are at risk
What is Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities Act of 1986
400
Difficulties processing nonverbal, visual-spatial information, and communications; interpreting body language and the context of linguistic interactions; and using a varied communication style and word selection
What is Nonverbal learning disability
400
Students are given lessons in the same curricular areas as their peers but at varying levels of difficulty
What is multilevel teaching
400
This involves working together to solve problems and implement mutually agreed-on solutions to prevent and address learning and behavioral difficulties and to coordinate instructional programs for all students.
What is collaborative consultation
400
For students who are age 16 (or younger if mandated by state regulations), the IEP must include a component that addresses natural transition points and includes a set of coordinated activities within a results-oriented process that is designed to improve the students’ academic and functional achievement and to address postsecondary goals in the areas of training, education, employment, community participation, and, where appropriate, independent living skills
What is transition service
400
included several provisions to improve the educational performance of students with disabilities by having high expectations for them, giving them greater access to general education, including them in local and state assessments, and making general and special educators and administrators members of the IEP team
What is The Idea Amendments of 1997
500
Difficulties in discriminating numbers, symbols, and signs; understanding math terms; learning number facts; performing computations; and solving problems
What is Mathematics-based learning disability (dyscalculia)
500
Involves teaching a diverse group of students individualized skills from different curricular areas
What is curriculum overlapping
500
A professional who helps transfer information between individuals who do not communicate in the same way, can assist you in working with deaf and hard-of-hearing students and English language learners.
What is educational interpreter
500
which provides a summary of the student’s current academic, socialization, behavioral, communication, and functional skills
What is present levels of performance
500
a multitiered process whereby only students who do not respond to a series of more intensive research-based interventions would be identified as having a learning disability
What is response to intervention