He could be considered the father of Special Education and implemented some of the first widely known specially designed instruction for a "wild" boy named Victor.
Who was Jean Marc Gaspard Itard?
100
This Act lays out the basic premises of special education, including LRE, FAPE, Zero Reject, Nondiscriminatory Evaluation, and Parent's Rights.
What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act?
100
This is the most appropriate placement for an individual student.
What is the least restrictive environment?
100
People eligible for this service have a disability, their disability interferes with their performance in the general education classroom, and they are in need of specially designed instruction.
What is Special Education?
100
He is an autistic man living in Seattle who vacations on the peninsula every summer with his family. His only known community is with the native youth there. He helped us examine the question of who speaks for people who cannot speak for themselves?
Who is Big Red?
200
He was a student of Jean Itard's, started the first school for children with disabilities, and wrote "The Moral Treatment, Hygiene, and Education of Idiots and Other Backward Children".
Who was Edouard Seguin?
200
This Act lays out provisions for the education of students with disabilities who do not meet qualifications for Special Education.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act?
200
Teachers and administrators must use these practices when qualifying children for Special Education.
What is nondiscriminatory assessment/evaluation?
200
Children who qualify for special education under this category have an IQ below 70 and low levels of adaptive behavior.
What is intellectual disability?
200
He is a family member of Gene's whose story illustrated for us how the evolution of work from mechanical to technological positions affects people with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities.
Who is Uncle Paul?
300
He strolled along the Swiss Alps and started hygiene schools for "cretins", thinking that fresh air and diet would help cure their disabilities.
Who was Louis Guggenbuhl?
300
While this legislation was not specifically related to Special Education, it set a precedent for the inclusion of students with disabilities in public schools, stating that separate is not equal.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
300
This is the document, mandated by IDEA, that outlines the services that students will receive while in Special Education classes.
What is the Individualized Education Plan?
300
This is the largest category of children served in Special Education, and can be diagnosed using RTI or the severe discrepancy model.
What is specific learning disability?
300
Her story helped us to examine the question "Should everybody work?"
Who is Martha?
400
He believed that people with disabilities should be educated in ways that would enable them to be as "normal" as possible.
Who was Wolf Wolfsenberger?
400
This Act was the precursor for the IDEA and laid out the initial requirement that all public schools provide a free and appropriate education to children with disabilities.
What is the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142)?
400
This is one of the things guaranteed to every student by the IDEA, and ensures that children with disabilities rights to education are protected.
What is a free and appropriate public education?
400
This eligibility category ends at age 9, when a student needs to be qualified under another category.
What is developmental delay?
400
The process we (hopefully) used this quarter in our home groups and that we should strive to use in our professional careers.
What is deliberation?
500
He is the father of the Eugenics movement and referenced the "normal distribution" of intellectual abilities in society.
Who was Francis Galton?
500
This act requires all but a very small percentage of students to participate in high stakes assessment. Within special education and especially within the field of Severe/Low Incidence disabilities, it is a highly contested law.
What is No Child Left Behind?
500
These regulations outline whose rights need to be protected under the IDEA and state that consent must be obtained before Special Education services can begin.
What are due process and parent's rights?
500
Students in this category typically experience delays in communication and social interaction. They also may engage in repetitive behavior, resist change in routine, and be particularly sensitive to sensory input.
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
500
This is how we can come together to work in teams of professionals focused to meet a common goal, and is arguably one of the most important take home lessons of the Foundations of Special Education.