An atypical inability to perform a specific skill or a diminished capacity to perform a particular skill.
100
What is FAPE?
free appropiate public education
100
DIBELS
dynamic indicators of basic early literacy skills.
it consists of letter identification, sound association, nonsense words and word attack skills
100
a disability with severe difficulty in learning to read and the inability to distinquish or seperate the sounds in spoken words
what is dyslexia
100
What is our number one concern being a teacher?
Safety
200
What is a handicap?
A disadvantage or inability imposed on an individual through an interaction with the demands of a particular enviorment.
200
What is zero reject?
no circumstance can deny a student enterance in a public school
200
discrepancy model
indicates that there is a gap or difference between IQ and an achievement test
200
What is the goal of reading
comprehension
200
What does SDI stand for?
Specially Designed Instruction
300
What are the 3 big categories of disabilites?
Learning disabilites (LD), emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) and mild mental retardation (MMR).
300
What is LRE?
least restrictive enviornment
300
RTII Model
a triangle with 3 tiers in which the framework determines how they handle special needs children. the highest point of the triangle is the most intense, while the lowest section of the triangle is the least intense area.
300
dyslexis affects about __ to __ % of children
What is 2-8%
300
What 2 tests must be given to determine a disability?
IQ test and an achievement test (AT)
400
What is comorbidity?
co-occurence of disabilites; meaning the individual has one or more disabilites.
400
what is due process?
the right to challenge findings of an evaluation and to go outside of the school to get an evaluation
400
Bell shape curve
a scale/graph that looks at trends and characteristics.
400
What is strephosymbolia?
a learning disorder in which symbols and especially phrases, words, or letters appear to be reversed or transposed in reading
400
People on this team include teachers, guidance consulers, social workers, nurses, parents, behavior specialists and psychologists
Multidisiplinary team (MDT)
500
What is IDEA?
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
500
what is non discrimminatory evaluation?
providing the students with a test in their native language
500
a standard deviation
15 points
500
What 2 areas of the brain are associate with reading?
What is Broca's area and Wernicke's area
500
Who coined the term learning disability and started the Learning Disability Association ?