It is meaningful, measurable, able to be monitored, and useful in making decisions
What is a goal?
100
Technology that enables children with disabilities to participate more fully in all aspects of life.
What is Assistive Technology?
100
Parents, Student, Classroom Teacher, District Representative, and Special Education Staff
Who are IEP Participants?
100
The IEP meeting serves as a communication vehicle between parents and school personnel, as equal participants, to make joint, informed decisions regarding the: Child's needs and goals; extent to which a child will participate in regular curriculum, and services needed to support that involvement.
What is the school district's responsibility? (If it is not possible to reach consensus on which services should be included in a student's IEP?)
100
Present Level of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance
What is PLAAFP?
200
The collection of data which can be used to determine the effectiveness of the IEP.
What is progress monitoring?
200
Telephone adaptations, TV decoders, Amplification systems, and Hearing Aids are just some of these devices used.
What is Technology for Hearing?
200
A person who is qualified to provide, or supervise the provision of, specially designed instruction to meet the unique needs of children with disabilities; is knowledgeable about the general curriculum, and is knowledgeable about the availability of resources of the local educational agency.
Who can serve as the representative of the school district?
200
This is the medium most frequently used by a student with a visual impairment during classroom instruction. It can be used in a wide variety of settings inside and outside the classroom.
What is primary learning medium?
200
Strengths, effective teaching approaches, measurable current performance, and interventions for the child.
What should be written in a PLAAFP?
300
This test involves well-written annual goals so a teacher that does not know the child can use the IEP.
What is the "Stranger Test"?
300
Braille, Large Print Books, Magnifiers, and Talking Equipment are just some of these devices used.
What are devises for vision impairments?
300
Required notice informing parents who will be in attendance at the IEP meeting.
What is the IEP Notice?
300
Someone who is appointed by the school district to act in the place of the child's parent, representing the child in all areas of special education, if the child's parent cannot be located.
What is a surrogate parent?
300
Joe's reading comprehension and fluency is at grade level. Joe's math computation is at grade level, yet his math application is two grades below.
What are the student strengths and needs?
400
Only required in the IEP of a student with a disability who takes an alternative assessment.
What are Benchmarks or Short-Term Objectives?
400
Ipad, Ipod, Augmentative communication device, Communication boards, and typing aids.
What are communication technology devices?
400
Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, School Health Worker, SLP, Transportation Specialist, Deaf Educator, Counselor, and Vision Specialist.
Who are possible related services personnel?
400
The names of specific tests and related scores do not need to be included in the PLAAFP since they are documented in the evaluation report and eligibility documentation.
What does not belong in the PLAAFP?
400
Special education teacher, classroom teachers, related service providers, family, and child.
Whose input is important in developing the PLAAFP?
500
The component missing in the following goal:
When given a story from the basal reader, John will demonstrate comprehension.
What is time frame or measurement?
500
To identify various types of presentation, response, setting, timing and scheduling accommodations for students with disabilities which with prompt IEP teams to consider a wide range of accommodation needs.
What is Determining Appropriate Accommodations Checklist?
500
Keep a record of repeated attempts of phone calls, visits, or written correspondence of a mutually agreed upon time and place for the IEP meeting.
What is done before having an IEP meeting without a parent?
500
State and federal special education rules and statutes do not address the use of audio/video recording devices at IEP meetings. Any recording of an IEP meeting that is maintained by the school district is an 'educational record'.
What type of recording is allowed at IEP meetings?
500
The federal and state regulations provide that, in making changes to a child's IEP after the annual IEP team meeting for a school year, the parent and the school district may agree to not to convene an IEP team meeting for purposes of making changes.
Who must participate when an IEP is amended without convening the IEP team?