General
The extended meaning of IEP & IDEA
What is an individualized education program or plan?
And what is Individuals with Disabilities Education Act?
Individuals with learning disabilities have intellectual abilities in the _______ range.
What is average range of intelligence?
Average IQ's typically fall within the range of 85-115
Most students who have high incidence disabilities (i.e., LD, speech/lang., & OHI (ADHD,etc)) will be provided serves (gen.ed interventions, or spec. ed., or related services) in the general education classroom? True or False
What is true?
Students with any one of these conditions may qualify for special education services under Otherwise Health Impaired
What is a chronic health disorder?
ADHD, anxiety, depression, bipolar, asthma, diabetes, etc.
The extended meaning of LRE.
What is Least Restrictive Environment?
pg. 35 in your textbook (Fig. 2.1)
Continuum of educational delivery systems from least restrictive to most restrictive
The initial process where a multidisciplinary team meets to discuss and implement evidence/research based interventions and supports to at risk students
What is response-to-intervention (RtI)?
Also referred to as:
child find process / child study process
Multi-tiered Systems of support (MTSS)
Any examples of a speech or language impairment.
what is a....
Articulation disorder?
fluency disorder?
expressive / receptive lang. disorders?
social pragmatic disorder?
voice disorders?
Students with disabilities in the area of Math calculation make up one of the largest groups of students identified with learning disabilities? True or False
What is false?
The largest number of student with learning disabilities are identified in the area of reading.
60-90% of students are identified as having a reading disability in at least one of the three areas of basic reading, oral reading fluency or reading comprehension.
One of the most common mental disorders in children and adolescents
what is ADHD?
what is anxiety disorder? (would be accepted as well - we'll talk more about his in Chap. 8)
Recently, anxiety is pretty common; there has been a significant increase in diagnosis of anxiety and post traumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents
The placement of students into the general education classrooms.
what is inclusion / mainstreaming
These are the academic areas in which a student may be identified as having a specific learning disability (hint; there are 8).
what is - ?
basic reading, reading fluency, reading comprehension,
math calculation, math reasoning,
written expression, oral expression
listening comprehension
Speech and language services are often provided the most at what age and in what settings?
What is early childhood (toddlers to mid elementary age)?
What is the general education setting?
Hyperactivity is often an associated symptom of speech and language impairments? True or False?
What is false?
Identify two conditions or criteria that must be met to be eligible for an IEP under IDEA as a student with an Otherwise Health Impairment (OHI)
what is adversely affects education performance?
=failing classes, tests, can't demonstrate knowledge learned/demonstrated in other settings, lost work, forgetful of assignments, etc.
What is limited strength, vitality, or alertness?
Strength =stamina to sustain executive cognitive functioning skills (processing, working memory, storage/retrieval, etc)
vitality & alertness=inability to sustain effort to complete an activity cuz can't maintain organization of task, attention & focus to task & increased focus on distracting things.
This is the process that occurs when the teacher or parents, have concerns about a students progress and asks for support
What is referral process?
A child is referred to the child study/ intervention / MTSS building team, interventions are attempted, student progress in monitored, a decision is made to complete formal testing for possible special education services under IDEA.
Students with learning disabilities comprise approximately what percent of the number of all students with disabilities?
What is 35%
students eligible under IDEA as having a specific learning disability make up the largest number of students as compared to any other disability category;
i.e., high incidence
A rule-based method of communication involving the comprehension and use of signs and symbols by which ideas are represented.
What is language? or
what is the definition of language?
Social and behavioral difficulties and CAUSE learning disabilities?
what is false?
They certainly can CONTRIBUTE to them but are not determined to be a cause them.
This is an acquired injury to the brain by an external physical force that results in total or partial disability, and the impairment that adversely affects educational performance
what is traumatic brain injury? (TBI)
Learning disabilities, speech or language impairments, & other health impairments are three categories of this unit called....... disabilities.
What is high incidence disabilities?
A disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, which may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, speak, read, write, spell or do mathematical calculations.
What is learning disabilities?
what is social pragmatic communication disorder?
Both norm-referenced and criterion–referenced assessments are useful in working with students with disabilities? True or False?
what is true?
Students with disabilities that fall under Other Health Impairments may require specialized instructional services for these three reasons?
1.what is inability to sustain alertness, focus or attention to a task,
2.sustain strength/stamina to a task,
3.causes an inability to retain or learn new academic skills results in math, reading and writing