History/Legal Foundations
This federal law guarantees a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) and requires the development of an IEP.
What is IDEA?
This legally binding document outlines a student’s present levels of performance, measurable annual goals, accommodations, services, and placement.
What is an Individualized Education Program (IEP)?
This type of assessment is used weekly to monitor student progress and make instructional decisions within RTI/MTSS.
What is Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM)?
This instructional approach involves systematic modeling, guided practice, corrective feedback, and mastery before independent practice.
What is Direct Instruction?
Students with disabilities be educated with nondisabled peers to the maximum extent appropriate.
What is Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)?
Samuel Kirk’s 1963 conference in Chicago is widely recognized as the beginning of a modern movement and introduced a new term.
What is Samuel Kirk’s 1963 conference in Chicago?
These services are provided to support a student’s access to special education and may include speech therapy, occupational therapy, counseling, or transportation.
What are Related Services?
This 1975 federal law first guaranteed students with disabilities the right to a free appropriate public education.
What is Public Law 94-142 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act)?
This section of the IEP explains how the disability impacts involvement and progress in the general education curriculum.
What are Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance (PLAAFP)?