The Foundation
What are Accommodations?
Changes in how the student learns key curriculum
Wha are annual goals?
The MDT’s estimate of what a student should be able to accomplish within a year, related to meeting his measured needs resulting from the disability
Where is the most effective place for a paraprofessional to support their students?
Not seated right next to their student
When were students with disabilities legally allowed to attend school?
After 1975
How many different categories of disability are there?
There are 13 federal categories of disability
What are Modifications?
What the student learns and usually imply that some curriculum is removed
What are short-term objectives?
Descriptions of the steps needed to achieve an annual goal, and they may not be required for all students, depending on state policies
What is a social model of disability?
Suggests that disability is created or comes to light within certain environments
What is Least Restrictive Environment mean?
Must educate any student with a disability in the regular classroom with appropriate aids and supports
What is special education?
Individualized instruction designed to meet the unique needs of certain students
When was the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) originally passed?
1975
Who is on the intervention assistance team?
General education teachers, special services personnel, and an administrator
What are inclusive classrooms?
Educational environments in which students with and without disabilities are educated together
What are the natural proportions?
The number of students with disabilities should reflect the natural population of students with disabilities in the school
Under IDEA, what ages can children receive special education services?
Between 3 and 21
How often are Individualized education programs reviewed and updated?
Annually
What does the multidisciplinary team (MDT) do?
Assumes responsibility for making educational decisions regarding the student
What are therapy rooms?
A place in which students are generally supposed to spend a short amount of time working on a specific skill, performance, or routine before returning to the LRE
What is differentiation of instruction?
A strategy inclusive educator uses to respond to various learning needs
What are the disability categories used to do?
Classify and think about the problem developing children may encounter
What law was the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) based on?
Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Who makes up the “related service providers and other specialists”?
School psychologists, counselors, speech/language therapists, social workers, administrators, paraprofessionals
What is the idea behind community-based instruction?
That some students require instruction to prepare them for life in the community by working on job skills and independent living skills that facilitate the transition from school to work
What is Response to Intervention (RTI)?
The three-tiered prevention model usually represented as a triangle.
What is alphabet soup?
A metaphor that represents how the use of acronyms in the field of inclusive special education sometimes sounds to parents and those outside the field