Laws, History, and Rights
Initial IEPs have the MDE (multi-disciplinary evaluation) included in the document. True or false.
True.
By which approach/how are emotional behavioral disorders assessed?
Multimodal approach
–Essential due to the transient nature of behavior
–Variety of methods and instruments
•rating scales, interviews, classroom observation
–Multiple sources of information
•student, teachers, parents, peers
Deficits in language are characteristics of individuals with autism spectrum disorder.
True or False
True
What is a discrepancy?
Difference between someone's potential (IQ) and their achievement. This is measured by cognitive ability/IQ tests and achievement tests.
What is a SMART goal and why does it matter in this class?
Specific, Measurable, Attainable. Relevant, Timebound.
IEP goals should be SMART goals.
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 is nicknamed what and what did it include?
–Called the “Bill of Rights” for children with “legislative heart of special education,” and the “Parent’s Law.”
–Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
–Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) disabilities, the
–Individualized Education Program (IEP)
–Procedural Due Process
–Nondiscriminatory Assessment
–Parental Participation
What are the difference between externalizing and internalizing behaviors?
Externalizing--•undercontrolled disorders (aggression, tantrums, noncompliant behaviors )
Internalizing--overcontrolled disorders (depression, withdrawal, compulsions, anxiety)
Students with learning disabilities spend less than 60% of the day in the general education classroom. True or false.
False
A district must pay for a student traveling to a school that is not their home school. True or false?
True
Name three steps of PRE-REFFERAL that should occur before a school team makes a referral for a special education evaluation.
Identification of an academic and/or behavioral challenge
Use of strategies and interventions
Review and documentation of data
Meeting of school team with parent(s)
Use of RtII process, tiers
When was the 1975 law renamed and what was the new name? What did it include?
•1990 amendments renamed PL 94-142 as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
•Individual Transition Plan (ITP) required by age 16
•Expanded related services
•Added autism and traumatic brain injury as distinct disability categories
•States held accountable to implement law
What role does resiliency play in students with EBD?
–Some children exposed to adverse conditions do not develop emotional or behavioral disorders because they are resilient
4 attributes of resilient children
•Children appear to be socially competent
•Children have excellent problem-solving skills
•Children are autonomous
•Children exhibit self-worth and self-confidence
What are causes (etiology) of autism?
•Evidence of neurological or biological contributions
•Structural abnormalities of the brain
•Abnormal brain chemistry
•No single cause
•Genetic link
Prematurity, prolonged birth, trauma during birth are all...
...perinatal causes for a disability (learning disability).
How is ADA different than IDEA?
On July 26, 1990, a ADA was passed. It is the most important law for people with disabilities. The ADA makes it against the law to treat people with disabilities in a way that isn't fair. It says you can work, go to school, take a bus and enter buildings like everyone else. The ADA has made things much better for people with disabilities in America. But it is not perfect. We need to do more to make sure everyone, especially those with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (IDD), can learn, work and be part of their community.
IDEA is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and pertains to students and families' rights with school age decisions and rights.
Name a civil rights case that affected the evolution of rights for students with exceptionalities.
The 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling laid the foundation for the 1975 federal law (now IDEA) requiring access to a free appropriate public education for all children with disabilities. Before 1975, about one million American children with disabilities were receiving no education from the public school system.
What is an FBA, why is it important for students with EBD?
Functional behavioral assessment
•Required component of the assessment process for students with disabilities who present behavioral challenges
•Identification of antecedents and consequences directly tied to the development of a behavioral intervention plan
Which letters of the following may be treatments offered by an SLP:
a. formation of sounds
b. forming questions
c. answering questions
d. picture communication systems (VB cards)
e. learning opposites
All of these (but VB is generally in the classroom by the AS teacher).
The disorder, disability, or impairment that we learned is considered a high incidence disability...
is a speech and language impairment
What are differences between IDEA and 504
IDEA-Federally funded, ages 3-21, full non- discriminatory evaluation by MDE every 3 years, FAPE for all students with disabilities, LRE based on needs.
504-no age restriction, broader definition, sustantially limiting disability, prohibits discrimination in all federally-funded programs
Which part of IDEA involves a family having the right to "sue" a district for not following the rights of the student with the exceptionality.
Due process is a requirement under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) that sets forth a regulatory basis for a formal set of policies and procedures to be implemented by schools and districts for children in special education programs
What is a B.I.P.?
Behavioral intervention plan
•A plan required by Public Law 105–17 for students with disabilities who exhibit problematic behavior; a proactive intervention approach that includes a functional behavioral assessment and the use of positive behavioral supports
Give examples of students who are twice exceptional.
A student with an ED who is also gifted or...
A student who has a SLD who is also gifted or...
A student who has ASD and is also gifted.
Curriculum compacting is...
Select relevant learning objectives in a subject area or grade level
Find an appropriate way to pretest the learning objectives
Pretest students to determine mastery levels
Streamline practice or instructional time for students who show mastery of the objectives
Provide small group or individualized instruction for students who have not yet mastered all the objectives, but are capable of doing so more quickly than their classmates
Offer academic alternatives for students whose curriculum has been compacted
504s include ________________, while IEPs likely include ___________________ and ________________
504s include accommodations, while IEPs likely include accommodations and modifications.