Exceptional Children
Physical attributes and/or learning characteristics that differ from the norm (below or above), in which they need an individualized program of special education
What is exceptional children?
IDEA
What is Individuals with Disabilities Education Act?
Developed to meet unique needs of each student with a disability
IEP - Individualized Education Program
A range of placement and instructional options for children with disabilities
What is continuum of alternative placement?
A change in how the student accesses instruction and activities.
What is an accommodation.
Loss or reduced function of a particular body part or organ
What is impairment?
All children with a disability have a right to this
What is FAPE - Free Appropriate Public Education
Educational setting that most closely resembles a regular school program and also meets the child's special educational needs
What is least restrictive environment?
When a particular group receives special education at a rate significantly higher or lower than would be expected based on the proportion of general student population that group represents students
What is disproportionate representation?
A change in what the student is taught or expected to learn.
What is a modification.
When an impairment limits a person's ability to perform certain tasks (walk, read, see, etc.)
What is disability?
Improves the achievement of all students, emphasizing children from low-income families
NCLB - No Child Left Behind
Educating students with disabilities in general education classrooms
What is Inclusion?
Assessment and evaluation of a child with a variety of test instruments and observation procedures
What is multidisciplinary evaluation?
Any item, piece of equipment or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of children with disabilities.
What is Assistive Technology
Refers to a problem or disadvantage a person with a disability or impairment encounters when interacting with the environment
What is Handicap?
Civil right protection of people with disabilities to provide sector employment, public services, transportation, and telecommunications
What is Americans with Disabilities?
Knowledge and skills that some students with disabilities must be taught to achieve as much success and independence as they can in school, home, community, and employment settings
What is functional curriculum?
Individualized intervention for a student experiencing academic or behavior difficulties in the general education classroom before referring the student for formal testing evaluation for special education eligibility
What is prereferral intervention?
Supportive services or activities necessary for some students with disabilities to maximize their educational outcomes.
Children who are considered to have a greater than usual chance of developing a disability
What is "at risk"?
"No otherwise qualified handicapped individual shall... solely by reason of their handicap, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance"
What is Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973?
School seeks a change of placement, suspension, or expulsion, in excess 10 days, the IEP team and other qualified personnel must review the relationship between the students misconduct and their disability
What is manifestation determination?
A systematic prereferral and early intervention process that consists of universal screening and several tiers of increasingly intensive trails of research-based interventions before referral for assessment for special education eligibility
What is response to intervention?
Aids, services, and other supports that are provided in regular education classes, other education-related settings, and in extracurricular and nonacademic settings, to enable children with disabilities to be educated with nondisabled children to the maximum extent appropriate
What are supplementary aides and services.