Disability Mindsets
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IEP

What is an Individual Education Plan

100

Three of the six required participants for an IEP meeting

Who are the parents/legal guardians of the student, at least one general education teacher, at least one special education teacher of the student, a district representative, any related service providers, interpreter, if the home language is other than English 

200

ILC

What is Instructional Learning Center

200

Changes in HOW a student learns - may include: presentation of information, timing/scheduling, the specific setting, aids or supports, and format of presentation

What are accommodations? 

200

At this meeting we discuss student’s individual education plan, services needed to meet individual learning needs, and how/where these services will be delivered.

What is the IEP Meeting?

300

A natural human variability that can be socially constructed as a deficit or deviance

What is a disability?

300

RLC

What is Resource Learning Center

300

Person who sends out accommodation lists in the first weeks of the trimester

Who is our Special Ed Clerical, Tammy?

300

3 parts of the IEP that the team reviews during the meeting

What are accommodations, goals, state testing, minutes/class schedule?

300

This a multi-disciplinary team meeting to discuss an already identified disability OR suspected disability, collect more data (if need be), and determine whether an evaluation is warranted/appropriate.

What is a Referral Intake Meeting?

400

This model defines a disability as the result of a physical condition, which is intrinsic to the individual (it is part of that individual's own body)  

What is the medical model of disability?

400

LRE

What is the Least Restrictive Environment?

400

Person to contact if you don't understand accommodations or need help implementing them

Who is the student's case manager?

400

At this meeting, we review evaluation results and discuss eligibility for special education services.

What is the Evaluation or Re-Evaluation Feedback Meeting

400

This is a meeting to discuss parent concerns and/or how a student's existing IEP is being implemented.

What is an IEP Discussion Meeting or Parent Initiated Meeting?

500

This model says that people are disabled by barriers in society, not by their impairment or difference. Barriers can be caused by the physical environment or by people's attitudes to difference 

What is the social model of disability?

500

FBA & BIP

What are the Functional Behavioral Assessment and the Behavior Intervention Plan?

500

This is a meeting to determine if behavior that has lead to student discipline is linked to disability

What is a Manifestation Determination?