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IEP

What is an Individualized Education Program?

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IDEA

What is Individuals with Disabilities Education Act?

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A deficit in the areas of reading, writing and/or math that requires specialized instruction.
What is a Learning Disability?
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Speaks about the student's performance in the classroom

Who is the general education teacher?

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These educators have specialized training and knowledge in the area of communication disorders.

Who are speech and language pathologists?

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BIP

What is a Behavior Intervention Plan?

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A "least restrictive environment".

What is the general education classroom?

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A communication disorder such as stuttering impaired articulation, a language impairment or voice impairment.
What is a Speech or Language Impairment?
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Assures data is collected on all IEP goals and objectives

Who is the case manager?

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This individual is responsible for having legal and procedural knowledge to ensure Planning and Placement Team procedures are followed and in compliance.

Who is the administrator or designee?

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FBA
What is a Functional Behavior Assessment?
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Speech, OT, PT, Social Work

What are related services?

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Deficits that significantly affect verbal and non-verbal communication and social interactions

What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?

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School personnel who may be requested to attend PPT by parent.

Who is a paraeducator?

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This educator has specialized training in conducting assessments to look at students' cognitive, intellectual and behavioral functioning

Who is the school psychologist?

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LRE
What is the Least Restrictive Environment?
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An example would include 10 vocabulary words to learn instead of 20.
What is a modification?
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One of the characteristics is a general pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression
What is an Emotional Disturbance?
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Vital member of the team who knows the child the best.

Who are the parents?

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This educator is responsible for overseeing and coordination of the child's entire Individualized Education Program

Who is the case manager (most typically a special education teacher)?

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FAPE
What is a Free and Appropriate Public Education?
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Students must between these ages in order to qualify for special education services.

What are ages 3 - 21 years?

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Significant limitations both in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior as expressed in conceptual, social and practical adaptive skills.
What is an Intellectual Disability?
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Becomes a team member at the first annual review after the age of 15.

Who is the student?

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This educator is a required member of the team responsible for grade level standards, collecting curriculum-based student performance data and educating all children in her/his classroom

What is a general education teacher?