IDEA
What does IDEA stand for?
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Who signed the ADA into the broad civil rights law?
George H.W. Bush
The formal meeting to review, update, and rewrite a student's IEP must take place at minimum this many times per calendar year.
Once/Annually
What does the "F" in FAPE stand for and what does it mean to IDEA
The "F" in FAPE stands for FREE, meaning eligible students receive special education services at public expense without charge to their families.
What is UDL?
This framework focuses on proactive classroom design, ensuring that instructional materials and methods are flexible and accessible to all learners from the start.
What does IDEA help students with?
IDEA guarantees that all eligible students with disabilities receive a type of education at no cost to parents.
What is title 2 in ADA?
ADA ensures that individuals with disabilities have equal access to state and local government services, including public universities and public transit.
What is the PLAAFP (Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance)?
Foundational to the IEP, this acronym refers to the section describing the student's current academic performance and functional skills, setting the baseline for all goals.
This term refers to the specialized support options—such as speech therapy, occupational therapy, or physical therapy—that a child needs in order to benefit from their special education program.
Related Services
What is an accommodation?
This strategy involves giving a student preferred seating, extra time on exams, or frequent breaks to help them access the general curriculum without changing the actual test difficulty.
What is Zero Reject?
This legal principle under IDEA requires school districts to actively locate, identify, and evaluate all children with suspected disabilities within their jurisdiction.
Under Title I of the ADA, employers are required to provide these modifications to help a qualified employee do their job, as long as it doesn't cause "undue hardship". What are reasonable accommodations?
• Providing assistive technology
• Restructuring job tasks or altering a work schedule
• Making the physical workspace wheelchair accessible
• Providing sign language interpreters or materials in braille
By law, when a student reaches this milestone birthday (though some states mandate it earlier), the IEP must include a formal plan for post-secondary life and career goals.
16
What is the Continuation of Services rule (or Manifestation Determination protections)?
Even if a student is suspended or expelled from school for behavioral reasons, the school district is still legally required to provide them with FAPE under this specific rule.
What is an FBA (Functional Behavior Assessment)?
This systematic, data-driven process is conducted to figure out why a student is engaging in problem behaviors so an effective support plan can be created.
What is LRE (Least Restrictive Environment)?
Under IDEA, students with disabilities must be educated alongside their non-disabled peers to the maximum extent appropriate, a concept known by this three-letter acronym.
T/F: To be protected under the ADA, an individual must have a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of these types of activities (such as walking, seeing, or learning).
True
This legal document must be provided to parents prior to an IEP meeting to officially explain their rights, safeguards, and options for resolving disputes.
Procedural Safeguards
If a parent believes a school district has violated their child's right to FAPE and a resolution cannot be reached informally, they can file for this formal administrative hearing.
Due process
What was the Rehabilitation Act?
This 1973 civil rights law preceded the ADA and contains Section 504, which protects individuals from disability discrimination in programs receiving federal funding.
IDEA officially recognizes and categorizes this exact number of distinct disability classifications that can qualify a student for services.
13
Broadening digital accessibility requirements, a major updated rule mandates that all public entities must make their web content and mobile apps fully accessible by April of this specific year.
This specific type of IEP goal must be objective and outline exactly how a student's progress will be tracked, typically following an acronym that stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound.
SMART Goals
Extended School Year (ESY) services must be provided under FAPE if an IEP team determines that a student will suffer severe academic or behavioral tracking loss during breaks, a concept known by this term.
Regression
What is MTSS (Multi-Tiered System of Supports) or RTI (Response to Intervention)?
This multi-tiered educational framework is used to provide early, high-quality interventions to struggling learners, adjusting the intensity of support based on the student's response.