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IEP
What is Individualized Education Plan?
100
Collaborate with parents in the development and delivery of their childs special education program
What is Parental Participation?
100
Students who qualify for special education services must between these ages in order to qualify for services.
What are the ages 3-21?
100
Vital member(s) of the IEP team to contribute with an expertise like NO ONE else. They know this child the best.
What is Parents
100

Supports that change what a student is taught or expected to learn, fundamentally altering the curriculum or learning expectations. They adjust the content or standards to meet a student's individual needs, often resulting in the student learning different material than their peers.

What are modifications? 

200
FAPE
What is Free Appropriate Public Education?
200
Educate students with disabilities with no disabled students to the maximum extent appropriate
What is Least Restrictive Environment?
200

It is the key component of an Individualized Education Program (IEP) that describes a student's current academic and functional strengths and needs, as well as how their disability  affects their involvement and progress in the general education curriculum. 

What is the Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance (PLAAFP)?

200
This team member usually sees the student 5 school days a week. They know best how the student is doing in a classroom setting.
What is regular education teacher?
200
An individualized instructional program for eligible students with disabilities that are provided beyond the regular school year.
What is Extended School Year Services?
300
IDEA
What is Individuals with Disabilities Education Act?
300

Locate, identify, and provide services to all eligible students with disabilities.

What is Child Find?

300

Anti-discrimination laws enforced by OCR (office of civil rights)

What is Section 504 or ADA?

300
This person has a disability and can give input on their own education
Who is the student?
300

Special education supports and services provided by the special education personnel for 80% or more of the school day

What is Full time/self contained?

400
LEA
What is Local Education Agency?
400
Comply with the procedural requirements of the IDEA
What is Procedural Safe Guards?
400

Noncategorical early childhood has been changed to this as of 2024. 

What is developmental delay?

400

This person is responsible for administering psychological assessments to students.

Who is the school psychologist?

400

This refers to the range of special education options available to meet the diverse needs of students with disabilities. This ensures students are educated in the least restrictive environment (LRE)appropriate for their individual needs. 

What is the continuum of services in special education? 
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LRE
What is Least Restrictive Environment?
500

Conduct an assessment to determine if the student has an IDEA related disability and if he/she needs special education services

What is a Full Individual and Initial Evaluation (FIIE)?

500

This is a procedural safeguard under IDEA that requires schools to provide parents with written notification before making changes to a child's Individualized Education Program (IEP) or refusing a parent's request related to the IEP. 

What is the prior written notice (PWN)?

500

This person is a member of a student's IEP team representing the school system. This individual is knowledgeable about the school's resources, has the authority to commit resources and ensures the IEP is implemented effectively. Often, this role is filled by a principal, special education administrator or another qualified staff member designated by the school district. 

Who is the Local Education Agency (LEA) representative?
500

A change to how a student learns or demonstrates their knowledge, without altering the content or expectations of the curriculum. It provide students with disabilities equal access to learning by removing barriers they might face. 

What is an accommodation?