Exceptionality
While learning disabilities, communication disorders, and emotional disturbances are considered high-incidence disabilities, deafness, blindness, and severe intellectual disabilities are considered this...
What are low-incidence disabilities?
The instrument used to ensure that educators focus on the needs of individual students with disabilities as mandated by IDEA.
What is the Individualized Education Program (IEP)?
When discussing the inclusion or exclusion of a student in the regular education setting the parent must
What is The parent(s) of a child with a disability must be afforded an opportunity to participate in meetings
A new method used to identify students for special education identification is known as MTSS
What is Muti-Tiered System of Support?
Two areas of the IEP that should be measurable
What are the PLAAFP and Annual Goals
A professional who must attain special expertise in instructing students with learning problems, managing serious behavior problems, using technological advances, and knowing the special education law.
Who is a special education teacher?
The legal term requiring a student to be separated from nondisabled classmates and from home, family, and community as little as possible.
What is the least restrictive environment?
When considering a student's continuum of services the IEP Team must consider
What is the Least Restrictive Enviroment
The subcultures of particular importance for special education.
What are ethnic groups and exceptionality groups?
How many "FAPE" free days does the school get before holding a Manifestation Determination must be held
What are 10 days
The percent of exceptional students who are now educated in regular classrooms all of the time.
What is almost 50%?
The Education for all Handicapped Children Act was originally passed in 1975, amended in 1990, 1997, and 2004, and is now known as this...
What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA-04)?
The right to make one's own decisions regarding important aspect of one's life, which includes where to work and life, who to be friends with, and the type of education they choose to pursue.
What is self-determination?
A long-standing problem is the disproportionate representation in special education of these two groups.
Who are males and ethnic minority students?
A child with a disability may not qualify for special education services under IDEA. True or False?
True! If a child has a disability that does not adversely affect educational performance, that child is not eligible for special education services under IDEA, (but can be entitled to protections under Section 504)
A student who performs or behaves poorly in school and appears likely to fail or fall short of his or her potential might be considered this...
What is "at risk"?
All special education students must be provided what type of education?
What is a Free Appropriate Public Education?
A situation where all students with disabilities attend only general education classes for the entire day. The general education teachers have primary responsibility for all students, including those with disabilities.
What is full inclusion?
One of the most effective ways of breaking down prejudice and encouraging appropriate interaction among students with different characteristics.
What is regular continuum of services?
When a child with disabilities does not leave their special education classroom
What is a Self-Contained Class
The most important goal of special education.
What is providing specially designed instruction that meets students unique needs?
School personnel may remove a student to an interim alternative educational setting for not more than 45 school days without regard to whether the behavior is determined to be a manifestation of the child’s disability
What is when the student Carries a weapon to or possesses a weapon at school, on school premises, or at a school function under the jurisdiction of an SEA or an LEA; Knowingly possesses or uses illegal drugs, or sells or solicits the sale of a controlled substance, while at school, on school premises, or at a school function under the jurisdiction of an SEA or an LEA; or Has inflicted serious bodily injury upon another person while at school, on school premises, or at a school function under the jurisdiction of an SEA or an LEA
A team made up of a variety of professionals, including general and special educators, parents, behavior support staff, and paraprofessionals who work to generate techniques for teaching difficult-to-teach children.
What is a IEP team?
How often must an IEP reviewed
What is atleast annually
Student is struggling with completing daily life activities. (writing, buttoning coat, holding pencil)
What is Occupational Therapy