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Special Education Laws
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IEP
What is Individualized Education Plan?
100

This provision states that BCBAs must collaborate with this group in the development and delivery of their child's special education program

What is Parental Participation?

100

The age at which students are no longer eligible for special education services under IDEA.

What is 22 (i.e. after their 21st year)

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

Name of the law introduced into the public education system with the goal of improving education for handicapped children through the provision of a free appropriate public education

What is the Education for All Handicapped Children Act?

200
FAPE
What is Free Appropriate Public Education?
200

The principle that states students with disabilities should be educated alongside their non-disabled peers to the maximum extent appropriate

What is Least Restrictive Environment?

200

The number of categories in which an individual can qualify for special education services.

What is 13 (or 14 including developmental delay)?

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

The last year that Congress amended the law that supported access to public education for all children with a disability

What is 2004

300
IDEA
What is Individuals with Disabilities Education Act?
300

The principle that states LEAs (local education agencies) must locate, identify, and provide services to all eligible students with disabilities and that no eligible student shall be turned away.

What is zero reject?

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

Civil rights supreme court case that stated separate is not equal and set the stage for the disabilities rights movement

What is Brown v. Board of Education?

400

CAP

What is Continuum of Alternative Placements?

400
Comply with the procedural requirements of the IDEA
What is Procedural Safe Guards?
400

THIS IS THE PART OF IDEA THAT ADDRESSES HOW SPECIAL EDUCATION & RELATED SERVICES MUST BE PROVIDED TO SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

What is Part B

400

This person is often responsible for testing and evaluating the student.

Who is the school psychologist.

400

Public Law 94-142 is also known as the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, was enacted in this year

What is 1975?

500
LRE
What is Least Restrictive Environment?
500

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

What is appropriate assessment and evaluation?

500

THIS IS A PLAN TO ADDRESS THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF AN INFANT OR TODDLER WITH A DISABILITY

What is an IFSP (Individualized Family Service Plan)?

500
This person is the case manager for the student. They write the IEP.
Who is the special education teacher?
500

This U.S. law protects the privacy of student records and gives parents the right to inspect their child's records. 

What is the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)?