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Policies/Laws
Policies/Laws
Special Ed Categories
Special Ed Categories
Special Ed Categories
100
A federal law that prohibits discrimination against otherwise qualified individuals with disabilities. Not an education law, but a civil rights law.
What is Section 504/504 Plan
100
Meeting to determine if a student's disability is associated with their misbehavior. Students with an IEP cannot be expelled for suspended for more than 10 days without this.
What is meeting to determine manifestation.
100
Defined as a significantly sub-average IQ with deficits in adaptive behavior that adversely affects a student's educational performance.
What is mentally disabled/mental impairment
100
An impairment, including blindness, in vision that, even with correction, may adversely affect a student's education performance.
What is visual impairment.
100
An exceptionality, not a disability. Shows original, elaborative thinking, active imagination, curiosity, large vocabulary, interest in reading, etc.
What is gifted
200
The plan for accommodating a student's disability. It is a written document for each child with a disability that is developed, reviewed, and revised periodically.
What is an IEP
200
Required of all special education and 504 students who have misbehaviors that may cause them to be suspended or expelled.
What is a behavior intervention plan.
200
A condition exhibiting one or more characteristics over a long period of time and to a degree that adversely affects educational performance: - inability to learn that cannot be explained by health or intellectual or sentry factors - inability to build or maintain interpersonal relationships - inappropriate types of behavior under normal circumstances - general pervasive mood of immaturity, unhappiness, frustration, etc.
What is emotional disability
200
-Misidentification of words or letters -Defective speech, minimal expressive vocabulary, weak or loud voice, inadequate language skills -Inability to identify the source of sounds -Slower processing of oral presentations and questions -over attentiveness to other's lips, facial expressions, gestures
What is hearing impairment
200
- Marked impairment in reciprocal social interaction - Resistance to change - Need for visual representations instead of verbal directions - Need for consistent and specific behavior intervention plans - Giftedness (without specialized instruction in certain areas)
What is autism.
300
This act governs special education programs and practices.
What is IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act)
300
This is where teachers or other school personnel observe the student and determine reasons for the child's behaviors.
What is functional behavior assessment.
300
A disorder in one of more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, do abstract thinking, or perform mathematical calculations
What is learning disability
300
A developmental disability significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction
What is autism
300
- Fails to finish tasks - Does not seem to listen - Easily distracted - Disorganized - Acts before thinking - Difficulty sitting still, fidgets excessively
What is ADD/ADHD
400
Assures that a student with a disability will be placed in an education program to the full extent that can be accommodated in the regular education program.
What is least restrictive environment.
400
This is based on the presumption that children with disabilities are most appropriately educated with their non-disabled peers and that special classes, separate schooling, or other removal of children with disabilities from the regular classroom occurs only when the severity of the disability is such that education in regular classes cannot be achieved satisfactorily.
What is least restrictive environment.
400
A severe physical disability that may adversely affect a student's educational performance
What is orthopedic impairment
400
A communication disorder such as stuttering, impaired articulation, language impairment or a voice impairment that adversely affects a student's education.
What is speech impairment.
400
- Pain such as headaches, swollen or red-rimmed eyelids - Out of the ordinary reading behaviors - frowning, excessive blinking, covering an eye, etc. - Delays and limitations in motor, cognitive, and social development - Dysfunction of eye muscles (crossed eyes, rapid eye movement, bulging eyes)
What is visual impairment
500
One of the six principles of the law that states students are entitled to public education, regardless of their special needs.
What is free and appropriate public education.
500
This contains an explanation of the extent, if any, to which the student will not participate with non-disabled students in regular class and in extracurricular and nonacademic activities.
What is an Individualized Education Plans
500
An acquired injury to the brain caused by an external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment.
What is traumatic brain injury
500
Extreme inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity.
What is ADD/ADHD
500
-Diseases such as cerebral palsy, hemophilia, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, cystic fibrosis -Accidents resulting in limb deficiency - Difficulty in walking, sitting, standing, using hands - Lack of coordination and muscle strength
What is orthopedic impairment