Weeks 1&2: Foundational Concepts
Knowledge extensions can only be completed ...
What is...
During in-person recitation
Changes to the presentation of instructional content, tests, or assessments administered to support students' participation in a learning activity, but in no way modifies the content or assessment
What are...
Accommodations
- Present levels of academic achievement
- Functional Performance
- Measurable annual goals
- Special education & related services, supplemental aides (ex: speech therapy, audiology, physical therapy)
What are...
...Components of IEPs
The purposes of ___________ _________ include:
1. To provide information to inform the services and special education a student needs to receive
2. To determine if a student has a disability
What is...
Nondiscriminatory Evaluation
The landmark decision made by the Supreme Court that set precedent for PL 94-142
What is...
Brown v Board of Education
A legally binding written statement of the educational program designed to meet a child's individual needs
What is...
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
- Protect the rights of students with disabilities and their families
- Caregivers have special legal rights regarding SPED services (evaluation process)
What are...
Procedural safeguards
________ _________ is a framework for designing classrooms, curricula, and instruction that is accessible for all students
What is...
...Universal Design for Learning
-Focus on disability as a loss of functioning
-Disability needs to be "cured" or overcome
-Focus on impairment as a problem
What is...
The medical model/perception of disability
- Child Find
- FAPE
- LRE
-Evaluation
-Procedural Safegaurds
What is...
...Part B of IDEA
A goal that focuses on non-academic needs of the student.
Example: determining career, outline steps towards a specific profession, advocacy, etc.
What is...
...A transitional goal
Special education is associated with the ________ model of disability
What is...
The medical model of disability
- Equal opportunity
- Full participation
- Independent living
- Economic self-sufficiency
What is...
The four goals of IDEA
The component of Part B of IDEA that states: Students with disabilities should be educated with peers who do not have disabilities "to the maximum extent appropriate."
What is...
Least Restrictive Environment
A change to the assessment/activity...
Example: instead of giving student a grade level activity, you give them something that’s aligned to their current reading level.
What is...
Modification
__ __ __ __ is available to all children with disabilities residing in the state between the ages of 3-21, including children who have been suspended or expelled from school
What is...
FAPE (Free and Appropriate Public Education)
PL94-142 is also known as...
What is...
IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)
- Principle of zero reject
- States must locate, evaluate, and serve students with disabilities regardless of severity of disability (this includes students who are homeless, migrant, and attend independent schools)
What is...
...Child Find
Partcipants of IEP meetings include...
Who are...
Parents, gen ed teachers, case managers, LEA, the student whenever possible
__% of students in a state may take the alternate assessment based on alternate academic achievement standards?
What is...
...1%