Test/Evaluation
A test that diagnoses or locates the area of weakness or strengths.
What is a Diagnostic Test?
The most recent reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. The act contains Presidents George W. Bush's four basic education reform principles: stronger accountability for results, increased flexibility and local control, expanded options for parents, and an emphasis on teaching methods based on scientifically-based research.
What is the NO Child Left Behind Act 2001?
It is the use of assessment and intervention to develop, recover, or maintain the meaningful activities, or occupations, of individuals, groups, or communities.
What is Occupational Therapy?
A plan developed to ensure that a child who has a disability identified under the law and is attending an elementary or secondary educational institution receives accommodations that will ensure their academic success and access to the learning environment.
What is the Section 504 Plan?
A two-year, undergraduate, non-degree program for young adults with a documented intellectual or developmental disability who seek to enhance their academic, career development, and social skills and experiences alongside their same-age peers at East Tennessee State University (ETSU). ETSU serves students with intellectual and/or other developmental disabilities ages 18-25 who have graduated from their high school and/or exited special education services.
What is East Tennessee State University (ETSU) Access Program?
A test that measures competency in a particular area of knowledge or skill; measures mastery or acquisition of skills.
What is an Achievement test?
A federal law that grants entitlement for special education services to children with disabilities; guaranteed all children with disabilities access to a free and appropriate public education.
What is the Individuals with Disability Education Act (IDEA)?
This therapy works to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat communication, language, social communication, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders in children and adults.
What are Speech and Language?
A written plan for providing early intervention services to an eligible individual and to the individual's family.
What is an Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)?
This life-changing program was created by Lipscomb University’s College of Education in 2014. Our program offers a rich and meaningful college experience for young adults (ages 18-26) with intellectual and developmental disabilities who have completed high school. After completion of the two-year program, students will graduate with a Certificate of Career Exploration.
What is the IDEAL program at Lipscomb University?
Is a set of assessment procedures administered by a licensed psychologist or credentialed school psychologist to obtain information about a student's learning, behavior, or mental health.
What is Psychological Evaluation?
This law prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by federal agencies, in programs receiving federal financial assistance, in federal employment, and in the employment practices of federal contractors.
What is the Rehabilitation Act of 1973?
This therapy maintains or restores health through physical examination, diagnosis, prognosis, patient education, physical intervention, rehabilitation, disease prevention, and health promotion.
What is Physical therapy?
The annually written record of an eligible individual's special education and related services. This document describes the unique educational needs of the student and the matter in which those educational needs will be met.
What is an Individualized Education Program/Plan (IEP)?
This is a two- or three-year vocational certificate program for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) including autism and is designated as a Comprehensive Transition Program by the U.S. Department of Education. These students develop skills that enable them to be more productive and valuable community members.
What is the Future program at the University of Tennessee Knoxville?
An evaluation was conducted by a qualified examiner, who is not employed by the school district at the public's expense.
What is Independent Educational Evaluation?
Special education and related services are provided to students with disabilities by the Local Education Agency (LEA) - and Area Education Agency (AEA) at public expense and under public supervision and direction at no cost to the student's parents.
What is Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)?
This provision of spoken or signed language communication by a professional interpreter to convey a message from the language of the original speaker or writer, into the language of the listener.
What are interpreting services?
This written notice to parents when school proposes to initiate or change, or refuse to initiate or change, the identification, evaluation, or placement of a child.
What is Prior Written Notice?
A two-year certificate program for students ages 18-26 who have completed high school and who have a documented intellectual and/or developmental disability (IDD). This program is a residential or non-residential program designed to aid in career development and employment skills. Students will audit college courses, participate in life skills classes, work in on-campus and off-campus internships and experience the full range of college life.
What is the EDGE program at Union University?
This test involves a series of individually administered, standardized tests in order to understand a child's learning profile, his/her strengths and weaknesses, and potential issues interfering with achievement in school.
What is Comprehensive Psychoeducational Evaluation?
This act was signed by President Obama on December 10, 2015, and is the federal K-12 education law of the United States, replacing the previous education law called “No Child Left Behind.” It extends more flexibility to States in education and laid out expectations of transparency for parents and for communities.
What is the Every Student Succeed Act (ESSA)?
Helps patients ranging in age from newborns to older adults
Selects fits and dispenses hearing aids and other listening devices
Helps prevent hearing loss by providing and fitting protective hearing devices and educating patients on the effects of noise on hearing
Aids in research pertinent to the prevention, identification and management of hearing loss, tinnitus and balance system dysfunction
What is audiology?
A Plan that includes positive strategies, program modifications, and supplementary aids and supports that address a student's disruptive behaviors and allow the child to be educated in the least restrictive environment (LRE)
What is Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP)?
This postsecondary Education Program is a 60-hour program culminating in a Certificate in Career and Community Studies. Participation in this program provides students with an option for continuing their education beyond high school to increase employment opportunities. The program provides an individualized program of study in the areas of academic, social, vocational and independent living skills for students ages 18-29 with intellectual disabilities. This program offers its program on a semesterly rotation, allowing students to start the program in the fall, spring or summer of any academic year.
What is the TigerLIFE program at The University of Memphis?