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| Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) |
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| The 1975 federal law that requires that all students with special needs must be provided a free, appropriate public education. It was originally called the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. |
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| Educational approach in which students with disabilities are taught in classrooms with students who do not have disabilities. In the past "mainstreaming" was the term used. |
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| Individual Education Program (IEP) |
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| A written document that’s developed for each public school child who is eligible for special education. The IEP is created through a team effort and reviewed at least once a year. |
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| Acronym for Individual Education Program |
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| Parents, sped teacher, general education teacher/s, an administrator, the student as appropriate , related service providers (speech, occupational therapy, physical therapy), sometimes a school psychologist, others the parents invite |
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| The number of disability categories specified by IDEA: intellectual disability, speech/language, SLD, EBD, autism, TBI, visual impairment, hearing impairment including deafness, deaf-blindness, multiple disabilities, developmental delay, orthopedic impairment, other health impairment |
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| specific learning disability |
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| attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |
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| emotional behavioral disorder |
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| Stand for multi-disciplinary team, a team that consists of individuals from a a variety of perspectives and expertise. The team decides if a student needs special education services, and must include general educator. |
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| Steps for SpEd identification |
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| 1) Classroom teacher assesses and modifies instruction, 2) teacher team reviews classroom interventions and implements additional interventions, 3) Formal referral for sped evaluation, 4) Evaluation, 5) Identification for services with written plan (IEP) put in place |
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| Adaptations for daily work and tests |
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| This depends on the nature of the disability (see p. 389 and p. 481).Some examples are: Simplifying instructions, extra time, smaller chunks, rewording questions, reducing reading level, read aloud software, daily check-ins with a teacher, or providing allowing oral responses. |
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| The general and special educator work together to determine an assignment or report card grade |
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| Written agreement between the teacher and the student |
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| Acronym for Present Level of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance. This part of the IEP summarizes the student strengths and needs. (See p. 479 of Appendix B.) |
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| Shaneka's Disability Category |
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| intellectual disability/OHI (See p. 477) |
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