CH 1

Question 1

Analysis

Answer 1

The processing and understanding of patterns in a child’s educational, social, developmental, enviormental, medically, and emotional history

Question 2

collection

Answer 2

the process of tracing and gathering information from the many sources of background information on a child, such as school reports, observation, parent intakes, and teacher reports.

Question 3

evaluation

Answer 3

the determination of a child’s strengths and limitations in specific areas.

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Determination

Answer 4

the process of deciding that the presence of a suspected disability does or does not exist using knowledge of the criteria that constitute each category.

Question 5

Assessment in SPED

Answer 5

is a process that involves collecting information about a student for the purpose of making decisions.

Question 6

14th amendment

Answer 6

The Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which states that all people must have equal protection under the law (“no state shall … deny to any person … the equal protection of the laws.”).

Question 7

Annual Review

Answer 7

The child’s IEP is reviewed by the IEP team or are often if the parent or school asks for a review

Question 8

Autism

Answer 8

A developmental disability significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction, generally evident before age 3 that adversely affects a child’s educational performance

Question 9

Child Find

Answer 9

finding children who may be identified by having a disability thus the child can use sped and related services

Question 10

committee on SPED

Answer 10

A committee that determines whether a child is eligible to receive special education and related services

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Deaf-blindness

Answer 11

Both hearing and visual impairments, the combination of which causes such severe communication and other developmental and educational problems

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Deafness

Answer 12

A hearing impairment so severe that the child is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing, with or without amplification, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance.)

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emotional Disturbance

Answer 13

A condition exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics over a long period of time and to a marked degree that adversely affects a child’s educational performance

Question 14

Developmental Delay

Answer 14

“child with a disability” a child who is experiencing developmental delays in one or more of the following areas:

• physical
• cognitive
• communication
• social or emotional
• adaptive

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Disability

Answer 15

An inability or reduced capacity to perform as other children do because of some impairment in physical, cognitive, orthopedic, sensory, or other areas of functioning

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Due process

Answer 16

due process refers to the rules of procedure for resolving disputes between parents and schools; the legal rights of a child and parent in the special education process.

Question 17

Educational placement decisions

Answer 17

Information collected in the assessment process can provide detailed information so that appropriate decisions may be made about the child’s educational placement.

Question 18

Eligibility and diagnosis

Answer 18

Information collected in the assessment process can provide detailed information on whether a child is eligible for special education services

Question 19

Hearing impairment

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An impairment in hearing, whether permanent or fluctuating, that adversely affects a child’s performance

Question 20

IEP

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development decisions: Information collected in the assessment process can provide detailed information so that an IEP may be developed

Question 21

Independent educational evaluation

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Known as IEE. A full and comprehensive individual evaluation conducted by an outside professional or agency not involved in the education of the child.

Question 22

Individual Educational Program (IEP)

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A written document that directs the provision of special education services to students with disabilities who need them. It sets forth the annual goals of each child who is classified in special education.

Question 23

IDEIA (Define acronym)

Answer 23

Individuals with disabilities education improvement act: FAPE: including special education and related service programming, to all children and youth with disabilities who require it. It ensures that the rights of children and youth with disabilities and their parents or guardians are protected

Question 24

instructional planning

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Information collected in the assessment process that is critical in planning instruction appropriate to the child’s special social, academic, physical, and management needs.

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intellectual disability

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Significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning, existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior

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LRE

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Least restrictive environment: Refers to the legal mandate that children with disabilities must be educated with those without disabilities

Question 27

Multidisciplinary team

MDT

Answer 27

erforms the evaluation of the child for a suspected disability and then makes a recommendation to an Eligibility Committee

Question 28

Native Language

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When used with reference to a person of limited English-speaking ability, means the language normally used by the individual, or in the case of a child, the language normally used by the parents of the child.

Question 29

multiple disabilities

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Concomitant impairments (such as intellectual disability–orthopedic impairment) the combination of which causes such severe educational problems that the problems cannot be accommodated in special education programs solely for one of the impairments

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Prevalence

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In special education, prevalence refers to how often a specific disability occurs.

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OHI

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Other heath impairments: having limited strength, vitality, for alertness due to chronic or acute health problems

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reauthorization

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act of amending and r renewing a law

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recommendation

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The professional suggestions and proposals concerning educational placement and program that need to be made to the school, teachers, and parents

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section 504 oof the rehabilitation act

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A civil rights law that ensures students of equal opportunity to all school activities. he law prohibits discrimination against students with disabilities in federally funded programs

Question 35

SPED

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meeting unique needs of a child with a disability at no cost

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SLD

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Specific learning disability: A disorder in one or Moore of the basic psychological process involved in understanding or using language, spoken, written, which may manifest itself in the imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do mathematical calculations

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Speech for language impairment

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A communication disorder, such as stuttering, impaired articulation, a language impairment, or a voice impairment that adversely affects a child’s educational performance.

Question 38

TBI

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Traumatic brain injury: An acquired injury to the brain caused by an external physical force, resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment or both,

Question 39

Triennial review

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Under federal law, the mandated assessment battery that must be given to a child in special education every 3 years

Question 40

Visual Impairment

Answer 40

An impairment in vision that, even with correction, adversely affects a child’s educational performance. The term includes both partial and total sight blindness.