CH 19

Question 1

Academic/educational achievement and learning characteristics:

Answer 1

A student’s current levels of knowledge and development in subject and skill areas, including activities of daily living, level of intellectual functioning, adaptive behavior, expected rate of progress in acquiring skills and information, and learning style.

Question 2

Annual goals

Answer 2

Statements that describe what a student with a disability can reasonably be expected to accomplish within a 12-month period in the student’s special education program.

Question 3

Assistive technology devices

Answer 3

Any item, piece of equipment, or product system—whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized—that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of a child with a disability.

Question 4

Benchmarks

Answer 4

Short-term objectives between present levels of performance and annual goals.

Question 5

Classification

Answer 5

The committee determination of a specific disability category based on the definitions of these categories for school-age students or preschool students.

Question 6

Community experiences

Answer 6

Community-based experiences that will be offered, or community resources utilized as part of the student’s school program, whether during school hours or after school hours, to achieve the stated outcome(s)

Question 7

CPSE

Answer 7

The abbreviation for Committee on Preschool Special Education.

Question 8

Credits earned to date

Answer 8

The number of high school units of credit earned to date for a student.

Question 9

Current grade

Answer 9

For school-age students, the current grade is the grade level of the student as of the date of the eligibility committee meeting.

Question 10

Date of eligibility

Answer 10

The date when the student was first identified as a student with a disability and eligible for special education programs and services.

Question 11

Date of initiation of services

Answer 11

The date when this IEP is to be implemented.

Question 12

Date for reevaluation

Answer 12

The date when the next reevaluation of the student is expected to occur. Reevaluations must occur at least every 3 years

Question 13

Management needs

Answer 13

The nature of and degree to which environmental modifications and human or material resources are required to address academic, social, and physical needs.

Question 14

Medical alerts/prescriptive devices

Answer 14

Any information that should be readily available to all teachers and other appropriate school personnel, such as medications or specific health-related conditions requiring either constant or intermittent care by a qualified individual

Question 15

Native language

Answer 15

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 16

Participating agency

Answer 16

A state or local agency (other than the school district) responsible for a student’s education that may have financial and/or legal responsibility for providing transition services to the student.

Question 17

Physical development

Answer 17

Refers to a student’s motor and sensory development, health, vitality, and physical skills or limitations that pertain to the learning process.

Question 18

Post-school adult living objectives

Answer 18

Educational services that will be provided to the student to prepare for employment or other postschool activity. Postschool activities determine what other skills or supports will be necessary for the student to succeed as independently as possible

Question 19

Projected date of review

Answer 19

The date when review of this IEP is expected.

Question 20

Related services

Answer 20

As defined under IDEIA, related services means transportation and such developmental, corrective, and other supportive services as are required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education

Question 21

Resource room

Answer 21

Resource rooms are classrooms (often smaller classrooms) where a special education program can be delivered to a student with a disability

Question 22

Short-term objective

Answer 22

Measurable intermediate steps between present levels of educational performance and annual goals.

Question 23

social development

Answer 23

The quality of the student’s relationships with peers and adults, feelings about self, social adjustment to school and community environments, and behaviors that may impede learning.

Question 24

supplementary aids

Answer 24

Aids, services, and other supports that are provided in general education classes or other education-related settings to enable students with disabilities to be educated with nondisabled students to the maximum extent appropriate in the least restrictive environment.