Chapter 10/Class 1 Flashcards
children with disabilities in school 46% - 20% - 9% - 8% -
46% Learning disability
20% Speech language impairment
9% ID
8% Emotional Disturbance
Children with poor academic achievement
two categories
Diagnosed as LLD.
LLD refers to students who have difficulty with various aspects of communication that interfere with their ability to succeed in school.
Children who are not diagnosed with LLD
Critical roles of school SLPs
leadership
collaboration with other professionals
range of responsibilities
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ identify/assessment/intervention Advocacy Educate teachers, parents, and community and train other professionals Research IEPs
laws applying to school based SLPs
Individual with Disabilities Educations Act of ‘97 - reauthorized in ‘04 (IDEA)
No Child Left Behind Act (2001)
Section 504 of Rehabilitation Act of 1973
IDEA
- Increasing..
- Identifying..
- Raising expectations for …
- Ensuring that all children have …
- Including __ __ ___ in the special educational team
- Including children with disabilities in …
- Supporting high standards for ….
- 1997 and 2004 reauthorizations of Individual with Disabilities Education Act emphasize
- Increasing parental participation
- Identifying student strengths and parental concerns
- Raising expectations for children with disabilities by relating student progress to the general education curriculum
- Ensuring that all children have scientifically based instruction
- Including regular education teachers in the special educational team
- Including children with disabilities in district-wide assessments and reports
- Supporting high standards for professionals involved in service provision
IDEA
Diagnostic categories identified by IDEA, 2004
Autism Hearing Impairment Emotional Disturbances Orthopedic Impairment SLP impairment Multiple impairments visual impairments Deaf-Blindness ID Specific Learning Disability TBI Other health impaired
NCLB
- Requires schools show …
- Allows schools to spend …
- Provides standards for …
- Mandates consequences for schools that …
-No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) focuses on increasing accountability.
- Requires schools show adequate yearly progress (AYP) on tests and graduation rates
- Allows schools to spend special education funds to support students in the general curriculum
- Provides standards for reading instruction
- Mandates consequences for schools that fail to demonstrate AYP
Section 504 of Rehabilitation Act of 1973
- Guarantees …
- Requires …
- Used for students who do …
- Guarantees equal protection for individuals with physical or mental disabilities
- Requires accommodations for students to participate in general education
- Used for students who do not qualify for the diagnostic categories by IDEA, 2004
Legislative efforts in OK
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- Achieving Classroom Excellence Act (ACE) requires students to demonstrate mastery of the state content standards in order to receive a high school diploma.
- Reading Sufficiency Act (RSA) which requires schools to provide individualized attention, intervention, and remediation for students in first through third grade who are struggling to read on grade level.
Response to intervention
- Pre-referral model that attempts to …
- Aim: To prevent …
- Pre-referral model that attempts to resolve learning problems within the regular education setting, providing classroom modifications and accommodations that can prevent the need for special education.
- Aim: To prevent reading and learning disability
Three Tier System
Tier 1-
Tier 2-
Tier 3-
Tier 1 - High quality, scientifically research based classroom instruction with ongoing curriculum based assessment and continuous progress monitoring.
Tier 2 - Specialized instruction for students who lag behind peers.
Tier 3 - For students who do not make progress with tier II instruction.
-Eligibility for special education and related services are determined by multidisciplinary team.
Role of SLP in RTI
- Participating in the design of Tier I instruction by
- –
- –Helping to
- –Choosing appropriate
- Collaborating with __ __ __ in presenting Tier I instruction
- Assisting with __ ___ __
- Helping teachers develop ___within Tier I for struggling students
- Providing or planning _________ at Tiers II and III
- Conducting assessments to…
- Participating in the design of Tier I instruction by
- –Planning and conducting professional development on the language basis of literacy
- –Helping to select scientifically based literacy instruction programs
- –Choosing appropriate screening and progress-monitoring approaches
- Collaborating with general education teachers in presenting Tier I instruction
- Assisting with ongoing progress monitoring
- Helping teachers develop accommodations within Tier I for struggling students
- Providing or planning small group and individual instruction at Tiers II and III
- Conducting assessments to identify struggling students and monitor progress
Other Roles of RTI
- Determining ___ for students referred for speech-language services
- Documenting _______ for students with special educational needs
- Writing __ __ __, including
- -____
- -____
- -Specifying ___,___,___
- -Evaluating ___ - Delivering …
- Developing a ….
- Determining eligibility for students referred for speech-language services
- Documenting present level of performance for students with special educational needs
- Writing individualized educational plans, including
- -Annual goals
- -Short-term benchmarks
- -Specifying services, modifications, and accommodations
- -Evaluating progress - Delivering services within the curriculum
- Developing a continuum of services to meet student needs and provide appropriate degree of inclusion
Learning disability
- Learning disability is disorder in the ….
- LLD: LDs that affect ….
- Although not all learning disabilities are language-based, …
- Learning disability is disorder in the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or using language (spoken or written), that may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, speak, read, write, or spell
- LLD: LDs that affect primarily reading, writing and spelling.
- Although not all learning disabilities are language-based, 80% of children with LD have LLD.
Classification of Reading Disorders:
Dyslexia -- typical reading --- mixed decoding/comprehension deficit -- specific comprehension deficit --
Dyslexia --good comprehension, poor word recognition typical reading ---good comp, good recognition mixed decoding/comprehension deficit --poor comp, poor recognition specific comprehension deficit --poor comp, good recognition