Chapter 2 Flashcards
Accommodations
Specific considerations that are taken into account as the student completes his/her daily work. The purpose of accommodations are to provide access for students with disabilities to material available to students without disabilities.
Consultation
A method of enhancing the instruction provided to students with disabilities. The special education teacher works with the regular education teacher to provide alternative instructional strategies that are in turn implemented by the regular educator. The special educator has no direct contact with students but merely serves as a consultant.
Co- teaching
The teaching process in which the regular and special education teacher teachers plan and carry out lessons in the regular/included classroom setting. The class consists of both students with and without disabilities.
IFSP
The service program developed to meet student’s needs who are identified prior to beginning the traditional public school Kindergarten program. These students must be identified as having specific disabilities or being at-risk for disabilities.
Modifications
These are adaptations to the content material that change, lower, or often reduce learning expectations for the target student. Modifications alter the curriculum to the degree that students with disabilities who receive the designated modifications are often no longer able to learn the same content material as their peers.
Resource room
The pull-out classroom in which disabilities are removed from the general education classroom setting to receive instruction that typically focuses on specific academic, learning, or behavioral skills. The students return to the regular classroom after s specific period of time. (45-90min)
Responsiveness to Instruction (RTI)
The IDEA mandate that incorporates a tier approach to working with students. RTI is designed to utilize research- based interventions in the general education classroom setting with progressively more support provided to the classroom teacher. The intent is to provide appropriate instruction to students in the general education classroom thereby reducing the number of students inappropriately identified ad students with disabilities.
Self-contained classroom
The special education classroom setting in which the majority of academic content is delivered by the special education teacher: students placed in this setting spend limited periods of time interacting with students without disabilities.
Transition
The term that describes the attempt to adequately prepare students with disabilities to move into the world of work, or, in some circumstances, higher education. (E.g., community college programs)
504 Plan
The document that is used for students who do not qualify for an IEP but still have disabilities that impact their academic, behavioral, or social behavior. It is often called an “Accommodation Plan” as it provides specific accommodations to the student’s school activities.
