Child w/ Special Needs CH. 1-4 Flashcards
Special Edu.
children who have disabilities receive edu. to help them reach learning potential
related services
means transportation & developmental corrective & other supportive services:
- speech/ lang
- audiology
- interpreting
- psychological
Supplementary aids & services
aids, services & other supports that are provided in regular education classes
Education of the Handicapped Act
considered as basis for all sp. edu practices
IDEA
Individuals w/ Disabilities Education Act
special edu was expanded to include servics to infants & young children
Zero Reject
Entitles all students w/ disabilities to public edu regardless of nature of severity or their disabilities
Child find
set of procedures for alerting that public services are available for students w/ disabilities
-activities to ensure that students will be identified
FAPE
Free Appropriate Public Education
Education to which all students w/ disabilities are entitled to; parents can’t be asked to pay for special education; school district bares the cost for placement
LRE
Least Restrictive Environment
Students must be educated in the setting most like that of typical peers where they can succeed and are provided with supports & services; right to be w/ peers
IEP
Individualized Education Program
document summarizes all the information gathered concerning the student, sets the expectations of what the student will learn over the next year, and prescribes the
types and amounts of special services the student will receive
nondiscriminatory evaluation
IDEA outlines the rights of students and their parents to ensure that any assessment completed as part of a special education decision-making process is unbiased,
procedural safegaurds
Any decisions concerning a student with disabili-
ties are made with parent input and in compliance with all aspects of the law.
PARENTS MUST GIVE CONSENT
section 504
a law that guarantees educational rights, special education
is affected by laws that guarantee the civil rights of children and adults.
No qualified handicapped person shall, on the basis of handicap, be excluded
from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or otherwise be subjected to
discrimination under any program or activity which receives or benefits from
Federal financial assistance.
ex://physical/mental impairments
ADA
Americans w/ Disabilities Act
protecting the rights
of individuals with disabilities, no matter their age,
ADA largely
has replaced Section 504
it directly addresses communication, and so it requires
that closed captioning be provided to accommodate individu-
als who are deaf or hard of hearing. It is the ADA that ensures
that buildings have access ramps and that most have elevators,
that buses and trains can accommodate wheelchairs, and that
employers may not refuse to hire a new employee because that
individual has a disability
Disability
(13)
- Specific learning disabilities
- Speech or language impairments
- Intellectual disabilities (formerly called mental retardation)
- Emotional disturbance
- Multiple disabilities (i.e., students who have more than one disability)
- Hearing impairments
- Orthopedic (or physical) impairments
- Other health impairments
- Visual impairments
- Autism
- Deaf/blindness (i.e., students who are both deaf and blind)
- Traumatic brain injury
- Developmental delays
person-first language
Say “students with disabilities” or
“John, who has a physical disability.” Placing the disabil-
ity first (e.g., “LD students,” “special education kids”)
inappropriately emphasizes the disability instead of the
person.
NOT INCLUDED IN IDEA
- Gifted/talented
- ADHD
- At risk/ school failure
Inclusion
it is about how adults and classmates welcome all students to access learning and
recognize that the diversity of learners in today’s schools dictates that no single
approach is appropriate for all
UDL
Universal Design for Learning
The instructional approach for accomplishing the complex task of ensuring
that students with disabilities access curriculum
Differentiated instruction
changes can be made in many
different aspects of the teaching/learning process to enable diverse student learn-
ing needs to be met
RTI
Response to Intervention
teacher raises concern about students rate of learning; increase intervention
IFSP
Individualized Family Service Plan
Birth-3
Review every 6 months
Connor’s Law
Instrument to screen for ADHD
assistive technology
the devices, equipment, and services that
improve the learning and functional capabilities of students with disabilities
positive behavior supports
First,
they establish schoolwide and classroom standards for behavior so that students
understand expectations;
sensory enhancers
Keyboard adaptations
and emulators
speech language pathologist
refers to the way in which professionals interact with each
other and with parents or family members as they work together to educate
students with disabilities. It concerns the quality of their professional relationships
educational interpreter
students who are deaf or significantly hard of hearing have one; a professional who listens to the words being spoken in school and
then translates them into sign language
occupational therapist
helps students gain independence in school and the
community by teaching functional and other living skills such as grasping a
pencil, cutting with scissors, buttoning and zipping clothes, and tying shoe laces