EAS Vocabulary

Question 1

Asperger Syndrome

Answer 1

Asperger syndrome is often considered a high functioning form of autism. It can lead to difficulty interacting socially, repeat behaviors, and clumsiness.

Question 2

Autism

Answer 2

Autism is a developmental disability, significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction. It is generally evident before age 3, that adversely affects educational performance.

Question 3

Behavior Intervention Plan(BIP)

Answer 3

A plan to address problem behavior that includes as appropriate, positive behavioral interventions, strategies and supports, program modifications and supplementary aids and services that may be required to address the problem behavior.

Question 4

Cognitive Delay

Answer 4

Cognitive delay usually refers to a developmental lag. That means an individual’s cognitive abilities do not match the expectations of their chronological age.

Question 5

Content Knowledge

Answer 5

Content about the actual subject manner that is to be learned or taught.

Question 6

Co- Teaching

Answer 6

Classrooms include students with and without disabilities and have two teachers, a general education teacher and a special education teacher.

Question 7

Comprehension

Answer 7

The ability to read text, process it, and understand its meaning.

Question 8

ELLs or English Language Learners

Answer 8

An English language learner is a person who is learning the English language in addition to their native language.

Question 9

Fluency

Answer 9

The ability to read a text accurately and quickly.

Question 10

Functional Behavioral Assessment(FBA)

Answer 10

A problem-solving process for addressing student problem behavior. FBA relies on a variety of techniques and strategies to identify the reasons for a specific behavior and to help IEP Teams select interventions that directly address the problem behavior.

Question 11

Individualized Education Plan(IEP)

Answer 11

The IEP documents a child’s eligibility for special education services and formalizes the school system’s plan to provide special education services that are appropriate for his or her unique needs. It contains specific information about the child and the education program designed to meet these needs.

Question 12

Inclusion setting

Answer 12

Under the inclusion model, students with special needs spend most of all their time with non-disabled students.

Question 13

Instructional Scaffolding

Answer 13

Instructional scaffolding is a learning process designed to promote a deeper level of learning. Scaffolding is the support given during the learning process which is tailored to the needs of the student with the intention of helping the student achieve his/her learning goals.

Question 14

Maintenance bilingual program

Answer 14

The goal of this program is to preserve and enhance students’ skills in the mother tongue while they acquire a second language.

Question 15

Oral proficiency

Answer 15

Language proficiency has been defined as the ability to use language accurately and appropriately in its oral and written forms in a variety of settings.

Question 16

Paraprofessional

Answer 16

A person who provides assistance(e.g., behavior management, health services, transportation or toileting, awaiting placement services, alternate placement services, or sign-language interpretation) either to the entire class or an individual or group of students.

Question 17

Phonemic awareness

Answer 17

The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds— phonemes- in spoken words.

Question 18

Phonics

Answer 18

Phonics instruction helps children learn the relationships between the letters of written language and the sounds of spoken language.

Question 19

Resource room

Answer 19

A separate, remedial classroom in a school where students with educational disabilities, such as specific learning disabilities, are given direct, specialized instruction and academic remediation and assistance with homework and related assignments as individuals or in groups.

Question 20

Response to Intervention (RTI)

Answer 20

A method of academic intervention used in the United States to provide early, systematic assistance to children who are having difficulty learning. RTI seeks to prevent academic failure through early intervention, frequent progress measurement, and increasingly intensive research-based instructional interventions for children who continue to have difficulty.

Question 21

Structured Immersion Program

Answer 21

Structured immersion programs focus on developing second language abilities of students who speak a minority language. (Spanish speakers learning English)

Question 22

Transitional bilingual program

Answer 22

The goal is to prepare students to enter mainstream English classrooms (a transition usually completed in 2-3 years) by providing a portion of instruction in children’s native language to help them keep up in school subjects, while they study English in programs designed for second-language learners.

Question 23

Vocabulary

Answer 23

Refers to the words we must know to communicate effectively. Oral vocabulary refers to words that we use in speaking or recognize in listening.