EDA Flashcards
examples of special education teachers
Bilingual special educator, Early childhood special educator, Adapted physical education teacher
Related services professionals
speech/lang pathologist (SLP),School psychologist,
Physical therapist (PT), School social worker, Educational interpreter, School nurse
Occupational therapist (OT),
Behavior specialist
tier 2 of RTI- response to intervention and approaches may be implemented
ensures students receive early attention, ensures strategies are well- documented, uses continuous progress monitoring, and processes from group instruction to individual instruction
IEP teams are also called
multidisciplinary team
IEP stands for
individualized education program
who is in an IEP team
Parents, gen educator, evaluation person, special educator, district representative, transition agency personnel (if student is 14 years old or older) and student (if student is 14 years old or older)
Psychoeducational Evaluation/ Nondiscriminatory assessment procedures
Called psychoeducational evaluation or a nondiscriminatory assessment, tests for IQ, Administered by trained professionals (School psychologists),Testing form must take into account possible impact the suspected disability, Testing must be in the language with which child is most comfortable, and Include a variety of assessment tools
parents rights in Special education
Full team members (IEP team)
Must be informed of their rights,
Must give permission for the initial evaluation, Have child tested in native lang, Child received a FAPE in his LRE
Notified in writing changes in child education plan, Access to dealing with disputes, Access to child’s records, Informed of child’s progress
FAPE
free appropriate public education
P.L. 94-142
Education for All Handicapped Act- 1975- basis for all special education practice moving forward, in order to receive federal funds, states must develop and implement policies that assure a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to all children with disabilities, later became the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
civil rights for all people with disabilities, prohibits discrimination based on disability in all programs which receive federal funds
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
extends protections to both public and private sectors, regardless of federal funding, is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability
Core principles of IDEA
zero reject, FAPE, LRE, Nondiscriminatory Evaluation, Procedural Safeguards, Parent and Family rights to confidentiality
students not covered by IDEA
Gifted, Students with SDHD, students who are at risk for school failure
who receives special education under IDEA
autism spectrum disorder, speech or language impairments, orthopedic impairments, intellectual disabilities, traumatic brain injury, visual impairments (including blindness), developmental delays, specific learning disabilities, hearing impairments, multiple disabilities, emotional disturbance, other health impairment, deafness, deaf- blindness
inclusive education or “inclusion”
the education of students with disabilities with their typically developing peers in a general education classroom
Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
approach fir teaching and learning emphasizing the need to address in planning the entire diversity of student needs
differentiated instruction
modifying curriculum and instruction to meet the unique needs of individual learners
evidence based practices (EBP)
those strategies that have been tested multiple times and approved by various experts in a particular field
Supplementary aids and services
e.g. calculator, paraeducator, word processing program, and modified assignment
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
is a piece of American legislation that ensures students with a disability are provided with a Free Appropriate Public Education that is tailored to their individual needs.
what is a Individualized Education Program (IEP)
IFSP- individualized family structure plan, “Blueprint” of child’s special education services,
Highly individualized, Written by the IEP team, annual review,
Re-evaluation (3 year)
Continuum of educational placements/ alternative placements
General education,Resource room,Separate class, Separate schools, Residential facility ,Other- hospital or homebound
response to intervention (RTI)
- initial consideration of students problems, 2. response to intervention and approaches may be implemented, 3. screening
Short-term objectives (aka benchmarks)
steps or smaller tasks needed to achieve annual goals
annual review (IEP)
Each year the IEP Committee is required to review the student’s existing IEP and present program. During this process, the Eligibility Committee will make recommendations upon review of records that will continue, change, revise or end the student’s special education program.
annual goals (IEP)
statements of major accomplishments in a particular subject of behavior expected in a 12 month period
Related services
transportation and such developmental, corrective, and other supportive services as are required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education
testing for eligibility for Special education services
Vision and hearing
Intellectual-IQ- avg. is 100, 70 is the cut off for intellectual disability, Achievement- what you’ve learned at a certain age, processing disability, Social/ behavioral functioning, Develop mental history- go through mom pregnancy, delivery, and parenting of child. Looking at behavior, communication, physical development.
Does the child have a disability?
Does the disability adversely affect the child’s educational performance
Can the students needs be addressed through special education”
All questions have to be “yes”, if “no” the child has to go back to general education
PARC v. Pennsylvania
The court ruled that the state could not deny an individual’s right to equal access to education based on an intellectual or developmental disability status
Mills vs. Board of Education
no child could be denied a public education because of “mental, behavioral, physical, or emotional handicaps or deficiencies.
Diana v State Board of Education of CA
This case challenged the use of English-only IQ tests to determine the placement of students in special education. Their objective was to have the students retested for special education in their primary language.
Larry P. v Riles
in schools, blacks were being treated unfairly by placing them in special education based on the standardization of the present IQ tests. The court found that the IQ tests were designed with biases linked the white middle class culture, leaving black children at a natural disadvantage from both cultural and racial perspectives
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional
Honig vs. Doe
The Supreme Court further held that the “stay-put” provision of the Education of the Handicapped Act prohibited state or local school authorities from excluding disabled children from the classroom even for dangerous or disruptive conduct resulting from their disabilities.
Irving Independent School District v Tatro
That court accepted the District Court’s conclusion that state law permitted qualified persons to administer CIC without the physical presence of a doctor, and it affirmed the award of relief under the Education of the Handicapped Act.
