Educating All Students Vocab I Flashcards
Asperger Syndrome
Often considered a high functioning
form of autism. It can lead to difficulty interacting socially,
repeat behaviors, and clumsiness.
Autism
A developmental disability, significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction, generally evident before age 3, that adversely affects educational performance.
Behavioral Intervention Plan (BIP)
Addresses 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.
Cognitive delay
Usually refers to a developmental lag. That
means that an individual’s cognitive abilities do not match the
expectations of their chronological age
Content knowledge
Knowledge about the actual subject matter that is to be
learned or taught.
Co-teaching
Classrooms include students with and without disabilities and
have two teachers, a general education teacher and a special
education teacher.
Comprehension
The ability to read text, process it and
understand its meaning.
Decoding
The ability to apply your knowledge of letter-sound
relationships, including knowledge of letter patterns, to correctly pronounce written words.
ELLs or English Language Learners
A person who is
learning the English language in addition to their native
language.
Fluency
The ability to read a text accurately and quickly.
Functional Behavioral Assessment
FBA
A problem-solving process for addressing student problem
behavior. 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.
IEP or Individualized Education Plan
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.
Inclusion setting
Students with special needs spend most or all of their time with non-disabled students.
Instructional scaffolding
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 (Sawyer, 2006).
Maintenance bilingual program
The goal of this program is to preserve and enhance students’
skills in the mother tongue while they acquire a second
language.
Mandated Reporter
People who have regular contact with vulnerable people such
as children, disabled persons and senior citizens and are
therefore legally required to report (or cause a report to be
made) when abuse is observed or suspected.
Oral proficiency
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 (Cloud, Genesee & Hamayan,
2000)
Paraprofessional
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.
Phonemic awareness
The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds — phonemes — in spoken words.
Phonics
Instruction helps children learn the relationships
between the letters of written language and the sounds of spoken language.
Resource room
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.
Response to Intervention (RTI)
A method of academic intervention used in the United States to provide early, systematic assistance to children who are having difficulty learning. 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.
Structured immersion program
Structured immersion programs focus on developing second
language abilities of students who speak a minority language
(Spanish speakers learning English)
Transitional bilingual program
The goal is to prepare students to enter mainstream English
classrooms (a transition usually completed within two or three 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
Vocabulary
Refers to the words we must know to communicate
effectively. Oral vocabulary refers to words that we use in speaking or recognize in listening.
