Labels and Laws

Question 1

Section 504

Answer 1

Federal law that prohibits discrimination against otherwise qualified indiviuals with disabilities.

Question 2

Least Restrictive Environment: LRE

Answer 2

LRE assures that a student with a disability will be placed in an education program to the full extent that can be accommodated in the regular education program.

Question 3

Meeting to Determine Manifestation: MDM

Answer 3

MDM is a meeting to determine if a student’s disability is associated with his misbehavior.

Question 4

Individual Education Plan: IEP

Answer 4

IEP is the plan for accommodating a student’s disability.

Question 5

Individuals with Disability Education Act: IDEA

Answer 5

This act governs speciaul education programs and practices. It emphasizes student involvement in general curriculum.

Question 6

Behavior Intervention Plan: BIP

Answer 6

A BIP is required of all special ed/504 students who have misbehaviors that may cause a student to be suspended or expelled.

Question 7

Functional Behavior ASsessment: FBA

Answer 7

FBA comes before the BIP. Teachers/school personnel observe the student and determine reasons for the child’s behavior.

Question 8

Free Appropriate Public Education: FAPE

Answer 8

1 of the 6 principles of law that states students are entitled to free appropriate public education, regardless of their special needs

Question 9

Six Principles of the Law

Answer 9

1) free appropriate public education
2) appropriate evaluation
3. ) individualized education program
4. ) least restrictive environment
5. ) parent and student participation in decision making
6. ) procedural due process

Question 10

Preschool Child with a Disability: PCD

Answer 10

PCD is a child aged 3-5 whose developmental progress is delayed to the extent that he needs special ed

Question 11

Mentally Disabled: MD

Answer 11

Mental retardation. Adversely affects a studnet’s educational performance.

IQ
Mild: 48-70
Moderate: 25-48
Severe: 0-25

Question 12

Learning Disability: LD

Answer 12

A disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language that may manifest intself in an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, etc

Question 13

Emotional Disability: ED

Answer 13

An emotional disturbance defined as a condition exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics over a long period of time and to a marked degree that adversely affects the student’s eduction performance

Question 14

Hearing Impairment: HI

Answer 14

A hearing disability that adversely afects a student’s education performance but is not included under the definition of deafness.

• mishearing of letters, words, phrases
• defective speech
• inability to identify source of sounds

Question 15

Visual Impairment: VI

Answer 15

An impairment, including blindness, that afects a student’s educational performance.

• pain from headaches, swollen eyelids
• out of the ordinary reading behaviors (frowning, excessive blinking)

Question 16

Deaf-Blindness: D-B

Answer 16

Concomitant hearing and visual impairments, the combination of which causes servere communcation and other developmental and education problems that cannot be accommodated in special education programs solely for students with deafness or students with blindness

Question 17

Orthopedic Impairment: OI

Answer 17

A severe physical disability that may adversely affect a student’s education performance Limits normal functions of bones, muscles, or joints due to congenital anomaly, disease, accident, or birth defect

-cerebral palsy, hemophilia, arthritis

Question 18

Other HEalth Impairment: OHI

Answer 18

Limited strength, vitality or alertness including a heightened alertness to environmental stimuli.

Question 19

Traumatic Brain Injury; TBI

Answer 19

An acquired injury to the brain caused by an external physical force resulting in total or patrial functional disability or psyhosocial impairment, (or both_ whic may adversely affect a student’s education perfromance

Question 20

Autism

Answer 20

Develipmental disability significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal communcation and social interaction; generally evident before agree three that adversely affects a child’s education performance

Question 21

Speech Impairment

Answer 21

communication disorder such as stuttering, impaired articulation, language impairment or a voice impairment that may adversely affect a student’s education performance

-quality, volume, or pitch of voice is inappropriate or abnormal

Question 22

ADD/ADHD

Answer 22

extreme inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity. High energy does not equal ADD/ADHD

• fails to finish tasks
• forgetfulness
• acts before thinking

Question 23

Gifted

Answer 23

An exceptionality, not a disability.

• original, elaborative thinking
• large vocab
• need for freedom
• alert eager persistent demeanor
• may need enrichment programs such as AP