PT in Education Flashcards
PT eduactional background
- went from segregation to inclusion over last 50 years.
- SC in early 1970’s paved way for legislation for rights of those with disabilities
IDEA
Individuals with disabilities education act.
Special and related services, early intervention, and response to intervention (RTI)
ESEA
Elementary and secondary education act
No child left behind
IDEA Historical perspective
PL 94-142: 1975
PL 99-457: 1986-added early intervention
Reauthorization in 1990, 1997 (part h became part c), 2004, and 2014?
PL 93-112
Rehabilitation act of 1973
No disabled person can be descriminated against by a program receiving federal funding
PL 94-142
Education for all hadicapped children act of 1975
Free, appropriate education for children with disabilities from 6-21 years old. (5 years if thats when they would normally start public school)
Principle enacted with PL 94-142
Zero reject
Least restrictive environment
Parental participation
Nondiscriminatory evaluation
IDEIA
2004
Ensure children have free, appropriate education designed to meet their unique needs and prepare for further education and independent living.
IDEIA sections
Part A: general provisions
Part B: assistance for children with disabilities
Part C: Infants/toddlers with disablities (EI)
Part D: national activities to improve education, including personal development
IDEIA part B
Provision of service for children 3-21. stipulates that assessment, planning, and delivery must be multidisciplinary including parents and teachers
Transdisciplinary model
Team members jointly assess
Parents are full and active participants.
Information, knowledge and skills are shared amongst team members and team works together
Collaborative model
Combination of trans disciplinary with an integrated service delivery model
PT’s must be in school system since 1976
Assessment
IDEIA requires full evaluation
Must be completed w/in 60 school days of consent
assess ability to participate in classroom
Includes transportation and mobility within school
At least one standardized measure used.
Waukesha delivery model
Assigned one of four levels of service based on rate of change in physical or functional status.
Levels define purpose, intensity, and personnel delivering interventions/services
Greater rates of change receive greater time/involvement
Cognitive referencing
or Performance discrepancy criteria
Presumes positive correlation b/w cognition and motor development, with upper limit on development determined by cognition
Only get PT if motor is significantly lower than cognitive.
Rehabilitation Act, section 504, 1973
Federal statute.
Broader than IDEIA
Ensures that disabled get equal opportunities.
Ensures appropriate education
IEP
individual education plan
Must be developed w/in 30 days of determination of eligibility.
Statement of measureable annual goal.
Statement of services needed.
Extent of participation and accomodations
Frequency and location of services.
Must be reviewed/updated anually
Multi-year (up to 3 years) to cover cover transition periods
Transition to adulthood
No later than the first IEP that will be in effect when they will be 16.
Appropriate, measureable post secondary goals.
IDIEA Part C
Infants and toddlers
Early intervention
States must have policies/procedures for children under 3 with abuse, neglect, drugs, or withdrawl
EI services
PT, OT, SLP, AD, vision, hearing, transport, etc
services in natural environment (home/daycare)
IFSP
Infant Family Service Plan
Equivalent to IEP in older children
Developed by multidisciplinary team that includes parents
Description of appropriate transition services.
Must be evaluated yearly, but may be review biannually or more.
IFSP requirements
Statement of infants present levels of physical development
Cognitive development
Communication
Social/emotional development
Adaptive development
Family resources
Goals
Services needed
Parental consent
IEP/IFSP goals and objectives
Educationally relevant Functional Stated as behaviors that student will demonstrate Measurable Practical Valid assessment Generalizable
Methods of service delivery
Hands on
Isolated: separate PT room
Integrated: in least restrictive environment.
Indirect services
Monitoring
Teach parents or teachers to do positioning, etc.
Sequenced Transition to Education in Public Schools
STEPS
Active involvement of families, and administration to facilitate transition.
PT should play active role
Reevaluation
Not more than once a year, at least every 3 years, unless parent and school agree differently.
PT use judgement for schedule.
