SAFMEDS

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Problems a person with a disability or an impairment encounters when interacting with the environment

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Handicap

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Reduced functioning or loss of a particular body part or organ

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Impairment

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Not currently identified as having a disability but is considered to have a greater-than-usual chance of developing a disability if intervention is not provided

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At risk

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Percentage of school-age children receiving special education services

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12%

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Percentage of students with disabilities served at least in part in regular education classrooms

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75%

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Supreme Court ruled that education must be available to all children on equal terms

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Brown v. Board of Education

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PL 94-142, law regarding the education of children with disabilities

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IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Act

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Part of IDEA, all children must receive a free, appropriate public education at public expense

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Free and appropriate education (FAPE)

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Part of IDEA, schools must educate all children with disabilities, regardless of the nature or severity of the disability

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Zero reject

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Part of IDEA, students with disabilities must be educated with their non-disabled peers to the maximum extent appropriate

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Least restrictive environment (LRE)

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Part of IDEA, schools must collaborate with parents and with students with disabilities in the design and implementation of special education Services

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Shared decision making

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Part of IDEA, schools must protect the rights of students with disabilities

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Due process

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Part of IDEA, schools must use no biased, multi factored methods of evaluation to determine whether a child has a disability, and if is so whether special education is needed

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Nondiscrimitory identification and evaluation

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Intervening to keep potential or minor problems from becoming a disability

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Preventative

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Eliminating the effects of the disability through instruction

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Remedial

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Teaching the use of skills or devices that enable successful functioning in spite of the disability

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Compensatory

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Part of the reauthorization of IDEA (97), determining if a behavior problem is the result of a disability

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Manifestation determination

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All interested parties that develop an IEP

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Trainsdisciplinary team

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Breaking down complex or multiple step behaviors or skills into small, easier to teach subtasks

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Task analysis

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An observable student response made to an instructional antecedent

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Active student responding (ASR)

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Immediate, affirmative feedback for correct and/or appropriate behavior that serves to increase the likelihood that the behavior will occur again in the future

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Positive reinforcement

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An instructional antecedent, a student’s response, and positive or corrective instructional information

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Learning trial

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The extent to which students extend what they learn across settings and over time

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Generalization and maintenance

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A disorder in one or more of the basic psychological process involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, which may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, write, spell, or do mathematical calculations

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Learning disabilities (LD)

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The inability to accurately and fluently decode written text

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Dyslexia

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A standardized achievement test that measures one student scores on the test to other children of the same age who have taken the same test

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Norm-referenced tests

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A test that measures achievement according to a predetermined standard

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Criterion referenced tests

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The frequent assessment of a student's progress in learning the objectives that make up the actual curriculum in which the student is participating

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Curriculum based measurement

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Carefully designed materials and activities that provide structures and supports that enable students to make sense of new information and concepts

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Explicit instruction

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Special transportation, counseling, speech, physical, or occupational therapy required to meet the student's IEP goals

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Related services

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Devices such as visual aids, augmentative communication boards, special equipment, or computers

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Assistive technology

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A written, legal, document that specifies the student's short and long term educational goals, learning environment(s), and related services

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Individualized Education Plan (IEP)

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IEP component for students with special health care needs; specifies health care procedures and services administered by school personnel and a plan for emergencies

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Individual health care plan (IHCP)

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A significant loss of hearing that makes some special adaptions necessary

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Hard of hearing

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A group of inherited disorders marked by progressive atrophy of the body's muscles

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Muscular dystrophy (MD)

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A term for students who demonstrate or have the potential for demonstrating a high level of performance of academic skills, artistic achievement, or leadership qualities that necessitate the need for special services

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Gifted

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A person whose visual acuity is 20/200 or less in both eyes

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Blind

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A disorder of voluntary motor function resulting from a lesion to the brain or abnormality of brain growth. Characterized by paralysis, extreme weakness, lack of coordination, involuntary convulsions, and other motor disorders

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Cerebral palsy (CP)

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The inability to use hearing to understand speech

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Deaf

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Limited active involvement in educational activities commensurate with a student's functioning level

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Partial participation

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Chronic abnormal electrochemical activity of the brain that causes a person to lose control of the muscles temporarily

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Seizure disorder (Epilepsy)

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A term for students who need instruction in basic skills such as feeding, communication and mobility

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Severe disability

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A developmental disability characterized by stereotypic repetitive behavior, resistance to environmental change and unusual responses to sensory experiences

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Autism

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A term for a congenital defect in the vertebrae that enclose the spinal cord

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Spinal bifita

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Basic behaviors such as dressing, brushing teeth, etc., that sometimes need to be taught to children with severe disabilities

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Daily living skills

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A battery of behavioral assessments used for determining environmental events that are setting the occasion for and maintaining challenging behavior

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Functional assessment

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An impairment in vision that, even with correction, adversely affects a child's educational performance

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Visual impairment

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Part of the reauthorization of IDEA (97). A written legal document with goals and objectives specifically developed to aid in the transition from school to vocational skills for exceptional children age 16 and above

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Individual transition plan (ITP)

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Using the findings of assessment data (i.e., functional assessment) to construct a comprehensive, individualized program of interventions

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Positive behavioral support

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Part of IDEa, a written document prescribing family focused early intervention services for the family of and young child who is at risk or has a disability

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Individualized family services plan (IFSP)

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A systematic approach to teaching based on scientifically demonstrated principle that describe how the environment affects learning

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Applied behavior analysis

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Behavioral or emotional responses in school programs so different from appropriate age, cultural, or ethnic norms that they adversely affect educational performance

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Emotional or behavioral disorder

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Behavior that falls significantly outside that norm that characterized as withdrawn, fearful, or depressive

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Internalizing behaviors

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Behavior that falls significantly outside the norm that is characterized as aggressive, abusive or disruptive

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Externalizing behaviors

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A problem with the transmission and reception of speech, language and/or communication

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Communication disorder

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A wide variety of educational, nutritional, child care, and family support services, all designed to reduce the effects of disabilities or prevent the occurrence of problems later in life

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Early intervention