Special Education

Question 1

Adaptive behavior

Answer 1

An individual’s independent display of behaviors associated with meeting his or her daily personal and social needs

Question 2

Articulation impairment

Answer 2

The inability to produce speech sounds correctly

Question 3

Auditory Processing Disorder (APD)

Answer 3

A neurodevelopmental disorder that affects how the brain processes sounds.

Question 4

Autism

Answer 4

Developmental disorder characterized by abnormal or impaired development in social interaction and communication

Question 5

Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP)

Answer 5

Plan that implements procedures designed to promote lasting, positive changes in the student’s behavior in the least restrictive environment

Question 6

Criterion-referenced Test

Answer 6

Measures individual performance compared to an acceptable standard

Question 7

Deaf/blind

Answer 7

When a student has a hearing loss and visual impairment that causes severe communication, developmental and educational problems

Question 8

Deaf/Hard of Hearing

Answer 8

Hearing loss or impairment

Question 9

Decode

Answer 9

Convert into intelligible language

Question 10

Due Process

Answer 10

Procedural safeguards to ensure the protection of the rights of parent and the student with a disability under IDEA

Question 11

Eligibility

Answer 11

The state of having the right to do or obtain something

Question 12

Emotional & Behavioral Disorder

Answer 12

Range of conditions that can affect a person’s ability to learn, socialize and behave appropriately

Question 13

Expressive Language

Answer 13

Production of language for communicating with other people

Question 14

Extended School Year (ESY or EYS)

Answer 14

A program that provides special education and related services to students with disabilities beyond the regular school year.

Question 15

Fine motor coordination

Answer 15

Pertains to usage of small muscle groups

Question 16

Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA)

Answer 16

A functional behavioral assessment may be conducted for any student identified as having behavior problem serious enough to impact the learning of the child

Question 17

Gross motor coordination

Answer 17

Pertains to usage of large muscle groups

Question 18

Individualized Education Program

Answer 18

A written educational plan for each special education student that includes instructional goals and objectives based on the needs

Question 19

Intellectual Disability

Answer 19

Student who has significantly below average general intellectual functioning and deficits in adaptive behavior, which manifested during the developmental period

Question 20

Intelligence Quotient (IQ)

Answer 20

The score obtained on a test of mental ability

Question 21

Language Impairment

Answer 21

Disorders that involve the processing of linguistic information

Question 22

Least restrictive environment

Answer 22

The concept that each child with a disability is to be provided opportunities to be educated with nondisabled peers and in a setting which promotes interaction with the general school population

Question 23

Mainstreaming

Answer 23

Refers to selective placement of students with disabilities in one or more general education classes or activities

Question 24

Modifications

Answer 24

A change to what a student is taught or expected to do in school

Question 25

Norm-referenced Test

Answer 25

A type of test that compares a student’s performance to a peer group

Question 26

Orthopedic Impairment

Answer 26

Severe orthopedic impairment that affects the child’s educational performance

Question 27

Other Health Impairment

Answer 27

Any health issues or conditions that affect the child’s educational performance

Question 28

Perceptual motor development

Answer 28

The process of integrating sensory information with motor skills to coordinate body movements

Question 29

Phonics

Answer 29

Matching the sounds of spoken English with individual letters or groups of letters

Question 30

Readiness

Answer 30

Preparedness or willingness to do something

Question 31

Receptive Language

Answer 31

The ability to understand and comprehend spoken and written language

Question 32

Related services

Answer 32

Services required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education

Question 33

Referral

Answer 33

The process of requesting an evaluation for a student who is suspected of having a disability

Question 34

Resource room

Answer 34

Separate space within a school where students with disabilities or learning differences receive specialized instruction and support

Question 35

Response to intervention

Answer 35

Multi-tiered approach that schools use to help students with academic or behavioral challenges

Question 36

Self-contained classroom

Answer 36

Specialized setting where a single teacher instructs a group of students in multiple subjects

Question 37

Significant Developmental Delay

Answer 37

A delay in a child’s development in one or more: adaptive behavior, cognition, communication, motor development and emotional development.

Question 38

Specific Learning Disability

Answer 38

A disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or using language

Question 39

Speech/Language Impairment

Answer 39

Language or speech disorder that meets one or more of the following: articulation disorder, abnormal voice, fluency disorder, language disorder.

Question 40

Standard Score

Answer 40

A way to compare student performance to a standardization sample

Question 41

Stuttering

Answer 41

Speech disorder that involves involuntary repetitions, prolongations or blocks in speech

Question 42

Supplemental Aids and Services

Answer 42

Aids, services and other supports that are provided in general education classes or other education-related settings to enable students with disabilities to be educated with typically developing peers.

Question 43

Surrogate Parent

Answer 43

A person appointed by the SELPA who acts as a child’s parent for the purpose of the IEP process

Question 44

Task analysis

Answer 44

Clinical reasoning tool used by occupational therapists to evaluate a client’s performance in a task

Question 45

Transition Plan

Answer 45

Plan for transition services designed to promote movement from school to post-school activities

Question 46

Traumatic Brain Injury

Answer 46

An acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment that adversely affects a child’s educational performance

Question 47

Visual impairment and blindness

Answer 47

Students who are blind or have partial sight

Question 48

Vocational Preparatory program

Answer 48

A course or instructional program that prepares students for a specific trade or occupation