Special Education Flashcards

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Adaptive behavior

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

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Articulation impairment

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The inability to produce speech sounds correctly

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Auditory Processing Disorder (APD)

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A neurodevelopmental disorder that affects how the brain processes sounds.

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Autism

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

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Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP)

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

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Criterion-referenced Test

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Measures individual performance compared to an acceptable standard

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Deaf/blind

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

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Deaf/Hard of Hearing

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Hearing loss or impairment

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Decode

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Convert into intelligible language

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Due Process

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

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Eligibility

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The state of having the right to do or obtain something

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Emotional & Behavioral Disorder

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

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Expressive Language

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Production of language for communicating with other people

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Extended School Year (ESY or EYS)

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

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Fine motor coordination

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Pertains to usage of small muscle groups

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Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA)

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

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Gross motor coordination

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Pertains to usage of large muscle groups

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Individualized Education Program

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

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Intellectual Disability

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

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Intelligence Quotient (IQ)

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The score obtained on a test of mental ability

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Language Impairment

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Disorders that involve the processing of linguistic information

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Least restrictive environment

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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

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Mainstreaming

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

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Modifications

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

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Norm-referenced Test

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

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Orthopedic Impairment

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Severe orthopedic impairment that affects the child’s educational performance

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Other Health Impairment

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

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Perceptual motor development

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

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Phonics

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

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Readiness

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Preparedness or willingness to do something

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Receptive Language

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The ability to understand and comprehend spoken and written language

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Related services

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

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Referral

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

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Resource room

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

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Response to intervention

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

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Self-contained classroom

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

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Significant Developmental Delay

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

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Specific Learning Disability

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

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Speech/Language Impairment

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

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Standard Score

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A way to compare student performance to a standardization sample

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Stuttering

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

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Supplemental Aids and Services

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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.

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Surrogate Parent

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

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Task analysis

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

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Transition Plan

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

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Traumatic Brain Injury

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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

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Visual impairment and blindness

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Students who are blind or have partial sight

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Vocational Preparatory program

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