Week 4

Question 1

Why was there an education reform?

Answer 1

Economy shifted from manufacturing jobs to service jobs

HS grads need reasoning, cultural awareness, and communication skills

Question 2

Brown vs. BOE

Answer 2

1954

States must not demy an education to some while providing others

Question 3

PARC v. Commonwealth of PA

Answer 3

1971

Students with disabilities must be provided with full access to public ed.

Question 4

Section 504 of the Rehabilition Act of ____

Answer 4

1973

Students who fall under this mandate must receive regular or SPED and related aids and services that are designed to meet their needs (disability or not)

Question 5

Education for All Handicapped Children’s Act of ____

Answer 5

1975. (EAHCA)

All students must be provided with free and appropriate public ed. in least restrictive enviornment

Question 6

PL 99-457

Answer 6

1986

EAHCA Amendments

Expanded services for children from birth to 5 years who need SPED

Question 7

IDEA

Answer 7

1997 and 2004

Requirements of students with disabilities
-regular curriculum
assessments must be nondiscriminatory, multiddisciplinary

Question 8

No Child Left Behind

Answer 8

2001

Accountability of students performance
Hallmark: high stakes testing

Question 9

Response to Intervention (RTI)

Answer 9

Framework for addressing diverse learning needs of all students at a school

• prevent failure
• identify students with learning disabilities

Abandonment of the discrepancy formula

Question 10

Discrepancy formula

Answer 10

Assessment of IQ. If there was a discrepancy between IQ and learning ability, there were labeled with LD and made large caseloads`

Question 11

RTI Tier 1

Answer 11

Universal Instruction (Primary Prevention)

Question 12

What is the SLPs role in Tier 1?

Answer 12

No consensus about role
One point of view- participation not practical without a small case load
Could help the teacher with literacy-rich environment, scheduling of literacy activities (min 90 min/day), measurement of student progress

Question 13

RTI Tier 2

Answer 13

Targeted Interventions

For students that do not respond as expected; intensive targeted interventions

Question 14

What is the SLPs role in Tier 2?

Answer 14

Intensive supplementary instruction and progress monitoring for children who do not respond to Tier 1 (inadequate progress in phonological awareness)

Secondary prevention still preferable to formal assessment for SPED eligibility (helps w/overidentification)

Question 15

Options for SLP Role in Tier 2?

Answer 15

Code based intervention (SLP as partner/collab) - good for the child with reading-related difficulties

Oral language focused intervention (taught by SLP)

Question 16

RTI Tier 3

Answer 16

Specialized treatments (tertiary prevention)

Question 17

Common Core State Standards

Answer 17

Benchmarks that help teachers ensure students have the skills and knowledge they need to be successful

State-led clear educational standards for language arts and math

Designed to make sure graduating seniors have conceptual and practical knowledge to succeed in college/work force

Question 18

Role of SLP in CCSS

Answer 18

Develop awareness of content standards their students are to learn

Use a standards-based approach to develop goals that are connected to standards

Question 19

Six principles to help integrate CCSS

Answer 19

1. Focus on student outcomes
2. Ensure educational relevance
3. Establish distinct but complementary roles between SLP and teacher
4. Develop grade-level indicators as checkpoints
5. Address the continuum of need w/ increasing levels of frequency, duration, intensity and individualization
6. Work with teachers to determine balance b/t teaching functional life skills and following a standards-based curriculum

Question 20

Creating standards-based IEPs

Answer 20

Review CCSS for grade level
Determine student’s performance in relation to standards
Review child’s IEP goals relating to communication skills
Review classroom materials
Collaborate with teachers
Design and implement interventions

Question 21

Universal Design for Learning

Answer 21

Framework for teaching and learning
Variability of all learners
Based on three learning networks: recognition network, strategic network, and effective network