EDA

Question 1

examples of special education teachers

Answer 1

Bilingual special educator, Early childhood special educator, Adapted physical education teacher

Question 2

Related services professionals

Answer 2

speech/lang pathologist (SLP),School psychologist,
Physical therapist (PT), School social worker, Educational interpreter, School nurse
Occupational therapist (OT),
Behavior specialist

Question 3

tier 2 of RTI- response to intervention and approaches may be implemented

Answer 3

ensures students receive early attention, ensures strategies are well- documented, uses continuous progress monitoring, and processes from group instruction to individual instruction

Question 4

IEP teams are also called

Answer 4

multidisciplinary team

Question 5

IEP stands for

Answer 5

individualized education program

Question 6

who is in an IEP team

Answer 6

Parents, gen educator, evaluation person, special educator, district representative, transition agency personnel (if student is 14 years old or older) and student (if student is 14 years old or older)

Question 7

Psychoeducational Evaluation/ Nondiscriminatory assessment procedures

Answer 7

Called psychoeducational evaluation or a nondiscriminatory assessment, tests for IQ, Administered by trained professionals (School psychologists),Testing form must take into account possible impact the suspected disability, Testing must be in the language with which child is most comfortable, and Include a variety of assessment tools

Question 8

parents rights in Special education

Answer 8

Full team members (IEP team)
Must be informed of their rights,
Must give permission for the initial evaluation, Have child tested in native lang, Child received a FAPE in his LRE
Notified in writing changes in child education plan, Access to dealing with disputes, Access to child’s records, Informed of child’s progress

Question 9

FAPE

Answer 9

free appropriate public education

Question 10

P.L. 94-142

Answer 10

Education for All Handicapped Act- 1975- basis for all special education practice moving forward, in order to receive federal funds, states must develop and implement policies that assure a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to all children with disabilities, later became the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

Question 11

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Answer 11

civil rights for all people with disabilities, prohibits discrimination based on disability in all programs which receive federal funds

Question 12

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Answer 12

extends protections to both public and private sectors, regardless of federal funding, is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability

Question 13

Core principles of IDEA

Answer 13

zero reject, FAPE, LRE, Nondiscriminatory Evaluation, Procedural Safeguards, Parent and Family rights to confidentiality

Question 14

students not covered by IDEA

Answer 14

Gifted, Students with SDHD, students who are at risk for school failure

Question 15

who receives special education under IDEA

Answer 15

autism spectrum disorder, speech or language impairments, orthopedic impairments, intellectual disabilities, traumatic brain injury, visual impairments (including blindness), developmental delays, specific learning disabilities, hearing impairments, multiple disabilities, emotional disturbance, other health impairment, deafness, deaf- blindness

Question 16

inclusive education or “inclusion”

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the education of students with disabilities with their typically developing peers in a general education classroom

Question 17

Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

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approach fir teaching and learning emphasizing the need to address in planning the entire diversity of student needs

Question 18

differentiated instruction

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modifying curriculum and instruction to meet the unique needs of individual learners

Question 19

evidence based practices (EBP)

Answer 19

those strategies that have been tested multiple times and approved by various experts in a particular field

Question 20

Supplementary aids and services

Answer 20

e.g. calculator, paraeducator, word processing program, and modified assignment

Question 21

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

Answer 21

is a piece of American legislation that ensures students with a disability are provided with a Free Appropriate Public Education that is tailored to their individual needs.

Question 21

what is a Individualized Education Program (IEP)

Answer 21

IFSP- individualized family structure plan, “Blueprint” of child’s special education services,
Highly individualized, Written by the IEP team, annual review,
Re-evaluation (3 year)

Question 22

Continuum of educational placements/ alternative placements

Answer 22

General education,Resource room,Separate class, Separate schools, Residential facility ,Other- hospital or homebound

Question 23

response to intervention (RTI)

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1. initial consideration of students problems, 2. response to intervention and approaches may be implemented, 3. screening

Question 24

Short-term objectives (aka benchmarks)

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steps or smaller tasks needed to achieve annual goals

Question 25

annual review (IEP)

Answer 25

Each year the IEP Committee is required to review the student’s existing IEP and present program. During this process, the Eligibility Committee will make recommendations upon review of records that will continue, change, revise or end the student’s special education program.

Question 26

annual goals (IEP)

Answer 26

statements of major accomplishments in a particular subject of behavior expected in a 12 month period

Question 27

Related services

Answer 27

transportation and such developmental, corrective, and other supportive services as are required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education

Question 28

testing for eligibility for Special education services

Answer 28

Vision and hearing
Intellectual-IQ- avg. is 100, 70 is the cut off for intellectual disability, Achievement- what you’ve learned at a certain age, processing disability, Social/ behavioral functioning, Develop mental history- go through mom pregnancy, delivery, and parenting of child. Looking at behavior, communication, physical development.
Does the child have a disability?
Does the disability adversely affect the child’s educational performance
Can the students needs be addressed through special education”
All questions have to be “yes”, if “no” the child has to go back to general education

Question 29

PARC v. Pennsylvania

Answer 29

The court ruled that the state could not deny an individual’s right to equal access to education based on an intellectual or developmental disability status

Question 30

Mills vs. Board of Education

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no child could be denied a public education because of “mental, behavioral, physical, or emotional handicaps or deficiencies.

Question 31

Diana v State Board of Education of CA

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This case challenged the use of English-only IQ tests to determine the placement of students in special education. Their objective was to have the students retested for special education in their primary language.

Question 32

Larry P. v Riles

Answer 32

in schools, blacks were being treated unfairly by placing them in special education based on the standardization of the present IQ tests. The court found that the IQ tests were designed with biases linked the white middle class culture, leaving black children at a natural disadvantage from both cultural and racial perspectives

Question 33

Brown v Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

Answer 33

the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional

Question 34

Honig vs. Doe

Answer 34

The Supreme Court further held that the “stay-put” provision of the Education of the Handicapped Act prohibited state or local school authorities from excluding disabled children from the classroom even for dangerous or disruptive conduct resulting from their disabilities.

Question 35

Irving Independent School District v Tatro

Answer 35

That court accepted the District Court’s conclusion that state law permitted qualified persons to administer CIC without the physical presence of a doctor, and it affirmed the award of relief under the Education of the Handicapped Act.