Midterm Flashcards
What is person first language?
Using the person before the disability. A child with down syndrome.
What is identity-first language?
Talking about the disability before the person. Ex. a deaf person.
What is the purpose of IDEA?
To provide all students with equal and fair opportunities for education.
What is meant by Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)? Who is eligible for a FAPE?
It is a means to provide free education suite to the individual needs of the student. It is eligible for each student who has a disability that adversely affects their school performance.
List and define the 6 major principles of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
- Zero Reject - schools must educate all children with disabilities
- Nondiscriminatory Identification and Evaluation - Evaluators must be knowledgeable and trained.
- FAPE - free public education
- Least Restrictive Environment - Students should be able to me in the environment that is best suited for them.
- Parent and Student Participation in Shared Decision Making - Parents and students should be involved in planning processes of the IEP.
- Procedural Safeguards - Parents have to give consent.
What is the intent of LRE?
To provide the student with the best environment suited to their needs.
Categories under IDEA
Autism, deaf-blindness, deafness, emotional disturbance, hearing impairment, intellectual disability, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, specific learning disability, speech or language impairment, traumatic brain injury, visual impairment (including blindness)
What are the required components of the IEP?
Referral, evaluation, eligibility determination, IEP development, IEP implementation, annual review, re-evaluation
How often should an IEP be reviewed?
Annually
What age range is served by an IEP?
3-21
Who would be appropriate members of the IEP team?
Parents, students, counselors, principal, teacher, SPED teacher, OT, PT, etc.
How does the Endrew F Case impact setting goals in a student’s IEP?
Goals should be reasonable and achievable and should promote growth and learning.
What is meant by zero-reject?
All students deserve the right to be educated. Schools have to educate all children with disabilities.
What is meant by nondiscriminatory evaluations?
Evaluators must be knowledgeable and trained, use a variety of instruments, multifactor methods of evaluation
Who is eligible for section 504 accommodations?
All students who have a physical or mental disability that substantially limits one or more major life activities including, but not limited to, learning.
Who is recommended to oversee compliance?
Principal and superintendent
Who is responsible for providing accommodations to the student who qualifies?
Teachers
What are examples of major life activities?
walking, seeing, speaking, learning, breathing, thinking, caring for one’s self, etc.
What services are considered related services? How are they funded?
transportation, speech-language pathology, audiology, school health services, parent/counseling training. State funds
Steps of the referral process?
- referral
- evaluation
- eligibility determination
- IEP development
- IEP implementation
- Annual Review
- Re-evaluation
What is due process? when is it used?
Intended to protect the rights of students with disabilities. Used when there are disagreements between parents and the school district.
what steps of the SPED process are parents required to be involved in?
IEP planning
What are some accommodations and strategies to help students with learning disabilities?
Give responses in spoken or written form, Dictate answers to a scribe, spell checker, word processor, give more time for a task or test, give extra time to process spoken information, frequent breaks, work in a different setting, sit where they learn best, use sensory tools, complete different homework problems than peers
What is UDL? some examples?
Universal design for learning aims to make learning more accessible and effective for all students regardless of their individual differences, text-to-speech tools, visual aids, interactive simulations
