Midterm Flashcards
(21 cards)
What is NCLB?
No Child Left Behind
What is IDEA?
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
What is LRE?
Least Restrictive Environment. Important part of IDEA.
What is the first step in referral to special education?
Contacting the parents and getting their permission to work in-depth with their child.
Do we write goals for an entire grade or for individual students?
Individual students.
What does NCLB dictate when it comes to standardized tests?
All students need to participate in state and district tests. All students need access to Common Core in their least restrictive environment.
What are the five types of co-teaching? (need to be able to name and describe three)
Lead+ support: assistance to individuals (one teacher uses a lecture, and the other leads the activity)
Station teaching: groups receive individual content (one teacher instructs on grammar, the other on descriptive vocabulary)
Parallel teaching: two groups, but teaching the same content
Alternative: one teacher takes on the whole class, the other has small groups.
Team teaching: both teachers teach the same content at the same time
What is accommodation?
teaching supports…the “how”
written on IEP, but some not allowed
help students show what they know
examples: extended time, own space for test-taking
What is modification?
change depth of knowledge or curriculum expectations (different from grade level)
must be clear in an IEP
What is the difference between accommodation and modification?
Modification is more official and needs a lot more paperwork. Accommodation does not change the material, but how the student interacts with the material.
What is the difference between categorical and cross-categorical approach to identification in special education?
Categorical: identification by specific disability. A label that might turn students + parents away from help.
Cross-categorical: based on severity of disability, don’t need to know specifics (just mild, moderate, severe, etc.) focus on student’s strengths rather than their weaknesses.
Why is establishing and teaching classroom rules and expectations a proactive strategy for addressing challenging behavior?
If students know what is expected of them and the consequences of breaking the rules, then they can be more conscientious about their behaviors and their effects.
Who should be involved in the IEP team and what are their roles?
SPED Teacher (well-versed in all things SPED), Classroom teacher (need to know how to change instruction to fit the students’ IEP), Parents/relatives (KEY, know their children the best), counselors, school system representative, transition services agency representatives, others w/knowledge or special expertise about the Child, person who can interpret evaluation results, child (if appropriate)
What is PLAAFP? Why is it important?
Present Level of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance.
In cross-categorical, this displays the strengths and interests/preferences of the student
What are the 4 major disabling conditions as defined by IDEA? Can you give a teaching strategy for each?
Intellectual disabilities (give step-by-step, clear directions, use visuals and model behavior, connect lesson to the students)
ADHD (teach self-management and self-determination skills, connect effort and skills to outcomes, make lessons engaging and fun, allow for movement, give them secret signal)
Learning disabilities (focus on reading and spelling, meaningful tasks that apply their learning style, repetition, use strengths to help weaknesses)
Emotional/Behavioral Disorders (explicitly teach positive behaviors, reward desirable behavior, FBA)
What is an FBA?
Functional Behavior Analysis.
Strengths, behaviors, interests, preferences of child
what they can do, not what they can’t do
performance deficit (practiced) vs. skills deficit (taught)
important to include non-examples so that students don’t get into trouble unnecessarily
includes comparison to grade-level peers
What is a BIP?
Behavior Intervention Plan
Strategies for teaching and supporting and reinforcing students
link to the function
includes implementation plan
What are the ABC’s of behavior? How do they affect FBAs and BIPs?
Antecedent: condition or context in which the skill should be performed
Behavior/response: measurable and observable. What is the function (reinforcement: increase behavior. Positive vs. negative. Negative: escape = teacher driven, avoid = student-driven. Punishment: decrease.)
Consequence: what happens after the behavior?
also, Criteria: what is the focus? Accuracy, duration, frequency, intensity, length of time, how often data will be collected.
Give some examples of assisted technology and define what it is.
Cowriter: this is a word guess system, like Autocorrect on our phones. It can guess your word, then read it back to you.
Audiobooks: students can listen to their favorite books. This could also just be a recording of the teacher’s repeating the directions.
Grasshopper - Bitsboard: make study games so flashcards are more fun.
What is FAPE?
Free and Appropriate Public Education
What is IEP?
Individualized Education Plan
