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What are accommodations?
What does the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) guarantee?
Basic civil rights to people with disabilities
Define 'Array of Services'.
Constellation of special education services, personnel, and education placements
What is the Assistive Technology Act?
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What does Community-Based Instruction (CBI) entail?
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What does the term 'Congenital' refer to?
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What is a Continuum of Services?
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What is Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM)?
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Define 'Disabilities'.
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What are Due Process Hearings?
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What are Evidence-Based Practices in education?
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What is meant by Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)?
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Define 'Full Inclusion'.
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What is a Handicap?
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What are High-Incidence Disabilities?
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Define 'Inclusive Education'.
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What are Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)?
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Define 'Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)'.
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What does the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2004) do?
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What are Itinerants?
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Define the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE).
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What are Low-Incidence Disabilities?
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What does Mainstreaming mean?
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Define 'Multidisciplinary Teams'.
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What is the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB)?
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What is the Normal Curve?
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Who are Paraprofessionals?
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What does Perinatal mean?
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What does Prenatal refer to?
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Define 'Postnatal'.
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What is the Preferential Process?
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What is Prevalence in the context of disabilities?
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What are Pullout Programs?
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Define 'Related Services'.
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What does Response to Intervention (RTI) mean?
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What is Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973?
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What is Special Education?
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Who are Typical Learners?
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Study Notes
Key Terminology in Special Education
- Accommodations: Essential supports to offset disabilities, including modifications in assignments and assessments.
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): Legislation ensuring civil rights for individuals with disabilities to prevent discrimination.
- Array of Services: Comprehensive collection of special education services, including personnel and educational placements designed for various needs.
- Assistive Technology Act: Focuses on providing devices or services to help individuals manage their disabilities effectively.
- Community-Based Instruction (CBI): Instructional approach aimed at teaching functional skills in real-world settings where they naturally occur.
- Congenital: Refers to conditions that are present at birth or develop in early infancy.
- Continuum of Services: A structured flow of special education services, progressing through increasingly restrictive environments.
- Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM): A method for directly assessing students' academic progress in fundamental skills.
- Disabilities: Conditions resulting from impairments or medical issues affecting individuals.
- Due Process Hearings: Impartial proceedings for resolving disputes between parents and school staff over special education issues.
- Evidence-Based Practices: Instructional strategies supported by rigorous research validating their effectiveness.
- Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE): Guarantee that students with disabilities have access to educational opportunities tailored to their needs.
Educational Framework and Inclusion
- Full Inclusion: Model where special education services are exclusively provided within general education classrooms.
- Handicap: Refers to barriers or challenges posed by societal perceptions or by conditions affecting individuals.
- High-Incidence Disabilities: Categories of disabilities that are most frequently encountered in the special education system.
- Inclusive Education: Framework promoting access for students with disabilities to general curricula and school activities with peers without disabilities.
- Individualized Education Programs (IEPs): Customized plans developed collaboratively to identify and organize educational services for eligible students.
- Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP): Plan detailing services for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families from birth to age three.
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2004): Law ensuring students with disabilities receive appropriate education, building on earlier legislation from 1975.
- Itinerants: Specialists who provide services across multiple educational locations.
- Least Restrictive Environment (LRE): Placement ensuring students with disabilities are educated with their non-disabled peers to the maximum extent appropriate.
Special Education Services and Practices
- Low-Incidence Disabilities: Categories of disabilities that occur infrequently within the school population.
- Mainstreaming: Previous term for integrating students with disabilities into general school activities.
- Multidisciplinary Teams: Groups of professionals with diverse expertise working together to address the needs of specific students.
- No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB): Legislation aimed at improving educational standards and accountability for students and teachers.
- Normal Curve: Theoretical model representing the typical distribution of human characteristics, such as intelligence.
- Paraprofessionals: Support staff assisting licensed professionals in educational settings.
- Perinatal: Refers to the period surrounding childbirth.
- Prenatal: Relates to the time before birth.
- Postnatal: Pertains to the time after birth.
- Preferential Process: Preliminary steps taken before officially referring a child for special education evaluation.
- Prevalence: The total number of existing cases of a condition at a specific time.
- Pullout Programs: Special education services provided outside of the general education classroom for part of the school day.
- Related Services: Additional assistance from various specialized professionals to support individual educational needs.
- Response to Intervention (RTI): Tiered approach for identifying learning disabilities through escalating levels of intervention.
- Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973: Landmark law defining civil rights for individuals with disabilities.
- Special Education: Tailored education and services for students with disabilities or exceptional abilities.
- Special Education Categories: Classification system established by IDEA '04 to categorize disabilities among students.
- Typical Learners: Students without disabilities who engage in standard educational activities.
- Universal Design for Learning (UDL): Approach aimed at making educational curricula accessible to all students, promoting inclusivity.
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