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| Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas |
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| 1979- tests cannot be sole determinants of placement in classes for students with MR/ID |
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| Diana vs. State Board of Education of California |
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| 1970- cannot use English IQ tests to place ESL learners into special education classes |
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| Mills vs. Board of Education |
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| 1972- lack of funds is no excuse for failing to educate students with learning and behavior problems |
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| Irving Independent School District vs. Tatro |
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| 1984- Catheterization necessary for child with physical disabilities; obligation of school district |
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| Board of Education of the Hendick Hudson Central School District vs. Rowley |
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| 1982- court defines FAPE as giving students a reasonable opportunity to learn rather than an education that allows students to maximize potential |
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| 1988- lead to the Javits Act for Gifted and Talented |
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| PARC vs. Commonwealth of Pennslyvania |
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| 1972- children with MR/ID entitled to FAPE, preferably regular classrooms in public schools; lead to Sec 504 |
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| Cedar Rapids Community School District vs. Garrett F |
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| 1999- expanded and clarified concept of related services to include intensive continuous school health care services necessary for student to attend school; lead to No Child Left Behind |
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| curriculum that reflects diversity and cultures of society |
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| Disproportionate Representation |
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| under and over representation of students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in terms of educational classification and placement |
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| Universal Design for Learning |
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| process for considering the needs of all students in the classroom and designing curriculum, instruction and evaluation with sufficient flexibility so that each student benefits |
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Individualized Education Plan
IEP must be developed for every student with disabilities that qualifies for sevices between ages 3-21 (IDEA)
includes child's present level of performance, measurable annual goals, services provided |
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| prereferral intervention within the context of early intervening services and a method of determining eligibility for special education |
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| Multidisciplinary Collaboration |
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| assessment and IEP development are completed independently by each professional |
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| Interdisciplinary Collaboration |
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| assessment and IEP development are usually completed jointly by all staff members |
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| Transdisciplinary Collaboration |
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| all aspects of students' educational programs are implemented jointly |
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| an individualized management tool/document designed to ensure that a student with a disability receives an education appropriate to their needs. |
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| Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act |
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| 1973- authorizes federal support for the rehabilitation and training of individuals with physical and mental disabilities |
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| Education for all Handicapped Children Act |
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| 1990- reauthorized and named IDEA |
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| Americans with Disabilities Act |
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| 1990- equal opportunity to participate in community, access to supplementary aids and services, and prohibits discrimination in employment |
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| No Child Left Behind 2001 |
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| highly qualified teachers using methods based on scientific research working towards adequate yearly progress |
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| public schools cannot exclude any individual from an education, regardless of severity of disability |
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| local districts must identify, locate, and evaluate all children residing in the district with disabilities that need special education |
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cognitive characteristics of LD
Attention |
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cognitive characteristics of LD
Perception |
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| perceptual problems- how the brain interprets what is seen or heard |
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cognitive characteristics of LD
Memory |
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cognitive characteristics of LD
Metacognition |
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| information processing and relating new info to previous info |
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academic characteristics of LD
Reading |
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| phonological awareness, oral fluency, comprehension |
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academic characteristics of LD
Oral Language |
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| phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics |
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academic characteristics of LD
Written Language |
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| motor coordinatrion, spelling, homonyms, puncutation, capitalization, composition skills |
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academic characteristics of LD
Mathematics |
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| math facts, computational skills, measurement, geometry, time, problem solving |
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social characteristics of LD
Motivation |
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| seemingly "not motivated to learn", external locus of control, learned helplessness |
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social characteristics of LD
Social Perception & Competence |
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| lower self-esteem, less accepted by peers, rejected by classmates, lower social status, easily bullied and made fun of |
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| an approach that uses the students' response to high-quality instruction to guide educational decisions including instruction, intervention, eligability for special programs, and design of IEPs |
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| Universal Design for Learning (goal) |
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| for each student to have access to the curriculum in a way that promotes the most learning for that individual |
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| Differentiated Instruction |
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| responding to the differing cognitive needs of academically diverse learners in the classroom through adjustments in pacing, method of presentation, or degree of complexity of info |
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1. predominantly inattentive
2. predominantly hyperactive/impulsive
3. combined |
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1. stimulant- ritalin, adderall
2. antidepressant- prozac, zoloft
3. antihypertensives- clonidine, tenex |
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| What are the 4 mental activities associated with executive functions> |
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1. working memory
2. self-directed speech
3. controls of emotions and motivation
4. reconstitution |
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Identify classroom demands
Note student strengths and needs
Check for success
Look for problem areas
Use info to brainstorm
Differentiate instruction
Evaluate progress |
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| a condition exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics over a long period of time and to a marked degree that adversely affects educational performance |
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| Oppositional Defiant Disorder |
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| a conduct disorder where students seek control through behavior, are defiant with adults, and vindictive with peers |
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| students who are socially maladjusted intentionally act out or break rules have a _______ ________ |
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| a specific type of Emotional Disturbance that could include depression or bi-polar disorder |
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readily identified aggressive and act out behaviors
EX- uses physical and or verbal means to force the submission of others, noncompliant with reasonable requests, argues excessively, persistent patters of stealing/lying/cheating, persistent pattern of tantrums, etc. |
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withdrawal symptoms easy to overlook
EX- obsessions with thoughts/ideas, depression, feelings of worthlessness, suddenly or frequently cries, complains of headache or stomache ache, suicidal thoughts, often bullied or teases, etc. |
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| a specific type of Emotional Disturbance that could include OCD or PTSD |
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| significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period that adversely affects a child's educational performance |
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| deficits in self-care, social skills, communication, home living, work, self-direction, leisure, health and safety, etc. |
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| identifies the sequence of skills needed to complete a task by breaking tasks into small steps, explicitly teaching each step |
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| helps students shift from school to adulthood, required by IDEA |
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