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| Rational as to why we use person 1st language. |
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-Disability does not define a person
-Gives those with disabilities choices
-emphasis on abilities, not disabilities |
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Section 504
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 |
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-Guarantees basic civil rights to all people with disabilities
-Requires the provision of accommodations |
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PL 94-142
Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EHA) |
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-Guarantees FAPE in the LRE
-Requires each student to have an IEP |
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PL 99-457
EHA (reauthorized) |
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Definition
-Adds provisions of services to infants and toddlers
-Requires an IFSPs |
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PL 101-476
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) |
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Definition
-Changed the name of law retroactively
-Adds transition plans
-Adds autism as special education category
-Added traumatic brain injury to category |
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PL 101-336
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) |
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Definition
-Bars discrimination in employment, transportation, public accommodations and telecommunications
-Implements principles of normalization
-Requires phased-in accessibility of school buildings
-Insists on the removal of barriers inhibiting access and participation in society |
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PL 105-17
IDEA '97 (reauthorized) |
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-Adds ADHD to the "other health impairments" category
-Adds functional behavioral assessments and behavior intervention plans
-Altered transition plans to become an IEP component |
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PL 107-110
NCLB (reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act [ESEA]) |
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Definition
-Implemented a high-stakes accountability system based on student achievement
-Requires use of data-based practices and instruction
-Insists o highly qualified teachers |
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PL 108-364
Assistive Technology Act of 2004 (ATA) (reauthorized) |
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Definition
-Supports schools-to-work transition projects
-Continues a national Web site on assistive technology
-Assists states in creating and supporting device loan programs, financial loans |
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PL 108-446
IDEA '04 (reathorized) |
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Definition
-Requires special education teachers to be highly qualified
-Requires that all students with disabilities participate annually in either state and district testing with accommodations or in alternative assessments
-Eliminates IEP short-term objectives and benchmarks, except for those who use alternative assessments
-Changes identification procedures for learning disabilities
-Allows any student to to placed in a interim alternative educational setting for weapons, drugs, or violence |
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PL 110-235
Americans with Disabilities Amendment Act of 2000 |
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Definition
-Broadens definition of disability
-Provides that impairments or conditions that could limit a major life activity but are in remission still be considered disabilities |
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Term
| 6 Main Components of PL 94-142 |
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| FAPE, LRE, IEP, Parental Participation, Non-Discriminatory evaluation, Due Process |
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| Subsequent Reauthorizations of PL 94-142 |
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| 1987, 1990, 1997, and 2004 |
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| A free appropriate public education. No child can be rejected from a school. |
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| The least restrictive environment is the education environment that best meets the child's needs. |
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| The individual education plan is an educational roadmap for the child. It identifies there needs, services, and supports. |
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| Parents are equal partners in the special education process. |
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Term
| Non-discriminatory evaluation |
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| An evaluation as free of bias as possible. |
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Term
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| The system of checks and balances in special education. Anyone can file. |
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Term
| 14 Special Education Categories |
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Definition
| Autism, Deaf-Blindness, Deafness, Emotional Disturbance, Hearing Impairment, Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities, Orthopedic Impairment, Other Health Impairment, Specific Learning Disability, Speech or Language Impairment, Traumatic Brain Injury, Visual Impairment Including Blindness, Developmental Delay |
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| Pull-in programming, co-teaching, consultation/collaborative teaching, itinerant or consultative services, resource room, special education class(2), special education schools |
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| Pull-in Programming (full inclusion) |
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Definition
| All special education and related services are brought to the student in the general education classroom setting. |
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| General education and special education teachers teach together in the same classroom for the entire school day. Students may be "pulled out" for related services. |
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| Consultation/collaborative teaching |
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Definition
| General education and special education teachers work together to met the needs of students with special needs. Students are seldom removed from the general education class. |
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| Itinerant or consultative services |
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Definition
| The teacher and/or student receives assistance from a specialist who may serve many students at many schools. |
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| Resource Room (pullout programming) |
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| Student attends a regular class most of the day but goes to a special education class several hours per day or for blocks of time each week. |
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| Special education class (partially self-contained) |
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Definition
| Student attends a special class but is integrated into regular education classes for a considerable amount of time each day. |
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| Special education class (self-contained) |
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Definition
| Student attends a special class most of the school day and is included in regular education activities minimally. |
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Term
| Special Education schools (center schools) |
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Definition
| Center schools-some private, others supported by the state-typically serve only students with a specific category of disability. Some offer residential services; others do not. |
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| Adaptive physical education, assistive technology, audiology, counseling services, diagnostic and evaluation services, occupational therapy, orientation and mobility training, physical therapy, school health services, social work, speech/language therapy, transportation. |
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| Adaptive physical education (therapeutic recreation) |
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Definition
| Assesses leisure function, provides therapeutic recreation and leisure education |
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| Assists with selection, acquisition, or use of any item, piece of equipment, or product system used to enhance functional capabilities |
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| Identifies and diagnoses hearing loss; determines proper amplification and fitting of hearing aids and other listening devices |
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| Counseling services/rehabilitative counseling |
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Definition
| Provides psychological and guidance services, including career development and parent counseling, develops positive behavior intervention strategies |
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| Diagnostic and evaluation services |
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| Improves, develops, or restores the ability to perform tasks or function independently |
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| Orientation and mobility training |
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| Enables students whop are blind or have low vision to move safely and independently at school and in the community |
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| Works to improve individuals motor functioning, movement, and fitness |
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| Provides health services designed to enable a student with a disability to participate in FAPE |
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| Mobilizes school and community resources and works in partnership with family members to resolve problems in a child's living situation that affect school adjustment |
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| Provides services for the prevention and treatment of communicative disorders |
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| Assists with travel to, from, between, and within school buildings, typically using specialized equipment |
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| Prereferral, referral, identification, eligibility, development of the IEP, Implementation of the IEP, Program evaluation/annual review |
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| First step in the IEP process that begins to determine a student's eligibility for special education services |
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| Learning more about the student's problem |
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| Testing and monitoring progress to be sure a disability exists |
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| Determining whether the student qualifies for an individualized education |
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| Specifying an individualized program |
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| Implementation of the IEP |
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| Multidisciplinary teams that guide individualized special education services for each student with a disability |
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| Prevention of overrepresentation |
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Definition
-improving access to health care
-guaranteeing universal vaccinations against disease
-ensuring safe living environments |
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Term
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Definition
-opportunities for unfair evaluations are created when an individual untrained in multicultural and bilingual techniques gives test
-content on test assumes specific knowledge
-diverse groups are not always represented in the standardization population |
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| Nondiscriminatory testing |
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Definition
| assessment that accounts for cultural and linguistic diversity |
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| Multidimensional approach to intelligence; allowing those exceptional in any one of eight areas to be identified as gifted |
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| Federal Intent of PL 94-142 |
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Definition
| Children dropping out of school, against civil rights, prevention and financing |
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