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| a dual disability involving vision and hearing impairment |
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| a disability of unexpected underachievement typically involving reading that is resistant to treatment |
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| head injury causing reduced cognitive function, limited attention, and impulsivity |
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| vision is still useful for learning or the execution of a task |
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| not having a functional use of sight |
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| a category of blindness used to qualify for federal and state benefits |
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| blindness present at birth or occuring in early infancy |
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| blindness acquired after the age of 2 |
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| hearing impairments due to damage or obstruction to the outer or middle ear that obstructs transfer of sound to the inner ear |
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| sensorineural hearing loss |
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| hearing impairment dur to damage to the inner ear or the auditory nerve |
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| the amount of functional hearing a person has |
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| having lost the ability to hear before developing language |
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| having lost the ability to hear after developing language |
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| noise inducted hearing loss |
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| a major cause of sensorineural hearing loss due to the damage to the hair cells from the sustained noise in the environment |
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| impaired mental functioning, limited adaptive behaviors, need for supports, and initial occurance before age 18 |
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| the term used in IDEA for emotional or behavioral disorders |
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| A chronological delay in the appearance of normal developmental milestones achieved during infancy and early childhood, caused by organic, psychological, or environmental factors. |
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| the term used in IDEA 04 for physical disabilities resulting in special hearlth care needs |
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| having one or more disability at once |
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| speech or language impairment |
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| abnormal speech that in unintelligible, is unpleasant, or interferes with communication |
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| one of the autistic spectrum disorders, ranges from low to high functioning |
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| Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: ensures a free and appropriate education and services without cost to the family |
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| Individualized Education Program: Management tool to identify and organize needed services |
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| Individualized Family Service Plan: Identifies and organized services and resources for infants and toddlers (B-3yrs) and their families |
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| Least Restrictive Environment: Educational placement with the most inclusion and integration with typical learners as possible and appropriate |
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| Free Appropriate Public Education: Ensures that students with disabilities receive necessary education and services without cost to the family |
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| Learning Disability: A disability of unexpected underachievement typically involving reading that is resistant to treatment |
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| Mental Retardation/ Intellectual Disability: Impaired intellectual functioning, limited adapted behavior, need for supports and initial occurrence before age 18 |
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| increases access to the curriculum and instruction for all students |
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| Emotional Behavioral Disability/ Emotional Disturbance: A disability characterized by behavioral or emotional responses very different from all norms and referent groups with adverse affects on education performances |
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| Traumatic brain injury- head injury causing reduced cognitive function, limited attention, an impulsivity |
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| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A condition of hyperactivity, impulsivity, inattention; included in other health impairments |
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| Autism Spectrum Disorders-a group of disorders with similar characteristics including difficulties with communication, social interaction, and manneristic behaviors |
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| Culturally and Linguistically Diverse: Being from a cultural group that is not of mainstream America and having home or native language that is not English |
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| English Language Learners: Students learning English as their second language |
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| Council of Exceptional Children: the voice and vision of special education |
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| Americans with Disabilities Act: Antidiscrimination legislation guaranteeing basic civil rights to people with disabilities |
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| No Child Left Behind Act: Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act mandating higher standards for both students and teachers, including an accountability system |
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| Adequate Yearly Progress is the minimum level of performance that school districts and schools must achieve each year as determined under the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. |
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| Maryland School Assessment: a test of reading and math achievement that meets the testing requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. |
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| High School Assessment: tests that measure school and individual student progress toward Maryland's High School Core Learning Goals in English, Government, Algebra/Data Analysis, and Biology. Passing the HSA is a graduation requirement beginning with the graduating class of 2009 |
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| Voluntary State Curriculum/State Curriulum-defines what students should know and be able to do at each grade level (Pre-K – 8) in four content areas: reading/English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. |
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| Positive behavioral interventions and supports-a three tiered model of support offering progressively more intensive levels of intervention |
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| Functional Behavior Assessments: A process in which interviews, observations, and environmental manipulations are conducted to determine why certain behaviors occur; behavioral evaluations to determine the exact nature of problem behaviors |
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| Behavior Intervention Plan: Includes a functional assessment and procedures to prevent and intervene for behavioral infractions |
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| Augmentative and alternative communication devices: Other methods for communicating, such as communication boards, communication books, sign language, and computerized voices; assistive technology that helps individuals communicate, including devices that actually produce speech |
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| Response to Intervention: A multitiered prereferral method of increasingly intensive interventions; used to identify “nonresponders” or students with learning disabilities |
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