Ch. 1 &2

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Assessment

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process that involves collecting information about a student for the purpose of making decisions

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Autism

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developmental disability significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal communication and social interactions generally evident by age 3

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Consent for evaluation

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means of ensuring that parents have both full knowledge of school actions& involvement in the decision making process

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Due process

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right to an impartial hearing if parents do not agree with decisions made about their child in the assessment proess

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Emotional disturbance

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disability where by a child of typical intelligence has difficulty, overtime and to a marked degree, with various emotional and behavioral issues

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Evaluation

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evaluation of a child's academic, intellectual, psychological, emotional, perceptual, language, cognitive and medical development.

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IDEA 2004

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Individual with Disabilities Education Improvement Act- the federal law that guarantees a "free and appropriate education" to all children with disabilities

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IEP -Individual Education Program

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document that sets forth the short-term and long-term goals of each child who is classified in special education

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Informed consent

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the rights of parents to know exactly what will happen to their children in the process of assessment

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Mental Retardation (Intellectual Disability)

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significantly sub average general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior

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Multiple Disabilities

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manifestation of two or more disabilities (such as MR/Id and blindness)the combination of which requires special accommodations for maximal learning

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Orthopedic impairment

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physical disabilities including congenital impairments, caused by disease, and impairments from other causes

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Recommendation

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concerning educational placement and programs that need need to be made to the school, teacher and parents

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specific learning disability

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a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or using language spoken or written

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transitions services

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programs to help students in special education make the transitions from high school to college or vocational career

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traumatic brain injry

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acquired injury to the brain caused by an external physical force, resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment or both

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zero reject

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all students have the right to a pubic school education and cannot be excluded because of a disability.

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task analysis

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involves breaking down a particular task into basic sequential steps, or skills necessary to accomplish a task