Special Educaton Review- Joanne Lvc

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Individualized Education Program (IEP)

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A written statement ofthe educational program designed to meet a child's individualneeds. Every child who receives special education services must have an IEP.

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The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

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A four-part (A-D) piece ofAmerican legislation that ensures students with a disability are provided withFree Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) that is tailored to their individualneeds.IDEA is composed of four parts,the main two being part A and part B.[1] Part A covers the general provisions of the law, Part B coversassistance for education of all children with disabilities, Part C coversinfants and toddlers with disabilities which includes children from birth toage three, and Part D is the national support programs administered at thefederal level. Each part of the law has remained largely the same since theoriginal enactment in 1975.

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Physical therapists (PTs)

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Highly-educated, licensed healthcare professionals who can help patients reduce pain and improve or restoremobility - in many cases without expensive surgery and often reducing the needfor long-term use of prescription medications and their side effects.Physicaltherapists can teach patients how to prevent or manage their condition so thatthey will achieve long-term health benefits.

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Universal design

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Refers to broad-spectrum ideas meant to produce buildings, products andenvironments that are inherently accessible to older people, people withoutdisabilities, and people with disabilities.

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communication disorder

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An impairment in the ability to receive, send,process, and comprehend concepts or verbal, nonverbal and graphic symbolsystems. A communication disorder may be evident in the processes of hearing,language, and/or speech. A communication disorder may range in severityfrom mild to profound.

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Speech-language pathologists (SLPs)

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work to prevent, assess,diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication,and swallowing disorders in children and adults.

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LRE

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Inthe U.S. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), leastrestrictive environment (LRE) means that a student who has adisability should have the opportunity to be educated with non-disabled peers,to the greatest extent appropriate.

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Positive Behavior Support (PBS)

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A process for understanding and resolving the problem behavior ofchildren that is based on values and empirical research. It offers an approachfor developing an understanding of why the child engages in problem behaviorand strategies for preventing the occurrence of problem behavior while teachingthe child new skills. Positive behavior support offers a holistic approach thatconsiders all factors that impact on a child and the child’s behavior. It canbe used to address problem behaviors that range from aggression, tantrums, andproperty destruction to social withdrawal.

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Child Find

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A legal requirement that schools find all childrenwho have disabilities and who may be entitled to special education services. ChildFind covers every child from birth through age 21. The school mustevaluate any child that it knows or suspects may have a disability.

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Transition services

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Activities that prepare students withdisabilities to move from school to post-school life. The activities must bebased on the student’s needs, preferences, and interests, and shall includeneeded activities in the following areas: Instruction.

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Specific learning disability

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A disorder in one or more of the basicpsychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spokenor written, that may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think,speak, read, write, spell or to do mathematical calculations, including conditionssuch as perceptual disabilities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction,dyslexia and developmental aphasia. The term does not include learning problemsthat are primarily the result of visual, hearing or motor disabilities, ofmental retardation, of emotional disturbance, or of environmental, cultural oreconomic disadvantage.

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Intellectual disability

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A disability characterized bysignificant limitations in both intellectual functioning and in adaptivebehavior, which covers many everyday social and practical skills. Thisdisability originates before the age of 18.

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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

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A generalterm for a group of complex disorders of brain development. These disordersare characterized, in varying degrees, by difficulties in social interaction,verbal and nonverbal communication and repetitive behaviors.

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Multiple disabilities

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concomitantimpairments (such as mental retardation blindness, mentalretardation-orthopedic impairment, etc.), the combination of which causes suchsevere educational needs that they cannot be accommodated in special educationprograms solely for one of the impairments.

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Developmental Delay

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when your child does not reach their developmentalmilestones at the expected times. It is an ongoing major or minor delayin the process of development. If your child is temporarily laggingbehind, that is not called developmental delay.