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ECE I Special Needs
Special Needs Vocabulary (Standards 7-9)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) (began in 1975) | a United States federal law that governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education, and related services to children with disabilities |
| Inclusion | students with special educational needs spend most or all of their time with non-disabled students |
| IEP (Individual Education Plan) | a written document that details a specialized education plan for a learning disabled child including learning difficulties & accommodations (USA) |
| Hearing impairment | Hearing loss exists when there is diminished sensitivity to the sounds normally heard |
| Visual Impairment | is vision loss (of a person) to such a degree as to qualify as an additional support need through a significant limitation of visual capability |
| Intellectual disability | is a broad concept encompassing various intellectual deficits, including mental retardation |
| EBD(Emotional and Behavior Disorder) | a child’s problems are due to a combination of factors affecting development – biological, environmental, psychological |
| Giftedness | intellectual ability significantly higher than average child, it may be general or specific. |
| Physical Disability | any body related impairment or dysfunction that causes learning or mobility needed for learning to be more difficult than usual. |
| Regulation 504 | a federal law designed to protect the rights of individuals with disabilities in programs and activities that receive Federal financial assistance |
| Accommodation | changing the way in which instruction is delivered or changing the way in which a student is expected to respond to instruction |
| ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) (began in 1990-roots in the Civil Rights Act of 1964) | a federal law that came into effect in 1992 and forbids discrimination against persons who are disabled. |
| ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) | significant difficulties of inattention or hyperactivity and impulsiveness or a combination of the two that hinder learning |
| BIP (Behavior Intervention Plan) | A written, specific, purposeful plan which describes positive behavioral interventions and supports and strategies that will be implemented to address goals for a student’s social, emotional, and behavioral development. |
| FAPE (Free and Appropriate Public Education) (part of the rehabilitation Act of 1973) | requires that a person with a disability who is in the school district’s jurisdiction, regardless of the nature or severity of the disability be provided an education. |
| Learning Disability | A condition that causes difficulties in acquiring knowledge and skills to the normal level expected of those of the same age. |
| Dyslexia | difficulty recognizing & thinking about specific sounds, difficulty decoding letters, rhyming, spelling and reading in general |
| Dysgraphia | difficulty gripping and writing, forming letters, organizing written expression, difficulty with sentence formation and structure. |
| Auditory Processing Deficit | difficulty distinguishing sounds, remembering what was said, keeping pace with spoken instructions, spelling, reading and writing. |
| IEP Team | the group consisting of the student, parent, teachers, counselor, and case manager that meet yearly to make the best decisions for the students benefit, |