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Ch. 1
Exceptionality & Special Education
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Disability | an inability to do something, a diminished capacity to perform in a specific way (an impairment). |
| Handicap | a disadvantage imposed on an individual |
| Prevalence | refers to the percentage of a population or number of individuals having a particular exceptionality. |
| Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) | injury to the brain resulting in total or partial disability or psychosocial maladjustment that affects educational performance. |
| Special Educator | specially designed instruction that meets the unusual needs of an exceptional student and that requires special materials, teaching techniques, equipment, and/or facilities |
| Deinstitutionalization | a social movement starting in the 1960s where large numbers of people with intellectual disabilities and/or mental illness are moved from mental institutions into smaller community homes or into the homes of their families: recognized as a major catalyst |
| Inclusion | Mainstreaming; the idea of placing students with disabilities in general education classes and other school activities |
| Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA) | Public Law 94-142, became law in 1975 and is now known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Retitled in 1990 and reauthorized in 1997 and 2004. |
| Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) | Requires that to receive funds under the act, every school system in the nation must provide a free, appropriate public education for every child between the ages of 3 to 21, regardless of how or how seriously they are disabled. |
| Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) | Guarantees services to individuals with disabilities. Reauthorized in 2004. |
| Identification | |
| Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) | |
| Due Process | |
| Parent/Guardian/Surrogate Consultation | |
| Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) | |
| Nondiscriminatory Evaluation | |
| Confidentiality | |
| Personnel Development, In-Service | |
| American with Disabilities Act (ADA) | |
| Hydrocephalus |