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Ch. 2
Current practices for Meeting the Needs of Exceptional Learners
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Accommodations | Changes in how instruction or assessment is delivered without changing curriculum content or difficulty. |
| Adaptations | Generally involve more significant instructional changes that may alter how content is taught and learned. |
| Classwide Peer Tutoring | All students tutor one another using structured academic activities. |
| Collaborative Consultation | the special ed or psychologist acts as an expert who provides advice to the general education teacher. |
| Cooperative Learning | an instructional strategy where students work in mixed-ability groups to achieve shared learning goals. |
| Co-Teaching | General and special education teachers jointly plan and teach in the same classroom. |
| Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) | form of progress monitoring. Brief, repeated assessments used to monitor student progress. |
| Early Intervening Services | Academic or behavioral supports for students not identified with disabilities. |
| Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) | A legal plan outlining early intervention services for young children and families. |
| Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) | Educating students with disabilities alongside nondisabled peers as much as appropriate. |
| Modifications | Changes that alter curriculum content, expectations, or performance criteria. |
| Multidisciplinary Team | A group of professionals and family members who plan and evaluate student services that include the student’s parent/guardian, a special education teacher, the student’s general education teacher, counselor, administrators, school psychologist. |
| Partial Participation | another instructional strategy. Students with disabilities take part in general education activities at a reduced level. |
| Peer Confederates | Peers trained to model and support appropriate academic or social behavior. |
| Peer Tutoring | One student helps another student learn academic or social skills. |
| Peer-Mediated Instruction | Peer-Mediated Instruction – Using peers to teach or support students’ academic or social learning. |
| Prereferral | Early interventions used to address difficulties before special education referral. |
| Progress Monitoring | Frequent assessments to track student learning and guide instruction. |
| Response to Intervention (RTI) | A tiered system of instruction and intervention based on student progress. |
| Screening Instruments | Tools used to identify students at risk for academic or behavioral difficulties. |
| Supported Employment | Competitive employment with ongoing supports for individuals with disabilities. |
| Tiered Assignments | Assignments at varying difficulty levels on the same topic to meet diverse needs. |
| Transition Plans | IEP plans that prepare students for life after high school. |