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Kyndall Carroll-Ch 2
Chapter 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pre-referral | The process of referring a child suspected of a disability to a multidisciplinary team. This team decides what the students needs in order to improve their learning. |
| Multidisciplinary Team | A team of individuals from different disciplines (teachers, parents, psychologists, etc). |
| Response to Intervention (RTI) | A student's change/lack of changes in academics or behavior as a result of instruction. |
| Screening Instruments | Used to identify students who may be at increased risk of school failure and to collect data to determine the effectiveness of instruction so appropriate decisions can be made. |
| Progress Monitoring | Frequent, quick-and-easy measures that teachers give at regular intervals. Provides information on whether a student is learning as expected. |
| Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) | Involves a students' responses to their usual instructional materials. Direct and frequent samples of performance from their curriculum. |
| Early Intervening Services | IDEA allows for academic or behavioral supports or related services for K-12. No more than 15% of IDEA funds may be used for these efforts. (For students who are not identified with a disability but need support for success). |
| Individualized Education Program (IEP) | Ensures the student receives the instruction needed to succeed as much as possible. Legal document describing educational services that an individual student needs |
| Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) | Services for children with disabilities (ages 0-3) and their families. |
| Transition Plans | A student's IEP that specifies the student's goals and services related to high school -> post high school experiences. |
| Supported Employment | Method of integrating people with disabilities who can't work independently into competitive employment. |
| Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) | Exceptional children must be educated in as normal an environment as possible. |
| Cooperative Learning | Instructional strategy many proponents of inclusion believe is an effective way to integrate students with disabilities into groups with non-disabled peers. |
| Peer-Mediated Instrustion | Deliberate use of a student's classroom peer(s) to assist in teaching an academic or social skill. |
| Peer Tutoring | Integrates students with disabilities into general education classrooms. Based on the notion that students can effectively tutor one another. The role of the learner can be either student. |
| Peer Confederates | Peers who assist the teacher. |
| Classwide Peer Tutoring (CWPT) | All students in the class are involved in tutoring and being tutored by classmates on specific skills as directed by their teacher. |
| Partial Participation | Students with disabilities participate, on a reduced basis, in all activities experienced by all students the general education classroom. |
| Modifications | Amended materials or assignments that differ from changes in curricula or instructional strategies. |
| Accomodations | Changes in instruction that don't significantly change the content or difficulty level of the curriculum. |
| Adaptations | Significant modifications of instruction than accommodations. |
| Tiered Assignments | Adaptations where teachers provide choices of varying difficulty for assignments on a single topic. |
| Universal Design | The design of new buildings, tools, and instructional programs to make them usable by the widest population of users possible. |
| Universal Design for Learning (UDL) | Designing lessons that are appropriate for all learners. |
| Cochlear Implantations | A surgical procedure that allows deaf people to hear environmental sounds. (Microphone-> Ear). |