ED361 special ed key terms

IDEIA

Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act

504 plan

Implements reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities within the school setting

Reasonable accomodations

changes made to the instructional materials or environment (how they learn, not what)

Person with a disability

Those with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities 

Special education

Specially designed instruction, at no cost to the parents, to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability

Specially designed instruction

An adaptation made to the curriculum and or teaching strategies to meet the needs of an individual student (alters the curriculum, the “what”)

PLAAFP

Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance

Ability-Achievement discrepancy model

Reflects achievement (actual) that is unexpected considering the students potential (IQ)

Patterns of Strengths and Weaknesses model (PSW)

Analyzes patterns in cognitive process related to academic weakness

Response to Intervention model (RTI)

Involves three tiers of increasingly intensive instruction

What is the federally preferred model for SLD evaluation?

RTI