Urso SPED 382

first quiz terms

Autism

Developmental disability significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal
communication and social intervention

deaf-blindness

Concomitant hearing and visual impairments, the combination of

which causes such severe communication and other developmental and educational

problems that they cannot be accommodated in special education programs solely for

children with deafness or children with blindness.

Development Delay

For children ages 3 through 9, a state and local education

agency (LEA) may choose to include as an eligible "child with a disability" a child

who is experiencing developmental delays in one or more of the following areas:

• physical development

• cognitive development

• communication development

• social or emotional development

• adaptive development

emotional disability

A condition exhibiting one or more of the following char-

acteristics over a long period of time and to a marked degree that adversely affects a

child's educational performance:

• An inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health

factors

• An inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers

and teachers

• Inappropriate types of behaviors or feelings under normal circumstances

• A general pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression

• A tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or

school problems

The term includes schizophrenia. The term does not apply to children who are so-

cially maladjusted, unless it is determined that they have an emotional disturbance.

hearing impairment

An impairment in hearing, whether permanent or fluctuating,

that adversely affects a child's performance but that is not included under the defini-

tion of deafness in this section.

deafness

A hearing impairment so severe that the

child is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing, with or with-

out amplification, that adversely affects a child's educational performance.)

Intellectual Disability:

Significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning, ex-

isting concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the devel-

opmental period,

Multiple Disabilities:

Concomitant impairments (such as intellectual disability-

orthopedic impairment) the combination of which causes such severe educational

problems that the problems cannot be accommodated in special education programs

solely for one of the impairments. The term does not include deaf-blindness.

Orthopedic Impairment:

A severe orthopedic impairment that adversely affects a

child's educational performance. The term includes impairments caused by congenital

anomaly (e.g., clubfoot, absence of some member), impairments caused by disease

(e.g., poliomyelitis, bone tuberculosis), and impairments from other causes (e.g., cere-

bral palsy, amputations, and fractures or burns that cause contractures).

Other Health Impairment:

Having limited strength, vitality, or alertness due to

chronic or acute health problems, such as a heart condition,

Specific Learning Disability:

A disorder in one or more of the basic psychological

processes involved in understanding or using language, spoken or written, which may

manifest itself in the imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do

mathematical calculations.

Speech or Language Impairment:

A communication disorder, such as stuttering,

impaired articulation, a language impairment, or a voice impairment that adversely

affects a child's educational performance.

Traumatic Brain Injury:

An acquired injury to the brain caused by an external physical force, resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment

Visual Impairment:

An impairment in vision that, even with correction, adversely

affects a child's educational performance. The term includes both partial and total

sight blindness.

IDEA 2004

• federal special education law that covers children ages Birth to age 22 in NYS/age 21 in the federal law. 

IDEA

Mandates free and appropriate public education, requires specially designed instruction which must be provided in the LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT.

ADA 1990 american with Disabilities Act):

federal civil rights law for persons with disabilities. prohibits discrimination, BIRTH TO DEATH LAW

ESSA 2015 (every student succeeds act)

Reauthorization of No Child Left Behind of 2001; Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1966. make sure public schools provide a quality education for all students.

IESP

individualized education service program same as a IEP just for students who are attending homeschooling or private school

RTI/MTSS

 Response to intervention/Multiple Tiered Systems of Support – a general education initiative to provide increasingly supportive intervention services (both academic and behavior) to children who fail to meet benchmark performance. 

FBA

functional behavior assessment – determines the function of behavior in order to plan an effective BIP.

BIP

 behavior intervention plan – a plan that is based on data collected during the FBA to improve or support pro-social behaviors.