edu 250 exam terms/definitions

Behavior intervention plan

Interventions, techniques and strategies to assist in supporting a specific students behavior. Required by law.

Chunking

Organizing material into manageable parts

Collaborative consultation

A problem solving process in which one individual offers expertise and assistance to another

Concrete

Level of learning in math where students manipulate physical materials to find solutions

Criterion referenced tests

Tests that provide data for planning. Based on student mastery of a task

Commute on special education (CSE)

Store student special education records, opens all initial referalls and assigns a CSE case number for public school students. The CSE also manages all special education issues for non-public schools (public, parochial) and charter schools.

Abstract

Level of learning where students can understand symbols without the use of concrete objects

Accommodation plan

Required by 504 that included necessary information to enable a student to have equal access.

Antecedent

Events that occur before a target practice

Benchmarks

Short term objectives on IEP’s

Curriculum based measurement (CBM)

Assessment that directly measures and charts students progress using academic tasks

Differentiated instruction

Using a variety of strategies and techniques to reach all learners

Expressive language

Spoken language that is meaningful to others

Free and appropriate public education (FAPE)

An educational right of children with disabilities in the United States that is guaranteed by the rehabilitation act of 1973 and idividuals with disabilities education act (IDEA)

Formative assesments

Onging,informal, assessments that occur during instruction over a specified period of time

Frequency/event recoridng

A method of collecting data on a students target behavior that is discrete and countable within a specified time period

Functional behavioral assessment (FBA)

A problem solving process aimed at identifying the purpose of function of a behavior

Individuals with disabilities act (IDEA)

Is a law ensuring services to children with disabilities throughout the nation. IDEA governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education and related services

Inclusion

Education students with disabilities in the general education classroom with appropriate supports

Individualized education program (IEP)

Document that is an individually tailored program that describes the educational plan for a student with a disability/s

Least restrictive environment (LRE)

Students with disabilities are to be educated in an environment closest to general education

Mainstreaming

Used to describe the movement away from serving students with disabilities in self-contained classrooms

Mediated scaffolding

Guidance, assistance and support that a teacher provides to help learners to bridge the gap between their current level of performance and intended goal of performance

Mnemonic devices

Memory-enhancing techniques that help students recall facts

Modifications

Changes to content to support learners

Norm referenced tests

Standardized tests that compare a students performance against a sample of peers. (Gives performance relative to other students)

Para-professional

Individual who provides instructional as well as non-instructional support and assistance to pupils

Receptive language

The ability to understand what is meant by spoken language

Response to intervention (RTI)

A process used to determine if a pupil responds to valid interventions. Designed as an early intervention as well as a way to diagnose learning disabilities

Section 504

Civil rights law designed to prohibit discrimination against individuals with disabilities

Task analysis

To analyze and break down a target behavior into steps.

Tactile

Tactile or kinesthetic learners are those who learn through experiencing/doing things