Paraeducator Vocabulary

Who is a specialist who works directly with students who may or may not be identified as needing special education services?

• Admission, Review, & Dismissal Committee (ARD)

• Educational Aide

• Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills (TEKS)

• Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)

What is the federal law passed in 1975 that requires public schools to provide free public education (FAPE) for special needs kids?

• Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)

• Individual Education Plan (IEP)

• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

• Educational Aide

What is it called to provide students with disabilities an appropriate evaluation, a decision-making process involving parent and student, due process, and individualized instruction?

• Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)

• Respond

• Modifications

• Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills (TEKS)

What is a written plan developed by the Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) committee for meeting the specific educational needs of each individual child placed in special education including modifications and accommodations?

• Individual Education Plan (IEP)

• Admission, Review, & Dismissal (ARD)

• Educational Aide

• Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)

What is a committee composed of the parent, student, and school personnel who meet on a regular basis to make decisions in regard to admission, services, and dismissal from special education?

• Individual Education Plan (IEP)

• Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills (TEKS)

• Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)

• Admission, review, & Dismissal (ARD)

What is a legal term from the IDEA law that specifies that students with disabilities must be educated as close to the same environment as their nondisabled peers?

• Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)

• Modifications

• Accommodations

• Respond

What is a change in what the student is expected to learn that is different from the general education curriculum (TEKS)? Examples: instruction at a lower grade level or a decrease in number of standards the student is expected to learn. (Example: student responsible for 3 out of 10 math TEKS)

• Modifications

• Accommodations

• Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)

• Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills (TEKS)

What are alterations (adjustments or physical changes) in how a student with a disability is taught or tested? (Example: change in seating, use of calculator, or reading a test to a student)

• Modifications

• Accommodations

• Least Restrictive Environment

• Ecology

What does it mean to think through the possible actions to student's behavior and develop a plan to help the student change their behavior?

• React

• Respond

• Experiment

• Ecology

What is the study of how living things interact with each other and their environment?

• Primary Source

• Experiment

• Ecology

• Respond