Nature and Needs of Individuals with Special Needs

A individualized written plan developed by the school and parents that outlines the students current levels, learning goals, accommodations, modifications, related services, and methods for monitoring the student's progress.

• Least Restrictive Environment Plan (LREP)

• Individuals with a Disability in Education Act (IDEA)

• Re-evaluation

• Individualized Education Plan (IEP)

What are the 3 most important parts of an IEP?

• Goals

• Accommodatios/Modifications

• Setting

• All 3

Modifications can change what you learn by...

• Slowing down what you learn

• Shortening the homework

• Simplifying the classwork

• All of the above

______________ refers to educating a student with peers in general education (not study skills) whenever possible.

• Individualized Education Plan (IEP)

• Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)

• Free and appropriate public education (FAPE)

• Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA)

After parents/guardians give their consent for the student's referral, what is the next step in the IEP process?

• The IEP team meets to discuss what services the student needs.

• The student is given an evaluation of assessments and/or surveys to determine what academic area (math, reading, writing, etc.) on which they need to work.

• The school immediately implements (starts teaching) what the IEP says/outlines.

• The school conducts an annual review one year later to see if the student makes any changes in their grades.

Which of these is considered a related service?

• Speech therapy

• Occupational therapy

• Physical therapy

• All of the above

Name given in 1990 to the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EHA) and used for all reauthorizations of the law that guarantees students with disabilities the right to a free appropriate public education in the least-restrictive environment.

• American with Disabilities Act (ADA)

• Affordable Care Act (ACA/Obamacare)

• Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA)

• Least Restrictive Environment Act (LREA)

What is the role of the general educator in an IEP Meeting?

• To interpret all testing results

• To answer curriculum questions

• Elaborate on the student's performance in the Gen Ed Class

• To speak on funding and services

Why does LRE matter to the General Education Teacher?

• Students w/Disability must participate in class actively

• Students with Disabilities only have to be present in class

• It doesn't matter at all to the Gen Ed teacher

• It's up to interpretation

MAINSTREAMING

• PLACING A SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD WITH TYPICAL PEERS FOR ONGOING ACTIVITIES
• GIVING THE SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD TOTAL FREEDOM
• 100% INCLUSION
• NONE OF THESE