Review

Check all that apply to the Individuals with Disabilites Education Act:

• Federal law that requires schools to serve the educational needs of eligible students with disabilities.

• Access to a free and appropriate public education (FAPE), just like all other children.

• Required to provide special education in the least restrictive environment- in general education whenever possible.

• Required all testing with students to be in English.

True or False:

8.7% of students (over 6.7 million) in U S schools receive special education services

• True

• False

What is the law under which disabilities are classified?

• IEP

• FAPE

• IDEA

• SASE

How many disability categories are defined in IDEA?

• 10

• 7

• 13

• 12

What do the letters IDEA stand for?

• Individuals Disturbed Educationally in America

• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

• Individuals Desiring Equal Access

• Individuals With Disabilities Efforts to Achieve

Which of the following is NOT an IDEA Disability category?

• Visual impairment including blindness

• Deafness

• Deaf-blindness

• ADHD

I am a student diagnosed with an __________________ disability. I did not meet developmental milestones and struggle with adaptive skills, I have problems remembering and I learn through repetition and community based outings.

• Learning

• Emotional

• Intellectual

• Deafness

Which disability does this define?

The student has a developmental disability, generally evident in the early developmental period that significantly affects social communication and social interaction; engagement in repetitive activities and stereotyped movements, resistance to environmental change or change in daily routines, and hyper- or hypo-reactivity to sensory input.

• Other Health Impairment

• Developmental Delay

• Autism

• Intellectual Disability

exhibits one or more of the following characteristics over a long period of time, and to a marked degree, that adversely affects his or her educational performance:

an inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and teachers; a general pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression; or a tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or school problems;

• Intellectual Disability

• Other Health Impairment

• Trumatic Brain Injury

• Emotional Disturbance

A student classified as having _______________________________ exhibits limited strength, vitality, or alertness, including heightened alertness to environmental stimuli that results in limited alertness with respect to the educational environment that is due to chronic or acute health problems. These health problems may include, but are not limited to, asthma, attention deficit disorder (ADD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), cancer, diabetes, epilepsy, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, a heart condition, hemophilia, lead poisoning, leukemia, nephritis, rheumatic fever, sickle cell anemia, Tourette syndrome, and stroke to such a degree that it adversely affects the student’s educational performance.

• Other Health Impairment

• Emotional Disturbance

• Traumatic Brain Injury

• Multiple Disability