Week 5 Terms and Concepts

What is a 504 plan?

• A standardized test students take in junior or senior year in high school

• Accommodations in a classroom environment to help a child follow the regular curriculum

• Tests given to all students to check their progress in school

• Federal law that gives children with disabilities the right to have equal access to a free education

What is IDEA?

• A certificate that shows you have learned the skills needed for a specific job.

• The federal law that gives children with disabilities the right to have “equal access” to a “free and appropriate” education.

• A document written for each child who qualifies for special education.

What is an IEP?

• A plan that describes a student’s path through high school.

• A set of accommodations, or changes in the classroom environment, to help your child follow the regular curriculum.

• A certificate that shows you have learned the skills needed for a specific job.

• A document written for each child who qualifies for special education.

What is a Neurodivergent person?

• A professional who helps parents advocate for their child’s special education needs and resolve problems with the school.

• Someone who does not think, behave or perceive the world in a typical way. This is not a disability in itself, but is often wrongly perceived that way.

• Someone that helps care for a person with a disability, usually in their home.

What is physical development?

• •  Includes both the growth of gross and fine motor skills as well as the development of physical changes, such as increasing size and strength.

• • The capacity to process ideas, pay attention, form memories, comprehend the environment, express creativity, and create, carry out, and complete plans.

• Developing awareness of and ability to regulate emotions

What is cognitive development?

• •  Includes both the growth of gross and fine motor skills as well as the development of physical changes, such as increasing size and strength.

• • The capacity to process ideas, pay attention, form memories, comprehend the environment, express creativity, and create, carry out, and complete plans.

• Developing awareness of and ability to regulate emotions.

What is social- emotional development?

• • Includes both the growth of gross and fine motor skills as well as the development of physical changes, such as increasing size and strength.

• • The capacity to process ideas, pay attention, form memories, comprehend the environment, express creativity, and create, carry out, and complete plans.

• Developing awareness of and ability to regulate emotions.

What is differentiation?

• The regular teaching plan for each subject in a typical classroom.

• Tailoring instruction to meet individual needs.

• Standardized testing in school that is modified or adapted for people with intellectual disabilities.

• A plan that describes a student’s path through high school.

All of the following are considered disabilities included in the concept of neurodiversity except?

• Autism

• ADHD

• Dyslexia

• Depression

What is ADHD?

• A learning difficulty that primarily affects the skills involved in accurate and fluent word reading and spelling.

• A broad range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication.

• A condition where a person’s brain processes information differently. Makes it hard for them to focus on one thing. Some people are also hyperactive: they can’t sit still.