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intellectual disability

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exceptionality category for inclusion is IQ is more than 2 standard deviations below the mean

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Exceptional student success in general education

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appropriate accommodations and modifications support from special education teacher teacher's belief student will profit from placement

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psychometric evaluation

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tests are a standard and scientific method used to measure individual's mental capabilities and behavioral style designed to measure candidate's suitability for a role based on the required personality characteristics or aptitude (or cognitive abilities)

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Specific learning disability testing indicated

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constantly out of seat trouble paying attention for even a few minutes want to please but is impulsive failing reading, math grades below grade level

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IDEA eligibility

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have a disability that fits into one of the categories have a disability that affect school performance

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504 protection

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must meet definition of a person with a learning disability must be able to meet the requirements of a particular program in spite of his disability school, business, or other facility must be recipient of federal funds

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2002 NCLB change training

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all special education teachers be certified in reading and math all special education teachers take the same coursework as general education teachers if teaching a core subject teacher must be highly qualified in that subject

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Consultant teacher meets student needs

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by meeting with teacher before class to discuss adaptions and modifications

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Establish rapport with parents

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student not in special education cannot function at grade level immature behaviors

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Change to a child's educational placement is a requirement of

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PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARDS-.

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Procedural Safeguards - Parent

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access to student records, rights to ask that those records be amended, rights to participate in groups and meetings where decisions are made about their child's education, notification requirements (prior written notice and the procedural safeguards notice), selected other safeguards (e.g., independent educational evaluation, surrogate parents, age of majority).

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What is an accurate statement about what IDEA requires for any IEP

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The IEP must be in effect before special education services or related services are provided

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Under IDEA an Individualized Family Service Plan for a 2 yo child would most likely include

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Plans for making the transition into preschool

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An IEP must include

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THE PRESENT LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE

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1973 Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act provides

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students who attend a school that received Federal funds with protection against Discrimination based solely on an individual's disability

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1970 Diana v. State Board of Education, 1972 Larry P. v. Riles, and 1974 Lau v. Nichols, influenced the drafting of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and addressed the issue of

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NON DISCRIMINATORY ASSESSMENT- helped establish the principle of nondiscriminatory assessment of students from diverse cultural backgrounds.

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Federal safeguards in IDEA require parental consent before beginning which steps in the IEP process?

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INITIAL EVALUATION REEVALUATION INITIAL PROVISION OF SERVICES NOT Monintoring student progress

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under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act which would recieve services

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A STUDENT WHO REQUIRES RELATED SERVICES A student who requires special education A student who is not successful in the resource room A student placed in an out-of-district school

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2004 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Which of the following is a procedural safeguard included

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PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXAMINE RECORDS NOT Parents have the right to participate in meetings NOT Parents have the right to receive written notice regarding placement

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Special education teachers are expected to hold highly qualified status when teaching which of the following?

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CORE ACADEMIC SUBJECTS ALTERNATIVE ACHIEVeMENT STANDARDS MULTIPLE SUBJECTS primary grades

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1982 Education Consolidation and improvement Act. -

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Merged the general Office of Gifted and talented w/ other general programs

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1983 Doe V. Withers -

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Teachers are responsible to implement accommodations specified in IEP

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1984 Dept of Ed V Katherine D

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Katherine's parents were entitled to tuition reimbursement for the private school Katherine attended during that time. free appropriate public education" to which she was entitled under the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 (EAHCA or Act) DOE's offers of education for both years were inadequate under the Act

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1982 Hudson County VS Rowley appropriate education

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Schools must provide services that permit students with disabilities to benefit from instruction Parents wanted interpreter for deaf student not just services Learners with disabilities will have the same achievement opportunities as peers Case ruled that the training and education for a student with multiple disabilities required in private residential placement would be supported through district funds; District must pay for a student with multiple disabilities at a private placement

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1984 Irving Independent School District v. Tatro,

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health services is related services

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1984 Smith v. Robinson -

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passed a law awarding attorney's fees to parents who win their litigation

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1988 Honig v. Doe,

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denied education or excluded from school when misbehavior is related to their handicap suspended student indefinitely due to disruption in classroom U.S. Supreme Court's first and only case on the topic, were the acceptable limits of disciplining students with disabilities under the (then) Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA), now the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA)

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1993 Oberti v. Board of Education of the Borough of Clementon School

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established inclusion with supplementary aids and services as the presumption because it is "a fundamental value of the right to public education for children with disabilities." LRE, inclusion

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1972 Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens (PARC) v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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- Special Education guarantee to children with mental retardation

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1972 Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia

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rights to special education extended to all children with disabilities not just Mentally Retarded; Paved the way for 94-142

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1954 Brown v. Board of Education -

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Inequality of separate but equal applied to handicapped

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According to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, which of the following is a protection provided for students with a disability?

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ENSURING A STUDENT WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITY IS INCLUDED IN PE CLASSES -

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A second-grade student's IEP goal is to use nonverbal communication in the classroom to express the need for a five-minute break when becoming frustrated. Data from the first three weeks of the term show that the student used nonverbal communication no more than once a day Was sent to the office several times for outbursts. Which is the best next step for the teacher to take?

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MEETING WITH IEP TEAM TO DISCUSS ALTERNATIVE INTERVENTIONS - when not making the progress expected, it is essential to determine why and take corrective action

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A school district conducts a functional behavioral assessment (FBA) to evaluate a student who is exhibiting problem behaviors. A parent who disagrees with the results of the FBA has the right to request which of the following?

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AN INDEPENDENT EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION - if they do not agree with school district FBA

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Which of the following is the best example of a Tier 3 intervention for a student who is struggling with learning math facts?

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WORKING WITH SPECIALIST DAILY ON VISUAL AND TACTILE REPRESENTAIONS OF MATH FACTS

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TIER 3

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intervention provides the student with the help of a specialist who prepares materials, maintains a daily schedule, and monitors progress until criteria are met.

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Which of the following must also be included in Kyle's PLAAFP to satisfy the legal requirements of IDEA?

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HOW DISABILITY AFFECTS HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM

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Which of the following disability categories best qualifies a student with Tourette's for special education services?

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OTHER HEALTH IMPAIRMENT Specific learning disability Orthopedic impairment Autism spectrum disorder

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A student may qualify for a specific learning disability in which of the following areas if the student does not achieve adequately for his or her age when provided with learning experiences and instruction appropriately matched to state-approved grade-level standards?

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ORAL EXPRESSION Intellectual functioning Limited English proficiency Motor skills

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Oral Expression

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students with specific learning disabilities often have issue with this can affect both academic and social interactions.

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RESPONSIBILITIES Ms. Jackson is a special education teacher who is coteaching with a team of second-grade teachers in full-inclusion classrooms.

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Serving as the case manager Adapting classroom materials Collaborating with the classroom teachers

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An occupational therapist (OT) is unable to attend the initial IEP team meeting for a student with a traumatic brain injury. To meet federal requirements, the OT should provide the IEP team with which of the following before the meeting?

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DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MODIFICATIONS

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After a student has been evaluated and is determined to be eligible for special education services and classified,

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the next step is to develop the IEP. The first IEP is typically developed at a meeting including the parents. As soon as the IEP is ready and approved, the student begins receiving services

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Which of the following legislative acts provides the legal support for the testing modifications included in an IEP for a public school student with an intellectual disability?

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IDEA - Under IDEA, IEPs are required for students participating in special education programs that receive federal funding

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Which of the following is the most accurate statement regarding the rights of parents of children with disabilities?

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PARENT MAY FILE A DUE PROCESS COMPLAINT AGAINST DISTRICT IF MEDIATION IS UNSUCCESSFUL IN RESOLVING DISPUTE

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LRE Least Restricted Environment 7 levels

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Level 1 Regular Classroom, including student with disabilities able to learn with regular class accommodations, with or without medical and counseling services Level 2 Regular Classroom with supportive services (i.e., consultation inclusion) Level 3 Regular Class with part-time special class (i.e., itinerant services, resource room) Level 4 Full-time special class (i.e., self-contained) Level 5 Special Stations (i.e., special schools) Level 6 Homebound Level 7 Residential (i.e., hospital, institution)

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LRE Least Restricted Environment Level 1

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Regular Classroom, including student with disabilities able to learn with regular class accommodations, with or without medical and counseling services

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LRE Least Restricted Environment Level 2

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Regular Classroom with supportive services (i.e., consultation inclusion)

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LRE Least Restricted Environment Level 3

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Regular Class with part-time special class (i.e., itinerant services, resource room)

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LRE Least Restricted Environment Level 4

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Full-time special class (i.e., self-contained)

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LRE Least Restricted Environment Level 5

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Special Stations (i.e., special schools)

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LRE Least Restricted Environment Level 6

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Homebound

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LRE Least Restricted Environment Level 7

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Residential (i.e., hospital, institution)

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1975 IDEA PL 94-132

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Inclusion - possible changes in what is considered to be the least restrictive environment for educating student with special needs In the general classroom

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Disability Definition

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"Having mental retardation, a hearing impairment (including deafness), a speech or language impairment, a visual impairment (including blindness), a serious emotional disturbance (referred to in this part as emotional disturbance), an orthopedic impairment, autism, traumatic brain injury, another health impairment, a specific learning disability, deaf-blindness, or multiple disabilities, and who, by reason thereof, needs special education and related services."

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Normalization -

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access to everyday patterns and conditions of life that are as close as possible or equal to their peers

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1966 to 1975 Public Law (PL) 94-142 Education for Handicapped Act

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The qualification mental or physical disabilities. A dispute system is in place for parents to resolve their complaints. This act was designed to give the parents the exclusive method to seek remedies to any obstacles in a fair education for their disabled child. Eventually this act was changed to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in 1990 which can be called IDEA.

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2004 - IDEA fundamental provisions:

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Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) Notification and procedural rights for parents Right to examine records Right to receive written notice of school evaluation Due process hearing for disagreements - judicial hearing if not resolved in due process Identification and services to all children Necessary related services Individualized Assessment Individualized Education Plan Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)

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1973 Section 504, Public Law 93-112 in - children not covered under IDEA

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Meet the definition of disability but are not eligible Section 504 assists with the several categories of children that are not comprehensively covered for special education under IDEA. Children in these categories may meet the definition for disabled but not eligible

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IDEA Highlights

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special education students are to participate in general education programs to the fullest extent which they can receive benefit Closer working relationship between Special Education teacher and general education teacher Special educators are accountable for meeting the same learning standards as general educators

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CEC

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Center Exceptional Children

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TYPES OF Co-teaching -

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Lead and Support Station Teaching Parallel Teaching Alternative Teaching Team Teaching

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Lead and Support

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One teacher leads and another offers assistance and support to individuals or small groups. In this role, planning must occur by both teachers, but typically one teacher plans for the lesson content, while the other teacher does specific planning for students' individual learning or behavioral needs.

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Lead and Support - Strength

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• Limited teacher planning • Provides basic support to students with diverse needs

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Lead and Support - Weakness

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• The 'assist' teacher may feel like a glorified teacher's assistant • Students may question the 'assist' teacher's authority

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Station Teaching

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• Students are divided into heterogeneous groups and work at classroom stations with each teacher. • students switch to the other station. • both teachers individually develop the content of their stations. • Teachers divide instructional content into several segments and present the content in separate stations around the room. • While working with two stations, each teacher will deliver their portion of the content to a group, and then the groups will switch.

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Station Teaching - Strength

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• Professional engagement • Increase instructional intensity • Individualization

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Station Teaching - Weakness

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• Pacing • Students need to work independently • Noise level

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Parallel Teaching

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Teachers jointly plan instruction, but each may deliver it to half the class or small groups. This type of model typically requires joint planning time to ensure that as teachers work in their separate groups, they are delivering content in the same way.

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Parallel Teaching - Strength

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• Lower student to teacher ratio • Allows for increased student interaction and/or student to student interaction • Allows the teacher to monitor individual student progress and understanding more closely

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Parallel Teaching - Weakness

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• Both teachers need to coordinate teaching so that students receive essentially the same instruction in the same amount of time • Noise level may be high

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Alternative Teaching

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• One teacher works with a small group of students to pre-teach, re-teach, supplement, or enrich instruction, while the other teacher instructs the large group. • In this type of co-teaching, more planning time is needed to ensure that the logistics of pre-teaching or re-teaching can be completed; • the teachers must have similar content knowledge for one teacher to take a group and re-teach or pre-teach.

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Alternative Teaching - Strength

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• All students, including students with disabilities, benefit from small group instruction •If both teachers alternate roles, equal status is maintained

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Alternative Teaching - Weakness

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•Be careful to pull small learning groups that span various purposes. The small learning groups should not always be with Special Needs students

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Team Teaching

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•Both teachers share the planning and instruction of students in a coordinated fashion. •In this type of joint planning time, equal knowledge of the content, a shared philosophy, and commitment to all students in the class are critical. •Many times teams may not start with this type of format, but over time, they can effectively move to this type of co-teaching if they have continuity in working together across 2-3 years.

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Team Teaching - Strength

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Allows both teachers to blend their teaching styles and expertise

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Team Teaching - Weakness

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•Requires shared planning •Requires high levels of trust and commitment

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Summary of Parental Rights

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to receive a complete explanation of all the procedural safeguards available under IDEA and the procedures in the state for presenting complaints to inspect and review the educational records of their child to participate in meetings related to the identification, evaluation, and placement of their child, and the provision of FAPE (a free appropriate public education) to their child to obtain an independent educational evaluation (IEE) of their child to receive "prior written notice" on matters relating to the identification, evaluation, or placement of their child, and the provision of FAPE to their child to give or deny their consent before the school may take certain action with respect to their child to disagree with decisions made by the school system on those issues to use IDEA's mechanisms for resolving disputes, including the right to appeal determinations

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Procedural Safeguards

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parent access to student records, parent rights to ask that those records be amended, parent rights to participate in groups and meetings where decisions are made about their child's education, parent notification requirements (prior written notice and the procedural safeguards notice), and selected other safeguards (e.g., independent educational evaluation, surrogate parents, age of majority)

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1975 1990 INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT (5-21 - IDEA PL 94-132)

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This ensures for identification and habilitation services for children 5 - 21, including speech, hearing evaluation, counseling and guidance, and educational adjustments/specialized services. Within this portion of IDEA, each student gets an IEP or individualized education program.

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1990 ADA Act

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This law applies to all ages. It provides comprehensive civil rights protection and prohibits discrimination to individuals with disabilities in the areas of Title 1 employment, Title II public services (state and local government services including education) Title III public accommodations Title IV telecommunications Title V miscellaneous

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1954 Cooperative Research Act

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designation of general funds for use by students with disabilities

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1958, Public Law 85-926

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authorized an appropriation of $1 million per year for ... handicapped, deaf, crippled and other health impaired, speech and hearing.

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1965 elementary and secondary school act

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provided funds for education of children who were disadvantaged and disabled

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1965 Education Consolidation and improvement Act. - 89-313

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Funds for state operated and supported schools

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89-750

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established a bureau of education for handicapped and a national advisory committee on the handicapped

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1967 Hanson v Hobson

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group tracking based on student performance on standardized test is unconstitutional

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1968 90-538 handicapped children early education assistance act

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funded model program for preschool students with disabilities

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1968 90-576

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10 % of vocational funds be for students with disabilities

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1969 91-230

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consolidated acts into one for Education of Handicapped

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1973 Rehabilitation Act

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Extends protection to other areas that receive federal assistance Protected individuals must have physical or mental impairment that limits 1 or more life activity have a record of such an impairment be regarded as having an impairment DISABILITY IS NOT SUFFICIENT GROUNDS FOR COMPLAINT Needs to meet requirements of the program to qualify

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1975 Goss v Lopez

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Cannot deny education without following due process Not based on special ed issues process of school suspension and expulsion is critical in assuring FAPE to kids with disabilities

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1975 94-142

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students with severe or profound disabilities may be interpreted to include training in basic self help skills and vocational training

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1979 Larry v Riles

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challenged the use of IQ tests to place students in EMR educable mentally retarded classes.

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1980 PASE Parents in Action Special Education v Hannon

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ruled IQ tests are necessarily biased against ethnic and racial subcultures

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1984 Irving v Tartro

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Catheterization was considered a related service which was necessary for student to benefit from special education

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1986 99-457

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beginning with 1991-1992 school year, spec ed programs were required for children ages 3-5, most states offering outreach programs to identify children with special needs from birth to age 3. In place of, or in addition to an annual IEP, the entire family's needs are addressed by an Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) which is reviewed with the family every six months

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1990 ADA

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bars discrimination in employment, transportation, public accommodations, and telecommunications in all aspects of life, not just those receiving federal funding. Title II and Title III are applicable to spec ed because they cover the private sector and require access to public accommodations. new and remodeled public buildings, transportation vehicles, and telephone systems must be accessible to the handicapped AIDS

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1990 IDEA PL 101-476 IDEA 7 provisons - normalization

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*Free Appropriate Public Education-no cost to students, federal and state governments share any additional costs.education be appropriate to the needs of the students *Notification and procedural rights for parents- a the right to examine records and obtain independent evaluations b the right to receive a clearly written notice with results of the school's evaluation of the child and whether the child meets eligibility for placement or continuation of special services. disagree-due process hearing and a judicial hearing if they do not receive satisfaction *identification and services to all children-must conduct outreach programs to seek out and identify children who may need services *necessary related services-developmental,corrective, and other support services that make it possible for a student to benefit from special education services EX speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy *individual assessments-evaluations and tests must be nondiscriminatory and individualized * individualized education plans-developed at a meeting that is attended by a qualified representative of the local education agency LEA. Others who should attend would be the proposed special ed teacher,mainstream teachers, parents, and when appropriate, the student *least restricitive environment- placed in an environment which is not dangerous or overly controlling or intrusive;opportunities to experience what other peers are doing;integrated and normalized

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1993 Florence v Shannon Carter

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school district does not provide FAPE, parents may seek reimbursement for private schooling decision had encouraged districts to be more inclusive of students with Autism who receive ABA/Lovaas therapy

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2002 No Child Left Behind Act NCLB 2002

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every child demonstrates proficiency in reading, math, and science; through testing documents progress if teacher has met goals; sped teachers are responsible for teaching students to a level of proficiency comparable to their non-disabled peers

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2004 ML v Federal Way School District, State of Washington (2004)

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the ninth circuit court of appeals ruled that absence of a regular education teacher on an IEP team was a serious procedural error

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