| A | B |
|---|
| exceptional children | differ from the norm and require an individualized program or special ed; more than six million,about 12%of school age population |
| disability | exists when the impairment limits the ability to perform certain tasks |
| at-risk | children who have a greater-than usual chance of developing a disability |
| IDEA | federal law, accountability for students learning using solid assessment-implications for students with disabilities |
| LRE | least restrictive environment-must be educated with children without disabilities to maximum extent appropriate |
| zero reject | schools must educate all chldren with disabilities |
| due process | protects the rights of parents and children-no decision made without parent input |
| FAPE | free appropriate education |
| IEP | individual education plan set up by a team with a child's evaluation and goals and accommodations |
| IFSP | early intervention services that increases the amyt. of federal$ awarded to states |
| assistive technology | FM monitor, talk to write programs, read aloud programs-any technology that assits the learner |
| special education | consists of purposeful interventions at three levels;it's individually planned, intensive, goal-directed instruction that should use research based teaching methods and should be guided by direct and frequent measures of students performance |
