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| Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) | Federal law requiring all states to provide aducation for children who are developmentally delayed. |
| inclusion | Term used to refer to an education setting in which children with and without special needs are integrated. |
| Individualized Education Plan (IEP) | A written strategy for learning designed to ensure that each child with special needs is educated in the most appropriate manner for him or her. |
| Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) | Strategy developed when a preschool age child is diagnosed as having a disability. It includes the family's needs in regard to enhancing the child's developmentm, goals for the child, services to be provided to the child and/or family, and pla for transitioning the child to other services and regular educaiton. |
| referral | Directing a parent to obtain a diagnosis from a professional when a problem exisis with a child. |
| hearing impairment | Term that refers to a prolem in one or more parts of the ear, which usually prevents a child from hearing adequately. |
| articulation problems | Omissions, distortions, or subtitutions of vowels or consonants or both. |
| visual impairment | Any eye or nerve problem that prevents a person from seeing normally. |
| chronic health needs | Needs for special care caused by an illness that persists over a period of time. |
| asthma | A chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways that causes labored breathing, gasping, coughing, and wheezing. |
| hemophilia | Genetic blood disease in whith the blood cannot clot normally |
| learning disability | Problems with one or more basic skill of learning. Poor memory skills, tro |
| behavior disorder | A condition that affects an individual's and emotional functions, such as attention deficit disorder, hyperactivity, such as attention deficit disorder, hyperactivity, conduct disorder, or autism. |
| autism | A behavioral disorder in whith children are unable to interact with other socially bacause of ritualistic and compulsive behavior. Their language development is also atypical. |
| giftedness | Having exceptional skills in one or more of six areas; creative or productive thinking, general intellectual ability, leadership ability, psychomotor ability, specific acadenmic aptitude, and/or visual or performing arts. |
| acceleration | Process in which a gifted child is assigned to a class with older children. |
| enrichment | A process to broaden the range of experience with special curriculum. |
