NYSTCE Students with Disabilities CST Exam Review Guide (SOLVED).
mainstreaming - integrating students with disabilities or special needs into
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overall educational program
Individuals with Disabilities Improvement Act (IDEIA) - federal law that governs
the education of children with disabilities
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) - U.S. legislation granting
educational rights to people with cognitive, emotional, or physical disabilities from
birth until age 21; initially passed in 1975, it has been amended and reauthorized in
1997 and again in 2004. IDEA operates under six basic principles: zero reject,
nondiscriminatory identification and evaluation, free and appropriate public
education, least restrictive environment, due process, and parent and student
participation in shared decision making with regard to educational planning.
Child Find - A function of each state, mandated by federal law, to locate and refer
individuals who might require special education
Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) - Special education and related services
that (a) have been provided at public expense, under public supervision and
direction and without charge; (b) meet the standards of the state educational
agency; (c) include an appropriate preschool, elementary, or secondary school
education in the state involved; and (d) are provided in conformity with the
individualized education program
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) - a legal requirement that children with
special needs be assigned to the most general educational context in which they
can be expected to learn
Continuum of Services - matching the needs of the student with an appropriate
placement on an individual basis
Individualized Education Plan (IEP) - a legal document defining the educational
program and related services for a specific student who has a disability
Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) - a written document similar to an IEP
that focuses on the family and the child's natural environment
Vocational Rehabilitation Act - prohibits discrimination on the basis of physical or
mental disabilities
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) - helps ensure the privacy of
educational records such as IEPs
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) - increases the accountability of schools with
respect to the academic progress of students with disabilities
Committee on Special Education (CSE) - stores student special education records,
opens all initial referrals and assigns a CSE case number for public school
students. The CSE also manages all special education issues for non-public schools
(private, parochial) and charter schools
Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE) - for children between the ages
of 3 and 5
Procedural Safeguards - provisions of IDEA designed to protect students and
parents in the special education process
Due Process - refers to principles that attempt to guarantee the rights of citizens
due process hearing - A procedure to resolve a conflict between school and family
over the evaluation, program, or placement of a student with a disability
age of majority - the designated age at which an individual is recognized as an
adult
prereferral assessment - to help students who are struggling in the general
education setting before referring them for special education assessment
Response to Intervention (RTI) - an educational strategy intended to help children
who demonstrate below-average achievement in early grades, using special
intervention
self-reflection - the process of becoming aware of and analyzing one's own
thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) - __________________ is an example of a
US government website that provides information about scientifically based
research of relevance to instructional practice.
US Department of Education - A government agency that oversees education and
federal student aid in the United States
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) - offers
programs, services, and a variety of resources that promote inclusion, equity, and
opportunity for students with disabilities
Council for Exceptional Children - An organization that was founded in 1922 to
advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
receptive language - ability to comprehend speech
expressive language - the ability to use sounds, signs, or symbols to communicate
meaning
Phonology - the study of speech sounds in language
phoneme - in language, the smallest distinctive sound unit
Semantics - the set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes, words,
and sentences in a given language; also, the study of meaning
Syntax - sentence structure and word order
Morphology - study of form . [Show Less]