Exam #1 Study Guide
Students should be able to:
1. Discuss the importance of person-first language and provide examples of it. Language and actions of putting the person first and the disability second so you focus on the individual rather than the disability. Ex. Child with autism rather than autistic child.
2. Identify the federal law that mandates special education services to eligible students. IDEA – Individual with disabilities education and improvement act
3. Identify the 7 provisions that comprise this federal law. • Free appropriate public education (FAPE) • Parental notification/ procedural rights • Child find • Necessary related services- counseling, transportation, speech therapy, audiology, occupational therapy • Individualized assessment- multiple measures to show child has disability, must be a disparity between intelligence and content area knowledge …show more content…
Identify differences between the IDEA, Section 504, and the ADA. IDEA- education from k-12, ADA- accommodations must be made for all people with disabilities, equal opportunities in everyday life.(employment, public services and transportation, public accommodation, telecommunication) 504- any programs receiving federal financial aid
13. Provide examples of the medical and social model approaches to instruction whether you take a medical or social model approach, you would be supporting or encouraging the child. -social approach is when a teacher decides to deliver instruction in other ways besides written text (e.g. video, audio, visuals, hand on projects). This way, students with dyslexia could participate without being at a disadvantage, disability is a difference -Medical- instruction is given in typical format, disability is an abnormality
14. Identify the trends and statistics related to the prevalence of learning disabilities Half of students in special ed have learning disabilities 10% of population has