Title: Chapter 4 Teaching Children with Special Needs
1Chapter 4Teaching Children with Special Needs
2Three Major Laws AffectingStudents with
Disabilities
- Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504)
- Public Law 94-142
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(IDEA)
3The Referral Process
Pre-referral Interventions
Parent Notification and Permission
Individual Assessment
The ARD Meeting
Development of IEP
Placement
4Pre-referral Intervention
Test Scores Attendance Grades etc.
Presentation to Intervention or Screening
Team Team suggests interventions
5Parent Notification Permission
School notifies parents and requests permission
to test student
6Individual Assessment
- Specific diagnostic tests
- are administered to student
- IQ tests
- Achievement tests
7The ARD Meeting
(Admission Review Dismissal)
- Composition of the ARD Committee
- Report of the testing
- Determination of Eligibility
- Development of IEP
- Determination of the LRE Placement
8Basic Test Vocabulary
- Achievement Test
- Age Equivalent
- Criterion-Reference Test
- Grade Equivalent
- Norm-Reference Test
9Basic Test Vocabulary cont.
- Percentile Rank
- Reliability
- Standard Error of Measurement
- Standardized Test
- Validity
10The IEP
(Individualized Education Program)
- Current Level of Performance
- Yearly Goals Instructional Objectives
- Extent of Participation in General Education
Program - Special Related Services Needed
- Transition Services
11Placement Options
- Inclusion Classroom
- Content Mastery/Tutorial Classroom
- Resource Classroom
- Self-Contained Classroom
- Other Placements
1212 Categories of Disabilities
Autism
Mental Retardation
Learning Disabilities
Visual Impairments
Other Health Impairments
Communication Disorders
Emotional Disturbance
Multiple Disabilities
Traumatic Brain Injury
Deaf - Blindness
Hearing Impairments
Orthopedic Disabilities
13Children with Other Special Needs
- ADHD
- At Risk
- Bilingual/ESL
- Gifted and Talented
14ADHD
(Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Medication
- Diet
- Neurotheraphy
- Other
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- Modifications
15Gifted and Talented
- Adapted Integrated Thematic Approach
- Pull Out Programs
- Enrichment
- Compacting the Curriculum