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| Mutually Agreed-Upon Written Agreement |
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Significant Delay in 1/more areas of development (25%)
-a specialist determination if delay doesnt show up on assessment
-known physical/mental conditions |
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-birth weight under 3.51bs
-NICU
-born to chemically dependent mothers
-abused/neglected
-lead poisoning |
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-significant delay (25%)
-autism, PDD, ED. neurological impairment, deafness, mr, physical disability...
-AND in need of specially designed instruction |
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| child is less than the age of beginners and at least 3 years of age |
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| providing services to children ages birth0five |
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| Reasons for Early Intervention |
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Enhance child development
Provide support and assistance to family
Maximize a child's potential |
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| What is special education? |
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Instruction that is specially designed to address the educational needs of children with disabilities.
*Addapting instruction
*Adapting delivery of instruction |
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Least Restrictive Environment
educated with non-disabled peers to the maximum extent possible |
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| 1st appeared in the law IDEA 91 and again in subsequent reauthoirzations |
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| Tool for teachers to evaluate students and gain information about the student |
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| Must be given according to strict rules |
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| comparing w/peers/chronologically (Intelligence Tests) |
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| compare to standards/criteria (PSSA) |
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The test measures what it says its going to test (error in measurement)--closer the test is to 1, the better, dependable
Test-retest, split-half, interscorer reliability |
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| Test and test again should give same results |
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| take results from beginning and end of test |
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| 2 scorers end with similar scores |
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How well the test measures what it is supposed to test, does disability from another area affect results?
-construct, content, criterion |
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| Working across departments |
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| Departments working together |
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| OT, PT, special ed...lots of assessment, most common approach, use multiple sources of info before making a decision |
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| a planned sequence of activities, including both content and process through which educators change childrens behavior, a vehicle for reaching goals and objectives identified in IFSPs and IEPs, ordered arrangement of individually selected learning experiences that respond |
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| National Association for the Education of Young Children |
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| Division of Early Childhood for the COuncil of Exceptional Children |
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| the ability to describe behavior objectivelly, analyze antecedent events and consequences, shape childrens behavior, use of cues and prompts |
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| Zone of Proximal Development (Vygotsky) |
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| abilities that the child is able to exhibit while interacting with an adult but cannot perform independently |
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| porividing gradual cues to assist a child through problem solving, degree/type of support necessary to assist a child toward independence |
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| Importance of Early Relationships |
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| -a preschooler who is emotionally supported achieves a strong and healthy sense of self and the ability to express and understand a wide range of emotional experiences and ideas |
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| bond of affection that develops between an infant and his or her primary care giver |
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| Erikson's Stages of Psychological Development |
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1. Trust v. Mistrust
2. Autonomy v. Shame
3. Initiative v. Guilt |
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| free and appropriate public education |
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| Play (3 stages) by Piaget |
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1. Practice Play-sensorimotor
2. Symbolic Play-preoperational
3. Games w/rules (5yrs)-concrete operational |
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| Occur when an adult does not interfere at all and a child learns from what naturally happens |
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| developed by adults who find that natural consequences either are not readily available (harmful) |
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| social skills, sharing, taking turns, delayed gratification, teamwork, problem solving skills, learn about world around them, vocab building |
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| Functional Behavior Assessment |
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-describe/define target behavior
-collect info to determine function
-categorize behavior
-analyze info-form hypothesis
-determine interventions |
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| Social Play, object play, functional/representational play, early symbolic play, role play |
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| the process used to determine which children may have a disability |
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| on specific goals, give specific date instruction should be based on progress monitoring |
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| mental health/mental retardation |
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| Individualized Family Services Plan |
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