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| a comprehensive system of therapies, educational, nutritional, childcare and family supports, all designed to reduce the effects of disabilities or prevent the occurrence of learning and developmental problems |
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| Developmental Delay 3-5 yrs old |
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| at least a 1.5 standard deviation below the mean in one or more of the following areas: cognitive, physical, development, social or emotional or adaptive development or having a diagnosed physical or mental condition |
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| a newborn is evaluated on five simple criteria (Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, Respiration) and scored from 0-2 |
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| Individualized Family Services Plan (IFSP) |
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| a plan that addresses the needs of the child and family and is developed by a multidisciplinary team |
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| Developmentally Appropriate Practice |
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| a framework of principles and guidelines that outline practice that promotes young children’s optimal learning and development |
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| Newborn Blood Test Screening |
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| the practice of testing every newborn for certain harmful or potentially fatal disorders that aren’t otherwise apparent at birth, i.e. metabolic disorders |
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| Severe Disabilities from TASH |
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| focuses on the relationship of the individual with the environment, requiring the individual to cope with the demands of various environments, as well as needing the environments to accommodate the need of the individual, the need to include people of all ages and extensive ongoing support in life activities |
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| Multiples Disabilities in SD |
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| concomitant impairments (such as intellectual disability-blindness, intellectual disability-orthopedic impairment), the combination of which causes such severe educational needs that they cannot be accommodated in special education programs solely for one of the impairments |
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| a combined hearing and vision loss (any degree), resulting in neither of these primary information-gathering sense, compensating for the loss of the other sense |
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| Traumatic Brain Injury (medical definition) |
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| an acquired injury to the brain caused by an external force, resulting in total or partia l functional disability or psychosocial impairment, or both that adversely affects a child’s educational performance |
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| Traumatic Brain Injury in SD |
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| an acquired injury to the brain caused by an external physical force, resulting in a total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment or both, that adversely affects a student’s educational performance, The term applies to open or closed head injuries resulting in impairments in one or more areas such as cognition, language, memory, attention, reasoning, abstract thinking, judgment, problem solving, sensory, perceptual and processing and speech. Does not apply to injuries that are congenital or degenerative, or brain injuries induced by birth trauma. |
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| increase the speed at which students move through the curriculum, early admission to school, skipping a grade, dual enrollment in high school and college |
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| add detail and depth to the content area, independent study, individual projects |
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| different extensions of the same basic lesson for groups of students with differing abilities |
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| the practice of dividing classes into smaller groups based on skills and ability |
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| assesses what the student knows and what the student still needs to master, eliminates that content that is already known; encourages independence |
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| the cultural perspective as a person who accepts the cultural norms and communicates in American Sign Language |
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| the clinical/medical/educational perspective as a state of hearing loss or impairment |
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| a graph that shows that audible threshold for standardized frequencies; measures hearing loss |
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| commonly called an ear infection, but does not always involve actual infection, rapid onset with outside causes |
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| an electronic medical device that replaces the function of the damaged inner ear |
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| Individualized Transition Plan |
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| details the curricular programming and other supports that will prepare the student for a smooth and successful transition to adult life |
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| goals the child hopes to achieve after high school |
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| performs work valued by an employer, functions in an integrated setting with coworkers without disabilities, earns at or above the minimum wage |
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| an integrated setting with ongoing support services for individuals with the most severe disabilities |
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| the process by which a student sets and works to achieve his own goals |
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| open head injury, closed head injury, concussion, contustions, hematoma, coma, anoxia |
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