Accommodations - Tools and procedures that give students with disabilities equal access to instruction and assessment. They are designed to level the playing field for students with disabilities, and are generally grouped into the following categories: Presentation, Response, Timing/Scheduling, and Setting.
BIP - Behavior Intervention Plan - A term used to describe the written plan used to address problem behavior that includes positive behavioral interventions, strategies and support. May include program modifications and supplementary aids and services. It is created after conducting an FBA.
FAPE - Free Appropriate Public Education - Special education programs and related services that are provided at public expense, under public supervision and direction, and without charge to the parent.
FBA - Functional Behavioral Assessment - When a student engages in problem behaviors that may interfere with his or her learning or the learning of others, or that place the student or others at risk of harm or injury, a Functional Behavioral Assessment may be conducted. It is a process that is used to identify the reasons for a behavior and the possible interventions to address it.
IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act - It is our nation’s special education law. It guarantees educational rights to all students with disabilities.
IEP - Individualized Education Plan - The IEP is a written educational plan for each special education student that includes instructional goals, objectives, accommodations, and services based upon the educational needs specified and developed by the IEP team.
LEA - Local Education Agency - The LEA representative's responsibilities include: Ensuring that district policies and procedures are followed; Ensuring that the IEP is developed to address the student's needs; Ensuring that IEP reviews are conducted annually; Ensuring that the required IEP participants attend and contribute to the IEP; and Being knowledgeable about district resources and procedures.
LRE - Least Restrictive Environment - The IEP team will recommend special education services that provide a student with a disability with a Free Appropriate Public Education in his or her least restrictive environment. This means that your child will be educated alongside his or her non-disabled peers to the maximum extent appropriate.
MDR - Manifestation Determination Review - Within 10 school days of any decision to change the placement of a child with a disability because of violation of school code, the IEP team must review all relevant information in the student's file to determine if the conduct in question was caused by the child's disability or if the conduct was a direct result of the school district's failure to implement the child's IEP.
Modifications - Modifications change the content and/or the instructional level of the curriculum. While accommodations are changes in formats or procedures, modifications change the difficulty level and/or quantity of the content being taught.
