SE Language Flashcards

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ACEs

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Adverse Childhood Experiences: Extraordinary stress, episodic or continual, that negatively impacts students’ health and well-being, including their capacity to learn (e.g., gun violence, neglect).

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ADA

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Americans with Disabilities Act: Civil rights law passed in 1990 that protects individuals with disabilities from discrimination and requires building and transportation accessibility and reasonable accommodations in the workplace.

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ADHD

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Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Medical condition in which students have significant inability to attend, excessive motor activity, and/or impulsivity.

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AUT/ASD

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Autism or Autism Spectrum Disorder: Condition in which an individual lacks social responsiveness from a very early age, has a high need for structure and routines, and demonstrates significant language impairments. These characteristics interfere with learning.

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BIP

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Behavior Intervention Plan: A detailed strategy, developed on the basis of a functional behavior assessment, to address significant behavior problems experienced by a student with a disability. The plan includes detailed descriptions of interventions, persons responsible, a timeline, and methods for data collection. Required by federal law when a student with a disability has significant behavior problems.

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CBM

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Curriculum Based Measurement: Particular kind of curriculum-based assessment characterized by a research base establishing its technical adequacy as well as standardized measurement tasks that are fluency based.

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DD

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Developmental Delay: Significant delay as measured by appropriate diagnostic instruments and procedures in areas like cognitive, physical, communication, social or emotional development, adaptive behavior, or skills development.

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DHH

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Deaf or Hard of Hearing: Condition in which an individual has the inability or a limited ability to receive information auditorily such that it interferes with learning.

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ED

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Emotional Disturbance: Condition in which an individual has significant difficulty in the social-emotional domain, interfering with learning.

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FAPE

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Free Appropriate Public Education: Students with disabilities are entitled to attend public schools and receive educational services designed to address their unique needs at no cost to parents.