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refers to the delivery of special education and related services during summer vacation or other extended periods when school is not in session
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refers to specialized services and supports designed to help families with children birth to age five who have developmental delays
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a special education professional who works side-by-side with a special education teacher to provide appropriate and meaningful educational programs to students with special needs
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specialized instruction tailored to fit the unique learning strengths and needs of students with disabilities
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a change that gives a child with a disability an alternate method of demonstrating knowledge
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a series of tests and observations performed by a multidisciplinary team to find out if a child with a disability continues to require special education and related services
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a process for resolving a dispute between a family and an early intervention program or a local educational agency related to the identification, evaluation, placement, or program of a child with disabilities
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a series of tests and observations performed by a multidisciplinary team to find out if a child has a disability and requires special education services
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the gathering of information by qualified personnel about a child’s development and the needs and priorities of his/her family
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refer to the state academic standards, which are benchmark measures that define what students should know and be able to do at specified grade levels
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the process of looking at a child’s development to determine if there are any areas of concern
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a process in which parents and school per¬sonnel try to settle disagreements with the assistance of a specially-trained impartial mediator provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Education
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the acronym of the act that protects the privacy and transfer of student education records
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an individual who represents or speaks on behalf of another person’s interests, as in a parent for his/her child
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the acronym of the federal mandate that all children with disabilities must receive appropriate educational programs, tailored to their unique needs, from which they receive educational benefit at no cost to families
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the acronym of the act that provides the legal authority for early intervention and special education services for children from birth to age 21
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the acronym that stands for a written statement of a child’s current level of educational performance and of the child’s individualized plan of instruction, including the goals, specific services to be received, the staff members who will carry out the services, the standards and timelines for evaluating progress, and the amount and degree to which the child will participate with typically-developing peers
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an acronym that refers to the systematic prereferral and early intervention process that consists of universal screening and several tiers of increasingly intensive trials of research-based interventions before referral for assessment for special education eligibility
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the acronym of the act that defines the term disability and prohibits discrimination by employers, by facilities open to the general public, and by state and local public agencies that provide such services as transportation
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the acronym that stands for the IDEA require¬ment which indicates that children with disabilities, including children in public or private institutions or other care facilities, must be educated with children who are not disabled, to the maximum extent possible
