This piece of legislation completely changed the face of education in this country. It has been reauthorized and amended five times and is the current procedural guide for all things dealing with special education in our school systems.

Caregiver, provider, teacher, counselor, behavior support specialist, parent of siblings without disabilities, marriage partner, information specialist, and advocate.

This category of disability is by far the largest category of special education categories with nearly 2.5 million children receiving special services for this disability.

There are five disorders found on this continuum of disorders.

This educational placement is still the most prevalent model of service delivery and is sometimes called intermittent direct service.

This court case changed the history of the special education movement and was aligned closely with the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950's and 1960's. This case stated that segregation was unconstitutional.

When teachers treat parents as vulnerable clients, keep a professional distance, treat parents as if they need counseling, and blame the parents for their child's disability, this causes a certain situation to happen between the parents and the child's te

This term refers to the cause of a child's learning disability. Most are unknown.

This type of therapy was found in 1998 to help children suffering from Autism who were also suffering from gastrointestinal problems. At first thought to be the "cure" for autism, it was later discovered that no significant improvement was found in Autist

This term describes any condition involving poor or unpleasant voice quality.

This provision under IDEA includes a "barrier free" education and consists of three aspects: multiple means of representation, multiple means of action and expression, and multiple means of engagement.

By understanding that many families are English Language Learners, many families are from low income households, parents are life-educated, and some immigrant families may be fearful of government systems like school, teachers can accomplish this.

This type of assessment is compared with a predetermined criterion or mastery level and identifies specific skills the child has already learned and skills that require instruction.

About half of children with Autism are able to produce speech, but typically only this kind of speech, characterized by verbatim repetitions of what people around them have said.

These types of disorders are caused by neuromuscular impairments in respiration, phonation, resonation, and articulation. They fall under this broad group term to describe each disorder.

The aspects of zero reject policy, nondiscriminatory evaluation, free appropriate public education, least restrictive environment, procedural safeguards, and parent participation are key points in this piece of legislation.

Teachers have developed this form of written communication with parents to encourage parent-delivered rewards contingent upon the child's behavior or academic performance in the classroom.

This type of learning strategy that his helpful for students with learning disabilities combines a special presentation of information with explicit strategies for recall and can help students remember large amounts of unfamiliar information.

Contrary to popular media, only about 10% of people with Autism experience this type of disorder where they display an extraordinary ability or knowledge in a certain area.

Case history and physical examination, articulation, hearing, and phonological awareness and processing are all addressed when this is completed.

Preventive, including primary, secondary, tertiary, remedial, and compensatory measures.

By keeping sessions short, making the experience positive, providing frequent opportunities for the child to respond, and being consistent, parents can successfully participate in their child's classroom in this way.

This organization is composed of twelve professional organizations concerned with issues regarding learning disabilities and works closely with the federal government on legal matters concerning learning disabilities and IDEA.

This type of disorder is often misdiagnosed as obsessive-compulsive disorder or ADHD because people with this disorder are highly verbal and have superior intelligence, but have great difficulties with social skills.

This type of language unit does not carry any meaning by itself, instead it is a grammatical marker that changes the meaning of words when attached to new words.