It is a technique that deals with issues related to psychosocial issues
Accommodations
noun
Changes made to the format, response, setting, timing, or scheduling that do not significantly change the original objective
Example: There are certainly areas of Cohen's analysis which parallel my experiences in a broad sense: The explorer "arranges his trip alone; he tries to get off the beaten track as much as possible, but he nevertheless looks for comfortable ACCOMMODATIONS and reliable means of transportation.
fr: Hébergement
Alternate Assessment
noun
The alternate assessment is designed for students with disabilities who cannot participate in the state standardized testing and reporting system. It is a means of including students with the most severe disabilities in the State’s assessment and accountability program.
fr: Evaluation alternative
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD)
noun
A condition that can make it hard for a person to sit still, control behavior and pay attention.
fr: Trouble déficitaire de l'attention/hyperactivité (TDA/H)
autistic
noun
Autism, or autism spectrum disorder (ASD), refers to a broad range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication.
Example: Unlike AUTISTIC children, the centre of infants with Downs Syndromes attention is social interaction, with the suggestion that fewer object request statements parallels the pre-linguistic period where language is used as a means to engage people socially rather than to engage with the surrounding environment (Tager-Flusberg, 1999:316).
fr: Trouble du spectre de l'autisme
Confidentiality
noun
Assurance that no information contained in school records be released without parental permission, except as provided by law.
Example: To ensure CONFIDENTIALITY all participants will be allocated a number and all data will be stored under those numbers.
fr: Confidentialité
Consent
noun
Permission from the parent/student (eighteen years or older) is required by law for individualized assessment and/or implementation of an IEP for the provision of special education services.
Example: Cicero commented about one candidate that "I doubt whether my girl could be brought to CONSENT" (Cicero Letters to Atticus 5.4 97.1), and when Tullia's engagement to Dolabella was announced he wrote to Atticus saying "believe me, it was the last thing I expected" (Cicero Letter to Atticus 6.6 121.1).
fr: Consentement
Domestic violence
noun
Violent or aggressive behavior within the home, typically involving the violent abuse of a spouse or partner.
Example: For DOMESTIC VIOLENCE men receive lesser sentences, indicating a tolerance that does not exist within the public sphere, privileging domestic abusers.
fr: Violences conjugales
Emotional Disturbance (ED)
noun
Special education eligibility criteria for students who exhibit one or more of the identified characteristics to a marked degree over an extended period of time in a variety of settings that adversely affects a student’s educational.
fr: Trouble émotionel
Emotional Disturbance (ED)
Special education eligibility criteria for students who exhibit one or more of the identified characteristics to a marked degree over an extended period of time in a variety of settings that adversely affects a student’s educational.
Evaluation
noun
Procedures used by qualified personnel to determine whether a child has a disability and the nature and extent of the special education and/or related services that the child needs.
Example: Therefore, national agricultural research and extension agencies, as well as private institutions working with agricultural and rural development projects, are aiming at a broader participation of farmers themselves in some or all the stages leading to decision-making for technology adoption: problem identification, research design, implementation, and monitoring and EVALUATION (Okali et al, 1994).
fr: évaluation
Expressive Language Skills
noun
Skills required to produce language for reliable communication with others; speaking and writing are expressive language skills
fr: compétences linguistiques expressives
Functional Analysis (FA)
noun
Functional analysis is conducted for a student with a disability who displays a serious behavior problem. In a clinical setting, trained behavior therapists manipulate the environment in order to “test” different behavioral hypotheses. An FA provides the most conclusive evidence for behavioral function.
fr: Analyse fonctionnelle
Inclusive education
noun
Including all students in the regular class so that each student attains to their fullest. Inclusive education’s foundation is based on the human right to quality education and social acceptance.
fr: Education inclusive
Intelligence Quotient (IQ)
noun
The score obtained on a test of mental ability; determined by comparing an individual’s test score to his or her age.
fr: quotient intellectuel
Mainstreaming
noun
Refers to the selective placement of students with disabilities in one or more general education classes and/or other school activities.
fr: Intégration
Mediation
A conflict resolution process that can be used to resolve special education issues. Mediation is entered into prior to holding a due process hearing. It is the intent of the legislature that the mediation conference is an intervening.
Example: It is possible to see Ranke as the epitome of MEDIATION between these diverging points of view because he combined a 'new academic standard' with renewed 'literary quality'.
fr: Médiation
Multidisciplinary
noun
Group of professionals from different disciplines who function as a team but perform their roles independent of one another.
fr: Multidisciplinaire
Other Health Impaired (OHI)
noun
Means having limited strength, vitality, or alertness, including a heightened alertness to environmental stimuli that results in limited alertness with respect to the educational environment is due to chronic or acute health pr
fr: Autres problèmes de santé
Parent
noun
The natural or adoptive parent, guardian, or person appointed to act as a parent for a student
Example: Robert Trivers explains in evolutionary terms the evolution of fundamental social organisation in his thesis of 'PARENTal Investment' (1972): "any investment by the PARENT in an individual offspring that increases the offspring's chance of surviving at the cost of the PARENT's ability to invest in other offspring". The determining factors for this are measures of resources that a PARENT can invest, the variable being the environment.
fr: parent
Procedural Safeguards
noun
Procedural Safeguards must be given to the parents of a child with a disability at a minimum (a) Upon initial referral for evaluation; (b) Upon each notification of an IEP meeting; (c) Upon reevaluation of a child; and (d) Upon receipt of a request for due process; also called Parent Rights
fr: Garanties procédurales
Receptive Language
noun
Receiving and understanding spoken or written communication; receptive language skills include listening and reading.
Example: However, Bartok, Rutter and Cox (1975) have found this not to be the case reporting that over 40% of their sample with RECEPTIVE LANGUAGE deficits did not use gesture (Bishop, 2000: 103).
fr: langage réceptif
Referral
noun
The process of requesting an evaluation for a student who is suspected of having a disability to determine eligibility for special education and/or related services.
Example: Reasons for REFERRAL 1) Rosemary is experiencing an exacerbation in her condition and is therefore finding her motor skills have deteriorated making it difficult and frustrating to handle small objects and to work on her computer.
fr: Référence
Related Services
noun
Services defined by federal law whose purpose is to assist a student with a disability to derive benefit from special education; includes transportation services, speech/language therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, counseling, etc.
Example: The main sources of accretion to FER are exports of IT-RELATED SERVICES and Foreign Portfolio Investment and not Foreign Direct Investment (which is more stable),as in the cases of China and Singapore.
fr: Services associés
Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP)
noun
Professional trained to identify, assess, diagnose, and correct various types of communication disorders
fr: orthophoniste
Tourette Syndrome
noun
A diagnosed condition of the nervous system, characterized by a variable expression of unwanted movements and noises (tics).
