AN INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL EDUCATION
HIGH-YIELD IEP DEVELOPMENT,
ACCOMMODATIONS, AND LAWS (IDEA)
SUMMARY 2026
◉ What is special education?
Answer: Specially designed instruction, at no cost to the parents, to
meet the unique needs of a child with a disability.
◉ What percentage of the global population experiences some form
of disability?
Answer: 15%
◉ What does the medical model of disability focus on?
Answer: The inability to participate fully in home and community
life.
◉ What is an accommodation in the context of special education?
Answer: A change that helps a student overcome or work around the
disability.
◉ What does the social model of disability distinguish between?
,Answer: Impairments and disabilities.
◉ What is the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) according to
IDEA?
Answer: Special education instruction must be provided to students
with disabilities in the least restrictive environment.
◉ What must an Individualized Education Program (IEP) include?
Answer: Measurable goals for the student, accommodations,
modifications, and supplementary aids.
◉ What is the purpose of the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA)?
Answer: To provide an education that meets a child's unique needs
and protects the rights of children with disabilities and their
parents.
◉ What was the significance of the case Brown v. Board of
Education?
Answer: It was a landmark case in 1954 that addressed segregation
in schools.
◉ What did the National Council on Disability conclude about
compliance from 1994 to 1998?
, Answer: 36 states failed to ensure that children with disabilities are
not segregated from regular classrooms.
◉ What does IDEA outline regarding categories of special
education?
Answer: IDEA has outlined 13 categories of special education that
children must fall under to qualify for services.
◉ What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Answer: A developmental disability that mainly affects a child's
social and communication skills, and sometimes behavior.
◉ What is Deafness?
Answer: A severe hearing impairment that prevents a child from
processing language through hearing.
◉ What is Deaf-Blindness?
Answer: A combination of a hearing and a visual impairment.
◉ What is Hearing Impairment?
Answer: Hearing loss that is less severe than deafness.
◉ What is Intellectual Disability?
HIGH-YIELD IEP DEVELOPMENT,
ACCOMMODATIONS, AND LAWS (IDEA)
SUMMARY 2026
◉ What is special education?
Answer: Specially designed instruction, at no cost to the parents, to
meet the unique needs of a child with a disability.
◉ What percentage of the global population experiences some form
of disability?
Answer: 15%
◉ What does the medical model of disability focus on?
Answer: The inability to participate fully in home and community
life.
◉ What is an accommodation in the context of special education?
Answer: A change that helps a student overcome or work around the
disability.
◉ What does the social model of disability distinguish between?
,Answer: Impairments and disabilities.
◉ What is the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) according to
IDEA?
Answer: Special education instruction must be provided to students
with disabilities in the least restrictive environment.
◉ What must an Individualized Education Program (IEP) include?
Answer: Measurable goals for the student, accommodations,
modifications, and supplementary aids.
◉ What is the purpose of the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA)?
Answer: To provide an education that meets a child's unique needs
and protects the rights of children with disabilities and their
parents.
◉ What was the significance of the case Brown v. Board of
Education?
Answer: It was a landmark case in 1954 that addressed segregation
in schools.
◉ What did the National Council on Disability conclude about
compliance from 1994 to 1998?
, Answer: 36 states failed to ensure that children with disabilities are
not segregated from regular classrooms.
◉ What does IDEA outline regarding categories of special
education?
Answer: IDEA has outlined 13 categories of special education that
children must fall under to qualify for services.
◉ What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Answer: A developmental disability that mainly affects a child's
social and communication skills, and sometimes behavior.
◉ What is Deafness?
Answer: A severe hearing impairment that prevents a child from
processing language through hearing.
◉ What is Deaf-Blindness?
Answer: A combination of a hearing and a visual impairment.
◉ What is Hearing Impairment?
Answer: Hearing loss that is less severe than deafness.
◉ What is Intellectual Disability?
