Module 2: Laws, Policies and Procedures that Inform Teaching Practices in Inclusive Classrooms
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Learning Objective: The candidate explains how the mandates of IDEA impact the policies and practices for
teaching students with exceptionalities.
Laws and Policies Ensuring Students with Exceptionalities Can Access the General Curriculum
LAW Who is Covered? Important Components
IDEA Kids from birth through high school Special education
(or age 21). But a child must have a Instruction designed to meet the child’s
disability in one of 13 categories in individual differences and needs Example: explicit
the law and need special education reading instruction
to make progress in school. Not all Related services Services that help the child
kids who struggle in school will benefit from special education Examples: speech
qualify and occupational therapy
Accommodations Changes in the classroom to
how the child learns the curriculum Examples:
extra time on tests, seating at the front of the
class
Assistive technology Tools that help the child
work around barriers to learning Examples:
calculators, keyboards, graphic organizers
Section 504 Students of all ages who have a Accommodations
physical or mental disability that Changes in the classroom to how the child learns
substantially limits a major life the curriculum Examples: extra time on tests,
activity. That can include reading, seating near the front of the class
learning, and concentrating Assistive technology
Tools that help the child work around barriers to
learning Examples: calculators, keyboards, graphic
organizers
School services
Services that help the child get access to general
education Examples: speech, therapy,
transportation
ADA People of all ages who have a Addresses rights and accessibility for all
physical or mental disability that individuals
substantially limits a major life
activity.
Planning, Implementing, and Monitoring Services for Students with Exceptionalities
IDEA What does it stand for? What is included?
IEP Individual Education Program The IEP should describe how your child learns,
how your child best demonstrates what he or she
is learning and what teachers and service
Note: You are encouraged to download the Study Guide to document your responses. If you plan to print the
Study Guide and complete it by hand (recommended), expand the tables after you download it to provide
more space to enter a complete response.
Learning Objective: The candidate explains how the mandates of IDEA impact the policies and practices for
teaching students with exceptionalities.
Laws and Policies Ensuring Students with Exceptionalities Can Access the General Curriculum
LAW Who is Covered? Important Components
IDEA Kids from birth through high school Special education
(or age 21). But a child must have a Instruction designed to meet the child’s
disability in one of 13 categories in individual differences and needs Example: explicit
the law and need special education reading instruction
to make progress in school. Not all Related services Services that help the child
kids who struggle in school will benefit from special education Examples: speech
qualify and occupational therapy
Accommodations Changes in the classroom to
how the child learns the curriculum Examples:
extra time on tests, seating at the front of the
class
Assistive technology Tools that help the child
work around barriers to learning Examples:
calculators, keyboards, graphic organizers
Section 504 Students of all ages who have a Accommodations
physical or mental disability that Changes in the classroom to how the child learns
substantially limits a major life the curriculum Examples: extra time on tests,
activity. That can include reading, seating near the front of the class
learning, and concentrating Assistive technology
Tools that help the child work around barriers to
learning Examples: calculators, keyboards, graphic
organizers
School services
Services that help the child get access to general
education Examples: speech, therapy,
transportation
ADA People of all ages who have a Addresses rights and accessibility for all
physical or mental disability that individuals
substantially limits a major life
activity.
Planning, Implementing, and Monitoring Services for Students with Exceptionalities
IDEA What does it stand for? What is included?
IEP Individual Education Program The IEP should describe how your child learns,
how your child best demonstrates what he or she
is learning and what teachers and service
