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What is Speech and Langiage Pathologist
SLP
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What is the classroom teacher
Person responsible for communicating progress and observations to parents and school based team
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What is an SEA
Assists teacher daily in the classroom to support student with special needs
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What is a psychoeducational assessment
Comprehensive assessment of child's psychological and academic skills
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What is response to intervention
Multi-tiered approach to early identification and support of students with learning and behaviour needs.
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What is Universal Design for Learning
UDL
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What is the resource teacher
Person responsible for assisting teacher in gathering information, promoting problem solving approach though SBT, developing and implementing IEP
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What is the Principal
Person responsible for fostering school wide climate that respects diversity and inclusion
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What is AFL
Process of seeking and interpreting evidence for use by learners and educators to decide where students are in their learning, where to go and how to get there
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What is school based teams
Ongoing collaborative problem-solving unit of school personnel
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What is POPARD
Provincial Outreach Program for Autism Related Disorders
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What are itinerant teachers
Professional responsible for providing appropriate assessment and programming in specialized areas
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What is the classroom teacher
Reports on student progress in relation to learning outcomes and/or individualized goals
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What is phonological awareness test
Screening used to determine how well child in early years can hear the identity, order and number of syllables in sounds
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What is adaptation
Teaching and assessment strategies designed to accommodate students needs so they can access and achieve core competencies
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What is IBI
Intensive Behaviour Intervention
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What is the Principal
Person who ensures teachers receive all information they need to work with students designated with special needs
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What is Principal
Person ultimately responsible to ensure that IEPs are in place and implemented for those students as students with special needs
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What is a functional behavioural assessment
Assessment that looks at reasons behind a child's behaviour problems in order to plan interventions and preventative measure that improve behaviour.
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What is inclusion
Term used to describe the principle that all students are entitled to equitable access tolerating, achievement and excellence in educational programming
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What is ICM
Integrated Case Management
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What is the Ministry of Education
Body of government responsible for implementing inclusion guidelines
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What is itinerant staff
Persons who ensures information is in place for identifying and reporting students to the Ministry
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What is a PPVT/EVT
Untimed individual norm-referenced test of receptive/expressive vocabulary
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What is School Act
Regulation that outlines principal duty to implement educational programs; provide flexibility for students with special needs and ensure SBT is operational.
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