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Special education is full of jargon. This glossary translates it into plain language so you can understand your child's rights and advocate with confidence.

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Section 504

A civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in any program receiving feder...

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IEP AdVocabulary

Section 504

ABC Data

Accommodations

Adaptive Behavior Assessment

Advocate

Age Equivalent

Age of Majority

Aging Out

Alternate Assessment

Americans with Disabilities Act

Annual Goals

Annual Review

Antecedent

Applied Behavior Analysis

Apraxia of Speech

Assistive Technology

Assistive Technology Assessment

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Auditory Processing Disorder

Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Baseline Data

Behavior Intervention Plan

Benchmarks

Child Find

Community Parent Resource Center

Compensatory Education

Conciliation Conference

Consequence

Consultative Services

Continuum of Placements

Criterion-Referenced Test

Curriculum-Based Measurement

De-escalation

Deaf-Blindness

Deafness

Developmental Delay

Direct Services

Discrepancy Model

Due Process Complaint

Due Process Hearing

Dyscalculia

Dysgraphia

Dyslexia

Educational Records

Eligibility

Eligibility Report

Emotional Disturbance

Endrew F. Standard

Evaluation

Evaluation Team Report

Executive Function

Extended School Year

Facilitated IEP

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

Free Appropriate Public Education

Full and Individual Evaluation

Functional Behavioral Assessment

Grade Equivalent

Guardianship

Hearing Impairment

IEP Amendment

IEP Meeting

IEP Team

Impartial Hearing Officer

Inclusion

Independent Educational Evaluation

Individualized Education Program

Individualized Family Service Plan

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

Intellectual Disability

Intellectual Giftedness

Interim Alternative Educational Setting

Least Restrictive Environment

Local Education Agency

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Mainstreaming

Manifestation Determination

Mediation