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IDEA Overview and Early Intervention Practice SC-106

Bill of Rights for Handicapped Individuals (1973) Outlawed job discrimination on the ... programs to meet needs for educating handicapped children ages 3-18 ...

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IDEA Overview and Early Intervention Practice SC-106

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    1. Assessing Individuals with Disabilities PSY/SPED 572 Schroeder

    2. Defining Disability Medical model Focus on impairment Sees problems as based in individual “Adaptation” to the disability Social model Promotes health and resilience Sees problems as inherent in society Seeks social remedies

    3. Legal imperatives Bill of Rights for Handicapped Individuals (1973) Outlawed job discrimination on the basis of disability if receiving federal funds ADA (1990) added private companies to this list EAHC (1975) Mandated assessment and programs to meet needs for educating handicapped children ages 3-18 IDEA ’97 Amended EAHC and added infants and toddlers to list

    4. Standard 10 Some tests may be inappropriate if something unrelated to what is being measured is required for success and is related to the person’s disability E.g., bubbling an answer sheet if they are still able to answer the questions accordingly

    5. Assessment and Accommodation Changes made to a test for evaluation to be completed Types of accommodations Test format Response format Changing physical environment Changing interpersonal environment Timing Using parts of a test Using alternate tests

    6. Unchanged Test

    7. Accommodations

    8. Modifications

    9. Standard 10 It is not always appropriate to accommodate When skill is what is being measured E.g., a blind person taking a driving test When disability does not impact person’s ability to take the exam successfully E.g., math disability but can read and write well taking a reading exam

    10. Decisions about making accommodations Capabilities of assessee Capabilities of assessor Purpose of assessment Diagnostic vs. intervention related Uses of scores Can you use the norms? Do you need to? Unfair advantage (esp. extra time) Reliability and validity Are we changing what is being measured

    11. What are your opinions about flagging accommodated test scores?

    12. Assessment & Specific Disabilities For all disabilities What is the impact of the impairment? What does the individual able to do and need assistance with? Is fatigue going to be a factor (body fatigue, eye fatigue)?

    13. Assessment & Specific Disabilities As a group highlight the main points related to your assigned disability Visual impairments Hearing impairments Visual/hearing impairments Motor impairments

    14. Assessment & Specific Disabilities Cognitive Disabilities Intellectual functioning Adaptive behavior Vineland Domains of adaptive behavior Daily living Socialization Motor function Communication

    15. Psychological/social variables impacting individuals with disabilities Fatalism (external locus of control) Predicts illness and cognitive difficulties Self-efficacy Belief in own ability to accomplish task Social support

    16. How might other types of diversity interact with disability issues?

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