La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § XXXV-101
Accommodation-strategies, tools, or adjustments to the educational environment that facilitate equal access to instruction and instructional content for students with disabilities. Accommodations do not alter the rigor, expectations, requirements, or content of the curriculum, learning task, or assessment measures.
Assessment-the act or systematic process of using a wide variety of methods or tools to evaluate, measure, and document the academic readiness, learning progress, skill acquisition, or educational needs of students in order to improve student learning.
At-Risk-a classification of scores falling within a certain range on a screening measure that indicates a student may have difficulties with grade-level tasks and that additional, targeted instructional support is necessary.
Developmental Auditory Imperception-Repealed.
Dysgraphia-Repealed.
Dyslexia-an unexpected difficulty in reading for an individual who has the intelligence to be a much better reader, most commonly caused by a difficulty in phonological processing, the appreciation of the individual sounds of spoken and written language, which affects the ability of an individual to speak, read, and spell.
Dysphasia-Repealed.
Evaluation-the in-depth process, in accordance with LAC 28:CI, Bulletin 1508, used by qualified personnel in the review, examination, and interpretation of intervention efforts, test results, interviews, observations, and other assessment information to gather relevant functional, developmental, and academic information that may assist in determining whether a student has an exceptionality and the nature and extent of the special education and related services.
Expressive Language-the act of conveying information through writing, speaking, or gesturing.
Fluency-reading words at an adequate rate, with high levels of accuracy, rate, and with appropriate expression.
Grapheme-Repealed.
IDEA-Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (Public Law 105-17), also referred to as the special education statute. The federal regulation is designed to provide a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to eligible children with disabilities and ensure special education and related services to those children.
Linguistics-the science of language, including phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics.
Morphology-the study of words and how they are formed.
Phoneme-the smallest unit of sound capable of signaling semantic distinction or meaning (e.g./sh/, /i/, /p/).
Phoneme Manipulation-dropping, adding, or moving phonemes to create new words or detached syllables.
Phoneme Segmentation-the ability to separately articulate the sounds of a spoken word in order.
Phonemic Awareness-the ability to hear and manipulate sounds in spoken words and understand that syllables can be divided into a sequence of phonemes, which is one aspect of the larger category of phonological awareness.
Phonics-method of instruction that teaches the systematic relationship between letter and letter combinations in written language and the individual sounds in spoken language and how to use these relationships to read and spell words.
Phonological Awareness-an understanding that words are made up of individual speech sounds as distinct from word meaning and that those sounds can be manipulated.
Phonology-the study of the speech sounds of a language and the underlying rules of usage.
Rapid Automatic Naming (RAN)-the ability to rapidly name visually presented stimuli such as colors, objects, numbers, and letters.
Receptive Language-the act of understanding information by listening, reading, or gesturing.
Related Disorders-Repealed.
Screening-a quick procedure designed to identify individuals who demonstrate a greater probability of having a specific condition and may receive supplemental intervention services or be referred for more in-depth assessment.
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973-federal law found at 29 U.S.C. Secs. 706(7), 794, 794a, 794b. "No otherwise qualified disabled individual...shall, solely by the reason of his/her handicap, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."
Semantics-the study of word and phrase meanings.
Syntax-the study of how sentences are formed and of the grammatical rules that govern sentence formation.
La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § XXXV-101