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Impairment: having a disability of a specified kind.
Implementation: the process of putting a decision or plan into effect; execution.
Inclusion: a state of inclusivity in which all students are educated so as to reach their fullest potentials, regardless of ability or disability. Secures opportunities for students with disabilities to learn inside mainstream classrooms.
Independent educational evaluation: an evaluation of a child that is done by a person who does not work for the child's school district, public charter school, or intermediate unit (IU).
Individual achievement test: assesses the academic achievement of children.
Individual intelligence testing: intelligence tests that are administered to a student one on one.
Individualized Education Plan (IEP): a written plan used to delineate an individual student’s current level of development and his or her learning goals, as well as to specify any accommodations, modifications and related services that a student might need to attend school and maximize his or her learning.
Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP): a written document meant to summarize relevant assessments and diagnoses, determine needed services, and provide a structure for the implementation of those services for children from birth to age three.
Informal assessment: a procedure for obtaining information that can be used to make judgments about children's learning behavior and characteristics or programs using means other than standardized instruments. Observations, checklists, and portfolios are just some of the informal methods of assessment available to early childhood educators.
Initial evaluation: the first evaluation process.
Institutionalization: to place someone in an institution.
Integration: the process by which people of different backgrounds, abilities, social classes, religious persuasions, genders, etc., are permitted full and equal access to social institutions, services and legal protections.
Intellectual abilities: the skills required to perform mental tasks. There are different types of intellectual abilities, such as memory, creative thinking and vocabulary.
Intellectual impairment: disorder appearing before adulthood, characterized by significantly impaired cognitive functioning and deficits in two or more adaptive behaviors.
Intervention program: set of teaching procedures used by educators to help students who are struggling with a skill or lesson succeed in the classroom.
Intelligence Quotient (IQ): score achieved on an intelligence test that identifies learning potential.
Impairment: having a disability of a specified kind.
Implementation: the process of putting a decision or plan into effect; execution.
Inclusion: a state of inclusivity in which all students are educated so as to reach their fullest potentials, regardless of ability or disability. Secures opportunities for students with disabilities to learn inside mainstream classrooms.
Independent educational evaluation: an evaluation of a child that is done by a person who does not work for the child's school district, public charter school, or intermediate unit (IU).
Individual achievement test: assesses the academic achievement of children.
Individual intelligence testing: intelligence tests that are administered to a student one on one.
Individualized Education Plan (IEP): a written plan used to delineate an individual student’s current level of development and his or her learning goals, as well as to specify any accommodations, modifications and related services that a student might need to attend school and maximize his or her learning.
Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP): a written document meant to summarize relevant assessments and diagnoses, determine needed services, and provide a structure for the implementation of those services for children from birth to age three.
Informal assessment: a procedure for obtaining information that can be used to make judgments about children's learning behavior and characteristics or programs using means other than standardized instruments. Observations, checklists, and portfolios are just some of the informal methods of assessment available to early childhood educators.
Initial evaluation: the first evaluation process.
Institutionalization: to place someone in an institution.
Integration: the process by which people of different backgrounds, abilities, social classes, religious persuasions, genders, etc., are permitted full and equal access to social institutions, services and legal protections.
Intellectual abilities: the skills required to perform mental tasks. There are different types of intellectual abilities, such as memory, creative thinking and vocabulary.
Intellectual impairment: disorder appearing before adulthood, characterized by significantly impaired cognitive functioning and deficits in two or more adaptive behaviors.
Intervention program: set of teaching procedures used by educators to help students who are struggling with a skill or lesson succeed in the classroom.
Intelligence Quotient (IQ): score achieved on an intelligence test that identifies learning potential.