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Paraprofessional: an individual trained to assist a professional.
Performance assessment: also known as alternative or authentic assessment, is a form of testing that requires students to perform a task rather than select an answer from a ready-made list.
Performance standards: definitions of what a child must do to demonstrate proficiency at specific levels in content standards.
Physical impairment: a dysfunction of the musculoskeletal and/or neurological body systems, which affects the functional ability of a student to move or coordinate movement.
Physical therapist (PT): a professional who treats movement dysfunctions through a variety of nonmedical means in a program tailored to the individual’s needs; provides a special education related service.
Portfolio assessment: an alternative form of individualized evaluation that includes numerous samples of the student’s work across all curriculum targets and reports of teachers and parents about that individual’s social skills.
Pre-assessment: allows the teacher and student to discover what is already known in a specific topic or subject. It is critical to recognize prior knowledge so students can engage in questioning, formulating, thinking and theorizing in order to construct new knowledge appropriate to their level.
Preventive measures: taking action to stop something from happening before it happens.
Progress: measuring how much and how well someone knows something or has learned something. The improvement or weakening over time.
Psycho-educational assessment: an evaluative measure that usually includes intelligence testing, achievement testing, and an assessment of adaptive behavior skills for the purpose of designing an educational program appropriate to the needs of the student.
Psychologist: assists in the identification of intellectual, social and emotional needs of students. They provide consultation and support to families and staff regarding behavior and conditions related to learning. They plan programs to meet the special needs of children and often serve as a facilitator during an IEP meeting.
Paraprofessional: an individual trained to assist a professional.
Performance assessment: also known as alternative or authentic assessment, is a form of testing that requires students to perform a task rather than select an answer from a ready-made list.
Performance standards: definitions of what a child must do to demonstrate proficiency at specific levels in content standards.
Physical impairment: a dysfunction of the musculoskeletal and/or neurological body systems, which affects the functional ability of a student to move or coordinate movement.
Physical therapist (PT): a professional who treats movement dysfunctions through a variety of nonmedical means in a program tailored to the individual’s needs; provides a special education related service.
Portfolio assessment: an alternative form of individualized evaluation that includes numerous samples of the student’s work across all curriculum targets and reports of teachers and parents about that individual’s social skills.
Pre-assessment: allows the teacher and student to discover what is already known in a specific topic or subject. It is critical to recognize prior knowledge so students can engage in questioning, formulating, thinking and theorizing in order to construct new knowledge appropriate to their level.
Preventive measures: taking action to stop something from happening before it happens.
Progress: measuring how much and how well someone knows something or has learned something. The improvement or weakening over time.
Psycho-educational assessment: an evaluative measure that usually includes intelligence testing, achievement testing, and an assessment of adaptive behavior skills for the purpose of designing an educational program appropriate to the needs of the student.
Psychologist: assists in the identification of intellectual, social and emotional needs of students. They provide consultation and support to families and staff regarding behavior and conditions related to learning. They plan programs to meet the special needs of children and often serve as a facilitator during an IEP meeting.