Glossary
High School Special Education Teacher Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential high school special education teacher terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key high school special education teacher vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in high school special education teacher training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Accommodation
- Change in how a student learns or is tested.
- Age of majority
- When rights transfer to the student.
- Credit recovery
- Making up failed credits.
- IDEA
- Federal special education law.
- IEP
- Individualized Education Program.
- Job coach
- Supports a worker on the job.
- Life skills
- Daily living skills.
- LRE
- Least restrictive environment.
- Modification
- Change in what a student learns.
- Present levels
- Current performance in the IEP.
- Progress monitoring
- Tracking growth on goals.
- Self-determination
- Making your own choices.
- Summary of performance
- Exit document for graduates.
- Transition plan
- IEP plan for life after school.
- Vocational rehabilitation
- State job services for people with disabilities.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free High School Special Education Teacher practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see High School Special Education Teacher training.
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