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Pedagogy---an approach to, or view of teaching, that influences how teachers teach.
Peer Editing
Peer Mediation
Peer Mentoring
Peer Tutoring--students who have mastered certain skills or information and then help others at the same grade level learn those same skills.
Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE)
Pennsylvania State School Assessment (PSSA)
Perceptual Reasoning index (PRI)
Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS)
Phonics
Physical Therapy--services provided by a qualified physical therapist that address gross motor skills
Placement (Educational)--the setting in which the special education service is delivered to the student. It must be derived from the student’s IEP.
Plagiarism
Portfolio
Positive Behavior Support Plan (PBSP)
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Pragmatic Language
Pre K-3 or Birth-3--sometimes referred to as Early Intervention (EI)
PSAT
PSSA tests
Pre-Medial Education
Prior Written Notice (PWN)--The document that describes an IEP team’s proposal or refusal or an action, or requested action. Th PWN must be provided to the parents when school proposes to initiate or change, or refuses to initiate or change, the identification, evaluation or placement of a child. It is to be given after the decision is made, but before the change is put into effect. The PWN is one of the most "legal" documents in the whole IEP process.
Procedural Safeguards
Processing Speed Index (PSI)
Progress Monitoring
Psychiatrist
Psycho-educational Evaluation--an evaluation of one’s academic, social, emotional, and behavioral abilities and functioning
Psychologist
Pull Out Programs--remove a child from a regular classroom for part of the school day for remedial services or enrichment