FAPE: Free, Appropriate Public Education: FAPE is legally defined as an individualized education which is reasonably calculated to allow a child with a disability to receive educational benefit. FAPE must be available at no cost to the parents and must be developed and delivered in accordance with the procedures required by IDEA.

Free, Appropriate Public Education: FAPE is legally defined as an individualized education which is reasonably calculated to allow a child with a disability to receive educational benefit. FAPE must be available at no cost to the parents and must be developed and delivered in accordance with the procedures required by IDEA.

Methodology: The specific teaching method that will be used with a student with a disability. Some examples of common teaching methods are Direct Instruction, Whole Language Instruction, the Lovaas Method.

Procedural Errors: Errors which occur when required IDEA procedures are not followed. For example, failure to provide parents with written notice about an IEP meeting would be a procedural error.

Substantive Errors: Errors which occur when the IEP fails to offer the quantity or qualify of services required to provide FAPE to an IDEA-eligible child. For example, not providing a necessary related service would be a substantive error.