Which part of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) deals with providing special education services to school-age students?
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Which age range of students is protected under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)?
Ages 3 to 21
Prior to the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the discrepancy model was used to identify learning disabilities. What did the reauthorization of IDEA emphasize doing to identify learning disabilities instead?
Use scientific, research-based teaching interventions
Which federal program may provide health insurance for students with disabilities?
CHIP
By law, infants and toddlers with disabilities must have a plan developed for them as part of the early childhood special education program. What is the name of this plan?
Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)
What is required for a student to qualify for protection under Section 504?
A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities
What is a public school required to do under the provisions of FAPE?
Teach a student with special needs in the least restrictive environment
Congress passed FERPA as part of which major law?
IDEA
The clause "It is inherently unequal to educate students with disabilities in separate facilities" helped give educational opportunities to students with disabilities.Which famous court case did this clause come from?
Brown v. Board of Education
A second-grade student recently moved to the United States from another country. The student is a non-native English speaker. The school is concerned about the student and refers him for special education testing. The school psychologist administers the intellectual exam in English with the standard time limit. The exam determines that the student is intellectually disabled and qualifies him for special education services. According to Diana v. CA State Board of Education (1970), which student right was violated in this scenario?
The right to be assessed in the student's primary language
An elementary school student moves to a new school district. The student is confined to a wheelchair and has cognitive delays. The school district claims that the student cannot attend school because the building is not accessible. What is the school district required to do, according to Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia (1972)?
To make structural changes to the building to give the student access
What was the key ruling of Board of Education v. Rowley (1982)?
Schools only have to provide children with disabilities access to education equal to that provided to other children.
What did Larry P. v. Riles (1979) find regarding standardized tests used for assessment and placement in special education?
Assessment testing biases result in discrimination of students from different cultural, social, and linguistic groups.
What did Hobson v. Hansen determine about using standardized aptitude tests for special education assessment and placement?
Assessments, ability tracking, and ability grouping systems cannot be culturally or racially biased.
A student with an emotional disability transfers to a new school. The student's IEP requires a service dog be allowed as an accommodation. This is the first time a service animal has been allowed at school. This accommodation is being questioned by multiple school staff members. An IEP meeting has been scheduled to review the appropriateness of the accommodation in the new setting. How should the accommodation be handled until the IEP meeting takes place?
Allow the service dog until the IEP team makes a determination
Which professionals are held to the standard of professional development when it comes to accommodation for students with special education needs in the school and the classroom?
All personnel at the school should continue learning about the accommodations required by the students at their school.
A new paraeducator has been assigned to provide academic support in the general education setting to a student with a learning disability in reading comprehension. What is the special education teacher's responsibility to the new paraeducator?
Inform the paraeducator about the appropriate modifications and accommodations required by the student's IEP
A special education teacher notices that many general education teachers lack an understanding of how to implement testing accommodations. Which action should the special education teacher take to promote professional growth and collaboration among colleagues?
Design a presentation to address testing accommodations during a professional development meeting
A special education teacher will be co-teaching a 10th grade English class this year. The class will include students with disabilities from diverse cultural backgrounds. While planning with the general education teacher, the special education teacher realizes the selection of books in the classroom do not represent the diversity of the students in the class. He is concerned and wants to encourage his students to read despite their reading challenges.Which action should this teacher take to promote a positive learning environment for all students?
Collaborate with the general education teacher to explore books that are culturally diverse and meet the curriculum standards
A student enrolls in a new school, and it is difficult to implement comparable IEP services because the school does not have the same level of resources as the student's previous school. In addition, the parent's primary language is not English. It is necessary to communicate with the parents and discuss an appropriate setting to implement comparable services due to the type of accommodations and environmental modifications needed. What should the special education teacher do to communicate with the parents to ensure the educational setting is appropriate to implement the IEP?
Secure an interpreter to facilitate an IEP meeting with IEP team members present from both educational settings before school starts
A student in a class enjoys talking and telling stories, which leads to the student speaking out of turn and interrupting the teacher. Some students have complained they do not like how the student is always talking and interrupting activities. What should the teacher do to recognize different levels of engagement styles?
Establish classroom norms for student participation and have students agree to them and hold each other accountable to them
An African-American boy with an emotional disorder has an IEP accommodation that allows him to step outside the classroom for three minutes when he feels overwhelmed. The student's grade and behavior have improved significantly, and the teacher feels the accommodation is no longer necessary. What would happen if the accommodation were removed?
The student's access to educational equity would be legally compromised.
What should a special education teacher do prior to creating a behavior intervention plan for a student needing support with behavior issues?
Conduct a functional behavior assessment
What is an advantage of using a co-teaching model?
Special education teachers work with all students.
A special education teacher is co-teaching with a social studies teacher. While taking an exam, a student with a disability asks the social studies teacher for extended time as allowed in the student's IEP. The social studies teacher refuses, asserting that the student needs to work harder. What is the ethical responsibility of the special education teacher?
Grant the student extra time as prescribed in the IEP
What is an appropriate accommodation for statewide testing for students with disabilities?
Scheduling additional breaks
A student with both written and expressive language disabilities is taking a geography class. What would be a practical alternative to traditional testing for this student?
Multiple-choice tests
A student who sits in the back of the classroom is unable to hear the teacher due to a hearing loss. The student does not pay attention during large group activities and spends class time talking to friends. Other students complain when they have to work with the student because the student talks so much.Which type of accommodation should a teacher attempt first to help this student?
Environmental accommodations
A teacher has recently started teaching at a new school. The principal informs the teacher that the school has a new resource room; however, due to insufficient space, the teacher should not make recommendations for new students to be placed in the room. How should the teacher respond?
Explain that students with disabilities who show a need for the resource room on their IEP must have access by law
A fifth-grade student receives special education services for a learning disability. His parents have recently divorced, but they both share equal custody of the student. The special education teacher speaks to the mother about an upcoming IEP meeting. The mother agrees to come to the meeting, but she tells the teacher not to contact the father saying, "He won't come anyway." What should the special education teacher do next?
Contact the father because parents who have custodial rights have the right to be at an IEP meeting
A special education teacher works in a culturally diverse school district. One of the school-wide goals at this teacher's school is to increase participation of the culturally diverse families. Which action should be taken to increase participation from culturally diverse families?
Use various methods of communication to reach the families
A student with a physical disability performs above average or at the top of the class in most subjects. One of the student's parents asks the teacher to remove the accommodations for the physical disability because they are embarrassing. What should the teacher do?
Request a conference with the parents and appropriate stakeholders to further address the situation before any decision is made
While taking an exam, a student with a disability asks a science teacher for extended time as allowed in the student's IEP. The teacher refuses, asserting that the student needs to work faster. The student tells a special education teacher about the issue. What is the special education teacher's ethical responsibility?
To consult with the administration about ensuring accommodations are implemented
If a teacher identifies potential discrimination between another teacher and a student, which action is ethically responsible?
Reporting the incident to an administrator
A highly qualified teacher with 15 years of experience at a school is respected by peers, consistently receives positive evaluations from administrators, and regularly participates in leadership and training opportunities. A new teacher is paired with the experienced teacher for mentorship. The new teacher discovers that the experienced teacher reviews students' IEP goals three months after school begins. What is the ethical responsibility of the new teacher in this scenario?
Call out illegal, unethical, or detrimental behaviors to administrators
A special education teacher keeps excellent records for all of his students, which are stored in an expandable file folder on his desk for easy access. One day, a custodian knocks over the file folder. While picking up the files, the custodian remarks he did not realize a specific student was in special education. The teacher says that the students are none of his business and that he cannot discuss particular students with him. Which rule about special education records did the teacher fail to follow?
All special education records should be kept in a locked location.
A teacher has learned about a reading intervention for students with disabilities. The program has evidence-based results of improving learning outcomes. The teacher asks a colleague about his student's disabilities to see if his students could also benefit from this program. Which law or ethical standard is this teacher violating?
FERPA
A first-grade student with a disability sometimes forgets to take medication before coming to school. The student's parent asks a special educator to administer the medication occasionally. Which action should the special educator take?
Explain that medical professionals are the only ones who can administer medication at school
What effect would special education teachers learning about their own cultural biases and differences have on practice in the classroom?
Teachers would be less likely to unintentionally and unlawfully discriminate among students with disabilities.
What are the requirements for informing parents of the Procedural Safeguards, according to the provisions of IDEA?
Parents must be advised of the Procedural Safeguards at least once a year.
A student returns to school and has a traumatic brain injury after a car accident and now qualifies for special education services under IDEA. The student's parents are not familiar with special education procedures or how the disability will affect daily living skills for their child. What should the special education teacher do in order to support the student and family?
The special education teacher should help educate the family about the effects of the injury on the student's daily living skills and incorporate goals in the IEP to help improve his skills at home and school.
A student with a physical disability has recently started attending the local middle school. The student is from a racial minority background, and the parents are non-English-speakers. Through a translator, the parents repeatedly tell the teacher they are extremely sorry he is being punished to teach their child, and they are ashamed.How should the teacher respond in order to appropriately collaborate with the parents?
Exhibit understanding and then advocate for the student by sharing that many students with physical disabilities are successful
The parents of a student with a disability complain that their child is not performing at grade level despite receiving special education services and interventions. What should the special education teacher tell the parents?
They have the right to request a review of their child's IEP.
The parents of a student with a disability request a copy of their child's IEP from the special education teacher. The teacher is unsure of what is allowed under the parent rights and responsibilities. What should the special education teacher tell the parents?
They have the right to inspect and review the IEP at any time.
The parents of a student with a disability are in an IEP meeting for their child. The parents do not agree with the IEP that is presented in the meeting. What should be the first step for these parents?
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