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 [Show Less]