DCF Special Needs Appropriate Practices
(SNP) graded A+ already passed||
LATEST UPDATE 2026
ADA means -CORRECTANSWER Federal law that prohibits discriminiation based upon
mental or physical disability.
Disability means -CORRECTANSWER The result of any physical or mental condition
that affects or prevents one's ability to develop, achieve, and/or function in an
educational setting at a normal rate.
IDEA means -CORRECTANSWER Federal law that requires all states to provide a free
appropriate education to eligible children and youth with disabilities.
Inclusion means -CORRECTANSWER The philosophy that all children have the right to
be included with their peers in all age appropriate activities throughout life;
accommodating all students in the natural environments they would otherwise be in if
not a child with special needs.
Mainsteaming -CORRECTANSWER Children with special needs - based in special
education class settings - earn the right to join peers in typical education classes by
demonstrating ability to "keep up" with workload. Usually limited to the one or two
subject areas at which the child excels. This term is no longer
,used.
Multidisciplinary -CORRECTANSWER A team approach involving specialists from more
than
one discipline, such as a team made up of a physical therapist, a speech and language
pathologist, a child development specialist, an occupational therapist, or other
specialists as needed.
Natural Environment -CORRECTANSWER (Caring for a child with special needs in)
home and
community settings in which children without disabilities participate; the day-to-day
settings, routines and activities that promote learning for all children. Also, incorporating
therapeutic activities into daily activities to avoid disturbing the normal daily routine of
the child.
Related services -CORRECTANSWER Transportation and development, corrective and
other support services that are required by a child with special needs in order for them
to benefit from education. Examples include speech/language pathology and audiology,
psychological services, physical and occupational therapy, recreation, counseling
services, interpreters for those with hearing impairments, medical services for
diagnostic and evaluation purposes and assistive technology devices and services.
, Student with disability -CORRECTANSWER Children whose development or health is
viewed
by parents and professionals as atypical. This includes children with mental, physical,
sensory, emotional/ behavioral, medical and other special needs.
Support Services -CORRECTANSWER Agencies and organizations that offer various
types
of educational and ancillary resources for children with special needs and their families.
Agencies such as Head Start, Agency for Persons with Disabilities, Subsidized Child
Care, Child Care Resource and Referral Network and Florida Directory of Early
Childhood Services Central Directory Network, and Children's Forum offering a variety
of related services
Transdisciplinary -CORRECTANSWER A model that uses teaching, learning, and
sharing of
information across disciplinary boundaries enabling one team member, along with the
family, to carry out intervention strategies for a child with special needs.
People First Language give appropriate term from this inappropriate term:
"Handicapped People" -CORRECTANSWER Person with a disabiity or special needs
People First Language give appropriate term from this inappropriate term: "Crippled" -
CORRECTANSWER Person with a physical disability
(SNP) graded A+ already passed||
LATEST UPDATE 2026
ADA means -CORRECTANSWER Federal law that prohibits discriminiation based upon
mental or physical disability.
Disability means -CORRECTANSWER The result of any physical or mental condition
that affects or prevents one's ability to develop, achieve, and/or function in an
educational setting at a normal rate.
IDEA means -CORRECTANSWER Federal law that requires all states to provide a free
appropriate education to eligible children and youth with disabilities.
Inclusion means -CORRECTANSWER The philosophy that all children have the right to
be included with their peers in all age appropriate activities throughout life;
accommodating all students in the natural environments they would otherwise be in if
not a child with special needs.
Mainsteaming -CORRECTANSWER Children with special needs - based in special
education class settings - earn the right to join peers in typical education classes by
demonstrating ability to "keep up" with workload. Usually limited to the one or two
subject areas at which the child excels. This term is no longer
,used.
Multidisciplinary -CORRECTANSWER A team approach involving specialists from more
than
one discipline, such as a team made up of a physical therapist, a speech and language
pathologist, a child development specialist, an occupational therapist, or other
specialists as needed.
Natural Environment -CORRECTANSWER (Caring for a child with special needs in)
home and
community settings in which children without disabilities participate; the day-to-day
settings, routines and activities that promote learning for all children. Also, incorporating
therapeutic activities into daily activities to avoid disturbing the normal daily routine of
the child.
Related services -CORRECTANSWER Transportation and development, corrective and
other support services that are required by a child with special needs in order for them
to benefit from education. Examples include speech/language pathology and audiology,
psychological services, physical and occupational therapy, recreation, counseling
services, interpreters for those with hearing impairments, medical services for
diagnostic and evaluation purposes and assistive technology devices and services.
, Student with disability -CORRECTANSWER Children whose development or health is
viewed
by parents and professionals as atypical. This includes children with mental, physical,
sensory, emotional/ behavioral, medical and other special needs.
Support Services -CORRECTANSWER Agencies and organizations that offer various
types
of educational and ancillary resources for children with special needs and their families.
Agencies such as Head Start, Agency for Persons with Disabilities, Subsidized Child
Care, Child Care Resource and Referral Network and Florida Directory of Early
Childhood Services Central Directory Network, and Children's Forum offering a variety
of related services
Transdisciplinary -CORRECTANSWER A model that uses teaching, learning, and
sharing of
information across disciplinary boundaries enabling one team member, along with the
family, to carry out intervention strategies for a child with special needs.
People First Language give appropriate term from this inappropriate term:
"Handicapped People" -CORRECTANSWER Person with a disabiity or special needs
People First Language give appropriate term from this inappropriate term: "Crippled" -
CORRECTANSWER Person with a physical disability
