DCF SPECIAL NEEDS APPROPRIATE
PRACTICES ACTUAL EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Disability means. Answer: 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. Answer: Federal law that requires all states to provide a
free appropriate education to eligible children and youth with
disabilities.
⩥ Inclusion means. Answer: 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. Answer: 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. Answer: 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. Answer: (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. Answer: 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. Answer: 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. Answer: 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. Answer: 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". Answer: Person with a disabiity or special
needs
⩥ People First Language give appropriate term from this inappropriate
term: "Crippled". Answer: Person with a physical disability
⩥ People First Language give appropriate term from this inappropriate
term: "Deaf boy". Answer: Boy with hearing loss or impaired
PRACTICES ACTUAL EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Disability means. Answer: 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. Answer: Federal law that requires all states to provide a
free appropriate education to eligible children and youth with
disabilities.
⩥ Inclusion means. Answer: 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. Answer: 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. Answer: 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. Answer: (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. Answer: 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. Answer: 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. Answer: 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. Answer: 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". Answer: Person with a disabiity or special
needs
⩥ People First Language give appropriate term from this inappropriate
term: "Crippled". Answer: Person with a physical disability
⩥ People First Language give appropriate term from this inappropriate
term: "Deaf boy". Answer: Boy with hearing loss or impaired
