PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
RATIONALES A+
◉ Which attitude towards mistakes help student develop self-
efficacy. Answer: Mistakes are an opportunity for a student to learn
◉ Self-Efficacy. Answer: One's belief in his or her own ability.
◉ Does a student medical diagnosis determine whether the student
qualify for SPED and related services. Answer: No. *A medical
diagnosis does not automatically qualify a student for SPED. *A
student diagnosis is just one part of the evaluation process. *The
Evaluation process will aid in determining the characteristics of the
student's disability and the impact it has on his/her education.
◉ The disability category with the highest percentage of children
served under IDEA is..... Answer: 1 Specific learning Disability 34%
2 Speech and Language 19%
3 Other health impairment 14%
4 Autism 10%
5 Developmental Delay 7%
,◉ How do ELL learn best?. Answer: EL's learn best in collaborative
and cooperative classes where they can practice using American
Standard English
◉ What is a characteristic of English Learners?. Answer: *They
Progress through developmental stages of second language
acquisition.
*English learners learn best in collaborative and cooperative classes
where they can practice using American Standard English.
◉ IEP. Answer: Individualized Education Program
◉ What should a teacher do with a student with an IEP?. Answer:
Read the IEP to help understand each students behavior and how
they should be handled
◉ SEA. Answer: State Education Agency
◉ LEA. Answer: *Local Education Agency
*In Important and required team member of each students IEP team
◉ Manifestation Determination. Answer: A determination that a
student's misbehavior is or is not a manifestation of a disability
,◉ Manifestation Determination Review. Answer: When behaviors
occur, the IEP team must involve school administrators and parents
in order to determine whether the misbehaviors is a manifestation
of the student's disability, or whether it resulted from the school's
failure to appropriately implement the IEP
◉ Repeated fighting with peers might be cause for what disciplinary
action? SPED/IEP/504 students. Answer: Manifestation
Determination Hearing
◉ LRE (Least Restrictive Environment). Answer: The concept that a
child with a disability must be educated in a setting that is as similar
as possible to the one in which children who do not have a disability
are educated.
◉ Inclusion. Answer: Educating a child with special education needs,
in a full-time mainstream classroom.
◉ Mainstreaming. Answer: Practice of placing children with special
needs in regular classroom settings, with the support of
professionals who provide special education services
◉ IDEA. Answer: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
, ◉ The team that writes IEP's or 504 plans must include...... Answer:
*Special education teacher- they oversee the writing of the IEP's but
the entire team is responsible for seeing that those plans are
followed
*Also included are: Administrators, teachers, assistants, parents,
therapist, psychologist
◉ Characteristics of IEP. Answer: *Provides additional funding to
states for eligible students
*Limited to students with educational needs
◉ Which task must both co-teacher undertake in co-teaching
everyday?. Answer: Planning instruction
◉ Flexible Paced learning. Answer: Faster students' are given the
facility to compete extension tasks and it gives other students the
opportunity to complete their exercise at a more comfortable speed.
◉ A students supports and services are based on.... Answer:
*His/Her unique needs, not the educational disability category
specifically.
*SPED qualification testing will provide a more in-depth
understanding of the student's strength and needs
◉ MTSS. Answer: Multi-Tiered System of Support