EDCI TEST 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE 2026
A child who differs from the norm to the extent that special education services are required for the
child to develop to maximum capacity. - Answers Child with Exceptionalities
The attitudes, values, customs, and language that form an identifiable pattern or heritage. - Answers
Culture
A view of exceptionality that examines the individual in complex interaction with environmental
forces and believes that exceptionalities should be remediated by modifying elements in the
environment to allow more constructive interactions between the individual and the environment. -
Answers Ecological Model
Empowering families to take a lead role with professionals in determining what is best for their child. -
Answers Family-Centered Model
The disabilities that are most prevalent in the US, composing at least 1% of the school population. -
Answers High-Incidence Disabilities
A program written for every student receiving special education; it describes the child's current
performance and goals for the school year, the particular special education services to be delivered,
and the procedures by which outcomes are to be evaluated. - Answers Individualized Education
Program (IEP)
A model that describes learning as a series of components that involve sensory stimulation/input,
processing/thinking, and output, or the sharing of what has been learned. - Answers Information
Processing Model (IPM)
A substantial difference among people along key dimensions of development. - Answers Interinvidual
Differences
A major variation in the abilities or development of a single child. - Answers Intraindividual
Differences
The disabilities that comprise less than 1% of the school population in the US. - Answers Low-
Incidence Disabilities
A view of exceptionality that implies a physical condition or disease within a patient. - Answers
Medical Model
A multilevel approach to helping children face difficulties in school. Proposes a range of interventions
from general classroom to special education. - Answers Response to Intervention (RtI)
Federal legislation passed in 2009 to stimulate economic recovery, including large one-time grants for
early intervention services. - Answers American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Passed in 1990, this civil rights legislation prohibits discrimination based on disability. - Answers
Americans with Disabilities Act
Tools that enhance the functioning of persons with disabilities. - Answers Assistive Technology (AT)
Measuring a child's ability by means of an in-class assignment. - Answers Authentic Assessment
Similar to the IEP, in which a team of professionals, in collaboration with the family and student, lay
out a plan to counteract unacceptable behavior and develop positive behaviors for a student who has
been excluded for disciplinary reasons. - Answers Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP)
A legal case in which the results of the suit apply to an entire class of people, not just the immediate
persons involved in the case. - Answers Class Action Suits
These curriculum standards were developed at the request of the National Governors Association and
the Council of Chief State School Officers to provide a single set of standards for children throughout
the US in reading/language arts/English and mathematics in K-12. - Answers Common Core State
Standards (CCSS)
When two or more teachers work collaboratively to share expertise, combine resources, and create
optimal learning experiences for their students. - Answers Co-teaching
Those forces surrounding and impacting on the child from family, culture, peers, physical setting, etc.
- Answers Ecology of the Child
The courts have affirmed that children with exceptionalities are guaranteed the right to an education
provided by the state that is suitable to their needs. - Answers Free and Appropriate Public Education
(FAPE)
Valuations of behavior that define a behavior, explain why this behavior occurs, describe where and
when the behavior is present, and demonstrate how the behavior impacts the child and his or her
surroundings. - Answers Functional Behavior Assessment
, Any examination whose results can substantially change the future of a student, such as course failure
or admittance to college. - Answers High-Stakes Testing
The process of bringing children with exceptionalities into the regular classroom. - Answers Inclusion
The law originally passed in 1975 as PL 94-142 and reauthorized in 2004, addressing the school's
responsibility to children with exceptionalities in the classroom. - Answers Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA):
A growing field of study that uses technology as a means to solve educational challenges, both in the
classroom and in distance learning environments. - Answers Instructional Technology
The educational setting in which a child with special needs can learn that is as close as possible to the
general education classroom. - Answers Least-Restrictive Environment
Federal legislation designed to aid children who have fallen behind their grade level in performance,
including children with disabilities. - Answers No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)
A measure of the application of knowledge - Answers Performance Assessment
Refers to federal legislation authorizing funds for personnel preparation. It was the first of many
legislative efforts to meet the needs of children with disabilities. - Answers PL 88-164
The original law, passed in 1975 that insured FAPE for handicapped children - Answers PL 94-142
Extends previous legislation to include children with disabilities from birth on instead of just school-
age children. The title of the basic act was changed to IDEA. - Answers PL 99-457
Professionals who support the teacher in planning interventions for the student prior to referral for
special education, to see if referral is still needed after additional support is given for the student's
success. - Answers Pre referral Committee
requires a plan for support outlining the accommodations and interventions needed to help the
student who has a condition that substantially limits a major life activity succeed in school; acts as a
bridge between special and general education - Answers Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973
The process of planning to support students moving to post-secondary settings through goal setting,
support, and resource identification. - Answers Transition Planning
A variety of strategies that give all students access to the curriculum. - Answers Universal Design for
Learning (UDL):
Legally recognized categories of exceptionality are defined by: - Answers IDEA
What does not have its own defined category under the IDEA? - Answers ADHD
Children with _____________________ are the only exceptional children not covered under federal
legislation. - Answers Special Gifts and Talents
In defining the term Children with Exceptionalities, which characteristic is most central? - Answers
The child's deviation is extensive enough to warrant modification of educational services or practices.
The Information Processing Model - Answers is a model for understanding the complex way children
learn
Decision making aspect of the Information Processing Model: - Answers executive function
Many professionals now view disabilities as - Answers the result of interactions between the child
and the environment
When considering the interaction of heredity and environment, it is important for teachers to
understand that - Answers changing the environment conditions of early childhood can result in
behavior changes
Universal Tier I:
Targeted Tier II:
Intensive Tier III: - Answers 1. Changes within the general education classroom;
2. Interventions for small groups of students;
3. Individualized educational services including alternative environments
_____________ children can be classified in one of the categories of exceptional children.
This means ___ in 10 children in the U.S. can be classified as exceptional. - Answers 6+ million; 1
________________________ replaces the Medical Model which assumes exceptionality exists only
within the child.
It seeks to modify the exceptional child's __________________________ around the child. - Answers
The Ecological Model; learning and behavior AND the environment
Early Intervention is particularly concerned with strengthening the _________________________. -
Answers family environment
A child who differs from the norm to the extent that special education services are required for the
child to develop to maximum capacity. - Answers Child with Exceptionalities
The attitudes, values, customs, and language that form an identifiable pattern or heritage. - Answers
Culture
A view of exceptionality that examines the individual in complex interaction with environmental
forces and believes that exceptionalities should be remediated by modifying elements in the
environment to allow more constructive interactions between the individual and the environment. -
Answers Ecological Model
Empowering families to take a lead role with professionals in determining what is best for their child. -
Answers Family-Centered Model
The disabilities that are most prevalent in the US, composing at least 1% of the school population. -
Answers High-Incidence Disabilities
A program written for every student receiving special education; it describes the child's current
performance and goals for the school year, the particular special education services to be delivered,
and the procedures by which outcomes are to be evaluated. - Answers Individualized Education
Program (IEP)
A model that describes learning as a series of components that involve sensory stimulation/input,
processing/thinking, and output, or the sharing of what has been learned. - Answers Information
Processing Model (IPM)
A substantial difference among people along key dimensions of development. - Answers Interinvidual
Differences
A major variation in the abilities or development of a single child. - Answers Intraindividual
Differences
The disabilities that comprise less than 1% of the school population in the US. - Answers Low-
Incidence Disabilities
A view of exceptionality that implies a physical condition or disease within a patient. - Answers
Medical Model
A multilevel approach to helping children face difficulties in school. Proposes a range of interventions
from general classroom to special education. - Answers Response to Intervention (RtI)
Federal legislation passed in 2009 to stimulate economic recovery, including large one-time grants for
early intervention services. - Answers American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Passed in 1990, this civil rights legislation prohibits discrimination based on disability. - Answers
Americans with Disabilities Act
Tools that enhance the functioning of persons with disabilities. - Answers Assistive Technology (AT)
Measuring a child's ability by means of an in-class assignment. - Answers Authentic Assessment
Similar to the IEP, in which a team of professionals, in collaboration with the family and student, lay
out a plan to counteract unacceptable behavior and develop positive behaviors for a student who has
been excluded for disciplinary reasons. - Answers Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP)
A legal case in which the results of the suit apply to an entire class of people, not just the immediate
persons involved in the case. - Answers Class Action Suits
These curriculum standards were developed at the request of the National Governors Association and
the Council of Chief State School Officers to provide a single set of standards for children throughout
the US in reading/language arts/English and mathematics in K-12. - Answers Common Core State
Standards (CCSS)
When two or more teachers work collaboratively to share expertise, combine resources, and create
optimal learning experiences for their students. - Answers Co-teaching
Those forces surrounding and impacting on the child from family, culture, peers, physical setting, etc.
- Answers Ecology of the Child
The courts have affirmed that children with exceptionalities are guaranteed the right to an education
provided by the state that is suitable to their needs. - Answers Free and Appropriate Public Education
(FAPE)
Valuations of behavior that define a behavior, explain why this behavior occurs, describe where and
when the behavior is present, and demonstrate how the behavior impacts the child and his or her
surroundings. - Answers Functional Behavior Assessment
, Any examination whose results can substantially change the future of a student, such as course failure
or admittance to college. - Answers High-Stakes Testing
The process of bringing children with exceptionalities into the regular classroom. - Answers Inclusion
The law originally passed in 1975 as PL 94-142 and reauthorized in 2004, addressing the school's
responsibility to children with exceptionalities in the classroom. - Answers Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA):
A growing field of study that uses technology as a means to solve educational challenges, both in the
classroom and in distance learning environments. - Answers Instructional Technology
The educational setting in which a child with special needs can learn that is as close as possible to the
general education classroom. - Answers Least-Restrictive Environment
Federal legislation designed to aid children who have fallen behind their grade level in performance,
including children with disabilities. - Answers No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)
A measure of the application of knowledge - Answers Performance Assessment
Refers to federal legislation authorizing funds for personnel preparation. It was the first of many
legislative efforts to meet the needs of children with disabilities. - Answers PL 88-164
The original law, passed in 1975 that insured FAPE for handicapped children - Answers PL 94-142
Extends previous legislation to include children with disabilities from birth on instead of just school-
age children. The title of the basic act was changed to IDEA. - Answers PL 99-457
Professionals who support the teacher in planning interventions for the student prior to referral for
special education, to see if referral is still needed after additional support is given for the student's
success. - Answers Pre referral Committee
requires a plan for support outlining the accommodations and interventions needed to help the
student who has a condition that substantially limits a major life activity succeed in school; acts as a
bridge between special and general education - Answers Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973
The process of planning to support students moving to post-secondary settings through goal setting,
support, and resource identification. - Answers Transition Planning
A variety of strategies that give all students access to the curriculum. - Answers Universal Design for
Learning (UDL):
Legally recognized categories of exceptionality are defined by: - Answers IDEA
What does not have its own defined category under the IDEA? - Answers ADHD
Children with _____________________ are the only exceptional children not covered under federal
legislation. - Answers Special Gifts and Talents
In defining the term Children with Exceptionalities, which characteristic is most central? - Answers
The child's deviation is extensive enough to warrant modification of educational services or practices.
The Information Processing Model - Answers is a model for understanding the complex way children
learn
Decision making aspect of the Information Processing Model: - Answers executive function
Many professionals now view disabilities as - Answers the result of interactions between the child
and the environment
When considering the interaction of heredity and environment, it is important for teachers to
understand that - Answers changing the environment conditions of early childhood can result in
behavior changes
Universal Tier I:
Targeted Tier II:
Intensive Tier III: - Answers 1. Changes within the general education classroom;
2. Interventions for small groups of students;
3. Individualized educational services including alternative environments
_____________ children can be classified in one of the categories of exceptional children.
This means ___ in 10 children in the U.S. can be classified as exceptional. - Answers 6+ million; 1
________________________ replaces the Medical Model which assumes exceptionality exists only
within the child.
It seeks to modify the exceptional child's __________________________ around the child. - Answers
The Ecological Model; learning and behavior AND the environment
Early Intervention is particularly concerned with strengthening the _________________________. -
Answers family environment
