trained professionals - Answers if Rtl or MTSS do not sufficiently improve a student's performance, a
multidisciplinary team likely recommends and approves further assessment of the student. who
conducts such assessments?
a. administrators
b. paraprofessionals
c. general education teachers
d. trained professionals
universal screening, analyzing unmet needs in the classroom, contacting parents - Answers what is
the appropriate sequence of events involved in a general education teacher's determining whether a
student should be evaluated for the presence of a disability?
a. communicating with parents and colleagues, conducting interventions, universal screening
b. universal screening, analyzing unmet needs in the classroom, contacting parents
c. contacting parents, universal screening, contacting colleagues
d. conducting interventions, contacting parents, universal screening
specific learning disability - Answers which of the following is most frequently found on students'
individualized Education Programs (IEPs) because it is the most common disability (39.2%)?
a. speech or language impairment
b. emotional disturbance
c. specific learning disability
d. intellectual disability
physical, social, and instructional integration with non disabled peers - Answers consider how
inclusion compares with mainstreaming of students with disabilities. which of the following settings
applies to inclusion?
a. physical, social, and instructional integration with non disabled peers
b. elimination of special education classes
c. integration with non disabled peers when extra support is not required
d. part-time special education and part-time
Section 504 - Answers McKenzie has been identified as having attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD). what law, if any, protects her and addresses her educational needs?
a. no law
b. ADA
c. ESSA
d. Section 504
students with disabilities should make academic achievements at a level comparable to that of most
students - Answers the goal of Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is to ensure that all students have
equal access to high quality education. ESSA mandates which of the following?
a. students living in poverty should be held to lower academic standards than students living in
affluence
b. students with disabilities should make academic achievements at a level comparable to that of
most students
c. students receiving lower quality education should not be held accountable for the same academic
progress as students receiving higher quality education
d. states must access all students (including, students with disabilities) in science on an annual basis
response to intervention - Answers Mr. Hale suspects that 2 of his students may have a learning
disability. he has met with their parents, documented his systematic attempts to help them, and is
now providing intensive instruction. he instructs them 3 times a week along with 4 other students
from other 2nd grade classes who have similar struggles. Mr. Hale is using which of the following?
a. Tier 3 support
b. multidisciplinary support system
c. response to intervention
d. universal screening
due process - Answers what set of procedures is outlined in the law for resolving disagreements
between school district personnel and parents regarding students with disabilities?
a. multidisciplinary team review (MDT)
b. individualized education program (IEP)
, c. school board review
d. due process
paraprofessional - Answers which of the following service providers is most likely to be involved in
duties such as, note taking and feeding for a student with limited use of arms and hands?
a. paraprofessional
b. physical therapist
c. school nurse
d. social worker
general education teacher - Answers who typically has the most detailed, day-to-day knowledge of
the student's academic, social and physical needs within the classroom?
a. school psychologist
b. special education teacher
c. adaptive physical educator
d. general education teacher
working memory - Answers Sawyer has a hard time following the steps involved in learning up his
area, packing his books, and copying his homework assignments each day before the closing bell
rings. executive functions for this series of steps relate most directly to which of the following?
a. working memory
b. control of emotions and motivation
c. self-directed speech
d. reconstitution
study skills class taught by a special education teacher - Answers Section 504 accommodations may
include all of the following provisions EXCEPT...
a. an isolated carrel in a quiet space in the general education classroom
b. multisensory presentation of academic information in the general education classroom
c. study skills class taught by a special education teacher
d. extended time to complete assignments
frame of reference - Answers 4th grade teacher Mr. Clark and special education teacher Ms.
Coronado disagree about the best approach to take with one of their students. Mr. Clark is trying to
view the situation from Ms. Coronado's perspective in order to resolve their disagreement. Mr. Clark
is using which of the following?
a. teaming
b. collaboration
c. frame of reference
d. parity
intellectual disability and physical or sensory impairment - Answers Nathan has multiple disabilities. if
he is like most students with multiple disabilities, he has which of the following?
a. intellectual disability and physical or sensory impairment
b. learning disability and physical impairment
c. orthopedic impairment and learning disability
d. traumatic brain injury and physical impairment
difficulty with social relationships - Answers Sam and Mateo are different ages, but both boys have
autism. which of the following characteristics do they most likely have in common?
a. below average cognitive functioning
b. difficulty with social relationships
c. wide range of interests
d. low tolerance for repetition
decoding and comprehension - Answers students with learning and behavioral disabilities have 2
major types of reading problems. what are these major types?
a. fluency and encoding
b. decoding and comprehension
c. word recognition and pronunciation
d. accuracy and reading rate
includes speech articulation - Answers based on research, students with dyslexia benefit from a
beginning reading program. which one of the following is NOT an element of this type of program?
a. teaching for automaticity
b. writing and reading instruction in combination