DCF Special Needs Appropriate Practices (SNP) Exam with
Answers Graded A+
1. Support Service Agencies and organizations that offer various types of
educational and other resources for children with special
needs and families.
2. What elements • hours of operation
are most impor- • cost and quality of your care
tant to the par- • available enrollment space for a child that age
ents during their * by law, you cannot ask any parent if they have child with
first meeting special needs.
with a prospec-
tive childcare
provider?
3. Accommodation Making or becoming something suitable; it means adjust-
ing to circumstances.
4. Modification Small changes in the environment that allow all children
to participate in activities to the best of their ability and
succeed at some level.
5. Inclusion All children have the right to be included with other children
in their own age group, in all activities and in their natural
environment.
6. Related Service Transportation, development, corrective and other ser-
vices that are needed by a child with special needs in order
for them to benefit from education.
7. Student with a A child with challenges to his it her mental, physical, sen-
disability sory, emotional or behavioral development, or with special
medical needs.
8. Natural Environ- A situation in which day-to-day settings, routines and ac-
ment tivities promote learning for all children, regardless of their
ability or disability.
9. Individuals with A federal law that requires states to provide education to
Disability Educa- all children, regardless of their disabilities.
tion Act (IDEA)
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, DCF Special Needs Appropriate Practices (SNP) Exam with
Answers Graded A+
10. Americans with A federal law that prohibits discrimination based upon
Disability Act disability.
(ADA)
11. Mainstreaming An obstacle method of working with children with special
need in which children earned the right to be in classes or
school by demonstrating their ability to keep up with the
work load.
12. Disability A condition where on cannot function in the same way
most people the same age can.
13. Multidisciplinary A team approach to helping children with special needs
that involves specialists from more than one discipline.
14. Transdiscipli- When a caregiver, working with a child's family, using
nary teaching, learning and sharing of information to help a
child with special needs.
15. People First Lan- • refer to the person first not the disability
guage • avoid portraying with special needs as heroic, superhu-
man, an inspiration to us all or other extraordinary terms.
• avoid using terms rooted in concepts of dependency and
helplessness.
16. Common Atti- • how are children with special needs commonly portrayed
tudes by others?
- unable
- needy
- demanding
- difficult
• children with special needs are just like other children. At
times anyone can be any of these or none of these:
- invisibility
- infantilizing
- objectifying
- not noticing or not talking about the special need
- unable to do or achieve treatment
- seeing person's disability
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Answers Graded A+
1. Support Service Agencies and organizations that offer various types of
educational and other resources for children with special
needs and families.
2. What elements • hours of operation
are most impor- • cost and quality of your care
tant to the par- • available enrollment space for a child that age
ents during their * by law, you cannot ask any parent if they have child with
first meeting special needs.
with a prospec-
tive childcare
provider?
3. Accommodation Making or becoming something suitable; it means adjust-
ing to circumstances.
4. Modification Small changes in the environment that allow all children
to participate in activities to the best of their ability and
succeed at some level.
5. Inclusion All children have the right to be included with other children
in their own age group, in all activities and in their natural
environment.
6. Related Service Transportation, development, corrective and other ser-
vices that are needed by a child with special needs in order
for them to benefit from education.
7. Student with a A child with challenges to his it her mental, physical, sen-
disability sory, emotional or behavioral development, or with special
medical needs.
8. Natural Environ- A situation in which day-to-day settings, routines and ac-
ment tivities promote learning for all children, regardless of their
ability or disability.
9. Individuals with A federal law that requires states to provide education to
Disability Educa- all children, regardless of their disabilities.
tion Act (IDEA)
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, DCF Special Needs Appropriate Practices (SNP) Exam with
Answers Graded A+
10. Americans with A federal law that prohibits discrimination based upon
Disability Act disability.
(ADA)
11. Mainstreaming An obstacle method of working with children with special
need in which children earned the right to be in classes or
school by demonstrating their ability to keep up with the
work load.
12. Disability A condition where on cannot function in the same way
most people the same age can.
13. Multidisciplinary A team approach to helping children with special needs
that involves specialists from more than one discipline.
14. Transdiscipli- When a caregiver, working with a child's family, using
nary teaching, learning and sharing of information to help a
child with special needs.
15. People First Lan- • refer to the person first not the disability
guage • avoid portraying with special needs as heroic, superhu-
man, an inspiration to us all or other extraordinary terms.
• avoid using terms rooted in concepts of dependency and
helplessness.
16. Common Atti- • how are children with special needs commonly portrayed
tudes by others?
- unable
- needy
- demanding
- difficult
• children with special needs are just like other children. At
times anyone can be any of these or none of these:
- invisibility
- infantilizing
- objectifying
- not noticing or not talking about the special need
- unable to do or achieve treatment
- seeing person's disability
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