Students With Disabilities CST NYSTCE
EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS
<RECENT VERSION>
1. Panel on Mental Retardation - ANSWER ✔ In 1961, President Kennedy
appointed a panel of experts to prepare a national plan for "combating
mental retardation."
2. Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1965 - ANSWER ✔ The
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was a cornerstone of
President Lyndon B. Johnson's "War on Poverty" (McLaughlin, 1975). ...
ESEA is an extensive statute that funds primary and secondary education,
emphasizing high standards and accountability. As mandated in the act,
funds are authorized for professional development, instructional materials,
resources to support educational programs, and the promotion of parental
involvement. (QUALITY AND EQUALITY)
3. Public Law 94-143 - ANSWER ✔
4. The Education for all handicapped Children Act (EHA) - ANSWER ✔
Public Law 94-143. Passed in 1975 and later reauthorized as IDEA.
, guaranteed a free appropriate public education to each child with a
disability.
5. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) -
ANSWER ✔ is the federal law that govern the education of children with
disabilities.
6. IDEA - ANSWER ✔ Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Federal
legislation with the strongest and most direct impact on special ed. The
Right to a free, appropriate public education in the least restrictive
environment. It requires that students with disabilities be included in the
general education classroom only removed with special services if the
classroom environment cannot be modified to adequately support their
educational progress.
7. Inclusion - ANSWER ✔ The practice of educating students with disabilities
in the general education classroom so they may participate in day-to-day
routines alongside students without disabilities. Inclusion treats the general
education classroom as the student's primary placement. (LRE and FAPE)
8. Mainstreaming - ANSWER ✔ students with disabilities were included in the
general education classroom only when their achievement would be near
grade level without substantial support.
9. Vocational rehabilitation center - ANSWER ✔ Provides employment related
services to students who qualify
,10.Individual Placement and Support - ANSWER ✔ an evidence-based model
of employment services emphasizing real work opportunities, integrated
mental health services, and individualized job supports
11.Present Level of Performance - ANSWER ✔ Section of IEP to include the
following information: Current academic achievement, area of eligibility,
"Facts" for school, future plans, teacher reports, discussion of progress
towards goals
12.Universal Screening - ANSWER ✔ Assess all students (using CBM or other
formal/informal measures) to access the students who may be "At Risk" for
falling below expectations
13.Low Incidence Disabilities - ANSWER ✔ a special education category
representative of students with disabilities that occur relatively infrequently
14.expanded core curriculum - ANSWER ✔ includes skills such as orientation
and mobility, braille reading, independent living skills, and use of assistive
technology in addition to the general education
15.Strategic Intervention Model - ANSWER ✔ All of the routines promote
direct, explicit instruction to facilitate problem-solving and critical thinking
skills for students. ... They focus on student motivation while engaging
students and their teachers in explicit instructional patterns.
, 16.Comorbidity - ANSWER ✔ The coexistence of two or more disorders.
17.ABC analysis - ANSWER ✔ Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence (ABC)
Chart used? An ABC Chart is a direct observation tool that can be used to
collect information about the events that are occurring within a student's
environment. "A" refers to the antecedent, or the event or activity that
immediately precedes a problem behavior.
18.What are the three classifications of management needs? - ANSWER ✔ 1.)
Environmental Modifications
2.) Human Resources
3.) Material Resources
19.Are instructional methods required on an IEP? - ANSWER ✔ No! But they
are encouraged
20.What makes up the instructional environment? - ANSWER ✔ Organization,
Grouping, Technology, Methods
21.Social Stories - ANSWER ✔ a tool to teach children with autism how to act
in social situations
22.Disciplinary change in placement - ANSWER ✔ A student will be
suspended for a period of ten days or less while things are being evaluated
EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS
<RECENT VERSION>
1. Panel on Mental Retardation - ANSWER ✔ In 1961, President Kennedy
appointed a panel of experts to prepare a national plan for "combating
mental retardation."
2. Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1965 - ANSWER ✔ The
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was a cornerstone of
President Lyndon B. Johnson's "War on Poverty" (McLaughlin, 1975). ...
ESEA is an extensive statute that funds primary and secondary education,
emphasizing high standards and accountability. As mandated in the act,
funds are authorized for professional development, instructional materials,
resources to support educational programs, and the promotion of parental
involvement. (QUALITY AND EQUALITY)
3. Public Law 94-143 - ANSWER ✔
4. The Education for all handicapped Children Act (EHA) - ANSWER ✔
Public Law 94-143. Passed in 1975 and later reauthorized as IDEA.
, guaranteed a free appropriate public education to each child with a
disability.
5. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) -
ANSWER ✔ is the federal law that govern the education of children with
disabilities.
6. IDEA - ANSWER ✔ Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Federal
legislation with the strongest and most direct impact on special ed. The
Right to a free, appropriate public education in the least restrictive
environment. It requires that students with disabilities be included in the
general education classroom only removed with special services if the
classroom environment cannot be modified to adequately support their
educational progress.
7. Inclusion - ANSWER ✔ The practice of educating students with disabilities
in the general education classroom so they may participate in day-to-day
routines alongside students without disabilities. Inclusion treats the general
education classroom as the student's primary placement. (LRE and FAPE)
8. Mainstreaming - ANSWER ✔ students with disabilities were included in the
general education classroom only when their achievement would be near
grade level without substantial support.
9. Vocational rehabilitation center - ANSWER ✔ Provides employment related
services to students who qualify
,10.Individual Placement and Support - ANSWER ✔ an evidence-based model
of employment services emphasizing real work opportunities, integrated
mental health services, and individualized job supports
11.Present Level of Performance - ANSWER ✔ Section of IEP to include the
following information: Current academic achievement, area of eligibility,
"Facts" for school, future plans, teacher reports, discussion of progress
towards goals
12.Universal Screening - ANSWER ✔ Assess all students (using CBM or other
formal/informal measures) to access the students who may be "At Risk" for
falling below expectations
13.Low Incidence Disabilities - ANSWER ✔ a special education category
representative of students with disabilities that occur relatively infrequently
14.expanded core curriculum - ANSWER ✔ includes skills such as orientation
and mobility, braille reading, independent living skills, and use of assistive
technology in addition to the general education
15.Strategic Intervention Model - ANSWER ✔ All of the routines promote
direct, explicit instruction to facilitate problem-solving and critical thinking
skills for students. ... They focus on student motivation while engaging
students and their teachers in explicit instructional patterns.
, 16.Comorbidity - ANSWER ✔ The coexistence of two or more disorders.
17.ABC analysis - ANSWER ✔ Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence (ABC)
Chart used? An ABC Chart is a direct observation tool that can be used to
collect information about the events that are occurring within a student's
environment. "A" refers to the antecedent, or the event or activity that
immediately precedes a problem behavior.
18.What are the three classifications of management needs? - ANSWER ✔ 1.)
Environmental Modifications
2.) Human Resources
3.) Material Resources
19.Are instructional methods required on an IEP? - ANSWER ✔ No! But they
are encouraged
20.What makes up the instructional environment? - ANSWER ✔ Organization,
Grouping, Technology, Methods
21.Social Stories - ANSWER ✔ a tool to teach children with autism how to act
in social situations
22.Disciplinary change in placement - ANSWER ✔ A student will be
suspended for a period of ten days or less while things are being evaluated
