Counting money Correct Answer: Which of the following is an appropriate
functional skill to teach a student in elementary school who has a moderate
intellectual disability?
request parent consent for an initial evaluation, conduct an evaluation, determine
initial eligibility for special education services, propose an IEP, request parent
consent for initial provision of services Correct Answer: IDEA requires school
districts to follow a process in order to determine initial eligibility for special
education services. Which of the following sequences appropriately identifies the
steps in this process from first to last?
Optical character recognition, audiobooks, text-to-speech Correct Answer: What
type of assistive technology could help a third-grade student who has dyslexia
and, therefore, difficulty reading?
An electronic calendar that coordinates with the district's learning management
system (LMS) Correct Answer: Kate, an eighth-grade student with attention-
deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), struggles with organization and planning in
her life outside of school. She is able to complete and submit most in-class
assignments with little trouble, but when it comes to longer projects, she often
misses deadlines or forgets to complete her work. Kate's district provides all
students with tablets, which can be utilized off-campus. Which of the following
supports discussed in her annual IEP meeting would be most helpful for Kate as
she transitions to high school?
The teacher should enable the visual cues accessibility feature within the software
Correct Answer: A computer programming course at a high school uses a
computer program that features audio cues as students work on assignments.
The audio cues notify the students of errors in programming or confirm their
,programming will work. The teacher also has a student in the class who is deaf. In
addition to wearing an FM transmitter and seating the student in a place in class
where they will be able to see their interpreter, what is the best additional step
the teacher should take to make the class content accessible to the student?
Assistive technology Correct Answer: Katherine, a 3rd-grade student with lupus,
has difficulty writing. Her IEP allows for use of speech to text software. This is an
example of:
Number of siblings in the household Correct Answer: As the special education
teacher plans for the instructional day for a student with autism, the teacher must
be cognizant of all of the following except:
The parent disagrees with the district's re-evaluation which found a student only
eligible under specific learning disability (SLD) when the student previously had a
secondary disability qualifier also. Correct Answer: Which of the following
scenarios indicates a situation in which a parent has the right to request an
independent educational evaluation (IEE)?
IEP document Correct Answer: State and federal laws require that the LEA include
all students with disabilities in the participation of the state and district
assessments with appropriate accommodations as noted in the:
It is technological support that allows hearing impaired students to access the
learning material, assignments, and educational tools with the support that they
need. Correct Answer: A small middle school has secured a grant to ensure that
every hearing impaired student has access to a text-to-speech enabled laptop, at
home and at school, for education-related purposes. This helps to support hearing
impaired students because:
The student has a reading fluency rate that is higher than 10% of same-aged
peers. Correct Answer: A seventh grade student in Exceptional Student Education
(ESE) with a disability in the area of autism scored at the 10th percentile in
reading fluency when a diagnostic assessment was administered. What conclusion
can be made from this information?
Data on present academic performance; detailed descriptions of all special
education services to be received by the child Correct Answer: According to the
, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which of the following must be
communicated to parents prior to the implementation of an IEP?
Select all answers that apply.
necessary for a student to access the general education curriculum Correct
Answer: A globe magnifier must be provided by the school district when it is:
information about Kevin's postsecondary goals Correct Answer: Below is an
excerpt from the Present Level of Academic Achievement and Functional
Performance (PLAAFP) for a student named Kevin. Kevin is a 17-year-old tenth-
grade student with multiple disabilities (spina bifida, intellectual disability) who
receives daily instruction in a self-contained classroom. Kevin is participating in a
functional life skills curriculum and is alternatively assessed. Kevin has a full-scale
IQ of 55.
Kevin is able to read fluently and decode words when given third-grade level
texts. He is able to write basic sentences with capitalization and punctuation.
Kevin struggles to respond to figurative language questions, but he is able to
respond to comprehension questions involving setting and sequence of events
when reading first and second grade level texts.
Kevin is able to complete addition and subtraction problems involving numbers
with up to three digits. He is able to complete one-digit multiplication problems
using a calculation. Kevin is unable to complete math problems involving fractions
or percentages.
Kevin attends all core classes in the self-contained life skills classroom and
participates in art and PE with grade level peers when accompanied by a special
education teacher or paraprofessional. Kevin enjoys interacting with peers but
struggles to initiate and reciprocate conversation.
functional skill to teach a student in elementary school who has a moderate
intellectual disability?
request parent consent for an initial evaluation, conduct an evaluation, determine
initial eligibility for special education services, propose an IEP, request parent
consent for initial provision of services Correct Answer: IDEA requires school
districts to follow a process in order to determine initial eligibility for special
education services. Which of the following sequences appropriately identifies the
steps in this process from first to last?
Optical character recognition, audiobooks, text-to-speech Correct Answer: What
type of assistive technology could help a third-grade student who has dyslexia
and, therefore, difficulty reading?
An electronic calendar that coordinates with the district's learning management
system (LMS) Correct Answer: Kate, an eighth-grade student with attention-
deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), struggles with organization and planning in
her life outside of school. She is able to complete and submit most in-class
assignments with little trouble, but when it comes to longer projects, she often
misses deadlines or forgets to complete her work. Kate's district provides all
students with tablets, which can be utilized off-campus. Which of the following
supports discussed in her annual IEP meeting would be most helpful for Kate as
she transitions to high school?
The teacher should enable the visual cues accessibility feature within the software
Correct Answer: A computer programming course at a high school uses a
computer program that features audio cues as students work on assignments.
The audio cues notify the students of errors in programming or confirm their
,programming will work. The teacher also has a student in the class who is deaf. In
addition to wearing an FM transmitter and seating the student in a place in class
where they will be able to see their interpreter, what is the best additional step
the teacher should take to make the class content accessible to the student?
Assistive technology Correct Answer: Katherine, a 3rd-grade student with lupus,
has difficulty writing. Her IEP allows for use of speech to text software. This is an
example of:
Number of siblings in the household Correct Answer: As the special education
teacher plans for the instructional day for a student with autism, the teacher must
be cognizant of all of the following except:
The parent disagrees with the district's re-evaluation which found a student only
eligible under specific learning disability (SLD) when the student previously had a
secondary disability qualifier also. Correct Answer: Which of the following
scenarios indicates a situation in which a parent has the right to request an
independent educational evaluation (IEE)?
IEP document Correct Answer: State and federal laws require that the LEA include
all students with disabilities in the participation of the state and district
assessments with appropriate accommodations as noted in the:
It is technological support that allows hearing impaired students to access the
learning material, assignments, and educational tools with the support that they
need. Correct Answer: A small middle school has secured a grant to ensure that
every hearing impaired student has access to a text-to-speech enabled laptop, at
home and at school, for education-related purposes. This helps to support hearing
impaired students because:
The student has a reading fluency rate that is higher than 10% of same-aged
peers. Correct Answer: A seventh grade student in Exceptional Student Education
(ESE) with a disability in the area of autism scored at the 10th percentile in
reading fluency when a diagnostic assessment was administered. What conclusion
can be made from this information?
Data on present academic performance; detailed descriptions of all special
education services to be received by the child Correct Answer: According to the
, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which of the following must be
communicated to parents prior to the implementation of an IEP?
Select all answers that apply.
necessary for a student to access the general education curriculum Correct
Answer: A globe magnifier must be provided by the school district when it is:
information about Kevin's postsecondary goals Correct Answer: Below is an
excerpt from the Present Level of Academic Achievement and Functional
Performance (PLAAFP) for a student named Kevin. Kevin is a 17-year-old tenth-
grade student with multiple disabilities (spina bifida, intellectual disability) who
receives daily instruction in a self-contained classroom. Kevin is participating in a
functional life skills curriculum and is alternatively assessed. Kevin has a full-scale
IQ of 55.
Kevin is able to read fluently and decode words when given third-grade level
texts. He is able to write basic sentences with capitalization and punctuation.
Kevin struggles to respond to figurative language questions, but he is able to
respond to comprehension questions involving setting and sequence of events
when reading first and second grade level texts.
Kevin is able to complete addition and subtraction problems involving numbers
with up to three digits. He is able to complete one-digit multiplication problems
using a calculation. Kevin is unable to complete math problems involving fractions
or percentages.
Kevin attends all core classes in the self-contained life skills classroom and
participates in art and PE with grade level peers when accompanied by a special
education teacher or paraprofessional. Kevin enjoys interacting with peers but
struggles to initiate and reciprocate conversation.
