1 for specific request mail
SLP Non-Teaching Exam 23 Questions and Correct
Answers | Latest Update 2
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Ans:P.L. 101-336. Bans discrimination of handicapped individuals for
employment, public services, and accommodations. Includes adults and
children not covered by other legislation. Updated in 2008.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Ans:A special education law that requires schools to educate students
Assignment Expert
with disabilities in least restrictive environments to the greatest extent of
their abilities using plans tailored to the individual needs of the students.
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Service delivery from ages 3-21 years.
IDEA Components
Ans:Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
2026
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
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Individualized Education Program (IEP)
Due Process
Nondiscriminatory Assessment
Parental Participation
No Child Left Behind Act (2001)
Ans:States must adopt education accountability standards
States must annually test students
Sanctions against schools that fail to meet adequate yearly progress
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
, 2 for specific request mail
Ans:main law for K-12 public education in the United States, replaced No
Child Left Behind, purpose is to make sure public schools provide a
quality education for all kids, gives states a say in how schools account
for student achievement, including disadvantaged students
multidisciplinary team
Ans:a group of professionals who work separately and independently,
they come together to report assessment results and intervention
outcomes from the perspective of their own discipline, do not engage in
joint planning or intervention
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interdisciplinary team
Ans:a group of professionals that discuss and share perspectives to set
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goals and identify intervention priorities (joint planning), they
collaborate and communicate for assessment and intervention, aim to
provide less fragmentation of services
2026
transdisciplinary team
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Ans:a group of professionals from different disciplines who function as a
team and individuals trained in various disciplines take on aspects of
each others' roles, all duties are shared, blend professional boundaries
primary prevention
Ans:alter conditions to reduce new occurrences and aims to prevent
disease or injury before it ever occurs (e.g., warn mothers about the
dangers of drinking when pregnant)
secondary prevention
Ans:early identification to reduce long term functional limitations and
reduce the impact of a disease or injury that has already occurred, this is
done by detecting and treating disease or injury as soon as possible to
halt or slow its progress (e.g., early identification of HL)
, 3 for specific request mail
tertiary prevention
Ans:remediating current problems and limiting further ones after they
have appeared and helping people manage long-term, often-complex
health problems and injuries (e.g., assessment and intervention)
Education plans under ESSA
Ans:states get to decide the education plans for their schools within a
framework provided by the federal government, the law also offers
parents a chance to weigh in on these plans
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Response to Intervention (RTI) is sometimes interchanged with _________
Ans:Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS)
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RTI/MTSS
Ans:instructional framework that includes universal screening of all
students, multiple tiers of instruction and support services, and an
2026
integrated data collection and assessment system to inform decisions at
each tier of instruction (the framework can be used for literacy, math, or
©
positive behavior supports)
Tier I of RTI/MTSS service
Ans:Universal Instruction--implemented by classroom teachers, frequent
progress monitoring, consultation with child study teams
Tier II of RTI/MTSS
Ans:Targeted Interventions--small group interventions added to universal
instruction, progress monitoring continues
Tier III of RTI/MTSS
, 4 for specific request mail
Ans:Specialized Treatments--intensive, individualized support, varied
professionals address areas of limited progress, progress monitoring
continues
What happens after Tier III of RTI/MTSS?
Ans:A SPED evaluation is next if students don't make enough progress in
Tier 3, but they reach this point with lots of documentation and data
from the MTSS process can be helpful when developing an IEP
Transition planning to post-school
Assignment Expert
Ans:Required beginning with the IEP that will be in effect on the child's
16th birthday, from that point, measurable postsecondary goals must be
related to: training, education, employment, and independent-living
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skills (where appropriate) (law requires the IEP team to invite the child to
meetings where transition planning is discussed)
What is the purpose of Common Core State Standards (CCSS)?
2026
Ans:to ensure that all students are prepared for college and the work
©
force AND to ensure consistency and quality throughout the educational
systems across state boundaries
What is reading fluency?
Ans:Accurate and effortless decoding (automaticity)
Age or grade-level appropriate reading rates Appropriate use of volume,
pitch, juncture, and stress (prosody or expression)
Appropriate use of text phrasing or "chunking," leading to
comprehension of what one reads
Phonemic awareness
Ans:The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the individual sounds,
phonemes, in oral language
SLP Non-Teaching Exam 23 Questions and Correct
Answers | Latest Update 2
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Ans:P.L. 101-336. Bans discrimination of handicapped individuals for
employment, public services, and accommodations. Includes adults and
children not covered by other legislation. Updated in 2008.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Ans:A special education law that requires schools to educate students
Assignment Expert
with disabilities in least restrictive environments to the greatest extent of
their abilities using plans tailored to the individual needs of the students.
Guru01 - Stuvia
Service delivery from ages 3-21 years.
IDEA Components
Ans:Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
2026
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
©
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
Due Process
Nondiscriminatory Assessment
Parental Participation
No Child Left Behind Act (2001)
Ans:States must adopt education accountability standards
States must annually test students
Sanctions against schools that fail to meet adequate yearly progress
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
, 2 for specific request mail
Ans:main law for K-12 public education in the United States, replaced No
Child Left Behind, purpose is to make sure public schools provide a
quality education for all kids, gives states a say in how schools account
for student achievement, including disadvantaged students
multidisciplinary team
Ans:a group of professionals who work separately and independently,
they come together to report assessment results and intervention
outcomes from the perspective of their own discipline, do not engage in
joint planning or intervention
Assignment Expert
interdisciplinary team
Ans:a group of professionals that discuss and share perspectives to set
Guru01 - Stuvia
goals and identify intervention priorities (joint planning), they
collaborate and communicate for assessment and intervention, aim to
provide less fragmentation of services
2026
transdisciplinary team
©
Ans:a group of professionals from different disciplines who function as a
team and individuals trained in various disciplines take on aspects of
each others' roles, all duties are shared, blend professional boundaries
primary prevention
Ans:alter conditions to reduce new occurrences and aims to prevent
disease or injury before it ever occurs (e.g., warn mothers about the
dangers of drinking when pregnant)
secondary prevention
Ans:early identification to reduce long term functional limitations and
reduce the impact of a disease or injury that has already occurred, this is
done by detecting and treating disease or injury as soon as possible to
halt or slow its progress (e.g., early identification of HL)
, 3 for specific request mail
tertiary prevention
Ans:remediating current problems and limiting further ones after they
have appeared and helping people manage long-term, often-complex
health problems and injuries (e.g., assessment and intervention)
Education plans under ESSA
Ans:states get to decide the education plans for their schools within a
framework provided by the federal government, the law also offers
parents a chance to weigh in on these plans
Assignment Expert
Response to Intervention (RTI) is sometimes interchanged with _________
Ans:Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS)
Guru01 - Stuvia
RTI/MTSS
Ans:instructional framework that includes universal screening of all
students, multiple tiers of instruction and support services, and an
2026
integrated data collection and assessment system to inform decisions at
each tier of instruction (the framework can be used for literacy, math, or
©
positive behavior supports)
Tier I of RTI/MTSS service
Ans:Universal Instruction--implemented by classroom teachers, frequent
progress monitoring, consultation with child study teams
Tier II of RTI/MTSS
Ans:Targeted Interventions--small group interventions added to universal
instruction, progress monitoring continues
Tier III of RTI/MTSS
, 4 for specific request mail
Ans:Specialized Treatments--intensive, individualized support, varied
professionals address areas of limited progress, progress monitoring
continues
What happens after Tier III of RTI/MTSS?
Ans:A SPED evaluation is next if students don't make enough progress in
Tier 3, but they reach this point with lots of documentation and data
from the MTSS process can be helpful when developing an IEP
Transition planning to post-school
Assignment Expert
Ans:Required beginning with the IEP that will be in effect on the child's
16th birthday, from that point, measurable postsecondary goals must be
related to: training, education, employment, and independent-living
Guru01 - Stuvia
skills (where appropriate) (law requires the IEP team to invite the child to
meetings where transition planning is discussed)
What is the purpose of Common Core State Standards (CCSS)?
2026
Ans:to ensure that all students are prepared for college and the work
©
force AND to ensure consistency and quality throughout the educational
systems across state boundaries
What is reading fluency?
Ans:Accurate and effortless decoding (automaticity)
Age or grade-level appropriate reading rates Appropriate use of volume,
pitch, juncture, and stress (prosody or expression)
Appropriate use of text phrasing or "chunking," leading to
comprehension of what one reads
Phonemic awareness
Ans:The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the individual sounds,
phonemes, in oral language
