Special Programs Quiz

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"Child Find" is the legal requirement for schools to...

• know where all your students live.

• find all students up to age 21 who have disabilities that may be entitled to Special Education or related services.

• evaluate any child that is known or suspected to have a disability.

• Provide related services to students who have been identified with a disability

Answer explanation

Every school district is required by law to find and provide services to all students up to age 21, who are known or suspected to have a disability. This includes homeschooled and students in the detention system.

Who is responsible for implementing a student's IEP, 504, or LPAC accommodations?

• Student

• EB or SPED Classroom Support

• Case Manager

• Teacher of Record

Answer explanation

In a court of law case or in a Office of Civil Rights (OCR) complaint case*, the teacher of record (i.e. the classroom teacher) is the one who will be held responsible for the implementation of a student's accommodations and/or modifications. Other support staff can assist with providing services, but the documentation must be completed by the teacher of record as well.

*or in the case of a TEA audit

Preferential seating, Oral Admin, Copy of notes, Shortened Assignment, Extra Time: All are examples of...?

• Accommodations

• Modifications

Focus on select TEKS, Reduced complexity, Reduced TEKS, Off-grade level material: All are examples of...?

• Accommodations

• Modifications

Modifications may involve lowering or raising grade level expectations.

• Yes

• No

Accommodations alter the learning expectations for the grade level.

• Yes

• No

A change in what is taught or a change in learning expectations for a student is considered a modification.

• Yes

• No

Answer explanation

Yes, a modification alters WHAT is being taught, not HOW.

An accommodation changes HOW a student will access grade level curriculum, such as formatting or presentation or student delivery, without changing WHAT the student needs to learn.

• Yes

• No

Answer explanation

Accommodations are all about HOW a student will access grade level curriculum. The WHAT does not change--it is the grade level curriculum.

Only students with an IEP, 504, LPAC, or MTSS plan are allowed to have accommodations.

• Yes

• No

Answer explanation

Any student can be provided an accommodation. Accommodations do not change WHAT a student will learn at grade level. Students do not have to have paperwork to be provided accommodations.

If a student continues to need an accommodation regularly, a teacher should consider requesting an MTSS plan (formerly called RTI) to be developed that can be used across all classes and can follow the student to the next grade level.