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Nature and Needs of Individuals with Special Needs

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A individualized written plan developed by the school and parents that outlines the students current levels, learning goals, accommodations, modifications, related services, and methods for monitoring the student's progress.

a)

Least Restrictive Environment Plan (LREP)

b)

Individuals with a Disability in Education Act (IDEA)

c)

Re-evaluation

d)

Individualized Education Plan (IEP)

2.

What are the 3 most important parts of an IEP?

a)

Goals

b)

Accommodatios/Modifications

c)

Setting

d)

All 3

3.

Modifications can change what you learn by...

a)

Slowing down what you learn

b)

Shortening the homework

c)

Simplifying the classwork

d)

All of the above

4.

______________ refers to educating a student with peers in general education (not study skills) whenever possible.

a)

Individualized Education Plan (IEP)

b)

Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)

c)

Free and appropriate public education (FAPE)

d)

Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA)

5.

After parents/guardians give their consent for the student's referral, what is the next step in the IEP process?

a)

The IEP team meets to discuss what services the student needs.

b)

The student is given an evaluation of assessments and/or surveys to determine what academic area (math, reading, writing, etc.) on which they need to work.

c)

The school immediately implements (starts teaching) what the IEP says/outlines.

d)

The school conducts an annual review one year later to see if the student makes any changes in their grades.

6.

Which of these is considered a related service?

a)

Speech therapy

b)

Occupational therapy

c)

Physical therapy

d)

All of the above

7.

Name given in 1990 to the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EHA) and used for all reauthorizations of the law that guarantees students with disabilities the right to a free appropriate public education in the least-restrictive environment.

a)

American with Disabilities Act (ADA)

b)

Affordable Care Act (ACA/Obamacare)

c)

Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA)

d)

Least Restrictive Environment Act (LREA)

8.

What is the role of the general educator in an IEP Meeting?

a)

To interpret all testing results

b)

To answer curriculum questions

c)

Elaborate on the student's performance in the Gen Ed Class

d)

To speak on funding and services

9.

Why does LRE matter to the General Education Teacher?

a)

Students w/Disability must participate in class actively

b)

Students with Disabilities only have to be present in class

c)

It doesn't matter at all to the Gen Ed teacher

d)

It's up to interpretation

10.
MAINSTREAMING
a)
PLACING A SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD WITH TYPICAL PEERS FOR ONGOING ACTIVITIES
b)
GIVING THE SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD TOTAL FREEDOM
c)
100% INCLUSION
d)
NONE OF THESE
11.
INCLUSION
a)
SENDING SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS TO LOOSELY STRUCTURED ACTIVITIES WITHOUT SUPPORT
b)
ALLOWING SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS TO VISIT GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSES 
c)
TOTAL INTEGRATION OF SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS INTO GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSES WITH SUPPORT
d)
NONE OF THESE
12.

All of these are required members of an IEP team EXCEPT

a)

Parent of the student

b)

Regular Education Teacher

c)

Medical Doctor

d)

Special Education Teacher

e)

Local Education Agency Representative (e.g. principal)

13.

Select accommodations listed below

a)

Extended time to complete assignments/tests

b)

Testing in a separate room to limit distractions

c)

Changing the level of difficulty of material taught

d)

Reading a test aloud

14.

Who is responsible for implementing accommodations?

a)

Special Education teachers and paras

b)

General Education Teachers

c)

Anyone who teaches the student

d)

Assistant Principals

15.

Who qualifies for a 504 Plan?

a)

Students that are failing or have poor grades.

b)

Any student that wants one.

c)

Students with a disability that affects one or more major life activities.

d)

Public school students only.

16.

Examples of a major life activity include:

a)

walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, body functions

b)

concentrating, communicating, thinking, learning, reading

c)

both A and B

d)

None of these are examples of major life activities

17.

An ambiguous concept that deals with issues of race, language, social class, and culture as well as disability and gender.

a)

Assimilation education

b)

Bilingual education

c)

Cultural education

d)

Multicultural education

18.

Many teachers have little or no training in working with children from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Cultural differences have little effect on the way students learn.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

The great majority of general and special education teachers in the United States come from the dominant culture.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Assistive Technology is meant to ...

a)

give an advantage to persons with disabilities over others.

b)

improve or maintain the capabilities of a person with a disability

c)

highlight the capabilities of a person with a disability

d)

limit the capabilities of a person with a disability

22.

Which of the following answer choices are considered useful assistive technology devices?

a)

tablets

b)

smart phones

c)

Chromebooks

d)

interactive boards

e)

All of the above

23.

The one teach, one observe co teaching model provides this for the supporting teacher and cooperating teacher

a)

One teacher sits and reads the paper while the other teacher conducts the learning lesson.

b)

one teacher grades papers while the other teacher conducts the learning lesson.

c)

one teacher roams around the room while the other teacher conducts the learning lesson

d)

both teachers decide together, one teacher collects data while the other teacher asks questions of students. Both teachers analyze the data after the learning session.

24.

In the co-teaching model one teach & one assist this is what is demonstrated...

a)

one teacher teaches and the other sits and collects data from an observational point of view.

b)

one teacher does the instruction while the other provides individualized support

c)

one teacher instructs and the other grades paper.

d)

one teacher teaches while the other runs errands to make copies

25.

Station teaching of the co-teaching models looks like which of the following:

a)

each teacher teaches content while students wait patiently for their turn to meet with the teacher at the learning center.

b)

Each teacher teaches the same content and students go to one teacher's station and another independent station.

c)

teachers divide content into different parts to teach; class is divided into centers and each teacher is a center for students to rotate throughout for the lesson of the class.

d)

teachers design independent learning stations and individually monitor as students move from one learning station to the other like on fun Fridays.

26.

In Parallel teaching what will you see teachers doing?

a)

one teacher is teaching one way and the other teacher is teaching another way to different portions of the class.

b)

both teachers are teaching the same content and using the same materials and strategies to half of the class lowering the student:teacher ratio.

c)

one teacher is teaching 1/3 of the class while the other teacher is teaching the rest of the class. both using the same content and materials.

d)

one teacher teaches one strategy to half the class and the other teacher teaches a different strategy to the other half of the class.

27.

Team teaching shows teachers doing what?

a)

two teachers competing to get the students attention and to get students to like one or the other better

b)

one teacher being a cheerleader and the other teacher being the player on the team.

c)

one teacher being the disciplinarian and the other delivering the instruction.

d)

both teachers teaching by sharing the instruction, the board, taking turns talking, demonstrating, one shows one way of doing the problem and the other shows another way to do the problem.

28.

In 2004, IDEA mandated what provision for transitioning students with disabilities?

a)

community-based education services

b)

development of an individualized transition plan by age 16

c)

requirements for school-based vocational programs

d)

special transition-related instructional programs

29.

Early intervention programming is guided by the ______.

a)

individualized education plan (IEP)

b)

individualized family education plan (IFEP)

c)

individualized family service plan (IFSP)

d)

individualized transition plan (ITP)

30.

The “Parents’ Law” refers to legislation that requires that parents ______.

a)

participate fully in the decision-making process that affects their child’s education

b)

pay for supplemental services

c)

attend training specific to the child’s disability

d)

who have disabilities are provided services