Font size
WorksheetsNature and Needs of Individuals with Special Needs
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 10mins
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.
Least Restrictive Environment Plan (LREP)
Individuals with a Disability in Education Act (IDEA)
Re-evaluation
Individualized Education Plan (IEP)
What are the 3 most important parts of an IEP?
Goals
Accommodatios/Modifications
Setting
All 3
Modifications can change what you learn by...
Slowing down what you learn
Shortening the homework
Simplifying the classwork
All of the above
______________ refers to educating a student with peers in general education (not study skills) whenever possible.
Individualized Education Plan (IEP)
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
Free and appropriate public education (FAPE)
Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA)
After parents/guardians give their consent for the student's referral, what is the next step in the IEP process?
The IEP team meets to discuss what services the student needs.
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.
The school immediately implements (starts teaching) what the IEP says/outlines.
The school conducts an annual review one year later to see if the student makes any changes in their grades.
Which of these is considered a related service?
Speech therapy
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
All of the above
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.
American with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Affordable Care Act (ACA/Obamacare)
Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA)
Least Restrictive Environment Act (LREA)
What is the role of the general educator in an IEP Meeting?
To interpret all testing results
To answer curriculum questions
Elaborate on the student's performance in the Gen Ed Class
To speak on funding and services
Why does LRE matter to the General Education Teacher?
Students w/Disability must participate in class actively
Students with Disabilities only have to be present in class
It doesn't matter at all to the Gen Ed teacher
It's up to interpretation
All of these are required members of an IEP team EXCEPT
Parent of the student
Regular Education Teacher
Medical Doctor
Special Education Teacher
Local Education Agency Representative (e.g. principal)
Select accommodations listed below
Extended time to complete assignments/tests
Testing in a separate room to limit distractions
Changing the level of difficulty of material taught
Reading a test aloud
Who is responsible for implementing accommodations?
Special Education teachers and paras
General Education Teachers
Anyone who teaches the student
Assistant Principals
Who qualifies for a 504 Plan?
Students that are failing or have poor grades.
Any student that wants one.
Students with a disability that affects one or more major life activities.
Public school students only.
Examples of a major life activity include:
walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, body functions
concentrating, communicating, thinking, learning, reading
both A and B
None of these are examples of major life activities
An ambiguous concept that deals with issues of race, language, social class, and culture as well as disability and gender.
Assimilation education
Bilingual education
Cultural education
Multicultural education
Many teachers have little or no training in working with children from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
True
False
Cultural differences have little effect on the way students learn.
True
False
The great majority of general and special education teachers in the United States come from the dominant culture.
True
False
Assistive Technology is meant to ...
give an advantage to persons with disabilities over others.
improve or maintain the capabilities of a person with a disability
highlight the capabilities of a person with a disability
limit the capabilities of a person with a disability
Which of the following answer choices are considered useful assistive technology devices?
tablets
smart phones
Chromebooks
interactive boards
All of the above
The one teach, one observe co teaching model provides this for the supporting teacher and cooperating teacher
One teacher sits and reads the paper while the other teacher conducts the learning lesson.
one teacher grades papers while the other teacher conducts the learning lesson.
one teacher roams around the room while the other teacher conducts the learning lesson
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.
In the co-teaching model one teach & one assist this is what is demonstrated...
one teacher teaches and the other sits and collects data from an observational point of view.
one teacher does the instruction while the other provides individualized support
one teacher instructs and the other grades paper.
one teacher teaches while the other runs errands to make copies
Station teaching of the co-teaching models looks like which of the following:
each teacher teaches content while students wait patiently for their turn to meet with the teacher at the learning center.
Each teacher teaches the same content and students go to one teacher's station and another independent station.
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.
teachers design independent learning stations and individually monitor as students move from one learning station to the other like on fun Fridays.
In Parallel teaching what will you see teachers doing?
one teacher is teaching one way and the other teacher is teaching another way to different portions of the class.
both teachers are teaching the same content and using the same materials and strategies to half of the class lowering the student:teacher ratio.
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.
one teacher teaches one strategy to half the class and the other teacher teaches a different strategy to the other half of the class.
Team teaching shows teachers doing what?
two teachers competing to get the students attention and to get students to like one or the other better
one teacher being a cheerleader and the other teacher being the player on the team.
one teacher being the disciplinarian and the other delivering the instruction.
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.
In 2004, IDEA mandated what provision for transitioning students with disabilities?
community-based education services
development of an individualized transition plan by age 16
requirements for school-based vocational programs
special transition-related instructional programs
Early intervention programming is guided by the ______.
individualized education plan (IEP)
individualized family education plan (IFEP)
individualized family service plan (IFSP)
individualized transition plan (ITP)
The “Parents’ Law” refers to legislation that requires that parents ______.
participate fully in the decision-making process that affects their child’s education
pay for supplemental services
attend training specific to the child’s disability
who have disabilities are provided services
