DCF SPECIAL NEEDS APPROPRIATE
PRACTICES SNP ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ What elements are most important to the parents during their first
meeting with a prospective childcare provider?. Answer: • hours of
operation
• cost and quality of your care
• available enrollment space for a child that age
* by law, you cannot ask any parent if they have child with special
needs.
◉ Accommodation. Answer: Making or becoming something suitable; it
means adjusting to circumstances.
◉ Modification. Answer: Small changes in the environment that allow
all children to participate in activities to the best of their ability and
succeed at some level.
, ◉ Inclusion. Answer: All children have the right to be included with
other children in their own age group, in all activities and in their natural
environment.
◉ Related Service. Answer: Transportation, development, corrective and
other services that are needed by a child with special needs in order for
them to benefit from education.
◉ Student with a disability. Answer: A child with challenges to his it her
mental, physical, sensory, emotional or behavioral development, or with
special medical needs.
◉ Natural Environment. Answer: A situation in which day-to-day
settings, routines and activities promote learning for all children,
regardless of their ability or disability.
◉ Individuals with Disability Education Act (IDEA). Answer: A federal
law that requires states to provide education to all children, regardless of
their disabilities.
◉ Americans with Disability Act (ADA). Answer: A federal law that
prohibits discrimination based upon disability.
◉ Mainstreaming. Answer: An obstacle method of working with
children with special need in which children earned the right to be in
PRACTICES SNP ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ What elements are most important to the parents during their first
meeting with a prospective childcare provider?. Answer: • hours of
operation
• cost and quality of your care
• available enrollment space for a child that age
* by law, you cannot ask any parent if they have child with special
needs.
◉ Accommodation. Answer: Making or becoming something suitable; it
means adjusting to circumstances.
◉ Modification. Answer: Small changes in the environment that allow
all children to participate in activities to the best of their ability and
succeed at some level.
, ◉ Inclusion. Answer: All children have the right to be included with
other children in their own age group, in all activities and in their natural
environment.
◉ Related Service. Answer: Transportation, development, corrective and
other services that are needed by a child with special needs in order for
them to benefit from education.
◉ Student with a disability. Answer: A child with challenges to his it her
mental, physical, sensory, emotional or behavioral development, or with
special medical needs.
◉ Natural Environment. Answer: A situation in which day-to-day
settings, routines and activities promote learning for all children,
regardless of their ability or disability.
◉ Individuals with Disability Education Act (IDEA). Answer: A federal
law that requires states to provide education to all children, regardless of
their disabilities.
◉ Americans with Disability Act (ADA). Answer: A federal law that
prohibits discrimination based upon disability.
◉ Mainstreaming. Answer: An obstacle method of working with
children with special need in which children earned the right to be in
