7-12 PECT Special Ed Test Module 1 with 100% correct answers(latest update)

Which of the following best describes a major trend since the reauthorization of IDEA in 2004 regarding the identification of students with specific learning disabilities? c. A move from the significant discrepancy model to the RtII process A middle school student with learning disabilities and moderate bilateral hearing loss who wears behind-the-ear hearing aids will be attending general education classes throughout the school day. A special education teacher will be serving as a consultant to the student's success in the general education setting, the special education teacher's first step should be to: ensure the the general ed teachers are aware of her communication needs and abilities The influence of NO Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) on the 2004 reauthorization of the IDEA can be seen most clearly in which of the following IDEA provisions Special education teachers must meet appropriate standards showing that they are highly qualified Mr. Abbot, a special ed teacher, has been working with Marty, a seventh grader who has ADHD, on adhering to routines and using time appropriately. Mr. Abbot has been responsible for overseeing Marty's behavior support plan in the resource room as well as in the general education classroom. Over the past two weeks, Marty has demonstrated an increase in off-task and distracting behaviors such as talking in others during instruction and getting out of his seat while in the general ed classroom. When considering these behavior changes, which of the following questions would be the most important for Mr. Abbot to reflect on? "Have the behavioral interventions and supports that I have created been applied consistently in both the resource room and general ed classroom/" Mr. McIver is a special education teacher who works in a high school. Near the beginning of the school year, she notices that a para-educator who is working one-on-one with a ninth-grade student with ASD is not following the behavior support plan written into the student's IEP. Which of the following steps would be most appropriate for Ms. McIver to take first in this situation? meeting with the para-educator to go over the student's behavior support plan and address any questions or concerns the para-educator may have about how to implement it A special education teacher in a middle school wishes to establish a token economy system with the students in his self-contained classroom. Which of the following guidelines would be most important for the teacher to follow in helping ensure this system's effectiveness? provide tokens immediately after students demonstrate a targeted behavior An English Language learner with an orthopedic impairment does not qualify for special education services but requires physical accommodations in order to participate in school activities. Which of the following federal laws requires that an accommodation plan be developed for the student? Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act Which of the following strategies would provide a special education teacher with the most objective method for analyzing his or her instructional effectiveness? videotaping a lesson and critiquing it using a checklist Which of the following factors has historically contributed most to the overrepresentation of students from some culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in programs for students with disabilities? The potential for bias in the assessment process Which of the following actions by a special ed teacher would be considered a violation of a student's confidentiality rights under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) leaving a copy of a student's IEP in plain view on the teacher's desk during class A ninth-grade student with traumatic brain injury (TBI) begins discussing transition planning with her special education teacher. The student asks the teacher for information about how other high school students with TBI have made the transition to adulthood. Which of the following resources would likely provide the student with the most useful information? Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) A high school student who has a learning disability and epilepsy tells her special ed teacher that she occasionally has physical symptoms before experiencing a seizure. Based on this information, it would be most important for the teacher to: work with the student to create strategies for the student to use to protect herself when she recognizes the physical symptoms she has noticed to include in her annual IEP.