DCF Special Needs Appropriate Practices (SNP
Questions and Answers (100% Correct
Answers) Already Graded A+)
Support Service [Ans:] Agencies and organizations that
offer various types of educational and other resources for
children with special needs and families.
What elements are most important to the parents during
their first meeting with a prospective childcare provider?
[Ans:] • 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 [Ans:] Making or becoming something
suitable; it means adjusting to circumstances.
Modification [Ans:] 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 [Ans:] 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 [Ans:] 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 [Ans:] A child with challenges to
his it her mental, physical, sensory, emotional or
behavioral development, or with special medical needs.
Natural Environment [Ans:] 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) [Ans:] A
federal law that requires states to provide education to all
children, regardless of their disabilities.
Americans with Disability Act (ADA) [Ans:] A federal law
that prohibits discrimination based upon disability.
Mainstreaming [Ans:] An obstacle method of working with
children with special need in which children earned the
right to be in classes or school by demonstrating their
ability to keep up with the work load.
Disability [Ans:] A condition where on cannot function in
the same way most people the same age can.
Multidisciplinary [Ans:] A team approach to helping
children with special needs that involves specialists from
more than one discipline.
Questions and Answers (100% Correct
Answers) Already Graded A+)
Support Service [Ans:] Agencies and organizations that
offer various types of educational and other resources for
children with special needs and families.
What elements are most important to the parents during
their first meeting with a prospective childcare provider?
[Ans:] • 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 [Ans:] Making or becoming something
suitable; it means adjusting to circumstances.
Modification [Ans:] 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 [Ans:] 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 [Ans:] 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 [Ans:] A child with challenges to
his it her mental, physical, sensory, emotional or
behavioral development, or with special medical needs.
Natural Environment [Ans:] 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) [Ans:] A
federal law that requires states to provide education to all
children, regardless of their disabilities.
Americans with Disability Act (ADA) [Ans:] A federal law
that prohibits discrimination based upon disability.
Mainstreaming [Ans:] An obstacle method of working with
children with special need in which children earned the
right to be in classes or school by demonstrating their
ability to keep up with the work load.
Disability [Ans:] A condition where on cannot function in
the same way most people the same age can.
Multidisciplinary [Ans:] A team approach to helping
children with special needs that involves specialists from
more than one discipline.
