DCF SPECIAL NEEDS APPROPRIATE
PRACTICES (SNP) EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Support Service - Correct Answers -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? - Correct Answers -• 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 - Correct Answers -Making or becoming something suitable; it means
adjusting to circumstances.
Modification - Correct Answers -Small changes in the environment that allow all children
to participate in activities to the best of their ability and succeed at some level.
Developmental Disability - Correct Answers -A chronic condition that is diagnosed in
childhood and substantially limits major life activities in adulthood to help support these
children.
Early Intervention - Correct Answers -Appropriate support in the first three years of life
of a child with special needs.
Autism - Correct Answers -A group of brain-based neurological disorders characterized
by social impairments, communication difficulties, and restricted and repetitive pattern of
behavior.
Down Syndrome - Correct Answers -A genetic disorder that results in a number of
physical characteristics and intellectual impairments.
Inclusion - Correct Answers -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 - Correct Answers -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 - Correct Answers -A child with challenges to his it her mental,
physical, sensory, emotional or behavioral development, or with special medical needs.
Natural Environment - Correct Answers -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) - Correct Answers -A federal law that
requires states to provide education to all children, regardless of their disabilities.
Americans with Disability Act (ADA) - Correct Answers -A federal law that prohibits
discrimination based upon disability.
Mainstreaming - Correct Answers -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 - Correct Answers -A condition where on cannot function in the same way
most people the same age can.
Multidisciplinary - Correct Answers -A team approach to helping children with special
needs that involves specialists from more than one discipline.
Transdisciplinary - Correct Answers -When a caregiver, working with a child's family,
using teaching, learning and sharing of information to help a child with special needs.
People First Language - Correct Answers -• refer to the person first not the disability
• avoid portraying with special needs as heroic, superhuman, an inspiration to us all or
other extraordinary terms.
• avoid using terms rooted in concepts of dependency and helplessness.
Common Attitudes - Correct Answers -• how are children with special needs commonly
portrayed by others?
- unable
- needy
- demanding
- difficult
• children with special needs are just like other children. At times anyone can be any of
these or none of these:
- invisibility
- infantilizing
- objectifying
PRACTICES (SNP) EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Support Service - Correct Answers -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? - Correct Answers -• 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 - Correct Answers -Making or becoming something suitable; it means
adjusting to circumstances.
Modification - Correct Answers -Small changes in the environment that allow all children
to participate in activities to the best of their ability and succeed at some level.
Developmental Disability - Correct Answers -A chronic condition that is diagnosed in
childhood and substantially limits major life activities in adulthood to help support these
children.
Early Intervention - Correct Answers -Appropriate support in the first three years of life
of a child with special needs.
Autism - Correct Answers -A group of brain-based neurological disorders characterized
by social impairments, communication difficulties, and restricted and repetitive pattern of
behavior.
Down Syndrome - Correct Answers -A genetic disorder that results in a number of
physical characteristics and intellectual impairments.
Inclusion - Correct Answers -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 - Correct Answers -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 - Correct Answers -A child with challenges to his it her mental,
physical, sensory, emotional or behavioral development, or with special medical needs.
Natural Environment - Correct Answers -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) - Correct Answers -A federal law that
requires states to provide education to all children, regardless of their disabilities.
Americans with Disability Act (ADA) - Correct Answers -A federal law that prohibits
discrimination based upon disability.
Mainstreaming - Correct Answers -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 - Correct Answers -A condition where on cannot function in the same way
most people the same age can.
Multidisciplinary - Correct Answers -A team approach to helping children with special
needs that involves specialists from more than one discipline.
Transdisciplinary - Correct Answers -When a caregiver, working with a child's family,
using teaching, learning and sharing of information to help a child with special needs.
People First Language - Correct Answers -• refer to the person first not the disability
• avoid portraying with special needs as heroic, superhuman, an inspiration to us all or
other extraordinary terms.
• avoid using terms rooted in concepts of dependency and helplessness.
Common Attitudes - Correct Answers -• how are children with special needs commonly
portrayed by others?
- unable
- needy
- demanding
- difficult
• children with special needs are just like other children. At times anyone can be any of
these or none of these:
- invisibility
- infantilizing
- objectifying
