DSP 1 Question and Answer [2026] | UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam | Detailed Answer Explanations
• What value guides services in the Lanterman Act? -✓✓ Satisfaction.
• What role does a DSP play when helping individuals learn meaningful skills? -
✓✓ Teacher.
• What is an example of 'People First' Language? -✓✓ Individual with a
developmental disability.
• According to California state law, what defines a developmental disability? -✓✓
It greatly limits three or more major life activities.
• What is one characteristic of cerebral palsy? -✓✓ Involuntary movements.
• What DSP tool is used to assess an individual's health and well-being? -✓✓
Observation.
• What is the DSP's role on the individual's planning team? -✓✓ The DSP provides
services and supports to assist the individual to achieve their goals.
• What is the Platinum Rule? -✓✓ Treat others as they would like to be treated.
• Which Lanterman Act value emphasizes services based on individual needs? -✓✓
Choice.
, • What organizations make up the leadership of regional centers? -✓✓ Disability
Rights California, the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, and the
Department of Developmental Services.
• What is the role of the organizations mentioned in relation to regional centers? -
✓✓ They work with the regional centers to ensure quality services to support
individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities under the Lanterman
Act.
• What is the purpose of sending representatives to an individual's person-centered
planning team? -✓✓ To participate in the development of the Individual Program
Plan (IPP).
• What services do the organizations fund for individuals with developmental
disabilities? -✓✓ Generic services.
• What does the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) write and revise? -
✓✓ Title 17 regulations, which guide the work of regional centers and vendors.
• Who do Title 17 regulations apply to? -✓✓ Regional centers and vendors.
• What services do regional centers provide to individuals? -✓✓ Coordination of
services identified in an Individual Program Plan (IPP).
• What is an Individual Program Plan (IPP)? -✓✓ A written agreement between the
individual and the Regional Center that lists the individual's goals and the services
and supports needed to reach those goals.
ACTUAL Exam | Detailed Answer Explanations
• What value guides services in the Lanterman Act? -✓✓ Satisfaction.
• What role does a DSP play when helping individuals learn meaningful skills? -
✓✓ Teacher.
• What is an example of 'People First' Language? -✓✓ Individual with a
developmental disability.
• According to California state law, what defines a developmental disability? -✓✓
It greatly limits three or more major life activities.
• What is one characteristic of cerebral palsy? -✓✓ Involuntary movements.
• What DSP tool is used to assess an individual's health and well-being? -✓✓
Observation.
• What is the DSP's role on the individual's planning team? -✓✓ The DSP provides
services and supports to assist the individual to achieve their goals.
• What is the Platinum Rule? -✓✓ Treat others as they would like to be treated.
• Which Lanterman Act value emphasizes services based on individual needs? -✓✓
Choice.
, • What organizations make up the leadership of regional centers? -✓✓ Disability
Rights California, the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, and the
Department of Developmental Services.
• What is the role of the organizations mentioned in relation to regional centers? -
✓✓ They work with the regional centers to ensure quality services to support
individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities under the Lanterman
Act.
• What is the purpose of sending representatives to an individual's person-centered
planning team? -✓✓ To participate in the development of the Individual Program
Plan (IPP).
• What services do the organizations fund for individuals with developmental
disabilities? -✓✓ Generic services.
• What does the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) write and revise? -
✓✓ Title 17 regulations, which guide the work of regional centers and vendors.
• Who do Title 17 regulations apply to? -✓✓ Regional centers and vendors.
• What services do regional centers provide to individuals? -✓✓ Coordination of
services identified in an Individual Program Plan (IPP).
• What is an Individual Program Plan (IPP)? -✓✓ A written agreement between the
individual and the Regional Center that lists the individual's goals and the services
and supports needed to reach those goals.
