EDSE 4020 exam 1 review questions and
answers
What is the significance of PL 94-142? - Correct Answers -Education for all
Handicapped Children; it guaranteed a FAPE to all disabled children across the country
What is the difference between an IEP and a 504 Plan? What do they have in common?
- Correct Answers -A504 Plan is developed for students who have a disability, that do
not require special education services. An IEP provides a program specialized
instruction and supports to access and progress in the curriculum. Both IEPs and 504
plans offer formal help for K-12 students who are struggling in school.
What are the six principles of special education? Be able to explain the significance of
each. - Correct Answers -Zero reject: locate, identify, and provide services to all eligible
students with disabilities
Protection in evaluation: conduct an assessment to determine if a student has an IDEA
disability and if they need special education services
FAPE: (free and appropriate education) develops and delivers an individualized
education program of special education services that confers meaningful educational
benefit
LRE: educate students with disabilities with non-disabled students to the maximum
extent appropriate
Procedural Safeguards (Due Process): comply with procedural requirements of IDEA
Parental Participation: collaborate with parents in the development/delivery of their
child's special education program
Describe the placement continuum of services available to students served in special
education. How does the concept of Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) relate to this
continuum? - Correct Answers -Students with disabilities special education services
change overtime based on need of student, and the concept of LRE relates to this as
this concept puts students with disabilities in the most typical environment as possible to
be educated; its not fully inclusive, but as the continuum of services changes for a
student this can help incorporate them fully into a general education classroom.
, What are the 13 categories under which a student can be found eligible for special
education services? Be able to identify characteristics of these 13 disability areas that
could impact classroom learning and behaviors - Correct Answers -Autism
Deaf-blindness
Deafness
Emotional disturbance
Hearing impairment
Intellectual disability
Multiple disabilities
Orthopedic impairment
Other health impairment
Specific learning disability
Speech or language impairment
Traumatic brain injury
Visual impairment including blindness
What is due process? - Correct Answers -Intended to ensure that children with learning
disabilities and other types of disabilities are protected by a process of law (fair
procedures). These policies and procedures are typically described in a school district's
procedural safeguards statement and local policies
What is inclusion and its three defining features? - Correct Answers -inclusion= the right
of every child including those with disabilities) to participate into general education
classroom/ activities within the school
3 defining features=
1. Mainstreaming (concept of placing a student with disabilities out of a self contained
setting into the general education classroom for part of the day)
2. Inclusion (concept of students with disabilities have a "home base" in a general
education classroom, and will be moved in and out determined by need)
3. Full Inclusion (concept of all disabilities are included in the general education
environments all of the time)
What are 3-5 strategies to effectively collaborate and communicate with families? -
Correct Answers -use active listening techniques, depersonalize situations, summarize
goals and solutions, follow up to monitor progress
Describe the types of conditions that might allow a student to qualify for services under
the category of Other Health Impairment (OHI). - Correct Answers -limited strength,
vitality, or alertness due to acute illness, chronic condition, episodic condition, or
progressive condition
What are special education related services? - Correct Answers -Related services
means transportation and such developmental, corrective, and other supportive
services as are required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special
education, and includes speech-language pathology and audiology services,
answers
What is the significance of PL 94-142? - Correct Answers -Education for all
Handicapped Children; it guaranteed a FAPE to all disabled children across the country
What is the difference between an IEP and a 504 Plan? What do they have in common?
- Correct Answers -A504 Plan is developed for students who have a disability, that do
not require special education services. An IEP provides a program specialized
instruction and supports to access and progress in the curriculum. Both IEPs and 504
plans offer formal help for K-12 students who are struggling in school.
What are the six principles of special education? Be able to explain the significance of
each. - Correct Answers -Zero reject: locate, identify, and provide services to all eligible
students with disabilities
Protection in evaluation: conduct an assessment to determine if a student has an IDEA
disability and if they need special education services
FAPE: (free and appropriate education) develops and delivers an individualized
education program of special education services that confers meaningful educational
benefit
LRE: educate students with disabilities with non-disabled students to the maximum
extent appropriate
Procedural Safeguards (Due Process): comply with procedural requirements of IDEA
Parental Participation: collaborate with parents in the development/delivery of their
child's special education program
Describe the placement continuum of services available to students served in special
education. How does the concept of Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) relate to this
continuum? - Correct Answers -Students with disabilities special education services
change overtime based on need of student, and the concept of LRE relates to this as
this concept puts students with disabilities in the most typical environment as possible to
be educated; its not fully inclusive, but as the continuum of services changes for a
student this can help incorporate them fully into a general education classroom.
, What are the 13 categories under which a student can be found eligible for special
education services? Be able to identify characteristics of these 13 disability areas that
could impact classroom learning and behaviors - Correct Answers -Autism
Deaf-blindness
Deafness
Emotional disturbance
Hearing impairment
Intellectual disability
Multiple disabilities
Orthopedic impairment
Other health impairment
Specific learning disability
Speech or language impairment
Traumatic brain injury
Visual impairment including blindness
What is due process? - Correct Answers -Intended to ensure that children with learning
disabilities and other types of disabilities are protected by a process of law (fair
procedures). These policies and procedures are typically described in a school district's
procedural safeguards statement and local policies
What is inclusion and its three defining features? - Correct Answers -inclusion= the right
of every child including those with disabilities) to participate into general education
classroom/ activities within the school
3 defining features=
1. Mainstreaming (concept of placing a student with disabilities out of a self contained
setting into the general education classroom for part of the day)
2. Inclusion (concept of students with disabilities have a "home base" in a general
education classroom, and will be moved in and out determined by need)
3. Full Inclusion (concept of all disabilities are included in the general education
environments all of the time)
What are 3-5 strategies to effectively collaborate and communicate with families? -
Correct Answers -use active listening techniques, depersonalize situations, summarize
goals and solutions, follow up to monitor progress
Describe the types of conditions that might allow a student to qualify for services under
the category of Other Health Impairment (OHI). - Correct Answers -limited strength,
vitality, or alertness due to acute illness, chronic condition, episodic condition, or
progressive condition
What are special education related services? - Correct Answers -Related services
means transportation and such developmental, corrective, and other supportive
services as are required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special
education, and includes speech-language pathology and audiology services,
