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A 10th grade ESE student is acting out in class. She uses profanity and is combative with
the teacher. The teacher writes a referral and asks that the student be suspended from
school. What must the assistant principal do first before she can suspend the student? -
ANS-Determine if the student's behavior is a manifestation of her disability.
A 10th grade general education teacher is working with her ESE students on writing. If the
teacher wants to clearly convey expectations and feedback she should provide students with
a: - ANS-rubric before, during, and after writing assignments.
A 12th grade student has been working through a community-based ESE program, where
she works at a local grocery store since she was 16 years old. Upon completion of the
school year, her boss has agreed to keep her on the job while she receives additional
training. This model is called - ANS-support employment
A 3rd grade ESE student is struggling walking in a line to the lunch room. She repeatedly
jumps out of line and runs in front of the teacher towards the lunch room. The teacher has
tried incentives, contingencies and phone calls home. What would be an effective strategy
for the teacher to use in this situation. - ANS-Design a behavior contract with the student that
outlines consequences for disruptive behavior.
A 3rd grade ESE teacher is working with students on text-to-text connection. Students
should be: - ANS-relating text to another text he or she read before.
A 4th grade ESE student is working in math class. The teacher notices he is consistently
writing 3s whenever he should be writing 8s. What should the teacher do? - ANS-Use
targeted intervention strategies in math decoding skills.
A 4th grade ESE teacher is showing students how to read from left to right. She is focusing
on: - ANS-directionality
A 5th grade ESE teacher has focused a unit on appropriate classroom behavior. What would
be the most effective way to assess students' skill management of these skills? -
ANS-Students document their use of behavior skills across different classroom activities.
A college student is conducting a case study for a master's program in special education.
The college student reaches out to a local ESE teacher for help with the case study. The
college student is requesting records of ESE students in the school. What should the ESE
teacher do? - ANS-Refuse the college student's request for ESE student records on the
grounds of FERPA.
A copy of procedural safeguards must be provided to the parents/guardians of an
exceptional student in all of the following situations, except: - ANS-Parent/teacher
conference to discuss academics
A first grade ESE student is breaking down the word cat like this C-A-T. What strategy is the
student using? - ANS-phonemic segmentation
A formal parent invitation for an IEP meeting must be sent through the US mail within how
long until the meeting date? - ANS-2 weeks
A fourth-grade teacher notices one of her student's ESE codes changed to hospital
homebound (HH). What is expected of this teacher? - ANS-Teacher will continue her normal
teaching routine with her class and a hospital homebound teacher will be assigned to the
student.
, A general education teacher has several ESE students in her classroom. What can she do to
make sure all students are learning at the pace and level each student needs? -
ANS-Differentiate and accommodate students through flexible grouping and
accommodations.
A high school senior, who is also ESE, has taken the Algebra 1 FSA, a graduation
requirement. He has not scored the minimum for graduation. He has participated in every
retake of the exam. The student has maintained a passing grade in all math classes for all
four years. What options does the student have to meet the graduation requirement? -
ANS-Because the student has maintained a passing score for all four years of math, the IEP
team can write a waiver for the student and submit it to the state for approval.
A middle school teacher is reading over her students' IEPs and determining her instructional
approach to a new science unit. What should be the first thing she considers as she plans
the lesson? - ANS-the state-adopted academic standards
A new ESE teacher has decided to lower the classroom expectations for her ESE students.
She believes this will help them achieve at higher rates. The new ESE teacher tells an
experienced ESE teacher about her plan. What would be the most appropriate statement the
experienced ESE teacher should say to the new ESE teacher? - ANS-"Expectations for
students should not be lowered. Rather, accommodations should be adhered to, so the
student can meet the high expectations every other student is held to."
A new ESE teacher is eager to attend the IEP meeting of one of her students. The student
has been disruptive and difficult to deal with during instruction. The teacher wants the
parents to know how behaved the student has been. She is planning to give this feedback to
the parents right away. What is wrong with the teacher's plan? - ANS-An IEP meeting should
start with positive feedback first and move into areas of opportunity make changes in either
behavior or academics.
A new student comes to the classroom with assistive technology. The teacher doesn't know
how to use it and places it on a shelf in the back of the classroom. What is likely to happen?
- ANS-The student's progress will start to decline over the course of the next few weeks.
A paraprofessional is working in small groups with her ESE students. She is reading from
her book and showing students her process for working through difficult words. The teacher
is using a technique called: - ANS-modeling
A severely disabled student, who has limited use of his hands, is taking a math exam in a
general education classroom. Which of the following would be appropriate? - ANS-voice to
text writing software with assistance from a paraprofessional.
A student has a short-term memory disability. Which of the following accommodations would
be the most appropriate for this student whose exceptionality is specific learning disability
(SLD)? - ANS-Allow the student to use his notes during classroom exams.
A student is given extra time on the stare-wide assessment for reading. The student is taking
what kind of assessment? - ANS-criterion-referenced
A student is having difficulty pronouncing the correct sounds in words. The student is
struggling with: - ANS-phonemes
A student is having difficulty working with peers during cooperative learning. He often calls
out and uses profanity during group work. The student and the teacher develop a plan
calling for the student to be rewarded when the student controls his behavior and for the
student to receive consequences when he does not control his behavior. This strategy is an
example of: - ANS-contingency contracting
A student is repeating phrases and noises in the classroom. What symptom is the student
displaying? - ANS-echolalia
A 10th grade ESE student is acting out in class. She uses profanity and is combative with
the teacher. The teacher writes a referral and asks that the student be suspended from
school. What must the assistant principal do first before she can suspend the student? -
ANS-Determine if the student's behavior is a manifestation of her disability.
A 10th grade general education teacher is working with her ESE students on writing. If the
teacher wants to clearly convey expectations and feedback she should provide students with
a: - ANS-rubric before, during, and after writing assignments.
A 12th grade student has been working through a community-based ESE program, where
she works at a local grocery store since she was 16 years old. Upon completion of the
school year, her boss has agreed to keep her on the job while she receives additional
training. This model is called - ANS-support employment
A 3rd grade ESE student is struggling walking in a line to the lunch room. She repeatedly
jumps out of line and runs in front of the teacher towards the lunch room. The teacher has
tried incentives, contingencies and phone calls home. What would be an effective strategy
for the teacher to use in this situation. - ANS-Design a behavior contract with the student that
outlines consequences for disruptive behavior.
A 3rd grade ESE teacher is working with students on text-to-text connection. Students
should be: - ANS-relating text to another text he or she read before.
A 4th grade ESE student is working in math class. The teacher notices he is consistently
writing 3s whenever he should be writing 8s. What should the teacher do? - ANS-Use
targeted intervention strategies in math decoding skills.
A 4th grade ESE teacher is showing students how to read from left to right. She is focusing
on: - ANS-directionality
A 5th grade ESE teacher has focused a unit on appropriate classroom behavior. What would
be the most effective way to assess students' skill management of these skills? -
ANS-Students document their use of behavior skills across different classroom activities.
A college student is conducting a case study for a master's program in special education.
The college student reaches out to a local ESE teacher for help with the case study. The
college student is requesting records of ESE students in the school. What should the ESE
teacher do? - ANS-Refuse the college student's request for ESE student records on the
grounds of FERPA.
A copy of procedural safeguards must be provided to the parents/guardians of an
exceptional student in all of the following situations, except: - ANS-Parent/teacher
conference to discuss academics
A first grade ESE student is breaking down the word cat like this C-A-T. What strategy is the
student using? - ANS-phonemic segmentation
A formal parent invitation for an IEP meeting must be sent through the US mail within how
long until the meeting date? - ANS-2 weeks
A fourth-grade teacher notices one of her student's ESE codes changed to hospital
homebound (HH). What is expected of this teacher? - ANS-Teacher will continue her normal
teaching routine with her class and a hospital homebound teacher will be assigned to the
student.
, A general education teacher has several ESE students in her classroom. What can she do to
make sure all students are learning at the pace and level each student needs? -
ANS-Differentiate and accommodate students through flexible grouping and
accommodations.
A high school senior, who is also ESE, has taken the Algebra 1 FSA, a graduation
requirement. He has not scored the minimum for graduation. He has participated in every
retake of the exam. The student has maintained a passing grade in all math classes for all
four years. What options does the student have to meet the graduation requirement? -
ANS-Because the student has maintained a passing score for all four years of math, the IEP
team can write a waiver for the student and submit it to the state for approval.
A middle school teacher is reading over her students' IEPs and determining her instructional
approach to a new science unit. What should be the first thing she considers as she plans
the lesson? - ANS-the state-adopted academic standards
A new ESE teacher has decided to lower the classroom expectations for her ESE students.
She believes this will help them achieve at higher rates. The new ESE teacher tells an
experienced ESE teacher about her plan. What would be the most appropriate statement the
experienced ESE teacher should say to the new ESE teacher? - ANS-"Expectations for
students should not be lowered. Rather, accommodations should be adhered to, so the
student can meet the high expectations every other student is held to."
A new ESE teacher is eager to attend the IEP meeting of one of her students. The student
has been disruptive and difficult to deal with during instruction. The teacher wants the
parents to know how behaved the student has been. She is planning to give this feedback to
the parents right away. What is wrong with the teacher's plan? - ANS-An IEP meeting should
start with positive feedback first and move into areas of opportunity make changes in either
behavior or academics.
A new student comes to the classroom with assistive technology. The teacher doesn't know
how to use it and places it on a shelf in the back of the classroom. What is likely to happen?
- ANS-The student's progress will start to decline over the course of the next few weeks.
A paraprofessional is working in small groups with her ESE students. She is reading from
her book and showing students her process for working through difficult words. The teacher
is using a technique called: - ANS-modeling
A severely disabled student, who has limited use of his hands, is taking a math exam in a
general education classroom. Which of the following would be appropriate? - ANS-voice to
text writing software with assistance from a paraprofessional.
A student has a short-term memory disability. Which of the following accommodations would
be the most appropriate for this student whose exceptionality is specific learning disability
(SLD)? - ANS-Allow the student to use his notes during classroom exams.
A student is given extra time on the stare-wide assessment for reading. The student is taking
what kind of assessment? - ANS-criterion-referenced
A student is having difficulty pronouncing the correct sounds in words. The student is
struggling with: - ANS-phonemes
A student is having difficulty working with peers during cooperative learning. He often calls
out and uses profanity during group work. The student and the teacher develop a plan
calling for the student to be rewarded when the student controls his behavior and for the
student to receive consequences when he does not control his behavior. This strategy is an
example of: - ANS-contingency contracting
A student is repeating phrases and noises in the classroom. What symptom is the student
displaying? - ANS-echolalia
