Special Needs Appropriate Practices (SNP) DC
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ADA means [Ans:] Federal law that prohibits
discriminiation based upon mental or physical disability.
Disability means [Ans:] The result of any physical or
mental condition that affects or prevents one's ability to
develop, achieve, and/or function in an educational
setting at a normal rate.
IDEA means [Ans:] Federal law that requires all states to
provide a free appropriate education to eligible children
and youth with disabilities.
Inclusion means [Ans:] The philosophy that all children
have the right to be included with their peers in all age
appropriate activities throughout life; accommodating all
students in the natural environments they would
otherwise be in if not a child with special needs.
Mainsteaming [Ans:] Children with special needs - based
in special education class settings - earn the right to join
peers in typical education classes by demonstrating
ability to "keep up" with workload. Usually limited to the
one or two subject areas at which the child excels. This
term is no longer
used.
,Multidisciplinary [Ans:] A team approach involving
specialists from more than
one discipline, such as a team made up of a physical
therapist, a speech and language pathologist, a child
development specialist, an occupational therapist, or
other specialists as needed.
Natural Environment [Ans:] (Caring for a child with special
needs in) home and
community settings in which children without disabilities
participate; the day-to-day settings, routines and activities
that promote learning for all children. Also, incorporating
therapeutic activities into daily activities to avoid
disturbing the normal daily routine of the child.
Related services [Ans:] Transportation and development,
corrective and other support services that are required by
a child with special needs in order for them to benefit
from education. Examples include speech/language
pathology and audiology, psychological services, physical
and occupational therapy, recreation, counseling services,
interpreters for those with hearing impairments, medical
services for diagnostic and evaluation purposes and
assistive technology devices and services.
Student with disability [Ans:] Children whose
development or health is viewed
, by parents and professionals as atypical. This includes
children with mental, physical, sensory, emotional/
behavioral, medical and other special needs.
Support Services [Ans:] Agencies and organizations that
offer various types
of educational and ancillary resources for children with
special needs and their families. Agencies such as Head
Start, Agency for Persons with Disabilities, Subsidized
Child Care, Child Care Resource and Referral Network and
Florida Directory of Early Childhood Services Central
Directory Network, and Children's Forum offering a
variety of related services
Transdisciplinary [Ans:] A model that uses teaching,
learning, and sharing of
information across disciplinary boundaries enabling one
team member, along with the family, to carry out
intervention strategies for a child with special needs.
People First Language give appropriate term from this
inappropriate term: "Handicapped People" [Ans:] Person
with a disabiity or special needs
People First Language give appropriate term from this
inappropriate term: "Crippled" [Ans:] Person with a
physical disability
Questions and Answers (100% Correct
Answers) Already Graded A+F
ADA means [Ans:] Federal law that prohibits
discriminiation based upon mental or physical disability.
Disability means [Ans:] The result of any physical or
mental condition that affects or prevents one's ability to
develop, achieve, and/or function in an educational
setting at a normal rate.
IDEA means [Ans:] Federal law that requires all states to
provide a free appropriate education to eligible children
and youth with disabilities.
Inclusion means [Ans:] The philosophy that all children
have the right to be included with their peers in all age
appropriate activities throughout life; accommodating all
students in the natural environments they would
otherwise be in if not a child with special needs.
Mainsteaming [Ans:] Children with special needs - based
in special education class settings - earn the right to join
peers in typical education classes by demonstrating
ability to "keep up" with workload. Usually limited to the
one or two subject areas at which the child excels. This
term is no longer
used.
,Multidisciplinary [Ans:] A team approach involving
specialists from more than
one discipline, such as a team made up of a physical
therapist, a speech and language pathologist, a child
development specialist, an occupational therapist, or
other specialists as needed.
Natural Environment [Ans:] (Caring for a child with special
needs in) home and
community settings in which children without disabilities
participate; the day-to-day settings, routines and activities
that promote learning for all children. Also, incorporating
therapeutic activities into daily activities to avoid
disturbing the normal daily routine of the child.
Related services [Ans:] Transportation and development,
corrective and other support services that are required by
a child with special needs in order for them to benefit
from education. Examples include speech/language
pathology and audiology, psychological services, physical
and occupational therapy, recreation, counseling services,
interpreters for those with hearing impairments, medical
services for diagnostic and evaluation purposes and
assistive technology devices and services.
Student with disability [Ans:] Children whose
development or health is viewed
, by parents and professionals as atypical. This includes
children with mental, physical, sensory, emotional/
behavioral, medical and other special needs.
Support Services [Ans:] Agencies and organizations that
offer various types
of educational and ancillary resources for children with
special needs and their families. Agencies such as Head
Start, Agency for Persons with Disabilities, Subsidized
Child Care, Child Care Resource and Referral Network and
Florida Directory of Early Childhood Services Central
Directory Network, and Children's Forum offering a
variety of related services
Transdisciplinary [Ans:] A model that uses teaching,
learning, and sharing of
information across disciplinary boundaries enabling one
team member, along with the family, to carry out
intervention strategies for a child with special needs.
People First Language give appropriate term from this
inappropriate term: "Handicapped People" [Ans:] Person
with a disabiity or special needs
People First Language give appropriate term from this
inappropriate term: "Crippled" [Ans:] Person with a
physical disability
