SPECIAL NEEDS APPROPRIATE
PRACTICES (SNP) DCF EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
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.
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, 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
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PRACTICES (SNP) DCF EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
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.
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, 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
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