Exceptional Student Education Flashcards
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Which federal requirement under IDEA mandates that students with disabilities who are age 16 or older have transition planning included in their IEP?
Answer: Secondary Transition Planning
IDEA requires that IEPs for students age 16 and older (and younger if appropriate in Florida) include measurable postsecondary goals and transition services to support movement to post-school activities.
A student with emotional/behavioral disorder frequently refuses to complete written assignments. After an FBA reveals the behavior's function is escape, which intervention is MOST appropriate?
Answer: Break assignments into smaller chunks and provide frequent breaks as a reward
When the function of a behavior is escape, providing structured breaks contingent on task engagement reduces the need for the escape behavior and increases on-task performance.
In Florida, the term used for students with disabilities who receive special education services is:
Answer: Exceptional Students (ESE)
In Florida, students receiving special education services are referred to as 'Exceptional Students,' and the program is called Exceptional Student Education (ESE).
Which of the following BEST describes 'response to intervention' (RTI) in the context of identifying students who may have learning disabilities?
Answer: A tiered system of increasingly intensive instruction based on student response to evidence-based interventions
RTI is a multi-tiered framework that uses data-driven, evidence-based interventions of increasing intensity to address learning difficulties and can be used as part of the special education eligibility determination process.
When a student with a disability is suspended for more than 10 cumulative school days in a year, schools must conduct a:
Answer: Manifestation Determination Review (MDR)
A Manifestation Determination Review is required to determine whether the student's behavior is a manifestation of their disability before any significant disciplinary change in placement can be made.
Which of the following is NOT a related service that may be included in a student's IEP under IDEA?
Answer: General curriculum textbooks
Related services under IDEA include developmental, corrective, and supportive services such as speech therapy, transportation, and counseling; standard curriculum materials are not classified as related services.
A teacher is using 'social stories' as an instructional strategy. This approach is MOST commonly used to support students with which disability?
Answer: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Social stories, developed by Carol Gray, are narratives that describe social situations and expected responses, and are widely used as an evidence-based practice for students with autism spectrum disorder.