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Special Education & Accommodations Flashcards

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  1. Under the ADA, a training program is NOT required to lower its essential performance standards to accommodate a disability. This principle is best described as:

    Answer: Fundamental alteration doctrine

    The fundamental alteration doctrine permits programs to refuse accommodations that would change the essential nature or lower core standards of the program.

  2. A trainee with a speech impairment must complete an oral command demonstration. Which accommodation would be appropriate WITHOUT fundamentally altering the test?

    Answer: Allowing the trainee to use an AAC device or written commands with extra time

    Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices allow the trainee to issue commands through an alternative means, preserving the essential skill being tested.

  3. Which of the following BEST describes the 'interactive process' in the context of accommodation requests?

    Answer: A good-faith dialogue between the trainee and program to identify effective accommodations

    The interactive process is a required good-faith, two-way dialogue between the individual requesting accommodation and the program to identify appropriate solutions.

  4. A trainee with Type 1 diabetes requires permission to keep glucose tablets at their workstation during training. This request is BEST characterized as:

    Answer: A reasonable accommodation for a medical condition

    Allowing glucose tablets at a workstation is a low-burden, medically necessary accommodation for a recognized disability under the ADA.

  5. In inclusive public safety instruction, 'scaffolding' refers to:

    Answer: Providing temporary instructional support that is gradually removed as competency grows

    Instructional scaffolding is a pedagogical technique of providing structured support that is incrementally reduced as the learner builds independence.

  6. A trainee with an anxiety disorder requests a private testing room. The program has one available with no other competing use. The program SHOULD:

    Answer: Grant the accommodation as it presents no undue hardship

    If the accommodation is available, effective, and presents no undue hardship, the program should grant it as part of its legal obligation.

  7. Which population does the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) specifically protect in the context of educational accommodations?

    Answer: Children ages 3–21 in public school settings

    IDEA governs special education services for children ages 3–21 in public school settings and does not extend to adult professional certification programs.