M.Ed. School Psychology (Questions) Flashcards
An IEP is an…
Individualized Education Plan
Most students identified as having special needs are served under which IDEA category?
Learning Disabilities
Sending a gifted child to a summer class to learn more about a topic is an example of…
Enrichment
The very complicated case of Larry P. v. Riles 1971-1979:
A) Impacted the educable mentally retarded
B) Had little to do with special education
C) Upheld the use of IQ tests no matter the
ethnicity
D) Resulted in the banning of IQ tests in CA
for African American students
D) Resulted in the banning of IQ tests in CA for African American students
One of the results of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974 is that it:
A) Made student recrods available to
designated students under 18
B) Secured the right of students 18 and older to examine their school records
C) Sealed school records and made them
unavailable for scrutiny from/by the
federal government
D) Made school records available to any
student beyond the 9th grade with or
without parental consent
B) Secured the right of students 18 and older to examine their school records
What was the result of “Brown V. Board of Education”?
A) Court ruled that a person with a disability
must receive services in public and private
schools
B) Court ruled unlawful to discriminate
against a class of person for an arbitrary
or unjustifiable reason
C) Court ruled that all handicapped
individuals have a right to public school
D) Made schools alter the way they taught
children with disabilities
B) Court ruled it unlawful to discriminate against a class of a person for an arbitrary or unjustifiable reason
(Separate but equal was overruled)
If you were a parent of a student with a disability and you wish to bring an “advocate” to assist you with the IEP meeting, who can legally act as your advocate?
Anyone you want
Sometimes students are not eligible for Special Education, yet they can still et accommodations with a “Section 504.” Why is this?
A) This was put in place to catch students
that could not get a medical diagnosis of a
disability.
B) SpEd is mandated by law. Section 504’s
cases are mandated by court cases.
C) SpEd is mandated by Federal law. Section
504’s are Federal law.
D) States have a responsibility to provide
accommodations to children with
handicaps, who have limitations in one or
more major life activities.
D) States have a responsibility to provide accommodations to children with handicaps, who have limitations in one or more major life activities.
(whether they are affected academically or not)
What Special Education law started mandating Free and Appropriate Public Education, placement in the Least Restrictive Environment, and Individualized Education Plans?
A) PL 94-142 (The Education for All
Handicapped Children Act of 1975)
B) The Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA)
C) The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
D) Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
(1973)
A) PL-94-142 (The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975)
(This was later amended and turned into IDEA)
An IEP has been issued and you as the student’s general education teacher disagree with an accommodation. Which of these options can you NOT legally do?
A) File for a due process hearing with the
school district
B) Discuss with the parent the
appropriateness of fading the
accommodation
C) Request to be at the next IEP meeting to
discuss the accommodation
D) Use “professional discretion” and not
implement the accommodation
D) use “professional discretion” and not implement the accommodation
Which law reinforces the right of students with disabilities who need accessible instructional materials to receive these materials in a timely manner?
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
What is true concerning AT (assistive technology) devices such as pen scanners that read text out loud?
A) If such devices are included in a student’s
IEP, they may be used in class - but
parents are responsible for purchasing
and maintaining them.
B) If such devices are included in a student’s
IEP, they must be purchased by the school
- but they are for classroom use only.
C) If such devices are included in a student’s
IEP, they must be purchased by the scool -
and the student must be allowed to use
them both in class and at home.
D) It is unlawful to include AT devices in a
student’s IEP.
C) If such devices are included in a student’s IEP, they must be purchased by the school - and the student must be allowed to use them both in class and at home.
What are “transitional services” according to IDEA?
A) Services that assist a student, beginning at
age 16, to begin the process of transition
to prepare the student for successful
transition (such as life skills, vocational
education, or advanced placement
courses)
B) Services that assist pre-schoolers with
special needs to enter kindergarten
C) services that assist students with severe
special needs to participate in the regular
classroom for a small portion of the day
D) Coordination between local, state, and
federal agencies to provide services
A) Services that assist a student, beginning at the age of 16, to begin the process of transition to prepare the student for successful transition (such as life skills, vocational education, or advanced placement courses)
Why would a manifestation determination be needed?
A) to evaluate whether a student has special
needs or not
B) to see if the special educational services at
a school site are in compliance with
applicable laws
C) to estabilsh whether a student’s
misbehavior is related to his or her
disability
D) to allow parents the right to dispute a
curricular decision related to their child
C) to establish whether a student’s misbehavior is related to his or her disability
According to IDEA, students with special needs are entitled to a free and appropriate public education until what age?
21 years old
How is the concept of LRE (Least Restrictive Environment) applied in special education today?
A) Students with special needs may only be
physically restrained when it is necessary
for the safety of other students
B) Students with special needs must be
educated with their age-level peers to the
maximum amount possible
C) resource specialists must be in the regular
classroom during at least 50% of their
working hours
D) students with special needs may not,
under any circumstances, be incarcerated
in juvenile halls or other prison facilities
B) students with special needs must be educated with their age-level peers to the maximum amount possible
Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA, 2004), a child with a disability cannot lead to expulsion or suspension for more than _______ days except under special circumstances.
10 school days
Federal regulation allows for _______ calendar days from the receipt of parent consent for initial evaluation to evaluate a student and determine eligibility for special education.
60 days
The IEP requirements under Part B of the IDEA emphasize the importance of certain core concepts. Which concept(s) listed below is/are emphasized?
A) The involvement and progress of each
child with a disability in the general
curriculum including the unique needs
that arise out of the child’s disability.
B) The involvement of parents and students,
together with regular and special
education personnel, in making individual
decisions to support each student’s
(child’s) educational success.
C) The preparation of students with
disabilities for employment and other
post-school activities.
D) All of the above
D) All of the above.
3 Core Concepts: (1) The involvement and progress of each child with a disability in the general curriculum including addressing the unique needs that arise out of the child’s disability; (2) the involvement of parents and students, together with regular and special education personnel, in making individual decisions to support each student’s (child’s) educational success; and (3) the preparation of students with disabilities for employment and other post-school activities.
Is it permissible for an agency to have the IEP finalized before the IEP meeting begins?
No
Federal legislation that promotes RTI is/are:
A) Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(IDEA)
B) Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
(FERPA)
C) Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015)
D) Both A and C
D) Both A and C
For a child with a disability being considered for initial provision of special education and related services, which teacher or teachers should attend the IEP meeting?
A) Regular/general education teacher(s)
B) Special Education teacher(s)
C) Both regular and special education
teacher(s)
C) both regular and special education teacher(s)
Which one of the following is NOT a common procedure error in a child’s IEP development?
A) Not including the child’s parent(s) in the
IEP process
B) Predetermining the child’s final placement
and/or services before the IEP meeting
C) Determining the placement after
programming to best meet the child’s
need
D) Failing to implement the IEP as written
C) Determining the placement after programming to best meet the child’s need
(A common procedure error is determining the placement BEFORE programming to best meet the child’s need)
How frequently must a public agency conduct meetings to review, and, if appropriate, revise the IEP for each child with a disability?
Whenever necessary, or every 12 months
(review; parents can request change at any time)
Which of the following statements about “responsiveness to intervention (RTI)” in the language of IDEIA (2004) is TRUE?
A) In determining whether a child has a SLD,
a LEA may use a process that determines
if the child responds to scientific,
research-based intervention as a part of
the evaluation procedures.
B) The IDEIA (2004) outline the details for
implementing scientific, research-based
intervention.
C) RTI is mandated by IDEIA (2004) as part of
SLD determination
D) The parents do not have their right to
request a full/comprehensive evaluation
during the RtI process.
A) In determining whether a child has a SLD< a LEA (local education agency) MAY use a process that determines if the child response to scientific, research-based intervention as a part of the evaluation process.
According to IDEIA (2004), _______
A) Definition of SLD has been been changed
B) RtI can be used as a solo approach for SLD
diagnosis
C) Ability achievement discrepancy for SLD
diagnosis is no longer required
D) Ability achievement discrepancy for SLD
diagnosis has been disallowed
C) Ability achievement discrepancy for SLD diagnosis is no longer needed.
Which of the following statements about SLD is TRUE?
A) According to federal regulations, students
with learning disabilities have “disorders
in one or more basic psychological
processes: such as schizophrenia (part of
emotional disturbance not SLD)
B) IQ-achievement discrepancy is necessary
and sufficient for identifying individuals
with SLD
C) the research findings on the relations
between different cognitive processing
difficulties and the associated SLDs have
been well established
D) SLD may occur in combination with other
disabling conditions, but they are not due
primarily to other conditions
D) SLD may occur in combination with other disabling conditions, but they are not due primarily to other conditions
The difference between students with SLD(s) and “slow learners” is ________.
A) A student with SLD(s) has deficits in two or
more cognitive areas while performing at
or above the average in other areas.
B) In general, a slow learner performs a
below average in ALL academic areas.
C) Children with SLDs and slow learners
respond differently to evidence based
interventions
D) Those well studied evidence-based
interventions are only effective for
students with SLD(s), not for slow learners
B) In general, a slow learner performs a below average in ALL academic areas.
(A: a student with SLD(s) has deficits in ONE or more cognitive areas while performing at or above average in other areas)
Which one of the following factors is NOT an exclusory criterion for a diagnosis of SLD according to Idaho Special Education Manual?
A) environmental, cultural or economic
disadvantage
B) emotional disturbance
C) a lack of appropriate instruction
D) limited English proficiency
E) Insufficient progress in response to
evidence-based instruction and
intervention
E) Insufficient progress in response to evidence-based instruction and intervention
What is a possible cause for a student’s low motivation to participate in class activities?
A) He has skill deficit(s) (i.e., “can’t do”)
B) Reinforcement (e.g., verbal praise) is too
infrequent in the classroom and is not
based on amount of work completion
C) The reinforcer is low quality so the student
does not care
D) Assigned academic work takes too much
effort, which is against “least effort
principle”
E) All of the above
E) All of the above
What is a simple view of reading according to Gough & Tunmer (1986)?
“Word recognition” and “language comprehension”
The majority of the reading disability students start struggling with which one of the following?
A) Fluency problem
B) Word decoding problem
C) Comprehension problem
B) Word decoding problem
What is Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) according to the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA)?
A) This means that each individual student
with disability must be placed in resource
room(s) as much as their disability permits
B) This means that each individual student
with disability must be placed in regular
classroom(s) as much as their disability
permits
C) This means that each individual student
with disability should be placed in special
education classroom(s) as much as their
disability permits
D) This means that each individual student
with disability should NOT be placed in
special education classroom(s)
B) This means that each individual student with disability must be placed in regular classroom(s) as much as their disability permits
Which of the following statements regarding the IQ-achievement discrepancy method for SLD identification is TRUE?
A) It lack sufficient validity evidence due to its
quantitative and arbitrary nature
B) It can reliably distinguish between
disabled and non-disabled readers
C) It can accurately predict poor readers’
response to intervention
D) The IDEIA (2004) prohibits the use of IQ-
achievement discrepancy method of SLD
identification
A) It lacks sufficient validity evidence due to its quantitative and arbitrary nature
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015) and IDEIA share what common characteristics?
A) Closing the achievement gap
B) Scientifically based instruction and
interventions
C) Accountability for all students
D) All of the above
D) All of the above
(ESSA used to be NCLB)
Which of the following legislative acts provided for intensive interventions and comprehensive education for students with disabilities?
A) Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
B) No Child Left Behind Act
C) Elementary and Secondary Education Act
D) Individuals with Disabilities Education
Improvement Act (IDEIA, 2004)
D) IDEIA, 2004
