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DCF SPECIAL NEEDS APPROPRIATE PRACTICES (SNP) EXAM
2024 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (100% CORRECT) GRADED A
- domains of development that can be delayed - ANSWER>>• Physical Health/ Motor
Development: involve physical growth and abilities.
• Cognitive Development & General Knowledge: include thinking, planning, cheating, exploring and questioning.• Language & Communication: includes a child's ability to see, read and write.
• Social & Emotional: is defined by forming relationship and attachments.
• Approaches to learn: include thinking, planning, cheating, exploring and questioning.
Developmental Disability - ANSWER>>A chronic condition that is diagnosed in childhood and substantially limits major life activities in adulthood to help support these children.
Early Intervention - ANSWER>>Appropriate support in the first three years of life of a child with special needs.
Autism - ANSWER>>A group of brain-based neurological disorders characterized by social impairments, communication difficulties, and restricted and repetitive pattern of behavior.
Down Syndrome - ANSWER>>A genetic disorder that results in a number of physical characteristics and intellectual impairments. 1 / 2
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Three types of positive behavior - ANSWER>>• prevention • redirection • positive reinforcement
Describe Developmentally Appropriate Practices (DAP) - ANSWER>>Are valuable general guidelines to support the learning of children. DAP is often referred to as Age of Stages.
• Three main aspects of DAP:
- general knowledge of child development, or what you know about how children develop and
- specific knowledge of particular child, or what you know about the strengths, needs and
- knowledge of social and cultural context contexts, or, what you know about the social and
learn.
interests of individual children.
cultural contexts in which their children love.
Adaption - ANSWER>>Any adjustments or modifications in the environment, instruction, or materials used for learning that enhance the child's performance or allows at least participation in an activity.
Family Involvement - ANSWER>>• Family: are big, small, extended, nuclear and multigeneration. They have one parent, two parents, boyfriends, and girlfriends. They're cheated birth, adoption, marriage, remarriage, foster care or a desire for mutual support.
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