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TEACHER CERTIFICATION EXAM ESE
While attending a parent conference, a new ESE teacher explains that a basic classroom expectation is for students in the class to function academically at approximately half the rate of average children. A more experienced ESE teacher, serving as the meeting chairperson, waits until after the meeting to comment to the new teacher. What comment should the more experienced teacher make?
- "It is unwise to give parents rules that, when applied, may lead them to have
lower, rather than higher, expectations of their children."
- "It is good to affirm by established rules that most students with exceptionalities
are the same and this child is no different."
- "Information that is difficult to interpret into easy-to-apply rules should be
condensed."
- "Rules for behavioral expectations should be developed by all exceptional
education programs and applied to predict student behavior." - ANSWER-A) "It is unwise to give parents rules that, when applied, may lead them to have lower, rather than higher, expectations of their children."
The findings in Diana v. State Board of Education (California) were significant in that they
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- provided for free access to public school education.
- changed procedures for identifying and placing students in special classes.
- mandated that related services be provided to persons with mental disabilities. -
ANSWER-C) changed procedures for identifying and placing students in special classes.
Free and appropriate public education for individuals with disabilities was, in part, the result of which court case?
- PARC v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- Brown v. Board of Education
- New York ARC v. Carey
- Honig v. Doe - ANSWER-A) PARC v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
A student has received Tier 2 intervention for some time but shows no change in academic progress. Which of the following is the next step?
- a referral to the ESE nondiscriminatory evaluation process
- a design of a more intense teacher or classroom intervention
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- a placement for special education in a more restricted environment to improve
learning outcomes
- a Multi-Tiered System of Supports committee meeting to determine if more
intensive services may be needed - ANSWER-D) a Multi-Tiered System of Supports committee meeting to determine if more intensive services may be needed
Which of the following behaviors is developmentally characteristic for a 5th-grade student without disabilities?
- difficulty using pragmatic language
- awkward gross motor skills
- dependence on external gratification
- reluctance to do homework - ANSWER-D) reluctance to do homework
A student tells her special education teacher that she is thinking of committing suicide. The teacher should
- refer the student for help.
- ignore the student's comment.
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- agree to keep the conversation secret. - ANSWER-C) follow school board
procedures.
Each student with disabilities currently placed in ESE programs must have an IEP review every
- 9 weeks.
- 18 weeks.
- 12 months.
- 36 months. - ANSWER-C) 12 months.
Sean is a 7-year-old with severe spastic cerebral palsy and a mild intellectual disability. He also has a gastrostomy tube for feedings. He receives most of his instruction in a general education classroom and has difficulty with concept formation, learning daily skills, and accessing materials. Which professionals would most appropriately support Sean in his general education class?
- ESE teacher, physical therapist, and nurse
- guidance counselor, family therapist, and physical therapist
- ESE teacher, adaptive physical education teacher, and occupational therapist
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