pg. 1 WGU D002/ WGU D002 Practice Questions with Correct Verified Answers/ Latest Exam Questions – 2024.
True or False:
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (formerly the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) was enacted to create consistency among states regarding educational safeguards and requirements for individuals with disabilities. - ANSWER - True (no federal statutes addressed educational funding, regulations, and protection until it was enacted)
True or False Prior to the mid-1970s, education for students with disabilities was a privilege and not a right. - ANSWER
- True
(Not until after EAHCA children with disabilities given right to FAPE)
When the IEP team considers how much time the student with disabilities will spend with students who do not have disabilities, they are focusing on______. - ANSWER - The least restrictive environment.
IDEA states that all students with exceptionalities are entitled to ___. - ANSWER - A free and public education (FAPE).
This is an amendment to include all devices to disabled infants and young children. This amendment also covers individuals transitioning from high school to college. - ANSWER - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1990 (IDEA)
This mandate defines protected individuals as otherwise qualified. This mandate also requires that reasonable accommodations be made. - ANSWER - Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
This mandate extends protections and accommodations to associated individuals. - ANSWER - Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
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pg. 2 Which 13 Disabilities are included as one of the federally defined categories covered under the provisions outlined in IDEA? - ANSWER - Autism Spectrum Disorder Emotional Disturbance Hearing impairments Deafness Speech or language impairments Traumatic brain injury Visual impairment including blindness Specific learning disability Other health impairment Intellectual disability Deaf-blindness Orthopedic impairment Multiple disabilities
Are the following disabilities covered under IDEA?Eating disorders Post-Traumatic stress disorder Seizure disorder - ANSWER - They are not covered under IDEA
What is PL 94-142? - ANSWER - Also known as the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA), this law is one of the most important legislative pieces for special education acting as the Bill of Rights for students with disabilities.
Section 504 - ANSWER - Part of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, this act is known as a civil rights bill. This act ensures that every student with a disability is given the same rights, access, and protections as students without disabilities.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act - ANSWER - This law extends civil rights protections to individuals of any age with a disability so that they are allowed to access both private and public sectors for services. It states that discrimination or exclusion is inappropriate and illegal. 2 / 3
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True or False All students who qualify for services under Section 504 also qualify for services under the Individuals with Disabilities Act. - ANSWER - False Students cannot qualify for services under both.
Components of IDEA - ANSWER - Provides additional funding to states for eligible students.Covers only students with an educational need.
Components of Section 504 - ANSWER - Does not require the formal, detailed plans that are part of an Individualized Education Program.Contains explicit language protecting individuals with disabilities from harassment or retaliation based on their disability.Has no age restriction.
What are the 3 components of the definition of disability that the ADA and Section 504 protect for individuals? - ANSWER - -Have a physics or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities -Have a record of such impairment -Are regarded as having such an impairment
Which constitutional provisions and amendment serve as the basis for IDEA, ADA, and Section 504? - ANSWER - -provisions for spending money to protect the general welfare -14th amendment, no state shall "deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law... nor deny... equal protection of the laws" -under the due process and equal protection clauses of the 14th amendment to provide education on an equal basis and to provide due process before denying equivalent educational programming to different students
What is stare decisis? - ANSWER - courts are bound to render decisions consistent with previous decisions in the same jurisdiction and the higher courts over that jurisdiction
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