WGU D228 SPECIAL EDUCATION PRACTICES:
PROFESSIONAL, ETHICAL AND LEGAL GUIDELINES
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADE A+ UPDATE 2024
What is required for a student to qualify for protection under Section 504?
A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities
What is a public school required to do under the provisions of FAPE?
Teach a student with special needs in the least restrictive environment
Congress passed FERPA as part of which major law?
IDEA
Which part of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) deals with providing
special education services to school-age students?
Part B
Which age range of students is protected under the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA)?
Ages 3 to 21
Prior to the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the
discrepancy model was used to identify learning disabilities.What did the reauthorization
of IDEA emphasize doing to identify learning disabilities instead?
Use scientific, research-based teaching interventions
Which federal program may provide health insurance for students with disabilities?
CHIP
By law, infants and toddlers with disabilities must have a plan developed for them as part
of the early childhood special education program.What is the name of this plan?
Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)
The clause "It is inherently unequal to educate students with disabilities in separate
facilities" helped give educational opportunities to students with disabilities.Which famous
court case did this clause come from?
Brown v. Board of Education
A second-grade student recently moved to the United States from another country. The
student is a non-native English speaker. The school is concerned about the student and
refers him for special education testing. The school psychologist administers the intellectual
, exam in English with the standard time limit. The exam determines that the student is
intellectually disabled and qualifies him for special education services. According to Diana
v. CA State Board of Education (1970), which student right was violated in this scenario?
The right to be assessed in the student's primary language
An elementary school student moves to a new school district. The student is confined to a
wheelchair and has cognitive delays. The school district claims that the student cannot
attend school because the building is not accessible.What is the school district required to
do, according to Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia (1972)?
To make structural changes to the building to give the student access
What was the key ruling of Board of Education v. Rowley (1982)?
Schools only have to provide children with disabilities access to education equal to that provided
to other children.
What did Larry P. v. Riles (1979) find regarding standardized tests used for assessment
and placement in special education?
Assessment testing biases result in discrimination of students from different cultural, social, and
linguistic groups.
What did Hobson v. Hansen determine about using standardized aptitude tests for special
education assessment and placement?
Assessments, ability tracking, and ability grouping systems cannot be culturally or racially
biased.
A special education teacher is co-teaching with a social studies teacher. While taking an
exam, a student with a disability asks the social studies teacher to have the exam read aloud
as allowed in the student's IEP. The social studies teacher refuses, asserting that the
student needs to work harder.What is the ethical responsibility of this special education
teacher?
Remind the social studies teacher of the agreed-upon accommodations in the IEP
What is an appropriate accommodation for statewide testing for students with disabilities?
Scheduling additional breaks
A student with both written and expressive language disabilities is taking a geography
class.What would be a practical alternative to traditional testing for this student?
Multiple-choice tests
A student who sits in the back of the classroom is unable to hear the teacher due to a
hearing loss. The student does not pay attention during large group activities and spends
class time talking to friends. Other students complain when they have to work with the
student because the student talks so much.Which type of accommodation should a teacher
attempt first to help this student?
Environmental accommodations
A teacher has recently started teaching at a new school. The principal informs the teacher
that the school has a new resource room; however, due to insufficient space, the teacher
should not make recommendations for new students to be placed in the room.How should
the teacher respond?
Explain that students with disabilities who show a need for the resource room on their IEP must
have access by law
A fifth-grade student receives special education services for a learning disability. His
parents have recently divorced, but they both share equal custody of the student. The
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