HDFS435

Special Education

100

What is Early Childhood Special Education?

Services for children with disabilities and their families (birth-8 years old)

200

What are Bronfenbrenner's systems included in the context of Early Childhood Special Education?

Exosystem, Mesosystem, Microsystem 

300

Name at least one type of Least Restrictive Environment?

1. Self-contained setting 

2. Resource room 

3. General education classroom

400

Name at least 2 IDEA disability categories.

1. Intellectual disabilities 

2. Specific learning disabilities 

3. Emotional disturbance 

4. Other health impairments  

5. Speech or language impairments 

6. Hearing impairments

7. Blindness/ visual impairments

8. Orthopedic impairments 

9. Multiple disabilities 

10. Traumatic brain injury 

IEP/IFSP

100

Who is an IEP required for?

Children with disability 

200

What is one of the 5 parts in writing an IEP goal?

1. Degree

2. Audience

3. Condition

4. Behavior

5. Expected date

300

What does PLEP stand for in an IEP?

Present level of performance

400

What is one difference between an IFSP and an IEP?

1. IFSP outcomes target the child and family while the IEP outcomes targets the child

2. IFSP uses services in natural environments and the IEP uses services within a school setting

3. IFSP focuses on giving the children opportunities to engage in daily activities and routines and the IEP focuses on opportunities in formal environments

Accommodations

100

What is a transition?

Shows the child how to change from one activity to the next.

200

What are accommodations?

A tool or procedure that provides equal access to instruction and assessment for students with disabilities.

300

What are some examples of accommodations?

Setting, timing, scheduling, presentation, response, organization skills.

400

What is direct instruction?

Providing explicit instructions, opportunities for practice and arranging opportunities to generalize learned skills and knowledge

Collaboration

100

What is collaboration?

Working with someone to produce or create something 

200

Who are possible members of an IFSP or IEP collaboration team?

1. Parent(s)

2. Other family members or advocates requested by parent 

3. Service coordinator 

4. Person(s) involved in conducting assessment 

5. Person(s) providing early intervention services  (speech pathologist, therapist, psychologist, etc.)

6. General and/or special educator 

7. School district representative

300

Who are some related service providers you may work with for children in a classroom?

1. Speech-language pathologist

2. Interpreter 

3. Physical and/or occupational therapist 

4. Psychologist 

5. Counselor 

6. Nurse 

7. Social worker 

400

What are some benefits of teacher-family collaboration?

1. For students: more positive attitudes, more support in transitions, higher achievement, better attendance 

2. For parents: greater knowledge of programs, know how to support children better, more confidence in helping children and in their teacher

3. For teachers/staff: greater teaching effectiveness, increased ability to understand family views and cultures, greater appreciation of parents, higher expectations

Development

100

Name at least one of Piaget's cognitive developmental stages.

1. Sensorimotor (birth-2 years) 

2. preoperational (2-7 years)

3. concrete operational (7-12 years)

4. formal operational (13 years-adult)
   
   
   

200

What is the difference between fine and gross motor skills?

Fine motor skills relate to small, exact movements and gross motor skills relate to larger movements such as running or jumping 

300

What are the three attachment styles?

Secure attachment, ambivalent attachment, and avoidant attachment 

400

What is socialization?

When children become a functioning part of society and learn societies rules and values