Indicate the purpose of an individualized education program (IEP) and explain why it is not appropriate to make a placement decision for a student before an IEP has been written for that student. Provide an example to clarify your explanation

What will be an ideal response?


Perhaps the most important tool used to implement IDEA, it is a written statement that spells out what teachers plan to do to meet an exceptional student'sneeds, and it must be approved by the students'parents or guardian. What the student needs is supposed to be determined first so that a decision can be made about placement in the least restrictive environment in which the needed services can be provided. For example, if a student has been evaluated and identified as having a learning disability, he could be placed in a school's existing "learning disabilities program" and have an IEP written to match the services available in that program. More appropriatelyand legally correct, the IEP should be written for the student immediately after evaluation and identification. It could be that the services needed by the student could all be provided in the regular classroom, or that some entirely new services need to be developed in any other existing placements. There should be no "programs" specific to a disability category; the programs should be specific to individuals.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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A ____________________________ contains your observations of and questions about nature.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Given what psychologists have learned about modeling, why might inner-city African American students learn more from an African American model who grew up in a ghetto than from a model of a different race or background?

a. Because the African American model is more likely to behave in a gender-appropriate manner b. Because the students will view the African American model's behavior as being relevant to themselves c. Because the students are more likely to realize that the African American model has prestige d. Because the students are more likely to perceive the African American model as being competent

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The hallmark of a problem solving approach to classroom management is that it demonstrates the teacher's

a. willingness to consider the contexts that factor into the undesirable behavior and to solicit student input. b. effectiveness at establishing himself/herself as the authority figure in the classroom hierarchy. c. creativity in developing a continuum of consequences for misbehavior. d. insistence on compliance with classroom and school rules and procedures.

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