In regards to legislation pertaining to children with special needs and education, what is IDEA and what does it mandate?
What will be an ideal response?
In the United States the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA; Public Law 104-446) mandates: free and appropriate public education for any child with special needs in the least restrictive environment for that child; each child with special needs, regardless of age, must be assessed with culturally appropriate tests; each of these children must have an individualized education program (IEP) tailored to his or her needs, and must be re-assessed.
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A. attitude adjustment B. reattribution C. cognitive dissonance D. cognitive reappraisal
Hachi is working against a deadline. She must have a term paper written by 8 a.m. tomorrow. The deadline is an example of a __________.
A. stress B. stressor C. stress response D. stress reaction
Latrisha lives in a lower SES African-American neighborhood in a mid-sized city in the Southeast United States. The nearest grocery store is 2 miles away and is not served by public transit. The convenience stores in her neighborhood sell only alcohol, cigarettes, soda, and high-sodium or high-sugar snack foods. Latrisha lives in a ______.
A. nutritional black hole B. food desert C. food vacuum D. health abyss
According to Piaget (1952), the most important achievement of the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development is the capability to use mental symbols to represent objects and events
a) True b) False