CPS Special Education Laws & Ethics 3

Question 1

Which ethical principle requires psycho-educational specialists to accurately represent their competencies and not practice beyond their training?

Accepted Answer

Competence

Answer

Competence obligates professionals to practice only within boundaries established by their education, training, supervised experience, and credentials.

Question 2

Under IDEA, 'extended school year' (ESY) services must be provided when:

Accepted Answer

The IEP team determines the student will experience significant regression without them

Answer

ESY services are required when the IEP team determines a student will regress significantly without continued services during breaks.

Question 3

A parent requests an independent educational evaluation (IEE) after disagreeing with the school's assessment. Under IDEA, the school must:

Accepted Answer

Provide the IEE at public expense or initiate a due process hearing to defend its evaluation

Answer

IDEA requires the school to either fund the IEE at public expense or initiate due process to show its own evaluation was appropriate.

Question 4

The primary purpose of the manifestation determination review (MDR) under IDEA is to:

Accepted Answer

Decide whether a student's misconduct was caused by or substantially related to their disability

Answer

An MDR examines whether a disciplinary infraction was a direct result of the student's disability or a failure to implement the IEP.

Question 5

Which document must accompany a student's IEP beginning at age 16 under IDEA 2004?

Accepted Answer

A statement of transition services

Answer

IDEA 2004 requires a statement of transition services—including postsecondary goals and needed activities—to be included in the IEP no later than age 16.

(CPS) Certified Psycho-Educational Specialist Practice Test

(CPS) Certified Psycho-Educational Specialist Practice Test

CPS Special Education Laws & Ethics 3