Homeschooling Certification Special Education in Homeschooling 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What federal law guarantees free appropriate public education (FAPE) to eligible students with disabilities?
- IDEA (Correct answer)
- FERPA
- NCLB
- ADA
Correct answer: IDEA
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) guarantees FAPE to eligible students with disabilities.
Question 2: When a parent chooses to homeschool a child with disabilities, IDEA services from the public school are generally:
- Guaranteed at full level
- Not automatically required and vary by state (Correct answer)
- Illegal to provide
- Replaced by federal funding directly to parents
Correct answer: Not automatically required and vary by state
Homeschooled students often lose the automatic right to full IDEA services, and access depends on state law.
Question 3: A Response to Intervention (RTI) approach in homeschooling is primarily used to:
- Replace all instruction
- Provide tiered support and monitor progress (Correct answer)
- Diagnose medical conditions
- Assign grade levels
Correct answer: Provide tiered support and monitor progress
RTI provides increasingly intensive tiers of support while monitoring the student's response.
Question 4: Which strategy best supports a homeschooled child with dyslexia during reading?
- Longer silent reading blocks
- Structured multisensory phonics instruction (Correct answer)
- Removing all phonics work
- Timed speed-reading drills
Correct answer: Structured multisensory phonics instruction
Structured, multisensory phonics (like Orton-Gillingham) is the evidence-based approach for dyslexia.
Question 5: An IEP developed by a public school is a legal document, while a homeschool learning plan for a disabled child is best described as:
- Federally enforceable
- A parent-created guide with no automatic legal standing (Correct answer)
- Illegal without a lawyer
- Identical to an IEP
Correct answer: A parent-created guide with no automatic legal standing
Homeschool plans are informal guides created by parents and lack the legal enforceability of an IEP.
Question 6: Which accommodation most directly helps a homeschooled student with ADHD stay focused?
- Eliminating all breaks
- Breaking tasks into short chunks with movement breaks (Correct answer)
- Doubling assignment length
- Removing visual schedules
Correct answer: Breaking tasks into short chunks with movement breaks
Short task chunks and frequent movement breaks help students with ADHD sustain attention.
Question 7: A functional behavior assessment (FBA) is used to:
- Measure IQ
- Identify the purpose behind a challenging behavior (Correct answer)
- Assign letter grades
- Diagnose autism
Correct answer: Identify the purpose behind a challenging behavior
An FBA identifies the function or purpose a behavior serves so supports can be designed.
Homeschooling Certification Special Education in Homeschooling 2
What federal law guarantees free appropriate public education (FAPE) to eligible students with disabilities?