NCED Individualized Education Plans & Interventions 3

Question 1

A student with an IEP transitions from elementary to middle school. Which action is legally required?

Accepted Answer

The receiving school must have an IEP in effect on the first day of school

Answer

IDEA requires that a student with a disability have an IEP in effect at the beginning of each school year, including when transferring between schools.

Question 2

Which intervention framework involves providing increasingly intensive tiers of support based on student response to instruction?

Accepted Answer

Response to Intervention (RTI) / Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS)

Answer

RTI/MTSS uses a tiered model where Tier 1 is universal instruction, Tier 2 is targeted intervention, and Tier 3 is intensive individualized support based on student response data.

Question 3

Under IDEA, when must transition planning begin for students with disabilities?

Accepted Answer

No later than the first IEP in effect when the student turns 16

Answer

IDEA 2004 requires that transition services be included in the IEP no later than the first IEP to be in effect when the student turns 16.

Question 4

A functional behavioral assessment (FBA) is completed and reveals that a student's disruptive behavior is maintained by peer attention. Which intervention would BEST address this function?

Accepted Answer

Teach the student an appropriate way to gain peer attention

Answer

Function-based interventions replace the problem behavior with a socially acceptable behavior that achieves the same function—in this case, gaining peer attention.

Question 5

Which document must accompany an IEP that includes placement in a more restrictive environment to justify that decision?

Accepted Answer

An explanation of why the general education setting with supplementary aids is not appropriate

Answer

IDEA requires IEPs to include an explanation of the extent, if any, to which the student will NOT participate in general education and the reasons why.

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NCED Individualized Education Plans & Interventions 3