NYSTCE Students With Disabilities, Exam Prep, Answered

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NYSTCE Students With Disabilities, Exam Prep, Answered-Principals - Primary responsibility is administrative. Implement building policy procedures, and control designation of facilities, equipment and... resources. Main focus if following protocol, watching for liability, and managing the school team. General Education Teacher - Role is to observe the student's learning process and monitor the success of the IEP. Give feedback to the student and the IEP team. Work with the students on a regular basis and contribute information to referrals. Occupational Therapist - For older students, this person will work with self care skills including vocational skills. Also will focus on fine motor skills. Paraprofessional - An assistant to the Special Educator and works in the classroom with the student with disabilities. A tutor for individual students or with small groups. Creates the material to be used in class with the student and also gives important feedback to both the student and the members of the IEP team Physical Therapist - Work with students who have issues with disorders of muscles, bones, joints, or nerves after the student has received medical assessment. Usually relates to- cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy. This person will also be familiar with assistive technologies and or adaptive equipment School Psychologist - Role is to administer and interpret results of the standardized test. Will also contribute to the assessment of the student and help create the IEP. Observes the student in the classroom, provide testing and evaluation and document a case history of the student. Social Worker - provide resources and materials to the parents or caregivers of the student. Specializes in knowing community and school services available. Can do intake, interview, and home visits as needed. Speech Pathologist - Works with students with speech or language disorders on an ongoing basis. Offers support and feedback to the student and his or her parents and or caregivers on an ongoing basis. School Nurse - Provides information to the families about health related issues. Responsible for medications, therapeutic services, and care for specific medical conditions Guidance Counselor - Responsible for counseling services for the family and student. Autism - Developmental disability significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction, generally evident before the age of three, that adversely affects a child's educational performance. Engagement in repetitive activities and stereotyped movements, resistance to environmental change or change in daily routine, and unusual responses to sensory experiences. Cognitive Disability - Significantly sub-average general intellectual functioning, existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period, that adversely affects a child's educational performance. [Show More]

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