performance;(2)annualgoalsforallstudentsandshort-termobjectivesforstudents
takingalternateassessmentsalignedwithalternateachievementstandards;(4)related
services;(5)percentageoftimespentingeneraleducation;(6)beginningandending
datesforspecialeducationservices;and(7)annualevaluation.
REFERENCES: Bloom’s:Understanding
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES:HESC.HARD.17.02.03-Describespecialeducationandrelatedservicesastheyapply
toeachofthemajorprovisionsoftheIDEA.
NATIONALSTANDARDS: UnitedStates-CEC.2.0-Beginningspecialeducationprofessionalscreatesafe,
inclusive,culturallyresponsivelearningenvironmentssothatindividualswith
exceptionalitiesbecomeactiveandeffectivelearnersanddevelopemotionalwell-being,
positivesocialinteractions,andself-determination.
UnitedStates-CEC.4.0-Beginningspecialeducationprofessionalsusemultiple
methodsofassessmentanddatasourcesinmakingeducationaldecisions.
UnitedStates-CEC.5.0-Beginningspecialeducationprofessionalsselect,adapt,and
usearepertoireofevidence-basedinstructionalstrategiestoadvancelearningof
individualswithexceptionalities.
42.Discusstheconceptoftheleastrestrictiveenvironment.IstheLREalwaysthemostinclusiveplacement?
ANSWER: AsmandatedinIDEA,theleastrestrictiveenvironment(LRE)meanseducating
studentswithdisabilitieswiththeirnondisabledpeerstothemaximumextent
appropriate.Federalregulationsrequirethattheremovalofachildfromthegeneral
educationsettingistooccuronlywhenthenatureandseverityofthechild’sdisabilityis
suchthateducationingeneraleducationclasseswithsupplementaryaidsorservices
cannotbeachievedsatisfactorily
WhiletheconceptoftheLREsuggestsastrongpreferenceforthestudenttobe
educatedalongsidetheirnondisabledpeers,italsostatesthatthisshouldoccuronly
whenappropriate.Assuch,LREandmainstreamingarenotsynonymous.TheLRE
maybeanyoneofa“continuumofalternativeplacements,”rangingfromthegeneral
educationclassroomtoseparateeducationalenvironmentsexclusivelyforstudentswith
disabilities.
REFERENCES: Bloom’s:Creating
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES:HESC.HARD.17.02.03-Describespecialeducationandrelatedservicesastheyapply
toeachofthemajorprovisionsoftheIDEA.
NATIONALSTANDARDS: UnitedStates-CEC.2.0-Beginningspecialeducationprofessionalscreatesafe,
inclusive,culturallyresponsivelearningenvironmentssothatindividualswith