Praxis Special Education: Foundations and Professional Responsibilities

1.In a workshop, a veteran teacher recalls that many students with disabilities once lived at large institutions away from neighborhood schools. Which later shift should staff carry forward?

2.Mateo is in grade 4. His reading goals call for instruction that is designed for his needs, not only a seat in the room. Who should design that instruction and revise it with the classroom teacher?

3.During lunch in the faculty lounge, a colleague asks Jonah's grade 6 teacher to name his disability because she is curious and does not teach him. What should the teacher do?

4.Priya's mother works a night shift and cannot come to a grade 2 meeting set for 10 a.m. She asks whether another time exists. What is the professional response?

5.A paraprofessional who supports Andre in grade 3 is told to rewrite his annual goals over the weekend and sign them without the teacher. What should the paraprofessional do?

6.Elena's family in grade 5 worries they must pay before the school will teach the reading skills her team agreed she needs. What professional idea answers that worry?

7.Luis's guardian in grade 8 asks how to see the educational records the school keeps about him. The teacher is unsure whether to refuse. What is the sound response?

8.Hannah, a special education teacher, and Mr. Brooks, a grade 7 science teacher, disagree about a checklist the plan says Hannah will use in his class. What should they do?

9.Noah's preschool teacher wants to drop play centers and use only worksheets, even though his goals target sharing and asking for help during play. What is the better plan?

10.Amira is in grade 10. Her meeting is about life after high school, but the draft lists only this year's quiz scores. What should her teacher contribute?

11.Caleb's grade 4 progress is uneven. His teacher is tempted to raise two scores so the chart looks smoother before a meeting. What should the teacher record?

12.In the grade 5 staff room, a colleague uses an old insult about disability as a joke after Sofia walks past. Two adults laugh. What should a teacher who heard it do?

13.Malik's grade 3 team is told that students like him always go to a separate school. The speaker treats that habit as tradition. What stance should guide the placement talk instead?

14.Leah's grade 6 team is preparing a reevaluation. A teammate asks the school psychologist to announce a disability in the hallway before anyone reviews the new information. What is the psychologist's role instead?

15.Theo's grade 9 reading score is on his phone as a photo. A friend who teaches in another district asks him to text it for a training example. What should Theo's teacher do if the friend asks her?

16.Mei's family speaks a language her grade 1 teacher does not speak. A meeting about her plan is tomorrow, and the teacher is thinking of asking Mei to interpret. What should the teacher arrange?

17.Owen's grade 4 teacher saw him come to school with a bruise and heard him say an adult at home hit him. A colleague says to keep it quiet so the family is not upset. What should the teacher do?

18.Rosa, in grade 8, is making steady progress on her goals in general classes with the supports her plan lists. A colleague says only a private school can ever be appropriate. How should the teacher respond?

19.Samir's family disagrees with the grade 5 plan proposed at the meeting. They ask, calmly, how they can be heard if they still disagree after talking with the team. What should the teacher do?

20.Ingrid in grade 2 leaves for speech during math every day, so she misses the only lesson that introduces each new skill. Both teachers say the clock is hard to change. What is the better step?

21.Felix is moving from preschool to kindergarten. His preschool teacher knows he settles when a picture schedule starts the day. The kindergarten meeting is next week. What should she do with that knowledge?

22.Aisha is in grade 11. Her teacher wants the meeting to plan classes and experiences that fit life after school, and Aisha has clear ideas about college and a part-time job. What is the teacher's best contribution?

23.Hugo's grade 3 draft says he reads grade-level passages aloud with ease. His teacher knows that sentence is wrong because she recorded his labored reading last week. What should she do before the meeting?

24.Camille's grade 6 reading set shows people with disabilities only as objects of pity, never as classmates, workers, or friends. She uses a wheelchair. What should the teacher do about the set?

25.A slide in a training says that public schools once commonly turned away children with significant disabilities. The presenter asks what commitment replaced that habit. Which answer fits the history?

26.Derek, in grade 2, struggles to grip a pencil and to open classroom tools, and those barriers slow his written work. Who is the specialist most directly prepared to address those school tasks?

27.At pickup, a volunteer asks Yara's grade 1 teacher why Yara 'is in special education.' Other families are standing close enough to hear. What should the teacher say?

28.Pablo's family has missed two grade 4 meetings because of bus trouble. A teammate says to stop inviting them and send finished decisions. What should the teacher do?

29.A family offers Naomi's grade 7 teacher a paid evening tutoring job and asks her to bring his school progress notes home for the private work, quietly. What should she do?

30.Hector's grade 8 plan lists extra time on tests that measure his knowledge rather than his speed. A teacher says the extra time is unfair to faster classmates. What is the professional response?

31.Ruth's family receives a grade 3 meeting notice written in dense terms they do not use at home. They tell the teacher they cannot tell what decisions will be discussed. What should the teacher do?

32.Simon's grade 5 classroom teacher says accommodations are only the special educator's job, so he will not provide the seating and breaks listed for his own lessons. What response fits shared responsibility?

33.Keisha, a preschooler, uses a speech-generating device to ask for turns at the block center. A new aide wants the device kept in a cabinet during play so the center stays quiet. What should the teacher say?

34.Victor is in grade 12 and will leave school in the spring. A community college contact asks what helps him learn. His teacher wants to prepare a useful description. What belongs in that description?

35.Anya's aide writes 'lazy' in the grade 2 contact log after Anya put her head down during writing. The teacher knows Anya was tired after a poor night of sleep and had asked for a break. What should the log say?

36.As the grade 4 class walks in, a teacher says, 'Cole is in special education because he cannot read,' loudly enough for the line to hear. What should a colleague urge instead?

37.A training slide says parent groups once had to press public schools to enroll children who had been turned away. What stance continues that history?

38.Lila, in grade 1, uses only a few spoken words and is learning to point to pictures to make requests in class. Which specialist should lead that communication work?

39.Omar's grade 6 evaluation is open on the classroom screen as students return from art. The next class can see his name and scores. What should the teacher do first?

40.Fatima's family asks for a talk before her preschool evaluation meeting because the school building feels overwhelming. A home visit is not possible this week. What should the teacher do?

41.Jules, a grade 5 student, tells his teacher that an adult at home hit him and asks the teacher to keep it a secret. What should the teacher do?

42.Grace and Nora share a disability category, and a teammate wants one identical set of goals for both fifth graders. Their classroom work and needs differ. What idea should shape the plans?

43.Isaac's family in grade 9 wants to bring a neighbor who helps them understand school meetings. A colleague says only parents may enter the room. What should the teacher do?

44.Wes, a special education teacher, stands beside one grade 4 student for the entire lesson while the classroom teacher instructs everyone else. The student says peers stare. What change should they plan?

45.Bea is three and rarely uses words to ask for help at preschool. Her family wants ideas they can use at meals and play, not a stack of worksheets. What timing fits this work?

46.Ravi is in grade 11 and wants to open his meeting by describing what helps him in algebra and what he wants after graduation. A teammate says students should stay quiet. What should the teacher do?

47.Nina's grade 6 progress note is identical to last month's, including a goal the class finished weeks ago. The meeting is tomorrow. What should the teacher do with the note?

48.Chris, in grade 10, asks teachers to say 'autistic student' rather than a phrasing Chris finds distancing. A new aide wants a single script for every disabled student. What should the team do?

49.A lecturer describes a time when schooling for disabled children was treated mainly as charity, not as part of the public school's ordinary work. What commitment replaced that view?

50.Imani, in grade 3, uses a walker and tires on the long route from the bus to the classroom. The team needs someone to address safe movement in the building. Who fits that role?

51.Paul's grade 7 teacher wants to post a class photo. In the picture, his written support plan is face up on the desk and his name is easy to read. What should she do before posting?

52.Dina's family in grade 2 disagrees with a writing goal and says so firmly, without insults. A teammate mutters that difficult families should be dropped from contact. What should the teacher do?

53.In the hallway, Kyle's grade 8 teacher tells his uncle that a separate class is guaranteed, even though the team has not met. What should the teacher have done instead?

54.Sara's family receives a bill for the speech services listed on her grade 4 public school plan. They ask the teacher whether they are supposed to pay it. What professional idea applies?

55.Nia's preschool team wants an individual evaluation because her communication is hard to understand. A colleague plans to begin the full evaluation tomorrow and tell the family afterward. What should happen first?

56.Evan's grade 5 paraprofessional is upset about calling out and starts sending him to the hall under a punishment she invented that morning. The plan describes a different support. What does the teacher provide?

57.Hope's preschool goals include asking for a turn and following a two-step cleanup. Her teacher wonders whether those goals can live inside centers rather than on separate drills. What is the fitting approach?

58.Marcus, in grade 10, wants a job repairing bicycles after high school. His current schedule has no applied courses and no plan to build that skill. What should the team connect?

59.Tess's grade 6 accommodation log is blank for a month, but the draft report says every listed support was provided every day. The teacher knows several days were missed. What should the report say?

60.A classmate mocks Ari's speech during a grade 3 sharing circle, and several children laugh. Ari stops talking. What should the teacher do in the moment?

61.An old file in the archive uses an insult where a disability category would now be written. A new teacher asks how to speak about that history with colleagues. What practice fits today?

62.Beth, in grade 4, has a health plan for a seizure procedure that staff may need during the day. The team is unsure who leads the health steps at school. Which role fits?

63.A substitute will teach Colin's grade 2 class tomorrow. She asks for the full psychological report 'to understand him,' including family history she does not need for the lessons. What should be shared?

64.Leo lives with his grandmother, and the school already recognizes her as the adult who makes his grade 1 school decisions. A new clerk wants to bar her from the meeting because she is not his mother. What should staff do?

65.A vendor offers Ms. Patel a gift card if she will recommend the company's reading program for students on her caseload. What should she do with the offer?

66.Quinn's family in grade 7 asks for a particular brand of therapy. The school has not seen a need for that service, and one teacher wants to dismiss the request without discussion. What is the sound stance?

67.Gia's family in grade 9 asks, after a tense meeting, what steps exist if they still disagree with the school's proposal. They want plain directions, not a speech. What should the teacher provide?

68.Ned and Vera share a grade 6 class. Their only talk about accommodations happens in passing comments while students are walking in. Lessons keep missing the supports. What structure do they need?

69.Rio's family says the preschool skill they most want is asking for more food at meals. The draft goals mention only letter naming. What should the teacher do with the family's priority?

70.Hank, in grade 11, becomes quiet in meetings and later says he had ideas but froze. His teacher wants him to describe his needed supports next time. What preparation fits?

71.Luz has met her grade 5 reading goal for several weeks, and the data are solid. Her teacher is tempted to stop the extra reading lessons on her own before anyone else sees the chart. What should she do?

72.Otto, in grade 8, uses a communication device and has a significant disability. In the workroom, staff talk as if academic learning is pointless for him. What belief should guide his teaching?

73.A museum panel shows a neighborhood school from late in the last century that added ramps, aides, and smaller-group teaching so disabled students could attend with siblings. What hope of the field does the panel capture?

74.Willa, in grade 4, leaves her seat when writing starts. A teammate wants only a list of punishments. The behavior specialist is asked to help. What does that role contribute?

75.Jade's grade 3 reading goal is shared by the special education teacher and the classroom teacher, who plans tomorrow's small group. The classroom teacher needs the decoding steps they agreed to use. What may be shared?

76.Bo's grade 2 family leaves meetings confused by terms such as 'present levels' and 'accommodations.' They are capable partners who have not been given plain speech. What should the teacher change?

77.At Eli's grade 6 meeting, Ms. Ortiz states the wrong number of service minutes. She notices the error while the family is still there. What should she do?

78.Pearl spends most of grade 5 in a separate class. A schedule note says the afternoon is 'supervision' with no teaching task. She is calm and often idle. What does appropriate education require here?

79.Nick's grade 7 family learns on Friday that a placement decision was finished on Monday, with no invitation to the discussion. They ask why they heard so late. What practice was missing?

80.Ada's occupational therapist has a strategy that helps her grade 1 pencil grip, but the strategy is used only in a pullout room. In class she returns to a grip that tires her hand. What should the adults do?

81.Sam, a preschooler with few words, watches peers name colors at the art center and sometimes echoes them. An aide wants Sam removed to a quiet table for drills. What should the teacher protect?

82.Ivy, in grade 12, wants to work in a greenhouse. A transition activity on the calendar is a hospital tour that no one can connect to her goals. What should the teacher recommend?

83.Rex's grade 9 plan lists speech three times a week. For a month the therapist was absent and no sessions occurred. The draft attendance line still shows every session as delivered. What should be written?

84.Uma reads near grade level in private checks, but a colleague wants to drop her grade 8 novel unit because an old disability label is on the folder. What should the teacher require before any drop?

85.A timeline in a course shows special education adding strong preschool services so children would not have to fail for years before anyone taught them differently. What idea does that timeline mark?

86.During a grade 2 meeting, the interpreter begins advising Chen's family to reject a goal and adds comments the teacher never said. The family looks to her for a decision. What is the interpreter's role?

87.Ben's grade 10 community coach asks for the disability category and the full evaluation before a volunteer shift. The coach needs to know that Ben uses a checklist for multi-step tasks. What should the school share?

88.Cora's family declines an optional home practice packet in grade 1. The next day her teacher keeps her in from recess and says the family caused the loss. What should a colleague insist on?

89.Finn's grade 3 plan includes two short movement breaks during long seatwork. His teacher wants to skip them today because the assembly schedule is tight. Finn already looks flooded. What should happen?

90.Joy receives some grade 6 services in a separate room. A colleague tells her she is no longer really part of the school because she leaves the room for that help. What should staff affirm?

91.Hal's grade 4 family leaves an evaluation review saying the graphs were never explained. They can describe none of the findings in their own words. What should the team add?

92.Two teachers begin arguing about Kim's grade 7 behavior plan while Kim is at the next desk, finishing a quiz. Their voices rise. What should they do at once?

93.Dot's preschool evaluation is scheduled as a single tabletop test in a quiet booth. Her family says her communication shows up in play, not at a table. What should the evaluation include?

94.Glen, in grade 11, asks adults to explain his supports for him and has never practiced describing them. His teacher wants a goal that builds that skill before he leaves school. What goal fits?

95.Nell's grade 5 behavior graph has frequencies but no dates, so the team cannot tell which weeks improved. The meeting is this afternoon. What should the teacher do with the graph?

96.A grade 2 book bin shows disabled people only in hospital beds. The teacher wants stories for a week on community helpers. What selection matches a respectful class library?

97.A course outline says that planning for life after high school became part of special education's work, not an extra favor added after graduation. What practice does that history support?

98.Karl's grade 3 speech sessions are on the plan, but for six weeks they have no place on the master schedule. Teachers are told to write the minutes as if they happened. What should an administrator do?

99.Mara's grade 8 teacher sends a message about her reading scores to a staff list that includes coaches who do not teach her. She notices a minute later. What is the first repair?

100.Lea's grade 5 conference is drafted so the school presents a finished decision and then asks if the family has questions. The family has strong views about reading that nobody has heard. What order is more professional?

101.Hassan, in grade 2, is quiet when adults speak and lively with peers. His family explains that children in their home listen before speaking to adults. His classwork shows he is learning. A referral was opened for the quietness alone. What should the teacher do?

102.Yusef, in grade 6, cannot take part in writing lessons without occupational therapy support for positioning and tool use. A teammate says related services are extras for severe labels only. What professional idea applies?

103.Helen's grade 9 family asks what they must do to see the educational records the school keeps. A clerk says those files are staff property and families may not ask. What should the teacher say?

104.Mr. Dane teaches Pia's grade 4 class. Her team meets tomorrow about reading fluency, and he has weekly timings no one else has seen. A specialist says classroom teachers just host the meeting. What should Mr. Dane bring?

105.Emmy, a preschooler with a hearing difference, misses directions spoken over a noisy circle. Her plan calls for pictures and a clear face when adults speak. A substitute wants to skip pictures to save time. What should stay in place?

106.Noor is 18 and in grade 12. She wants to speak for herself at the meeting about her last year of school. A counselor offers to decide everything with the adults and update her later. What should the school do?

107.Brad's grade 7 team adopted a writing goal the special education teacher still doubts. The goal is in the plan, and class starts tomorrow. She wants to ignore it until she feels convinced. What is her responsibility?

108.Sasha, in grade 6, has an intellectual disability. A new colleague asks whether academic lessons are pointless and whether the class should offer only life skills. What answer fits high expectations?