50. Which of the following is not an advantage of labeling individuals with special needs?
A) Labels serve as a means for effective communication among professionals.
B) Labels establish an individual’s eligibility for services.
C) Labels serve as a means for funding.
D) Labels can be used as an acceptable excuse.
51. Which of the following students with exceptionalities are not required, by the federal
government, to be provided with a special education?
A) Students with emotional disturbances
B) Students who are gifted and talented
C) Students with visual impairments
D) Students with a traumatic brain injury
52. All of the following people are listed in the text as having been instrumental in
pioneering special education except
A) Howard Gardner
B) Philippe Pinel
C) Louis Braille
D) Alexander Graham Bell
53. The first special education classrooms were
A) Duplicitous
B) Self-contained
C) Service related
D) Vocational focused
54. Which of the following are examples of related service professionals?
A) Physical therapist
B) Psychologist
C) Audiologist
D) All of the above
55. A traditional secondary curriculum, which is often inadequate for preparing students, has
the potential to fail in, effectively, transitioning students with special needs because it
focuses on which of the following?
A) College prep
B) Remedial academics
C) Passing the GED
D) Standards-based education
56. UDL does not remove academic challenges; it removes _____.
A) Difficult instructional design
B) Nonessential content
C) Barriers to access
D) Flexibility and variety
57. PL 99-457, the Education of the Handicapped Amendments of 1986, mandated
services for
A) Individuals with autism
B) Individuals with traumatic brain injury
C) Children between 3 and 5 years of age
D) Individuals between 4 and 6 years of age
58. Édouard Séguin’s ideas and theories provided a basis for the work of _________
with the urban poor and children with intellectual disabilities.
A) Philippe Pinel
B) Maria Montessori
C) Samuel Gridley Howe
D) Alfred Binet
59. Multidisciplinary teams are best described as
A) Team members working collaboratively
B) Team members who make recommendations based on shared information
and joint planning
C) Having a team leader who also serves as the primary interventionist
D) Team members who perform their roles independent of one another with
little collaboration
60. Every high school student who is enrolled in a special education program is to have
_____ as part of his or her IEP.
A) An individualized transition plan (ITP)
B) A behavior management plan
C) An individual family service plan (IFSP)
D) A 504 accommodation plan
True/False
61. A person without use of his or her legs is generally considered to be handicapped.
A) True
B) False
62. Learning disabilities account for about 4 of every 10 students with disabilities.
A) True
B) False
63. The French psychologist Alfred Binet originated the concept of mental age.
A) True
B) False
64. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, services for children with exceptionalities were
sporadic and slow to develop.
A) True
B) False
65. The term exceptional children is defined as individuals who deviate from the norm to
such an extent that special education services are required.
A) True
B) False
66. There are inconsistencies from state to state concerning the definition of developmental
delay.
A) True
B) False
67. Federal legislation mandates that states provide special education for gifted and talented
students.
A) True
B) False
68. Early intervention refers to more than educational services.
A) True
B) False
69. Only one third of people with disabilities report that they are satisfied with their lives.
A) True
B) False
70. Approximately 41% of students receiving special education are classified as having a
learning disability.
A) True
B) False
71. Empirical investigations fail to provide clear-cut questions about the effects of labels on
children and youth with disabilities.
A) True
B) False
72. Use generic labels for disability groups, such as deaf or autistic.
A) True
B) False
73. A handicap refers to an inability or reduced capacity to perform a task in a specific way.
A) True
B) False
74.The title Father of Special Education is rightly bestowed on Itard.
A) True
B) False
75.Today, slightly less than half of all individuals enrolled in special education have learning
disabilities.
A) True
B) False
76. Categorizing students by disability is basically the same as labeling.
A) True
B) False
77. Students identified as gifted and talented would rank as the largest group of learners if they were
included in the overall federal calculation of students with exceptionalities.
A) True
B) False
78. Cooperative teaching is the most effective mechanism for facilitating successful
inclusion.
A) True
B) False
79. Because it originates in the field of architecture, universal design for learning applies
only to physical accessibility issues.
A) True
B) False
80. Without early intervention programs, many preschool aged children with minor
developmental delays may develop major delays by the time they reach school age.
A) True
B) False
81.List at least four suggestions for communicating about individuals with disabilities.
82. Cite two barriers to collaboration.
83. List three types of cooperative teaching.
84. What are three factors that may put a child at risk for developmental delays?
85. Describe the three service delivery teams.
86. What was the most distinct characteristic of early special education classrooms?
87. Describe at least three characteristics of the federal definition of transition services.
88. Where has research demonstrated that it is beneficial to teach functional skills?
89. How did Itard affect the general perceptions of people with disabilities?
90. List five categories of disability defined by IDEA.
91. Should students with disabilities benefit from being labeled? Defend your position by
citing at least four advantages or disadvantages of labeling students with disabilities.
92. Describe an instance where someone may have a handicap and not have a disability.
93. You are asked to write an article about a young special Olympian for a local newspaper.
Describe how you will ensure that the article will reflect the most appropriate view of
persons with disabilities. Include at least five considerations.
94. What types of things can be included within the high school curriculum to increase the
chance for successful transitions to postschool settings?
95. Contrast the services for people with disabilities now and at the beginning of the 20th
century. Consider settings, instruction, and policy.
96. Identify and describe the three essential elements of the universal design for instruction.
97. Give three examples of contributions to the foundations of special education by Itard,
Séguin, and their contemporaries.
98. Discuss the attributes of effective collaboration. Give examples of the different
approaches to effective collaboration.
99. Discuss the significant differences among the multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary,
and transdisciplinary models of collaborative teaming.
100. Select one of the six methods of co-teaching and explain how it could be beneficial to all
students in an inclusive content classroom.