Objective 14.8: Explain the procedures that teachers and other professionals use to meet the
educational needs of pupils with physical/health disabilities and deaf-blindness.
55. Which of the following examples of assistive technology (AT) represent low-tech AT?
A) Sport wheelchair
B) Robotic arm
C) Graphing calculators
D) Spoon with built-up handle
56. The goal of augmentative and alternative communication is to
A) Find a technological solution
B) To enable individuals to effectively communicate and engage in a variety of
interactions
C) To optimize the student’s instructional plan
D) None of the above
True/False
57. Augmentative and alternative communication devices should be used with caution as
they may inadvertently decrease a student’s speech production.
A) True
B) False
58. As a result of their experience living with a disability, adults with cerebral palsy tend to
obtain routine medical checkups and dental care to prevent further medical problems.
A) True
B) False
59. A word prediction program may be useful for a student who writes on the computer at a
very slow rate.
A) True
B) False
60. Parents of children with degenerative diseases and parents of children with chronic
diseases experience similar levels of stress.
A) True
B) False
61. Families from different cultures generally cope with and view disabilities similarly.
A) True
B) False
62. Children with severe physical disabilities cannot have normal or gifted intelligence.
A) True
B) False
63. Infants born prematurely and with very low birth weight are at risk for having a
disability.
A) True
B) False
64. A person with cerebral palsy can develop additional disabilities as a result of receiving
inadequate services.
A) True
B) False
65. In students with traumatic brain injury, motor skills generally improve first and
higher-order cognitive skills improve last.
A) True
B) False
66. The majority of students identified with deaf-blindness are completely unable to see and
hear.
A) True
B) False
67. According to the text, there are a total of four IDEA categories under which an individual
may receive a special education for physical disabilities, health disabilities, and related
low-incidence disabilities.
A) True
B) False
68. Pupils with deaf-blindness were reported as making up only .02% of all individuals
receiving special education.
A) True
B) False
69. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a debilitating disease that strikes early but usually
improves by the late teens or early 20s.
A) True
B) False
70. Augmentative communication is meant to replace speech.
A) True
B) False
71. Not every school-age child with a physical or health impairment requires special
education services.
A) True
B) False
72. Cerebral palsy and spina bifida are examples of health disabilities.
A) True
B) False
73. Students with spina bifida are at risk for hydrocephalus.
A) True
B) False
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74. Traumatic brain injury refers to permanent injury to the brain only from acquired causes.
A) True
B) False
75. When an individual has tonic-clinic seizures, he or she will suddenly lose consciousness,
stop moving, and stare straight ahead.
A) True
B) False
76. For pupils who are profoundly deaf and totally blind, their experience with and
knowledge of the world is very narrow, often extending only as far as their fingertips can reach.
A) True
B) False
77. Many individuals with spina bifida and hydrocephalus are at risk for deficits in executive
function, which affects their learning.
A) True
B) False
78. Children born with HIV have developmental delays, motor problems, nervous system
damage, and additional infections.
A) True
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B) False
79. Norm-referenced assessments are of significant value when assessing pupils with
deaf-blindness.
A) True
B) False
80. Vocational education is important for some adolescents with physical or health
disabilities.
A) True
B) False
Short Answer
81. Name at least three examples of health problems that would be covered under the federal
definition of “other health impairments.”
82. A student in Mr. Baker’s 10th-grade class is recently returning to school following a
traumatic brain injury. The student is showing significant memory deficits. Recommend
at least three strategies for Mr. Baker to use with the student to compensate for the
memory problems.
83. Briefly describe “input modifications.” Give examples of how these modifications help
individuals with physical or health disabilities.
84. Name three strategies a special education teacher may use to facilitate successful
inclusion practices with a general education teacher.
85. Explain how a written assignment might be adapted for an individual with a physical
disability who requires a great amount of time and expends great amounts of effort in
order to produce written response.
86. What is a strategy that can be used to avoid communication breakdowns?
87. Provide two examples of assistive technologies that may be used by a fourth-grade
student with quadriplegia who has no cognitive deficits.
88. What are two neuromotor impairments?
89. What does the term limb deficiency refer to?
90. Provide a definition of medical technology and give an example.
Essay
91. What is self-advocacy? Why is it important for students to develop this skill? How can
teachers help students develop this skill?
92. Name five principal communication systems used by persons with deaf-blindness.
93. Discuss the stressors that can occur in families who have children with significant health
or physical disabilities and the supports that can be used to help decrease the stress.
94. Discuss the importance of a classroom teacher’s understanding of proper positioning and
seating issues for students with physical impairments.
95. Given a student with significant health or physical impairments, discuss modifications or
adaptations that may need to be made to ensure the student is getting his or her needs met
to be successful in school. Include at least one modification/adaptation from five of the
following areas of concern: environmental arrangement, communication, instructional
and curricular modifications, modifications and assistive technology for content areas,
class participation, assignments and classroom tests, and sensory and perceptual
modifications.
96. Explain what the acronym CHARGE represents. Explain also the prevalence of this
syndrome.
97. The category of orthopedic impairments in IDEA is divided into three main areas.
Identify and define each.
98. Briefly describe the characteristics of myelomeningocele spina bifida.
99. Discuss multiple ways an individual can acquire a traumatic brain injury.
100. Identify and define the three types of seizures in epilepsy.
