Early intervention services
A) are also for children who are gifted and talented
B) are funded by ADA
C) are only mandated for infants and toddlers experiencing developmental delays
D) are prescribed and implemented according to an individualized family service plan
(IFSP)
Which of the following best exemplifies a toy with multisensory appeal?
A) a watercolor paint set
B) blocks that can be stacked and jumped over
C) roller skates that can be adjusted to only roll forward
D) a toy car that lights up and rolls forward when touched
Dawson was in a bicycle accident recently. His doctor says that he will probably make a
full recovery, but he has sustained a moderate brain injury. Based on this diagnosis, his
teacher can expect his behavior and cognition to be impaired for
A) a week or two
B) a month
C) a long and unpredictable period
D) several days
Seth works for a large landscaping service along with coworkers who also have
disabilities. They have support on the job and also work with workers without
disabilities. This is known as
A) competitive employment
B) customized employment
C) mobile work crew
D) small business enterprise
How Mrs. Morales spends time each day teaching her first grade students how letters
and combinations of letters represent small segments of speech called phonemes is
known as
A) fluency
B) segmentation
C) phonemic awareness
D) the alphabetic principle
According to B. F. Skinner, the simplest function of language is
A) echoing
B) imitating
C) manding
D) tacting
Which of the following statements about the hearing ability of people who are blind is
true?
A) Blind people have super hearing ability.
B) Blind people listen better than sighted persons.
C) Blind people use their hearing more efficiently.
D) Blind people develop better hearing to compensate for the loss of sight.
In what year was the category of learning disabilities first included in IDEA?
A) 1963
B) 1975
C) 1980
D) 1990
Which of the following changed all references to mental retardation in federal statutes
to intellectual disabilities?
A) Diana v. Board of Education
B) IDEA 2004
C) PARC v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
D) Rosa’s Law
The three components of augmentative and alternative communication are
A) pictures, sounds, words
B) aided, unaided, cooperative
C) no-tech, low-tech, high-tech
D) representational set, means of selection, means of transmission
Patricia is a fifth grade student with a learning disability. Mrs. Duley, her teacher, wants
Patricia’s mother to provide some home tutoring in reading. She has sent a list of
tutoring guidelines to Patricia’s mother. Which of the following guidelines on Mrs.
Duley’s list is inappropriate?
A) Be sure to have limited opportunities for responding to prevent boredom.
B) Be sure to keep tutoring sessions positive.
C) Provide frequent opportunities for your child to respond.
D) Tutoring should allow your child to practice or extend skills learned at school.
One strategy for integrating students with disabilities in both academic and social
environments is
A) cooperative learning
B) games based learning
C) field based experiences
D) using aides and shadows
Which of the following meets the definition of competitive employment?
A) Ariel fills stockings in a sheltered workshop. She earns $.50 for each one she fills.
B) Brad stocks shelves at a local grocery store without assistance. He earns $3 an hour.
C) Sarah wipes and clears tables at a local restaurant without supervision. She earns
minimum wage.
D) Tanya provides day care during a library program and no longer needs supervision
but works to gain experience rather money.
Twice exceptional means
A) being gifted academically and also talented
B) being gifted and talented and having a disability
C) being in the top 1% on the bell curve of IQ scores
D) being gifted and talented but unidentified because of gender
Programs for students who are gifted and talented
A) are chronically underfunded.
B) are supported with funds from IDEA.
C) receive an equal share of the K”12 education budget.
D) are supported with funds from higher education agencies.
During the 2009″2010 school-year, what percentage of school-aged children received
special education services under the disability category of intellectual disabilities?
A) 3.2%
B) 7.8%
C) 10.1%
D) 12.4%
Which of the following service options for students with learning disabilities is the most
restrictive?
A) consultation
B) general education classroom
C) resource room
D) separate classroom
One of the changes to the proposed definition of autism spectrum disorder in the
DSM-5 is
A) the new definition will include levels of intelligence
B) Rett syndrome will be included as a separate category
C) Asperger syndrome and high functioning autism will be listed as separate categories
D) a level of severity will be assigned based on the supports needed to counteract
limitations
A person’s adaptive behavior is usually assessed by
A) interviewing the person
B) administering a written test
C) watching a person perform specific tasks
D) interviewing someone who knows the person well
Which of the following is a universal method of home-school communication?
A) email
B) happy grams
C) parent”teacher conferences
D) written notes
All of the following are measurable dimensions of behavior except
A) frequency
B) latency
C) rigidity
D) topography
Which of the following is not required by the Individuals with Disabilities Act?
A) due process safeguards
B) an individualized education plan
C) education to the greatest extent possible with peers who are not disabled
D) a free appropriate education for students who are gifted and talented
What is emphasized in the definition of visual impairments in IDEA?
A) the degree of limitations in visual field
B) the degree of limitations in visual acuity
C) the relationship between vision and learning
D) the cause of the impairment and the age of onset
Children with ADHD who do not qualify for special education services under IDEA
may be served under
A) the Americans with Disabilities Act
B) the No Child Left Behind Act
C) the Mental Health and Hygiene Act
D) Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
Which of the following statements about health care skills and students with physical
disabilities is correct?
A) Most students are too lazy to manage their own health care needs.
B) Most students will not be able to manage their own health care needs.
C) Students gain confidence and skills by managing their own health care needs.
D) Teaching students to manage their own health care needs is a quick and simple
process.
Which of the following activities would be at the highest level of Bloom’s taxonomy?
A) designing a new chair for Baby Bear
B) acting out what happened when the bears found Goldilocks
C) discussing what happened to Goldilocks at the Bears’ house
D) evaluating Goldilocks’s decision to enter a house without permission
Current research on academic achievement and students with emotional disabilities
indicates that
A) they perform at or above grade level
B) they are less likely to succeed in advanced courses
C) they are less likely to pass grade-level competency exams
D) they are less likely to receive failing grades than other students
All of the following are behavioral interventions for students with ADHD except
A) teaching self-control
B) modifying assignments
C) eating foods low in sugar
D) providing positive reinforcement for on-task behavior
Screening tests for emotional and behavior disorders
A) are often unreliable
B) are usually rating scales or checklists
C) are usually administered by a school psychologist
D) are used to determine eligibility for special education
The short-term care of a family member with disabilities to provide relief for parents
from caretaking duties is known as
A) day care
B) respite care
C) family support
D) parent-to-parent support
Which of the following is not a cause of cortical vision impairments?
A) anoxia
B) hydrocephalus
C) head injuries
D) an immature central nervous system
Which of the following would qualify as a student with severe disability?
A) Karin, a student who is deaf and blind
B) Liam, a student with an IQ of 45
C) Melanie, a student with severe emotional disturbance
D) Nathan, a student with traumatic brain injury
What should the curriculum for a student with severe/multiple disabilities primarily
focus on?
Why are fads and unproven interventions so prevalent in the treatment of children with
autism?
What is the unit of measurement for the intensity or loudness of sound? Explain the
variation in sound from smallest to loudest.
List and explain four modifications teachers use in Maker’s Active Problem Solver
Model.
What is the appropriate placement for a student with learning disabilities?
What is the least restrictive environment for a child with ASD?
When is special education needed? How do we know?
List 10 externalizing behaviors.
Name an item of assistive technology that children who are blind might use.
Explain what a group-oriented contingency is, and give an example.
Why is it important to adapt toys for use by children with disabilities? How might you
try to adapt a toy for a child who has limited use of fingers and hands?
Explain the steps in the special education process.
Why has the prevention of intellectual disabilities proven so difficult?
List and explain six educational placement options, for students with disabilities, in
order from least restrictive to most restrictive.
What are the five dimensions of language?