Although highly questionable today, during the 1960s, which idea was popular among
professionals trying to explain autism?
A) psychoanalytic idea that attributes cause to parents
B) biological basis that attributes cause to heredity
C) neurological basis that attributes cause to brain damage
D) childhood inoculations
Which of the following applies to students with ASD?
A) hidden curriculum.
B) differentiated curriculum.
C) social curriculum.
D) stepwise curriculum.
Many children do not learn to produce all speech sounds correctly until they
A) are 18 months old.
B) are 3 years old.
C) are 8-9 years old.
D) leave high school (16-18 years old).
Early enrollment in college courses has worked particularly well for adolescents who
are gifted in
A) writing.
B) the arts.
C) math.
D) science.
The Perkins Brailler
a. has 6 keys.
b. has 12 keys.
c. has 24 keys.
d. has 36 keys.
Which statement about the standards-based reform movement is TRUE?
a. There are fully funded, Federal programs that provide enriched learning experiences
for all students.
b. The curriculum for students with disabilities has sometimes differed from the
curriculum in general education.
c. IDEA requires inclusion of all students with disabilities, except those with sensory
impairments, in national assessments of educational progress.
d. Extracurricular programs that are being eliminated tend to be those that students with
disabilities are typically excluded from or fail at anyway.
The primary goal of adapted physical education is
A) to eliminate physical education as a requirement for students with physical
disabilities.
B) to provide physical education in a separate setting for students with physical
disabilities.
C) to give students with physical disabilities more time in physical education to catch
up to their peers.
D) to allow access to activities that support physical, recreational, and leisure goals.
The current emphasis on adaptive behavior in defining intellectual disabilities is due to
the
a) influence of the learning disabilities movement.
b) realization that students can be’streetwise”despite having low IQ test scores.
c) rise of the disability rights movement.
d) joint efforts of parents of children with intellectual disabilities.
Which one of the following best describes the purpose of multicultural education?
a. It teaches children of ethnic minorities about their ancestors.
b. It provides bilingual education for non-English speakers.
c. It provides equal educational opportunities to all students.
d. It involves parents in their child’s education.
This law provides protections of civil rights in the specific areas of employment,
transportation, public accommodations, state and local government, and
telecommunications:
a. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
b. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
c. Affordable Care Act (ACA)
d. Inclusive Differentiated Instruction Act (IDIA)
Neurological research that involves the brain and head size of people with autism
strongly suggests that for many
A) their brains are larger than average at birth.
B) their brains increase in size after about age five years.
C) their brains grow suddenly and excessively in the first two years of life.
D) their brains reach maximum size around age two or three years.
The terminology proposed by the National Mental Health and Special Education
Coalition in1990 is
A) serious emotional disturbance.
B) severe behavioral disorder.
C) emotional or behavioral disorder.
D) emotionally or behaviorally challenged.
It is difficult to design a specific education program for E/BD at the secondary level
because
A) services provided for E/BD usually omit secondary education.
B) few special educators are interested in this field.
C) this category of youths is so varied.
D) subject areas are varied and training of professionals is limited.
In recent years, many people within the deaf community have questioned the trend
toward inclusion of children with hearing impairment because
A) it creates too much work for the general education teacher.
B) they do not get along with the other students.
C) it forces students to lose their deaf identity.
D) they do not have the cognitive or academic skills to succeed in the mainstream.
Family systems theory
a. emphasizes behavioral principles, such as reinforcement and punishment.
b. emphasizes understanding interactions among family members.
c. emphasizes that family functioning is follows the same systemic behavioral
interactions no matter the age of the child.
d. is outdated because it ignores multicultural factors.
The primary role of the classroom teacher is to facilitate development of which aspect
of language?
A) phonology
B) semantics
C) pragmatics
D) morphology
In comparison to sighted children, children who are blind
a. experience articulation problems, which they quickly outgrow.
b. differ with regard to all major aspects of language.
c. are not impaired in language functioning and might even be more motivated than
sighted children to use language.
d. have restricted language development probably due to their lack of visual
experiences.
When special education works as it should, the outcome for students is
a. the ability to hide their disabilities.
b. the eradication of their disabilities.
c. instruction in a special class.
d. improved achievement and behavior.
Each of the following is true EXCEPT
A) the growth of the Other Health Impaired category suggests that students with ADHD
are identified as OHI.
B) ADHD occurs much more frequently in boys than in girls.
C) Gender differences in diagnosis of ADHD are likely due to biological differences.
D) Statistics show that ADHD is largely a U.S. phenomenon.
Which of the following statements about depression is true?
A) Depression is not a widespread problem among children and adolescents.
B) The nature of depression in children and adolescents is quite different from that of
adults.
C) Suicide is among the leading causes of death among young people.
D) Antidepressant medications have not been successful in helping young people with
depression.
Transition from school to work is particularly difficult for many adolescents with E/BD
for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
A) a high rate of dropping out of school.
B) neglectful, abusive, or inadequate family relationships.
C) over-emphasis on vocational training rather than academics.
D) behavior that is unacceptable to peers and employers.
A student who performs or behaves poorly in school and appears likely to fail or fall
short of his or her potential is
a. at risk.
b. disabled.
c. handicapped.
d. challenged.
The increase in the use of informal measures to assess student progress is beneficial to
students from diverse populations because
a. they are part of NCLB, so teachers can use ready-made assessment tests.
b. informal measures are easy to develop and are more reliable than formal measures.
c. progress monitoring assessments may be less biased than traditional standardized
tests.
d. such assessments cost more, so schools get more federal money for each bilingual
student.
A method in which the teacher-student relationship is similar to that of an expert and an
apprentice is
A) reciprocal teaching.
B) scaffolded instruction
C) co-teaching.
D) team teaching.
Schizophrenia is associated the least with which of the following problems?
A) delusions and hallucinations.
B) tendency to withdraw into their own private worlds.
C) epileptic seizures.
D) severe disorder of thinking.
The two factors that seem to have a positive effect on social adjustment are
A) more inclusion with hearing peers and having parents who hear
B) more inclusion with hearing peers and having parents who are deaf
C) less inclusion with hearing peers and having parents who hear
D) less inclusion with hearing peers and having parents who are deaf
Each of the following is true about sign language EXCEPT
A) It is a primitive, visual representation of oral language similar to mime.
B) It has grammatical structure at the sentence level and the word level.
C) There is no universal sign language.
D) Twins who are born deaf develop a signing system, but it is rudimentary and less
sophisticated than ASL.
Which statement about the brains of people with ADHD is true?
A) Neuroimaging techniques have shown there is a neurological basis for ADHD.
B) Neuroimaging technology has shown there is no neurological basis for ADHD.
C) Most people with ADHD show neurological signs of tissue damage to the brain.
D) There is a diagnostic blood test now available for ADHD.
The dimension of instruction that refers to the speed of introducing new concepts is
a. intensity.
b. persistence.
c. pace.
d. structure.
Which statement is TRUE about the Telephone Interview Probe (TIP)?
A) It uses comprehensive, weekly telephone calls with parents to determine effects of
intervention,
B) It is particularly useful for determining the effects of psychostimulants at different
times of the day.
C) It has a broader time frame than many other common rating scales.
D) It is only used to provide ratings of inattention.
Most definitions of culture include all the following elements EXCEPT
a. values and typical behavior.
b. an inherent sense of superiority and privilege.
c. languages or dialects.
d. awareness of one’s cultural identity.
Unlike the past, many professionals now view early intervention as an opportunity to
a. train parents to be effective therapists.
b. teach parents how to teach their child.
c. support the natural parent-child relationship.
d. provide counseling for parents.
A culture that is associated with or part of a larger culture, but which is not necessarily
small, is a
a. subculture.
b. macroculture.
c. microculture.
d. clique or gang.