A major premise of the universal design is to
A) Remove administrative barriers for students with disabilities
B) Make all instruction accessible by students with disabilities
C) Make only physical environments accessible by students with disabilities
D) Make learning environments accessible for all students
All except ____________ are considered mid tech.
A) Braille playing cards
B) Calculator
C) Audio recorder
D) Switches
Edward Gallaudet strongly supported Alexander Graham Bell’s positions on the oral
approaches for the instruction of children with hearing impairments.
A) True
B) False
Which term is used to describe an infant or child who has a high probability of
exhibiting delays in development or developing a disability?
A) Developmentally delayed
B) At risk
C) Underdeveloped
D) Exceptional
All of the following are good suggestions for communicating about individuals with
disabilities except
A) Emphasizing abilities
B) Putting people first
C) Portraying successful people with disabilities as superhuman
D) Showing people with disabilities as active
In general, the initial phase of dealing with the news that a child has a disability is
characterized by
A) Shock
B) Grief
C) Denial
D) All of the above
A person with intellectual disabilities receives a Social Security payment each month
because of his or her disability. What type of support is this considered?
A) Programmatic support
B) Formal support
C) Intermediate support
D) Natural support
One part of the assessment process for gifted and talented children that is different from
other exceptionalities is
A) The referral arises because of the students’ strengths rather than weaknesses.
B) The assessment should be multidimensional for gifted and talented students while
the process is much simpler for students with other exceptionalities.
C) Teachers play a much larger role in the assessment process for gifted and talented
students.
D) You do not need parental permission to assess gifted and talented student.
Judicial decisions and legislative enactments have been a major force in transforming
the field of special education.
A) True
B) False
Leo Kanner differentiated autism from schizophrenia in all except which one of the
following areas:
A) Extreme aloneness from the very beginning of life
B) Powerful desire for aloneness and sameness
C) Obsessive-compulsive behavior
D) An attachment to objects
An example of an assistive technology in the early 1800s is
A) Talking calculator
B) Hearing aids
C) Braille
D) Magnification of print
A child diagnosed with a serious heart, circulatory, and lung condition severely
affecting his education would fall under which category for special education
considerations?
A) Multiple disabilities
B) Orthopedic impairment
C) Developmental delay
D) Other health impairment
Females are at greater risk for developing ______________ disorders.
A) Externalizing
B) Internalizing
C) Academic
D) Personality
Bilingual students must obtain which level of language skills before achieving a
successful transition to a monolingual English class setting?
A) Beginning language level
B) Conversational fluency level
C) Complex language level
D) Completely proficient level
The ____________________ emphasized the importance of gifted and talented students
in the United States and provided for a national research center focusing on gifted
children.
A) Individuals With Disabilities Act
B) Javits Act
C) Exceptional Children Act
D) Davis Act
Select the characteristic that is not associated with the definition of learning disabilities.
A) Reading comprehension problems
B) Attention issues
C) IQ of 70 or less
D) Poor social skills
Why might it be important to use a multidimensional approach to assess for ADHD?
A) The instruments used to assess for ADHD are not reliable or valid.
B) It is important to get multiple perspectives on an individual’s behavior in order to
identify him or her as having ADHD.
C) It is not important to use a multidimensional approachthe assessment process is quite
simple and can be conducted through observations.
D) None of the above
Family functions are seven interrelated activities that are necessary to fulfill the
individual and collective needs of the family. All of the following are examples of
family functions except
A) Affection
B) Education
C) Recreation
D) Adoption
Which visual acuity is considered to be legally blind?
A) 20/200 or less in the better eye with correction
B) 20/200 or more in the worse eye with correction
C) 20/200 or less in the better eye without correction
D) 20/100 or less in either eye with correction
Listening to parents and other caregivers with understanding is known as
A) Active listening
B) Reciprocity
C) Sympathy
D) Encouragement
What assessment is based on objectives found in the local school curriculum?
A) Norm referenced
B) Curriculum based
C) Criterion referenced
D) Authentic
A low-tech augmentative or alternative communication device includes the use of
A) Picture symbols
B) The selection of words to generate speech
C) iPods or iPads
D) Concrete choices
As recently as 2009, the reported prevalence of autism spectrum disorder in children
ages 3 to 17 was 1 in 110. A more recent estimate suggests that one in every _____
children at age 8 is identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
A) 70
B) 88
C) 1,000
D) 100
Standardized tests linked to intraindividual differences are called
A) Criterion-referenced tests
B) Norm-referenced tests
C) Curriculum-based measurements
D) Mastery-based assessments
Poverty frequently means reduced access to health care, including prenatal care, poor
nutrition, and adverse living conditions. These factors increase the likelihood of a
child’s risk for learning and developmental issues.
A) True
B) False
Historically, fewer numbers of minority groups have been placed in special education
classrooms than would be anticipated based on their proportion of the school
population.
A) True
B) False
The forerunner of the Council of Exceptional Children (CEC) was first organized at
A) UCLA
B) Columbia University
C) Harvard University
D) Northwestern University
What should occur before initiating a referral for special education services?
A) Nine weeks from the first recognition of a potential disability
B) Provision of accommodations and modifications
C) Related service provision
D) Prereferral interventions
__________ approach stresses behaviors that have immediate relevance for students as
they confront the demands of their natural environment.
A) Functional curriculum
B) Behavioral curriculum
C) Developmental/cognitive
D) Behavioral/cognitive
Special education programs with more___________________ are associated with
better outcomes for students with autism spectrum disorders.
A) Staff
B) Sensory integration strategies
C) Structure
D) Opportunities for inclusion
A father feeds his child green beans for lunch. After taking a bite, the child frowns, spits
the beans out, and pushes the next spoonful of beans away. This child is
A) Using morphological rules
B) Using nonlinguistic communication behaviors
C) Experiencing message distortion
D) Interpreting a communication message
A prelingual hearing impairment refers to an impairment that occurs
A) After age 3
B) After age 5
C) After age 7
D) At birth or before the development of speech and language
In the family systems approach, all seven of the family functions are necessary to fulfill
the individual and collective needs of the family.
A) True
B) False
The inclusion of students with emotional and behavioral disorders in public schools is a
relatively recent phenomenon.
A) True
B) False
Appropriate accommodations for students with a mild hearing loss may include
A) Using preferential seating
B) Having a seeing eye dog
C) Using a hearing aid or personal FM system
D) A and C