What services are mandated by federal law for students who are gifted?
A) Students who are gifted are protected by IDEA and so have the same rights to
receive an appropriate education.
B) Similar services are mandated as are required by IDEA although the student
generally does not need to have an IEP.
C) Schools must provide programs but they do not need to be individualized.
D) None; services are not required by federal law.
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, the treatment for ADHD that
shows the most effective immediate results is
A) medication management.
B) behavioral management.
C) combined medication management and behavioral management.
D) community care.
The founder of the Special Olympics was
a. Elizabeth Farrell
b. Eunice Kennedy Shriver
c. John F. Kennedy
d. Thomas Gallaudet
Researchers have found that such things as the ability to manage money, prepare meals,
maintain a clean house, and keep one’s clothing and self well groomed are key factors
for
a) functional academics.
b) elementary programming.
c) reaching a state of mindfulness and self-awareness.
d) community adjustment.
The ability to transfer written words into speech is
A) phonology.
B) decoding.
C) encoding.
D) reading.
Jose has intellectual disabilities. As an infant, he was lethargic and had difficulty eating;
however, at about one year of age he became obsessed with food. This is characteristic
of
a) Down syndrome.
b) Williams syndrome.
c) Fragile X syndrome
d) Prader-Willi syndrome.
Teaching people with hearing impairments to use visual information (such as facial
expressions) to understand what is being said to them is
A) speechreading.
B) lipreading.
C) face reading.
D) gestural reading.
Social support includes each of the following EXCEPT
a. emotional support.
b. formal, professional support.
c. support from neighbors.
d. Support from family members.
Each of the following statements regarding the need to balance behavioral control with
academic and social learning is true EXCEPT
A) Too often, the focus is on academic instruction at the expense of social learning and
student behavior.
B) Excellent academic instruction has been shown to eliminate most disruptive
behaviors.
C) Without effective behavior control, it is extremely unlikely that academic and social
learning will occur.
D) Behavior control strategies preferably involve students in self-control strategies.
Research on students with disabilities who are also gifted indicates all of the following
EXCEPT
A) their IEPs tend to identify objectives that target deficit
areas not areas of strength.
B) there is often a lack of consideration of Advanced Placement (AP) enrollment as part
of transition planning.
C) students often do not receive their required IEP accommodations or are discouraged
from requesting them.
D) advocacy by students’ parents often backfires and harms rather than helps the
students receive the support they need.
The focus of early intervention for children with hearing impairments is on
A) social skills.
B) language development.
C) play.
D) self-esteem.
Many different terms have been used to designate children who have extreme social
interpersonal and/or intrapersonal problems. Which term have some pointed out has the
advantage of focusing attention on the clearly observable aspect of these children’s
problems:
A) behaviorally disordered.
B) emotionally disturbed.
C) socially maladjusted.
D) emotionally conflicted.
Among students who are deaf, those who achieve the highest levels of literacy tend to
have
A) hearing parents who teach them how to speak.
B) parents who are deaf who teach them ASL.
C) brothers and sisters who are hearing.
D) parents who communicate with them using both ASL and speech.
Which of the following statements about communication variations is true?
A) If a student does not use the language expected in school, she or he has a language
disorder.
B) Someone with a language difference who also has difficulty communicating even in
his or her home language community.
C) Children of nondominant cultures should not be expected to learn the rules for
effective communication in the dominant culture.
D) Professionals no longer have a problem of bias in normative tests of language
assessment.
A condition in which the external auditory canal does not form is
A) atresia
B) otitis
C) anoxia
D) atrium
The ossicles function to create
A) increased sense of balance.
B) electrical impulse being sent to the brain.
C) transfer of energy from the middle to the inner ear.
D) a vacuum that stimulates hair cells.
Sternberg’s theory of intelligence suggests three kinds of giftedness:
A) verbal, quantitative, and spatial.
B) academic, artistic, and interpersonal.
C) analytic, synthetic, and practical.
D) abstract, concrete, and intuitive.
Making students aware of the stages of problem-solving tasks while they are
performing them and bringing behavior under verbal control is
A) self-instruction.
B) self-monitoring.
C) scaffolded instruction.
D) reciprocal teaching.
Which one of the following problems best illustrates difficulty in metacognition?
A) Joelle reverses b and d.
B) Simon is always active and out of his seat.
C) Rita can”t tell the difference between the spoken words think and thing.
D) Oscar neglects to slow down when reading a difficult passage.
Additional experiences provided to students without placing them in a higher grade are
known as
A) acceleration.
B) resource programs.
C) enrichment.
D) mentor programs.
Mrs. Cain is a regular third-grade teacher. She teaches most subjects to all of her
students; however, Mrs. Cleveland, a special educator, provides reading and math
instruction to exceptional students in the class. She also teaches organizational and
study skills to all the students. What type of intervention is modeled by these teachers?
a. co-teaching
b. consultation
c. itinerant services
d. resource services
Each of the following statements about adolescents and adults with speech and
language problems is true EXCEPT
A) They might refer themselves to a speech-language pathologist because of social
embarrassment.
B) The loss of the ability to speak is typically more disabling than the loss of the ability
to use language.
C) People with severe disabilities may need to be taught an alternative to oral language
or be given an augmentative communication system.
D) There may be problems settings realistic goals for speech and language learning.
Students with communication disorders may have trouble with stories about ideas or
events they have experienced or thought about, called
A) autobiographical narratives.
B) personal essays.
C) first-person accounts.
D) personal narratives.
Which mobility aid is most often recommended by professionals?
a. the long cane
b. a guide dog
c. tactile maps
d. human guides
The expertise of any teacher of students with EDB includes understanding, assessing,
and managing behavior to promote learning. The teacher needs the following skills
EXCEPT
A) use of intelligence tests and standardized achievement tests to make placement
decisions.
B) knowledge of prevention and intervention strategies.
C) use of nonaversive techniques.
D) establishment of consistent classroom routines.
Impediments to independent living and feeling comfortable in society for people who
are blind or who have low vision include all of the following EXCEPT
a. paternalistic attitudes.
b. The sighted often take for granted daily living skills because they seem so easy to do.
c. The sighted often view those who are blind as helpless.
d. cognitive deficits.
Each of the following is a subdivision of ADHD according to the American Psychiatric
Association’s diagnostic manual EXCEPT
A) predominantly lethargic-inattentive type.
B) predominantly inattentive type.
C) predominantly hyperactive-impulsive type.
D) combined type.
Which one of the following accomplishments is associated with the Americans with
Disabilities Act?
a. mandate for early childhood special education
b. requirement that public transportation be made accessible to people with disabilities
c. provision of transition services to facilitate movement from school to work for people
with disabilities
d. funding to provide technological assistance (e.g., computers, wheel chairs) to people
with disabilities
Response to intervention (RTI) is a prereferral model most often used in determining
whether a child has a specific learning disability. In this model,
a. the teacher’s anecdotal reports of student performance are used to determine a level of
service.
b. it is assumed that the general education teacher’s instruction is evidence-based and of
high quality.
c. professionals monitor student’s performance on standardized tests at different levels
of support.
d. students usually receive one to two hours of closely monitored support in a resource
room.
Research using neuroimaging suggests that some cases of learning disability are caused
by
A) poor nutrition.
B) head wounds.
C) structural and functional differences in the brain.
D) allergies to food additives.
The most frequent viral cause of non genetic deafness in newborns is
A) otitis media.
B) maternal rubella.
C) congenital herpes.
D) congenital cytomegalovirus.
Ideally, the earliest intervention in the area of speech and language development, if
needed, should begin
A) during the first few months of life.
B) between the ages of 12 and 18 months.
C) when the child is of preschool age.
D) in kindergarten.