The stages of ___________ that follow the birth of a baby with a hearing loss are
healthy expressions of normal emotional reactions.
A) Grieving
B) Giving to others
C) Assessment
D) Consultation
The 1992 AAIDD definition of intellectual disabilities portrays intellectual disability as
a relationship between the
A) Level of support needed for an individual to participate to his or her maximum
potential and the intelligence of the individual
B) Individual’s intellectual functioning, language functioning, and motor functioning
C) Individual’s IQ, the individual’s adaptive behavior functioning, and the environment
D) Individual, the environment, and the type of support needed for maximum
functioning
Which one of the following is not considered a repetitive and restrictive behavior?
A) Nonfunctional rituals
B) Preoccupation with the parts of objects
C) Screaming to access an adult’s attention
D) Limited patterns of interest
Most traumatic brain injuries occur in which age group?
A) 15- to 24-year-olds
B) 5- to 14-year-olds
C) 25- to 34-year-olds
D) During birth
When decibel levels are louder than 80 dB, it is considered potentially hazardous.
A) True
B) False
Differentiated education was a theme throughout the chapter. The reason for this theme
is gifted and talented students are the only students who will benefit from this type of
education strategy.
A) True
B) False
All students eligible for special education services under IDEA are also eligible for
accommodations under Section 504.
A) True
B) False
What is a good recommendation for a teacher who is working with a student with
ADHD struggling with oral expression?
A) Substitute a display for an oral report
B) Call on the student randomly to speak aloud so he or she grows accustomed to it
C) Correct the student when his or her oral expression is inaccurate
D) Provide strict guidelines of what the student should discuss
The term double jeopardyrefers to students who have
A) Linguistic differences and are chronic disciplinary problems
B) Trouble assimilating to macro–and microcultures
C) Linguistic difficulties and a disability
D) Trouble learning two or more languages
Which term does not describe special education?
A) Services
B) Location
C) Individualized
D) Instructional programs
Many states have adopted the six categories outlined in the first national report on
gifted education exceptfor which one?
A) Leadership ability
B) Psychomotor ability
C) Visual and performing arts
D) Creative thinking
According to the 1992 AAIDD definition, intellectual disability manifests prior to what
age?
A) 5 years
B) 12 years
C) 18 years
D) 21 years
One of the behavior characteristics in vision function problems is
A) Frequent eye pain
B) Delay in the development of speech
C) Increased interaction with peers
D) Decrease in spontaneous verbal comments
In the “one teach, one observe” model of cooperative teaching, one teacher delivers
instruction while the other teacher
A) Provides additional assistance to struggling students
B) Collects data concerning the other teacher’s presentation
C) Collects data on student performance
D) Prepares materials for the next lesson
If a child’s screening assessment determines that there is a possibility of a
communication disability, the next step in the assessment process is to
A) Make a referral
B) Conduct a second screening
C) Determine eligibility
D) Plan the child’s program
The initial response to a child’s disability is ambivalence.
A) True
B) False
Select the measure of emphasis used to determine a school’s progress of meeting
mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act.
A) Standardized tests
B) Semester grades
C) Class averages
D) Benchmark scores
When determining the least restrictive environment for service delivery, what is this
decision based on?
A) Student’s identified disability
B) Teacher certification
C) Space and budget allocations
D) Student’s educational need
PL 99-457, the Education of the Handicapped Amendments of 1986, mandated services
for
A) Individuals with autism
B) Individuals with traumatic brain injury
C) Children between 3 and 5 years of age
D) Individuals between 4 and 6 years of age
Reactions of those who encounter students with emotional or behavioral disorders are
often more debilitating than the disability itself.
A) True
B) False
Intervention for young children with speech and language impairments should begin
when a child enters kindergarten.
A) True
B) False
Research has indicated much higher divorce rates among families with children with
disabilities compared to families without disabled children.
A) True
B) False
According to data from the Gallaudet Research Institute (2008), approximately what
percentage of all students in programs for the deaf and hearing impaired are persons
from culturally diverse groups?
A) 48%
B) 37%
C) 80%
D) 17%
Which phrase best describes the history of learning disabilities?
A) A relatively recent concept
B) Known and treated for over a century
C) Easy to diagnose and treat
D) It rarely occurs anymore
The total number of individuals with a particular disability at a given time is referred to
as__________________.
A) Incidence
B) Prevalence
C) Frequency
D) A sample
The most recent data on educational placement for students with intellectual disabilities
indicate that the most common placement is in
A) Inclusive general education classrooms
B) Resource rooms
C) Self-contained, separate schools
D) Self-contained, separate classrooms
Which of the following is not true of all students with multiple disabilities?
A) They cannot receive adequate services in a program designed for just one of their
disabilities.
B) They have concomitant disabilities.
C) The disabilities interact and the combined effects multiply.
D) They function cognitively in the range of intellectual disability.
A major contribution of early longitudinal studies of gifted individuals was that they
A) Identified the social peculiarities experienced by gifted individuals throughout the
years
B) Demonstrated that all individuals who were identified as gifted became experts in
their fields
C) Disproved many early theories people held about gifted individuals
D) Demonstrated that gifted individuals experienced longer lives than did nongifted
individuals
Early psychogenic theories of autism
A) Emphasized deviant maternal characteristics
B) Emphasized a genetic origin
C) Emphasized behavioral conditioning
D) Are prevalent today
When deaf and hearing children attempt to play but do not share a common
communication system (i.e., both relying on oral skills or both relying on sign skills),
they demonstrate a high level of interest in playing together or sustaining a friendship.
A) True
B) False
Max, a student in your inclusive history class, has a visual impairment. Discuss some of
the dos and don”ts you must consider when teaching the class.
Identify six guidelines for selecting and evaluating instructional materials.
What are the three levels of intervention in the RTI model?
Briefly define a voice disorder and give two characteristics that may occur in persons
with voice disorders.
Describe cooperative learning. Provide a definition of the term, appropriate uses of the
strategy, and its benefits.
What are three factors that may put a child at risk for developmental delays?
Identify and define the four dimensions of behavior. Give an example of each.
Discuss, from the perspectives of phonology, morphology/syntax, semantics, and
pragmatics, the impact of language difficulties on students with learning disabilities.
What are some of the factors contributing to overrepresentation and
underrepresentation?
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.
What are the pros and cons of having a cochlear implant?
Describe four accommodations that could be considered by a general education teacher
to assist a student with a visual impairment in note taking.
Discuss four significant issues addressed through the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Improvement Act of 2004.
What are the five components that measurable annual goals should include?
What are two things school personnel might do to encourage gifted and talented girls?
What is one thing that parents can do to assist in their gifted and talented child’s
education?