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The commitment to high standards in the educational reform movement (such as those
promoted by NCLB and CCSS)
a. will help students with intellectual and developmental disabilities perform better in
school by providing greater supports and sevices.
b. is problematic for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities because
they have difficulty with high-level conceptual material.
c. has caused regional districts to refuse to test students with intellectual and
developmental disabilities.
d. does not apply to students with intellectual and developmental disabilities because
the legislation and standards acknowledges student differences.
The existence of three copies of chromosome 21 is characteristic of
a. Turner's syndrome.
b. Down syndrome.
c. PKU.
d. Tay-Sachs disease.
Phenylketonuria is a(n)
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a. inborn error of metabolism.
b. another term for Down syndrome.
c. a chromosome abnormality.
d. a drug used to treat metabolic disorders.
In most cases, the influence of an individual's genetic makeup
a. guarantees a certain outcome (e.g., alcoholism).
b. directly determines the development of specific behaviors.
c. can only increase or decrease the probability of a certain outcome occurring.
d. overrides any environmental influences that may occur.
Which of the following is NOT true about students with ADHD?
a. They are more likely to be cognitively advanced.
b. They are more likely to have absences and missing work.
c. They are less likely to perform on grade level.
d. They often experience social problems in school.
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The first formal efforts to educate blind students were in general public school
classrooms.
a. True
b. False
David Wechsler developed that are widely used to assess IDD.
a. individual tests of intelligence
b. group tests of intelligence
c. adaptive behavior scales
d. achievement tests
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Which of the following is NOT a recent trend in education?
a. Response to Intervention
b. Tracking
c. Cooperative learning
d. Accountability
If a skill is to be functional, it should be
a. vocationally oriented.
b. academically oriented.
c. based on strategy use.
d. age appropriate.
The Information Processing Model
a. is a new service delivery model for children with exceptionalities.
b. is a model for understanding the complex way children learn.
c. is the most useful for early intervention programs.
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d. can not be used in conjunction with the Response to Intervention Model.
There are no significant differences in the brains of individuals with ADHD and the
brains of individuals without ADHD.
a. True
b. False
Memory that can hold large amounts of information for a very short period of time (2-3
seconds) is called
a. motor memory.
b. short-term memory.
c. sensory memory.
d. semantic memory.
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Education intervention based on an ecological model would involve
a. looking for the medical causes of the disability.
b. treating the medical condition causing the disability.
c. examining the interaction of the individual's characteristics with the environment's
demands.
d. attempting to change the environment without reference to the individual.
The two aspects of a person's hearing usually measured are
a. decibels.
b. amperes.
c. international units.
d. tone units.
Which of the following statements is true regarding persons with autism?
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a. They usually have a hypersensitivity to noises but not to being touched by others.
b. Many persons with autism are hypersensitive to noises in the environment, and some
are sensitive to touch as well.
c. All persons with autism shy away from being touched by others and some are
sensitive to noises in the environment.
d. Only persons with Asperger's syndrome are sensitive to noises and to being touched.
The federal definition for a student with EBD places all the responsibility for the
problem on the
a. parent.
b. child.
c. school environment.
d. siblings.
A technique that involves a child with autism writing a very short story that describes a
specific social situation that is troublesome for that child is called
a. writing therapy.
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b. functional behavioral analysis.
c. social stories.
d. teaching stories.
Many children with learning disabilities show a discrepancy between abilities or
between potential and achievement.
Which of the following best illustrates such a discrepancy?
a. An 8-year-old with a below-average IQ score has mastered only first-grade
vocabulary and reads 2 years below grade level.
b. An adolescent scores in the below-average range on an IQ test and averages 2.5 years
below grade level in academic achievement.
c. A fifth grader reads at the fourth grade level and scored on the above average range
on an IQ test.
d. A child has difficulty remembering what is presented visually or orally.
The identification of deaf children and children who are severely hard of hearing is
usually made
a. before they enter school.
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b. when they are in kindergarten.
c. when they are in grades 1 to 3.
d. when they are in grades 4 to 6.
One of the assumptions of the family-focused approach is that
a. professionals should counsel parents as to an appropriate level of involvement in
their child's program.
b. involving and supporting families is likely to be less effective than just treating the
child, but it is more cost- effective when parents are not adversarial.
c. professionals should attend to family priorities for goals and services, even when
those priorities differ substantially from professional priorities.
d. while intervention and support of families has little influence on the child with a
disability, it is important to educate families and encourage parent advocacy.
Children with ASD most typically have issues in which area of motor development?
a. Gross motor skills
b. Fine motor skills
c. Both gross and fine motor skills
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d. Gross motor skills, fine motor skills, and motor imitation
The term total communication was coined by
a. Thomas Gallaudet.
b. Laurent Clerc.
c. Bob Holcomb.
d. Samuel Heinicke.
A child caught between two cultures may display a behavior problem that initiated as a
cultural clash, but eventually may develop into a
a. personal adjustment problem.
b. reading problem.
c. math problem.
d. language problem.
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A primary objective of parent training and of programs for very young deaf children is
to
a. prepare the young child for mainstreaming in kindergarten.
b. prepare the young child for mainstreaming by the third grade.
c. teach the young child to read.
d. develop communication skills.
The Response to Intervention (RTI) approach is
a. a way to identify and serve children with learning disabilities.
b. focused on prereferral prevention and intervention.
c. based on how a child responds to scientific, research-based intervention.
d. all of the above.
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According to the Department of Education (2009), approximately what percentage of
the students who receive special education services in this country have been identified
as having multiple disabilities?
a. 0.07 percent
b. 1.6 percent
c. 2.2 percent
d. 5 percent
The intervention strategy that provides a desirable consequence immediately following
a behavior is called
a. positive reinforcement.
b. psychodynamic therapy.
c. ecological modification.
d. drug therapy.
A teacher who explains relationships among objects for a student with visual
impairment is providing
a. practice in learning by doing.
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b. examples of concreteness.
c. unifying experiences.
d. early intervention.
Which of the following could be used to make 10-year-old Michelle more able to cope
with her environment?
a. Teaching her how to understand and avoid failure
b. Allowing her to succeed in every situation
c. Minimizing the need to learn from failure
d. Maintaining a protective class environment
In the education of gifted and talented students, more attention has been paid
to_______than to any other single factor.
a. creativity
b. insight
c. long-term memory
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d. short-term memory
Which of the following is an example of assistive technology?
a. A DVD
b. A braille reader
c. The internet
d. A USB device
The ecological approach to intervention focuses on
a. direct remediation of developmental delays.
b. the creation of family support services.
c. modification of the "environment" around the child.
d. altering community expectations.
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It has been widely accepted that here is an interaction between______and________in
the development of aggressive and hostile behavior in children.
Educators use___to address the intraindividual differences that require adjustments
to the educational program for a child with exceptionalities.
Describe the method of Positive Behavior Supports that can be used to change
inappropriate behavior in students with EBD.
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Children with EBD who externalize their difficulties are said to have_______; those
who internalize their difficulties are said to have__________.
_____are related disorders that affect a child's social development and ability to
communicate. They include unusual behavioral manifestations such as repetitive motor
movements.
Describe the legislative origins of the federal mandates for early childhood intervention
for children with disabilities.
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A(n) ____________________ is a variety of language that differs in pronunciation,
vocabulary, or syntax from the literary form of the language.
Describe these features of language and give an example of each: (1) syntax, (2)
semantics, and (3) pragmatics.
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A hearing loss can be either_______,meaning present at birth, or ________,meaning
that it has occurred in either childhood or adulthood.
_________is an understanding of one's location in a given environment and________is
the ability to move through that environment safely and independently.
Creating a consistent educational environment through______and________ has been
found to be very beneficial for children with autism.
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Why is it important to understand special education as a "family affair?" What
principles regarding families are important to consider?
_____play the most important role in early intervention for children with speech
language disorders.
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Discuss the issues and challenges that are faced by many families with children with
autism.
Discuss the dilemma facing educators in deciding what curriculum is most appropriate
for students with IDD. Make sure you describe how legislation such as NCLB and
standards such as the CCSS complicate the issue.
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Monique has been referred for evaluation for ADHD. How will her parents and teachers
provide formal input for evaluation in the ADHD identification process? Why is their
input important?
With the recognition of the role of the environment, the field moved from a(n)
_______________model of exceptionality, which assumes that the physical condition
or disease exists within the patient, to a(n) ____________ model,in which we see the
child with exceptionalities in complex interaction with many environmental forces.

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