During the late 1950s and 1960s, SLPs did not provide services to students with
significant language and cognitive problems because
A) the general belief of the day was that they were not developmentally able to profit
from therapy.
B) most of these children had unidentified disabilities.
C) they were not attending public schools.
D) parents were required to pay for the services, which were expensive.
Approximately how many years does it take to acquire complex language abilities
required for academic work?
A) two”three
B) three”five
C) five’seven
D) seven”eight
Sugary diets, food additives, and poor child-rearing practices
A) are all causes of hyperactivity in children.
B) have been studied extensively to determine their connection to ADHD.
C) have been targets of treatment for hyperactivity, without research to validate these
practices.
D) are frequently to blame for the poor school performance of children with ADHD.
A child who is fascinated by patterns in nature and aspires to be a marine biologist
demonstrates which of Gardner’s intelligences?
A) linguistic
B) spatial
C) intrapersonal
D) naturalist
According to your text, a large percentage of students in the foster care system exhibit
____ behavior problems.
A) non-specific
B) minor
C) internalizing
D) externalizing
The most common chronic illness of children is
A) leukemia.
B) cystic fibrosis.
C) diabetes.
D) asthma.
Which of the following is the MOST prevalent among American schoolchildren?
A) deaf-blindness
B) emotional disturbance
C) speech or language impairments
D) specific learning disability
Why are the long-term outcomes for children with CDD far worse than those of
children with autism?
A) Children with CDD typically also have serious health concerns, such as weak heart
valves.
B) The regression of previously acquired skills continues to worsen.
C) The volatility of behaviors increases as children get older.
D) Most children with CDD also lose most of their functional sight.
Bradford has an uneven gait when he walks and has difficulty with other gross motor
skills such as throwing a ball, skipping, and jumping. Which professional would work
with him on these skills?
A) speech/language pathologist
B) physical therapist
C) occupational therapist
D) school nurse
Ethan has an intellectual disability. Part of his educational program involves helping
him to make decisions, choose preferences, and exercise the self-advocacy needed for
independent living. These skills are all examples of
A) instructional accommodations.
B) instructional modifications.
C) functional skills curricula.
D) self-determination skills.
Which of the following is NOT an issue related to health care that families often face?
A) identifying resources in the medical-health care community
B) finding information about medical conditions
C) locating community services to assist them
D) coordinating all the home and health supports that are provided at no charge to
students with physical or health care needs
When six-month-old Caylee won”t stop crying, her babysitter shakes her so hard that it
causes brain damage. Caylee has
A) prenatal TBI.
B) postlingual TBI.
C) shaken baby syndrome.
D) crying baby syndrome.
Rachel is a college student with a learning disability. Which of the following statements
is true?
A) She is entitled to untimed testing in her college courses under the authority of the
ADA.
B) She is entitled to have someone read her college tests to her, under the authority of
IDEA.
C) There is no legislation that covers adults with disabilities, so she is entitled to no
accommodations whatsoever.
D) She is not entitled to any services or accommodations under IDEA, but is under the
authority of No Child Left Behind.
Characteristics of __________ seizures may be misinterpreted by teachers as a child
clowning around.
A) petit mal
B) complex partial
C) absence
D) generalized tonic-clonic
Which method of testing uses a pure tone sound generated by an audiometer?
A) air conduction audiometry method
B) bone conduction method
C) hearing threshold audiometer
D) audiogram
Alpa is 17 months old and speaks using simple sentencesa skill not typically mastered
until the age of 24 months. Which of the following is accurate.
A) Alpa displays advanced achievement, but she is not gifted.
B) Alpa’s verbal skills are probably tied to her parents’ level of income.
C) Alpa is performing at a 30% advanced rate, and is probably gifted.
D) Alpa’s skills will probably even off once she reaches her second birthday.
____ refers to a set of behaviors that include making decisions, choosing preferences,
and practicing self-advocacy.
A) Self-determination
B) Curricular adjustments
C) Reinforcement systems
D) Behavior-specific praise
Marland’s definition of giftedness does NOT include
A) a specific time period for identification.
B) areas of demonstrated achievement.
C) a minimal IQ score.
D) a consideration for potential ability.
One benefit that IDEA provides for family members includes procedures to follow
when they do not agree with schools about the education planned for or being delivered
to their children. These procedures are referred to as
A) IEP meetings.
B) FAPE.
C) related services.
D) due process.
Which of the following autistic spectrum disorders involves NO clinically significant
general delay in language?
A) autism
B) Rett syndrome
C) CDD
D) Asperger syndrome
Adriano is about to move into a group home, where he will live with several other
people with intellectual disabilities and receive support with independent living skills.
Research shows that the optimal number of people living in this setting is ____, in order
to provide Adriano with a high quality of life.
A) four
B) six
C) eight
D) twenty
Porter has autism, has a mild intellectual disability, and is able to communicate verbally.
Which of the following best describes Porter’s condition?
A) high-functioning autism
B) low-functioning autism
C) Rett syndrome
D) CDD
Can a student with a learning disability and hearing loss be counted in the
multiple-severe disabilities category?
A) Yes
B) Yes, as long as both disabilities are documented.
C) It depends on each state’s definition for this category.
D) No
An increase in cases of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) occurred in the 1950s
A) due to a rubella epidemic across the country.
B) when new medical advances were implemented that provided extra oxygen to
premature infants.
C) as veterans of World War II developed long-term side effects of their exposure to
chemical agents.
D) as pregnant women tried a new drug to decrease their symptoms of morning
sickness.
Isaiah, an African American child, speaks a learned and rule-governed social dialect of
nonstandard English. Which of the following statements is true?
A) He should be referred for special education.
B) He has a language impairment.
C) His teacher should not let him speak this way in class.
D) He speaks using Ebonics.
Describe the similarities and differences between Section 504, IDEA, and the ADA.
Sergio, a native Spanish speaker, carries a small, hand-held electronic device that he
refers to when unable to communicate effectively in English. He is using a
A) computerized language translator.
B) pocket dictionary.
C) calculator.
D) cell phone.
Which teaching method is an example of acceleration?
A) the Revolving Door Model
B) advanced placement
C) mentorship
D) independent study
Dr. Keiper is studying a young child with ASD. She describes his behavior in terms of
the events that stimulate, maintain, and increase the behavior’s likelihood. Dr. Keiper is
engaged in
A) task analysis.
B) discrete trial training.
C) behavior analysis.
D) structured teaching.
__________ opened the first school for the blind in Paris in 1784, while __________
designed the raised six-dot system similar to the reading and writing method used today.
A) Valentin Hay; Louis Braille
B) Richard Hoover; Louis Braille
C) Louis Braille; Frank Hall
D) Edward Allen; Frank Hall
Yasmina is a first-grade student who is struggling to learn to read. Although she has not
been formally assessed, she __________ services under IDEA ’04
A) can receive related
B) can receive early intervention
C) qualifies for special education
D) is eligible for early intervening
Davis has a traumatic brain injury. In order to receive this disability classification,
A) his condition must also result in mental retardation.
B) he cannot show any co-existing symptoms of an emotional disorder.
C) his brain damage cannot have been the result of an external head injury.
D) he must have acquired his injury after birth.
According to the definition of emotional or behavioral disorders developed by the
National Mental Health and Special Education Coalition, the disability must be
exhibited in
A) at least three settings.
B) two different settings, at least one of which is school-related.
C) response to temporary, stressful events in the child’s environment.
D) conjunction with either an affective or anxiety disorder.
Which aspect of the educational programs for students with EBD has been overlooked
historically?
A) academics
B) behavior
C) social skills
D) life skills
Carlo is a student with an emotional or behavioral disorder. He got in a fight with
another student who does not have a disability. That student was placed in the in-school
suspension program for 5 days. Which of the following may happen to Carlo, according
to IDEA?
A) Carlo cannot be suspended because he has a disability.
B) Carlo must be returned to his current placement within five days.
C) Carlo can be placed in in-school suspension, but his IEP services must be provided
in that setting.
D) Nothing can happen to Carlos, as manifest determination applies.