Recent statistics suggest students are increasingly spending their time outside of the
school with technology, resulting in some calling today’s students the ______________.
A) Techno-generation kids
B) NextGen kids
C) iGeneration
D) iKids
A specialist in neurology who hypothesized that language disorders in children were
due to the absence of cerebral dominance:
A) Samuel Orton
B) Grace Fernald
C) Newell Kephart
D) Marianne Frostig
Public Law (PL) 108-446 identifies how many categories of disabilities?
A) 13
B) 10
C) 17
D) 6
All of the following except _________ are part of the process involved in conducting a
task analysis.
A) Define the target behavior or task
B) Identify the prerequisite skills for the learning task
C) Identify the needed materials to perform the task
D) Provide opportunities for students to complete an itemized list of activities they
would like to complete
Instructional or behavioral strategies introduced by a general education teacher to assist
a struggling student are
A) Informal assessments
B) Prereferral interventions
C) Portfolios
D) Student work samples
According to IDEA 2004, special education teachers are not required to have highly
qualified teacher status.
A) True
B) False
Which is a stipulation of NCLB 2001?
A) Annual testing of students K”8 is required
B) Special education students were excluded from testing
C) Schools experiencing difficulty attaining annual yearly progress (AYP) will be
provided with technical and financial assistance
D) Teachers can change schools if their school is not attaining AYP
_____________ is characterized by a state of mind in which a deliberate effort is made
to recognize, understand, and resolve problems.
A) Rationalizing
B) Bargaining
C) Acceptance
D) Adjustment
To establish meaningful and effective alliances with families with children who are
disabled, it is recommended that professionals create partnerships based on
A) The idea that professionals know more than families and families should defer to
professionals
B) Honesty, trust, and respect
C) The idea that most families are not capable of handling exceptional children
D) The assumption that all families will do everything possible to support their child
American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian or Pacific Islander, Hispanic, White, and
Black are the five racial groups recognized by the U.S. government. Which of the
following statements is nottrue?
A) The terms are arbitrary and represent umbrella terms.
B) Each group is homogeneous.
C) Each group is diverse.
D) The terms obscure the richness of individual cultures.
Children who are twice-exceptional are sometimes referred to as paradoxical learners.
A) True
B) False
A free appropriate public education (FAPE) includes the principle of related services
such as occupational therapy.
A) True
B) False
One of the most common technologies to consider for students who struggle with
reading is _________.
A) Highlighter pens
B) Picture symbols
C) Text-to-speech
D) Books on CD
Services for young students with disabilities were mandated with the passing of
A) Education for All Handicapped Children Act (PL 94-142)
B) Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986 (PL 99-457)
C) PL 101-476, the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (commonly known as
IDEA)
D) Americans With Disabilities Act (PL 101-336)
According to James Kaufman, a behavior that is a disordered behavior, occurs in many
settings, is habitual, and is part of the individual’s behavior pattern is called
A) Disturbing
B) Distressed
C) Disturbed
D) Disturbance
Students with spastic cerebral palsy have
A) Floppy muscle tone
B) Poor balance and equilibrium
C) Contorted and purposeless movements
D) Tight muscles and stiff movements
Many times, the audiologist, social worker, speech-language pathologist, and special
education teacher assist the __________ in gathering the information needed to make
the initial educational placement and communication training decisions.
A) General education teacher
B) Principal
C) Family
D) Professor
Assistive technology was first included in IDEA with the passage of
A) PL 94-142 in 1975
B) PL 99-457 in 1986
C) PL 101-476 in 1990
D) PL 108-46 in 2004
Which of the following is one of the reasons why these categories of exceptionality are
so diverse?
A) Because of the wide range of diseases and disorders
B) Because there are 12 other categories of exceptionality
C) Because of ineffectual assessment measures
D) All of the above
Specific tools and devices that can increase, maintain, or improve the capabilities are
A) Informational technology
B) Medical technology
C) Assistive technology
D) Instructional technology
Babies who are deaf babble less than babies who can hear.
A) True
B) False
Having periods of life characterized by conflict, crisis, depression, and stress is
common for ___________.
A) Children
B) Adolescents
C) Adults
D) All of the above
An approach in which related service professionals teach their skills to each other is
referred to as a(n)
A) Multidisciplinary approach
B) Interdisciplinary approach
C) Collaborative approach
D) Transdisciplinary approach
English learners (ELs) are individuals whose primary or home language is not English
and who have yet to achieve proficiency in English.
A) True
B) False
All of the following are disorders associated with hearing loss in children except
A) Down syndrome
B) Meningitis
C) Waardenburg syndrome
D) Aphasia
______________________ created the first school for children with vision loss.
A) DenisDiderot
B) Valentin Hay
C) Nicholas Saunderson
D) Helen Keller
Autism is a complex ___________________disorder of development.
A) Neurobiological
B) Behavioral
C) Psychological
D) Genetic
All parents react to the news that their child has a disability in a predictable and
sequential pattern.
A) True
B) False
Who set forth nine points as evidence of the biological origins of autism?
A) OleIvar Lovaas
B) Bruno Bettelheim
C) Sigmund Freud
D) Bernard Rimland
The ceiling effect, when discussing testing children who are gifted and talented, refers
to tests
A) Being too difficult for students to complete
B) Being too easy to offer an accurate representation of students’ skills
C) That are designed to measure only students in the top quartile
D) That are designed to measure only students in the bottom quartile
Not every school-age child with a physical or health impairment requires special
education services.
A) True
B) False
Explain why learning to speak English is difficult for those who are deaf or have a
severe hearing loss.
State three reasons cited for the reported increase in the incidence of autism spectrum
disorders.
Discuss how seating and setting can be manipulated so that the individual with
speech-language disorder can be successful.
What is the name of the device that is individually prescribed based on an audiologist’s
determination of the degree and nature of the hearing impairment, along with age,
additional disabilities or physical limitations, the individual’s speech and language
skills, cost considerations, and the environment in which the device will be used?
Explain how the identification of an individual as disabled affects the entire family.
Include in your discussion the perspectives of parents, grandparents, and siblings.
List six types of educational settings where a student may receive instruction.
Discuss why the 1992 AAIDD definition of intellectual disability was viewed as
controversial.
List and describe the elements of an appropriate individualized education program.
What is a likely reason the prevalence of ADHD continues to grow?
What factors related to eye health can be attributed to socioeconomic factors? (Give
two examples.)
Explain the criteria for protections from discrimination as stipulated in Section 504.
Discuss three changes introduced by the IDEA Amendments of 1997.
The IEP team for Max must determine the appropriate instructional approach for his
program. What are the six factors they should consider as they make their
determination?
Discuss the family-directed assessment process.
Explain the need for orientation and mobility (O&M) skills instruction.
There are multiple barriers to the provision of appropriate services for students with
emotional or behavioral disorders. List the three barriers discussed in the chapter and
describe how they affect student outcomes.
List the six major components of PL 94-142.
Discuss two classroom-wide interventions (one academic, one behavioral) that you, as a
teacher, may employ to serve students with ADHD within your classroom. What would
be the benefits of using those interventions? What would be the cons?