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Brayden sustained a serious head injury during football practice. As a result, he has
significant difficulty with cognitive tasks, maintaining attention, and he's become very
impulsive. Brayden has
A) multiple-severe disabilities.
B) autism.
C) TBI.
D) deaf-blindness.
The rules of grammar and language are the same as English for this method of manual
communication.
A) ASL
B) finger spelling
C) ISL
D) grammatical signing
Mary Elizabeth has an intellectual disability. She is not required to master all of the
objectives in the general education curriculum, and is allowed to complete alternative
assignments. For example, instead of a required 5-page paper on ecosystems in her
science class, she drew a poster of a rainforest ecosystem. These changes to Mary
Elizabeth's education are referred to as
A) part of UDL.
B) differentiated instruction.
C) instructional modifications.
D) instructional accommodations.
Angela has cerebral palsy. Her movements are very stiff. Which type of cerebral palsy
does she have?
A) spastic
B) athetoid
C) ataxia
D) hemiplegia
Which of the following methods is suggested to determine a student's mastery criteria
when using self-management?
A) Ask the student what he or she thinks can be accomplished.
B) Collect baseline data, then set a goal 25% above baseline.
C) Select a level that the teacher would be minimally satisfied with, then increase it by
10%.
D) Compare the level of performance with that of peers.
Which of the following is NOT a suggested strategy for parents to increase homework
success for students with learning disabilities?
A) Tell the teacher about homework difficulties.
B) Allow the child to turn in homework late on nights when homework struggles are too
intense.
C) Implement consequences for incomplete or unsatisfactory homework.
D) Be knowledgeable about whom to contact at school about homework issues.
Josefina's teacher supports her learning by restating concepts and instructions, explicitly
teaching vocabulary, using visuals and concrete examples, and relating new language
skills to students' experiences. Josefina's teacher is using which instructional technique
or program?
A) English as a second language (ESL)
B) sheltered English
C) the structured immersion approach
D) bilingual educatio.
Mira is a student from India who speaks Bengali and English. To be classified as having
a speech or language impairment, she must demonstrate the impairment
A) in an unusual dialect.
B) in the English language.
C) in the home.
D) in both languages.
A program that places gifted students into job settings related to career goals refers to
A) an internship.
B) an independent study.
C) the Revolving Door Model.
D) interdisciplinary instruction.
___ combines aspects of cooperative learning and peer tutoring with instrution that is
reich with demonstration, careful instruction, and feedback.
A) Bilingual education
B) Reciprocal teaching
C) The prediction strategy
D) PALS
Ms. Uley adapts materials and environments to help children with ASD make sense of
the world. Ms. Uley is using
A) structured teaching.
B) applied behavior analysis.
C) generalization.
D) pragmatic instruction.
The risk ratio for African American students is 1.0 in Town A, and 2.0 in Town B.
Which of the statements below is correct?
A) African American students in Town B are twice as likely to be identified as having
disabilities as students from other racial groups.
B) Town A has an overrepresentation problem.
C) Town B has an underrepresentation problem.
D) African American students in Town A are two times less likely to have disabilities as
students from Town B.
Francisco is allowed the use of a bilingual dictionary during testing situations. Which
kind of an accommodation is he receiving?
A) native language accommodation
B) English language accommodation
C) nonlinguistic accommodation
D) alternate assessment
Mr. Zielaskowski teaches in a classroom with students who have intellectual
disabilities, learning disabilities, speech and language impairments, and emotional
disorders. Based on this information, you can ascertain that he teaches in a
A) noncategorical classroom.
B) resource room.
C) self-contained classroom.
D) residential school.
Jonas has formed a mental map or ____ of his surroundings.
A) direction
B) orientation
C) spatial relations
D) acuity
Which of the following is NOT a neuromotor impairment?
A) cerebral palsy
B) seizure disorder
C) polio
D) juvenile arthritis
When conducting an FBA, Mr. Miller notices that Jason's behavioral outbursts
frequently occur after a teacher has handed him a worksheet to complete. When Jason
displays this behavior, he is sent to the principal's office. In this case, the act of handing
him the worksheet would be considered the
A) antecedent.
B) target behavior.
C) consequence.
D) reinforcer.
Terman believed giftedness was
A) fixed and determined by heredity.
B) determined by parental enrichment.
C) determined by heredity and environment.
D) enhanced with instruction.
Nico is 26 months old and has just said his first words. Nico
A) is showing signs of a language delay.
B) has advanced language skills for his age.
C) is displaying normally-developing language skills.
D) should be speaking in 4- to 5-word sentences by this age.
A problem with the structure or functioning of the body refers to
A) a health impairment.
B) an orthopedic impairment.
C) other health impairments.
D) multiple disabilities.
A ventilator or an assistive technology device that uses a computer or computer chip
would be considered a(n)
A) example of bionics.
B) example of robotics.
C) high-tech device.
D) low-tech device.
Which type of hearing loss occurs with damage to the inner ear or the auditory nerve?
A) conductive hearing loss
B) profound hearing loss
C) sensorineural hearing loss
D) mild hearing impairment
Three-year-old Noelle pulls the plastic figures out of her toy box and divides them into
groups of people and animals. She is demonstrating
A) generalizations.
B) CBM.
C) sequencing.
D) classifying.
One requirement to implementing RTI is that
A) special education teachers will take over the assessment process.
B) school psychologists must relinquish their assessment duties for all students with
disabilities.
C) general education teachers need support as they add assessment to their normal
instructional duties.
D) schools will have to hire many paraprofessionals to assist with the record keeping.
Brandon, a child with autism, flaps his hands continuously. He is demonstrating
A) stereotypies.
B) echolalia.
C) self-injurious behavior.
D) nonverbal communication.
Ms. Esperanza is using CBM to monitor her students' progress in math. She has just
finished administering and scoring the weekly math probe. What is her next step?
A) set goals
B) make instructional decisions
C) communicate progress
D) graph the scores
If 7-month-old Jasmine's parents use ASL with her, they can expect her to
A) remain distanced from them throughout her lifetime as she embraces the Deaf
community and culture.
B) have extreme difficulty learning English as a second language.
C) have delays in reading when she is in elementary school.
D) babble in sign similar to the babbling sounds made by hearing infants.
Makayla's hearing is within the 71"90 dB, where even loud speech is hard to
understand. Which type of hearing loss does she have?
A) severe
B) profound
C) moderate
D) moderately severe
Which of the following is NOT a cause of retinal damage?
A) changes in blood vessels of the eyes, caused by diabetes
B) excess oxygen to infant
C) genetic eye disease
D) reduced function of the optic nerve
Murray demonstrates significant impairments in social interaction and communication,
but shows no repetitive or stereotyped behaviors. According to the DSM-IV criteria for
autism, Murray
A) is an autistic savant.
B) has Rett syndrome.
C) has childhood disintegrative disorder.
D) does not have autism.
When teaching functionally equivalent behaviors, the LAST step in the process that the
teacher should focus on is to
A) work with others to ensure consistency across all settings.
B) teach and reward alternate behaviors.
C) determine substitute behaviors to develop.
D) analyze the behavior and the events that stimulate and maintain it.
A child who has difficulty controlling his movements, but whose disability is not
neurological, has a(n)
A) muscular/skeletal condition.
B) neuromotor impairment.
C) chronic illness.
D) infectious disease.
How many students are permitted to take alternate assessments?
Briefly describe juvenile arthritis.
Discuss the debates between Edward Gallaudet and Alexander Graham Bell. Which
position do you advocate? Why?
List the evaluation measures that can be used to conduct a balanced assessment on a
child suspected of having a speech or language disorder.
What are the three defining behavioral characteristics of ADHD?
Mr. Nyxx does not believe in the existence of ADHD. Help him understand by
discussing some of the medical findings regarding the physiological differences
between subjects with and without ADHD.
Describe at least two ways that e-books can help students with and without disabilities.
What is an autistic savant?
Why do you think the APA recommends that a child exhibit characteristics in more than
one setting in order to be diagnosed with ADHD?
Describe the characteristics of a young child who is at great risk for juvenile
delinquency.
What are some basic rules regarding interactions with a person with a disability and
his/her service animal?
List three situations in which IDEA states that behavioral intervention plans should be
used for students with disabilities.
Based upon information in your text, list at least 10 things that general education
teachers can do to support children with autism in inclusive settings.
Ariel's IEP states that she should receive ___, the most common testing accommodation
for students with ADHD. What is this accommodation, and does it significantly
improve test scores?
Explain the difference between cooperative learning and peer tutoring.
Reid is a student in your class who has sustained a TBI. List at least three physical
symptoms that he may exhibit.
What is the main purpose of conducting a functional behavioral assessment?
