Recent statistics on traumatic brain injury indicate that
A) traumatic brain injuries are decreasing
B) most traumatic brain injuries occur in adults
C) incidence of traumatic brain injury is lower in rural areas
D) traumatic brain injury is the leading cause of death in children
Common feelings of siblings of children with disabilities include all of the following
except
A) feelings of being left out
B) uneasiness about the reaction of friends
C) concerns about the cause of the disability
D) fear that they will be rejected by their sibling with disabilities
For students who are twice exceptional, which of the following is NOT recommended
for supporting their social and emotional needs?
A) encourage students to succeed
B) teach strategies for coping with frustrations
C) provide support in establishing and maintaining social relationships
D) use conventional or nontraditional measurement tools as well as nonverbal
measurement
Which of the following best represents a deficit in adaptive behavior?
A) Three-year-old Joey is afraid of the dark.
B) Five-year old Darrell cannot tie his shoes.
C) Twelve-year-old Chandler cannot cross the street without assistance.
D) Fourteen-year-old Rodney calls his friend a sissy for wearing a hat in cold weather.
Students with severe disabilities
A) have IQ’s of 25 and below
B) constitute a separate category under IDEA
C) probably won”t achieve in meaningful ways
D) have tremendous diversity in learning and physical challenges
The most prevalent physical disability in school aged children is
A) cerebral palsy
B) club foot
C) muscular dystrophy
D) spina bifida
Autism is best described as a/an
A) behavior disorder
B) developmental disorder
C) intellectual disability
D) speech disorder
One of the major concerns about using RTI to identify those in need of special
education is that
A) culturally diverse students are overlooked
B) professionals are resistant to this approach
C) it takes longer to identify students who need services
D) interventions are not implemented with fidelity in many classrooms
Which of the following statements about ADHD and stimulant medication is accurate?
A) Medication results in improved achievement.
B) Most parents have negative attitudes about medication.
C) Most children show a short term positive response to it.
D) Most students show a short term negative response to it.
Which of the following words is a child with a hearing loss likely to learn easily?
A) the
B) walk
C) jealous
D) ashamed
RTI was most often used for
A) students with reading problems.
B) students with behavior problems.
C) young children at risk for disabilities.
D) adolescents at risk for failure in school.
Which clause appears in the IDEA definition of orthopedic impairments and other
health impairments?
A) chronic condition
B) adversely affects educational performance
C) deficits in communication and social functioning
D) cannot be attributed to other disabling conditions
Which of the following best describes the purpose of the EnvisionIT Program?
A) It teaches academic and transition skills simultaneously.
B) It teaches research skills necessary for success in college.
C) It allows teachers to create employment portfolios for students with disabilities.
D) It allows IEP teams to develop computerized transition plans for students with
disabilities.
Which of the following statements regarding risk factors and emotional and behavior
problems is true?
A) Behavior problems can often be a link to a specific risk factor.
B) Societal risk factors are more likely to produce negative outcomes than family
factors.
C) Family risk factors are more likely to produce negative outcomes than school
factors.
D) Behavioral problems are generally the result of the accumulation of several risk
factors.
According to recent research on phonemic awareness and phonics instruction
A) deaf readers can access phonological information
B) deaf readers rarely use phonics as a tool for learning to read
C) teaching phonics to deaf readers is a waste of instructional time
D) the reading processes of deaf and hearing students are very different
Parent participation in the form of shared decision making is one of the six major
principles of IDEA.
Home-based early intervention services may be least effective for
A) teenage mothers
B) mothers with college degrees
C) mothers who live in rural areas
D) mothers with more than two children
A person who engages in intraindividual communication
A) talks to a single person
B) talks to himself/herself
C) talks to more than one person
D) talks to a large group of people
Mrs. Stewart provides a basic lesson on figurative language. All students are expected
to identify examples of similes and metaphors. Some students are expected to generate
examples of similes and metaphors and others are expected to identify and generate
more complex examples of figurative language. This approach to differentiation is
known as
A) advanced placement
B) curriculum compacting
C) response to intervention
D) tiered lessons
Of the four related pervasive developmental disabilities that are included under the
American Psychiatric Association’s current definition of autism spectrum disorder,
which one can manifest as late as the age of 10?
A) Asperger syndrome
B) autistic disorder
C) childhood disintegrative disorder
D) pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified
Speech and language impairments constitute a secondary disability for approximately
A) 60% of students who receive special education services for another primary
disability
B) 50% of students who receive special education services for another primary
disability
C) 30% of students who receive special education services for another primary
disability
D) 20% of students who receive special education services for another primary
disability
Of all the people needed to make early intervention work, who is the most important?
A) early intervention specialist
B) parents/family
C) service coordinator
D) speech therapist
Which of the following strategies is least likely to promote successful inclusion for
students with intellectual disabilities?
A) peer tutoring
B) common recess time
C) collaborative learning
D) direct training in social skills
Which of the following statements about clean intermittent catheterization is most
accurate?
A) This procedure must be performed at least once an hour.
B) This procedure must be performed in a sterile environment.
C) This procedure is necessary for most children with spina bifida.
D) This procedure must be performed by trained medical personnel.
Self-advocacy in adults with intellectual disabilities
A) is impossible
B) is hindered by a lack of motivation
C) has increased sharply in the last decade
D) has been enhanced by Internet resources and tools
All of the following are examples of related services except
A) therapeutic recreation services
B) transportation to scheduled doctor visits
C) speech and language services to prevent communicative problems
D) orientation and mobility services for students who are blind or partially sighted.
Which of the following is not one of the 10 guidelines for communicating with parents
and families?
A) Don”t use jargon.
B) Be realistically optimistic
C) Don”t take “No” for an answer.
D) Don”t be afraid to say, “I don”t know.”
Gina is a student with epilepsy. Her teacher took her to the nurse because she was
wandering around the playground shouting at students. Her eyes were open but she did
not seem to know what she was doing. Gina was not able to tell the nurse anything
about the incident. Which type of seizure did her teacher probably witness?
A) an absence seizure
B) a complex partial seizure
C) a grand mal seizure
D) a simple partial seizure
A loss of the ability to process and use language is known as
A) aphasia
B) apraxia
C) dysarthria
D) dyslexia
Which of the following is an example of an iconic sign used in ASL?
A) a sign that involves intense motions
B) a sign that represents a proper name
C) a sign that resembles the action or object it represents
D) a sign that can easily be translated into a foreign language
Which did the landmark Skeels and Dye (1939) study conclude?
A) Intelligence is not fixed.
B) Parental involvement in intervention is crucial.
C) Early intervention is not helpful for children with disabilities.
D) Certain inherited traits place children at risk for developing later disabilities.
Which of the four suspected causes of learning disabilities is the least credible today?
A) heredity
B) environmental agents
C) biochemical imbalance
D) brain damage or dysfunction
What are the three areas of functioning in which students with severe disabilities show
significant deficits?
What factors might account for the disparity between the number of children receiving
special education under the emotional disturbance category and researchers’ estimates
of the prevalence of emotional or behavioral disorders?
What is assistive technology?
Explain the court case Armstrong v. Kline and the outcome.
How does access to the general academic curriculum benefit students with severe
disabilities?
Defend the position that all children are educable.
Give an example of a measurable skill.
What is PECS an acronym for? How is PEC useful?
What factors might account for the sharp rise in the prevalence of autism spectrum
disorder?
What are the four visual motor skills?
Testing a child’s ability in the _____ area or domain might involve evaluating her
ability to wash her hands, use the toilet, or brush her teeth. Why is this domain
important?
Teaching a child what sound each letter makes is an example of which of the six
principles of early reading instruction?
Explain the important components for an instructional program for Tess, a fourth grader
with severe disabilities.
How are the four different purposes of assessment and evaluation in early childhood
special education related to one another?
What should curriculum goals for students with intellectual disabilities emphasize?
What are the basic goals and common elements of effective interventions for
speech-sound errors? for language disorders?
What is the most effective classroom adaptation for students with low vision?
Explain the difference between externalizing and internalizing behaviors and provide at
least four examples of each type of behavior.
As a first grade teacher, what process would you follow if you had concerns about one
of your student’s speech development? What are some strategies you can implement
should a language impairment be diagnosed?