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Acting out aggressively often and intensely could be considered a
a. externalizing disorder.
b. internalizing disorder.
c. anxious disorder.
d. compulsive disorder.
When cerebral palsy affects just one side of the body, the paralysis is called
a. diplegia.
b. hemiplegia.
c. quadriplegia.
d. paraplegia.
Which of the following was NOT a cause leading to federal intervention in the
education of children with exceptionalities?
a. Increased services for children with exceptionalities caused a personnel shortage.
b. There were discrepancies in what states offered educationally to children with
exceptionalities.
c. The field of special education was not clearly defined.
d. States were spending too much time and money on the education of children with
exceptionalities.
Courts have strongly endorsed that parents play a key role in the FAPE their child with
exceptionalities receives.
a. True
b. False
The term multidisciplinary means that
a. more than one professional needs to work with children with disabilities.
b. the professionals who work with children with disabilities must be very disciplined.
c. the schools must employ doctors and other professionals for children with
disabilities.
d. more than one kind of discipline plan should be used with children with disabilities.
One way that children with severe visual impairments acquire language is by
a. auditory cues.
b. watching movements.
c. noting facial expressions.
d. using all of these methods.
A model for organizing intervention strategies from least to most intensive is called
a. intervening hierarchy.
b. metacognition.
c. discrepancy model.
d. IPM.
The ability to recall whole scenes from our past is called
a. semantic memory.
b. episodic memory.
c. motor memory.
d. working memory.
An approach to reducing office referrals for misbehavior that involves school-wide
management strategies is
a. specialized group behavioral support.
b. specialized individual behavioral support.
c. universal group behavioral support.
d. contingency contracting.
The general recommendation for vocational placements for children with autism as they
transition from school to postsecondary employment is to stress their and play down
their___________ .
a. individual strengths; social problems
b. intelligence; academic difficulties
c. social progress; behavior problems
d. intelligence; social problems
Intraindividual differences
a. consider how a child compares to other children.
b. are not useful in developing individual plans of instruction.
c. are the differences in abilities within the same child.
d. are stable as the child ages.
Public Law 99-457 extended the benefits of Public Law 94-142 to
a. preschool children.
b. children with severe and profound disabilities.
c. children with autism.
d. children with physical disabilities.
Evaluation of hearing level, use of fitting devices, use of monitoring amplification
devices, and instruction in listening skills are characteristic roles of the
a. speech-language pathologist.
b. hearing impaired specialist.
c. otolaryngologist.
d. educational audiologist.
The role that teachers play in the personal social adjustment of children with visual
impairments is to
a. shelter the child from problems.
b. intervene to prevent isolation from sighted peers.
c. anticipate as many of the child's needs as possible.
d. single the child out for special help in front of the class.
Newborn behavioral observations (NBO) approach
a. is required by Part C of IDEA 2004.
b. is administrated by the hospital staff at birth to assess the child's medical needs.
c. helps the parents to understand their infant and the strategies needed to better respond
to their infant's needs.
d. is used only for children with hearing or vision disabilities.
Sergio exhibits the social problems typical of autism but he is highly intelligent and has
age-appropriate language skills. What is the name of this type of autism?
a. Asperger's syndrome
b. PDD-NOS
c. Rhett syndrome
d. Child disintegrative disorder
Research findings indicate that the poor academic performance of children who are deaf
is primarily due to their
a. difficulties in reading and writing.
b. high levels of frustration.
c. lack of intelligence.
d. poor relationships with teachers.
Children with articulation and stuttering disorders often respond well to
a. medication.
b. early intervention.
c. developing listening skills.
d. developing reading skills.
The NC School of Science and Math for students with special gifts and talents is an
example of which RtI tier?
a. I
b. II
c. III
d. IV
Prior to the 1930s, support for children with severe disabilities was
a. integrated with the regular preschool programs.
b. provided in parents' homes.
c. largely medical in nature and provided on an outpatient basis.
d. provided in large, state-run hospital-like institutions.
Which of the following is NOT a low-incidence disability?
a. Visual impairment
b. Multiple disabilities
c. Speech impairment
d. Orthopedic impairment
Which of the following groups is excluded by definition from receiving special
education services, although some schools may serve these students under other
categories?
a. Students suspended from school for physical aggression
b. Students who use drugs
c. Students who are socially maladjusted
d. Students who are clinically depressed
The Deaf Community exists as
a. a distinct disability group within our society.
b. a distinct cultural group within our society.
c. a strong community support group for children that have received cochlear implants.
d. a distinct handicapped group within our society .
The first person to describe a group of children in 1943 who did not relate to others, had
difficulties in speech development, engaged in repetitive behaviors, and were upset by
changes was
a. Michael Rutter.
b. Leo Kanner.
c. Temple Grandin.
d. O. Ivar Lovaas.
Autism is treatable.
a. True
b. False
A problem that encourages the student to define the issue, organize the components, and
then solve the problem is called
a. convergent thinking.
b. flexibility.
c. divergent thinking.
d. problem-based learning.
________________begins before the age of 16 and causes swelling, stiffness, effusion,
pain and tenderness in the joints.
a. Spina bifida
b. Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
c. Duchenne's
d. Cerebral palsy
Talent in the visual and performing arts is usually determined by
a. a consensus of expert judges.
b. evaluations by parents.
c. tests of artistic ability.
d. tests of musical aptitude.
Any assessment of children who are bilingual should include
a. interaction with English-speaking adults to improve their skills.
b. assessments by a speech-language pathologist who is from the same cultural
background as the child.
c. interactions with families of other non-English-speaking children.
d. assessments by speech-language pathologists who are skilled in the child's primary
language.
A study by was the first to show that children with disabilities' potential was not fixed at
birth.
a. Skeels and Dye
b. Terman
c. Guilford
d. Abecedarian.
Two key needs of individuals with visual impairments that should be addressed to help
them gain independence are
a. motivation and friendship.
b. orientation and mobility.
c. technology and training.
d. transportation and communication.
The severity of hearing loss is determined by the
a. age of onset.
b. amount of residual sound.
c. threshold level.
d. type of structural damage.
Learning disabilities may be a result of
a. neurological differences.
b. genetics.
c. environmental factors.
d. all of the above.
A hearing loss caused by a problem in the inner ear or the auditory nerve is a
a. conductive hearing loss.
b. mixed loss.
c. sensorineural hearing loss.
d. CAPD.
