Children who use dialects need speech and language services.
IDEA regulations contain a specific formula for determining a severe discrepancy.
A child who has a language delay may not have a language disorder.
Researchers found that many interpreter had inadequate skills
A cultural interpreter must speak the native language of the family he/she is serving.
Most visual impairments of school-age children are congenital.
According to IDEA, special educators are responsible for implementing transition goals
and services.
Newborn screening tests for inherited conditions are voluntary in most states.
The most common form of spina bifida, myelomeningocele, affects more girls than
boys.
Compared to youths without disabilities, fewer youths with disabilities are employed
after completing high school.
Children who are deaf and hard of hearing receive special education services under the
disability category of deafness.
Students who are gifted do not need special education to reach their full potential.
Prematurity is a cause of acquired hearing loss.
An individualized transition plan must be a part of the IEP once a student attends
middle school.
The terms impairment, disability, and handicap are synonymous.
All students with intellectual disabilities should receive basic skills instruction in
reading, writing, and math.
A person with a severe disability needs instruction in skills that most children without
disabilities acquire in the first five years of life.
Co-teaching is commonly used in self-contained classes.
Echolalia may be immediate or delayed.
About twice as many males as females receive special education services.
One or two children in a typical classroom will show symptoms of ADHD.
It is extremely useful for teachers to know the legal definition of blindness.
The eyes and the liver are most likely to be affected from untreated diabetes.
Improvements in delivery practices and neonatal care have greatly reduced the
incidence of cerebral palsy.
Most students with disabilities feel prepared for adulthood when they leave high school.
Young adults with disabilities have a lower rate of involvement with the criminal justice
system than their peers without disabilities.
Exceptional children are more like other children than they are different.
Voice mail is a costly way to maintain home’school communication.
In some ways, learning disabilities has brought out the best and worst that special
education has to offer.
There are approximately 3 million students who are gifted and talented in the United
States today.
Before the passage of P. L. 99-457, most preschoolers with disabilities did not receive
services.
Brothers or sisters without disabilities can help siblings with disabilities learn new
social skills at home.
Contusions usually accompany mild brain injuries.
Children from culturally diverse backgrounds tend to remain in programs for the gifted
and talented once they are identified.
Having two teachers in a classroom ultimately improves instructional effectiveness.
Spoken or written words are necessary for communication to occur.
Which of the following statements about preparedness for the demands of adulthood
among students with disabilities is most accurate?
A) Life skills classes and functional math classes are the best preparation for adulthood.
B) Special education experiences prepare most students to meet the demands of
adulthood.
C) Students with high-incidence disabilities face significant challenges in all aspects of
adult life.
D) Only students with severe sensory or physical disabilities have difficulty adjusting to
adult life.
Which of the following is an example of curricula that includes explicit instruction?
A) Everyday Mathematics
B) Reading Mastery
C) Rigby Literacy
D) The Blueford Series
Research on self-monitoring and students with ADHD indicates that
A) students with ADHD are rarely honest about their behavior
B) students with ADHD are too distracted to monitor their own behavior
C) students with ADHD should be taught to monitor their off-task and disruptive
behaviors
D) students with ADHD should be taught to monitor performance of academic and
social tasks
Which best exemplifies acceleration?
A) Rose, a six-year-old, goes to a third grade math class because she has mastered first
and second grade math.
B) Carter is given more difficult reading material than her classmates in fourth grade
because she has mastered reading.
C) Coralee, who has mastered the third grade science curriculum, teaches it to others in
her class who have not.
D) Desmond studies subject areas not offered at his school, such as comparative
religion and quantum physics.
Which of the following is a disadvantage of center-based programs?
A) inclusion of atypical peers
B) transportation expenses incurred
C) elitist attitudes of professionals
D) lack of individualized instruction
The most widely used method of instruction in schools for the deaf is
A) cued speech
B) fingerspelling
C) speechreading
D) total communication
Which condition is caused by an imbalance of the eye muscles that results in the
inability to focus on an object with both eyes?
A) cataracts
B) glaucoma
C) nystagmus
D) strabismus
Which of the following is not a process involved in the production of speech?
A) articulation
B) intonation
C) resonation
D) respiration
Darius is 18 months of age. His mother, Mrs. Bluestone, has referred him for a speech
evaluation because he says “wike” for “like” and has difficulty with consonant blends
such as the str in ‘street.” What common mistake has Darius’s mother made?
A) She should have tried to assist Darius herself before referring him.
B) She is confusing typical development with articulation errors.
C) She did not listen to enough speech sounds before referring him.
D) She did observe him in a variety of settings to see if he had similar problems.
According to the mirror model for parent involvement, most parents are likely to
participate in
A) IEP planning
B) PTA meetings
C) parent support groups
D) workshops
Accelerated and compressed speech enable students with visual impairments to listen at
speeds of
A) up to 275 words per minute
B) up to 300 words per minute
C) up to 350 words per minute
D) up to 375 words per minute
All of the following are disability categories that students with ADHD may be served
under except
A) autism
B) emotional disabilities
C) learning disabilities
D) other health impairments
The ultimate goal of No Child Left Behind is
A) to identify poorly performing schools.
B) that all teachers will be licensed by 2014
C) to reduce funding to poorly performing schools.
D) that all children will be proficient in all subject matter by 2014
During the practice stage of learning, feedback for students with intellectual disabilities
should
A) be given after every response
B) be given after every correct response
C) emphasize the correct rate of skill performance
D) emphasize the effort that the student displayed during performance
Which term best applies to looking and planning for ways to include brief, systematic
instructional interactions in the content of typical classroom activities?
A) direct teaching
B) discovery learning
C) embedded learning
D) optimal learning
What is pica?
A) self-injurious behavior
B) eating of nonfood items
C) self-stimulatory behavior
D) excessive fear of loud noises
Which of the following is not a core principle of developmentally appropriate practice
(DAP)?
A) Learning must involve all of the senses.
B) Knowledge must inform decision making.
C) Goals must be challenging and attainable.
D) Teaching must be intentional to be effective.
What are the two major categories of suspected causes of emotional and behavioral
disorders?
A) etiological and genetic
B) genetic and pathological
C) biological and environmental
D) biological and developmental
Teachers most often ask questions at which level of Bloom’s taxonomy?
A) remember and create
B) understand and create
C) remember and apply
D) remember and understand
Two factors that are highly related to the effectiveness of early intervention services are
A) availability of resources and staff/child ratio
B) severity of disability/and availability of resources
C) severity of disability and parents’ education level
D) intensity of intervention/ and level of family/child participation
Which of the following is an external variable that impedes the identification and
education of girls who are gifted and talented?
A) lack of female geniuses
B) parental pressure to excel
C) poor academic choices at the secondary level
D) general disinterest in math and science curriculum
Which of the following is not included in the term “exceptional children”?
A) children with addicted mothers
B) children with emotional or behavior problems
C) children with physical disabilities
D) children with sensory impairments
A neural hearing impairment involves damage to the cochlea.
An approach that helps people with disabilities live in the community as independently
as possible is known as
A) assisted living
B) embedded living
C) supported living
D) transitional living
Which of the following professional behaviors can be a roadblock to communication?
A) Negotiating IEP goals
B) Reflecting on communication
C) Explaining steps to help children
D) Treating parents as needing counseling
A peer buddy for a student with a severe or multiple disability does all of the following
except
A) teach conversational skills
B) serve as role model of positive social interactions
C) assist partners with tasks in community based settings
D) provide support to partners in general education and career/technical classes
Early researchers suggested that students with intellectual disabilities have ability
similar to people without disabilities in
A) long-term memory retention
B) metacognition
C) short-term memory
D) working memory
Which of the following statements is true regarding students who display antisocial
behaviors at an early age?
A) They are likely to develop fears in adolescence.
B) They are likely to outgrow these behaviors by adulthood.
C) They are likely to engage in delinquent behavior in adolescence.
D) They are likely to pursue a college degree after graduation from high school.
Which of the following is the most time-consuming form of home-school
communications?
A) phone calls
B) class newsletters
C) dialogue notebooks
D) home’school contracts
Children with emotional and behavior problems are more likely to come from homes in
which
A) discipline is harsh
B) supervision is constant
C) spoiling is the norm
D) space is limited
Which of the following statements about the special education system and
culturally/linguistically diverse families is true?
A) They may embrace special education as a source of help.
B) They may view educational jargon as a model of good English.
C) They may expect the same level of services that are available in their country.
D) They may view professionals as experts and be hesitant to express their opinions.
Which of the following statements about least restrictive environment is true?
A) The LRE may change over time.
B) The LRE is the setting that is the most diverse.
C) The LRE is the resource room for most students.
D) The LRE is determined by the disability category.
Describe a placement/setting where service for students with giftedness and talent is
most likely to occur and the role of the helping professional in that setting.
Describe an example of competitive employment.
Explain what differentiation is. Be sure to include its guiding premise, why it’s used,
what a teacher’s role is in a differentiated curriculum, and some examples.
What is the defining characteristic of students with learning disabilities?
What are two potential mistakes that teachers may make if they fail to directly and
frequently measure student performance?
What factors might account for the enormous increase in the prevalence of autism
spectrum disorders in recent years?
Discuss the disproportionate representation of culturally diverse groups in special
education. Include the suspected contributing factors.
What does SLP stand for? Describe the role of this individual.
One of your students, known to be a diabetic, demonstrates fatigue, excessive urination,
and dry, hot skin. What is the problem, and what do you do?
Explain the concept of supportive living
Although no specific set of behaviors is common to all individuals with severe or
multiple disabilities, the author provides a list of frequently observed behaviors. List
five of the seven.
How do the philosophy and principles of supported living differ from traditional
residential placement services?
Describe and give examples of three characteristics of good secondary programs for
individuals with disabilities.
Why is self-determination so important to the success of students with disabilities in
postsecondary education?
What kinds of questions are most effective when communicating with parents? Provide
an example of this type of communication technique.
What were the findings of Irving Independent School District v. Tatro (1984) and Cedar
Rapids Community School District v. Garret F. (1999), and what were the implications
for schools?