Behavioral intervention plans are required in the IEP of ____.
a. all students receiving special education services
b. all students with significant behavior problems
c. only those students with emotional disabilities
d. only those students with ADHD
Giving students a practice test ____.
a. helps to familiarize the class with the test format
b. tends to make students with disabilities more anxious about the upcoming test
c. is generally not a good idea unless the test material is quite complicated
d. biases the “real” results
Which of the following is not a component of special education?
a. modified materials for students with disabilities
b. individualized instruction provided by special education professionals
c. alternative curriculum options for students with disabilities
d. advocates assisting in selection of curriculum and materials
Which of the following does your book identify as an area so important for inclusive
practices that a special feature about it appears in every chapter?
a. student participation in the typical activities and lessons of the classroom
b. social skill development of all students within a given classroom setting
c. strong collaborative relationships among educators
d. support for parents
Which of the following is a provision of Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation
Act?
a. Employers must make reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities
b. Buildings, transportation and other public places must be accessible to people with
disabilities.
c. Classroom teachers must be a member of the team writing the Individualized
Education Program.
d. Some students not eligible for special education services may be entitled to receive
specific types of assistance to be academically successful.
Which of the following is a suggested guideline for using the INCLUDE strategy?
a. establish a standard wait time
b. ask only students who volunteer
c. ensure the questions match the instructional level
d. ask questions beyond the student’s level
____ words such as ‘similar/different and problem/solution” help students organize
important information in textbooks.
a. Cue
b. Study
c. Vocabulary
d. Mnemonic
Students watch and check themselves to make sure that targeted behaviors have been
performed using ____.
a. self-questioning
b. self-reinforcement
c. self-monitoring
d. self-instruction
It is important to document unmet needs because doing so ____.
a. demonstrates systematic attempts to help meet the student’s needs
b. can provide sufficient data to identify a student’s area(s) of need
c. is legally required in order to propose intervention strategies
d. is a federal requirement
____decisions involve whether the special education program should be terminated,
kept the same, or modified
a. Program placement
b. Instructional evaluation
c. Curriculum diagnosis
d. Program evaluation
The co-teaching method that increases the student’s opportunity for participation in
responses to teacher questions is ____.
a. alternative teaching
b. parallel teaching
c. station teaching
d. team teaching
The two key parts of language with which an individual may have difficulty are
categorized as ____.
a. speech and comprehension
b. reception and expression
c. articulation and listening
d. grammar and vocabulary
Which of the following is not a defining characteristic of collaboration?
a. Each person shares resources.
b. Each person must be able to work with others immediately.
c. Each person must believe all contributions are equally valued.
d. Each person participates in shared goals.
Individualizing grading is legal for students with disabilities as long as the _____ that
comprise them appear on the student’s IEP.
a. accommodations
b. standards
c. modifications
d. objectives
When a behavior is not reinforced, it eventually decreases. This is called ____.
a. negative reinforcement
b. fading out
c. a response cost
d. extinction
The term dyslexia is used to identify serious difficulties with ____.
a. problem solving
b. writing skills
c. mathematics
d. reading
Which of the following statement is true regarding performance-based assessment?
a. Students may utilize flexible timing.
b. Assessment is always subject to tight time constraints.
c. Assessment corresponds directly to the school’s standardized testing program.
d. Assessment relies exclusively on paper and pencil tasks.
Effectively using classroom time includes ____.
a. removing classroom clocks
b. meaningful engagement in academic activities
c. reducing time for lunch
d. physically reorganizing the classroom
Which of the following identifies strategies in the final step of INCLUDE?
a. selecting appropriate and effective accommodations
b. evaluating academic and physical strengths and needs
c. observing students and analyzing student work
d. examining activities and tasks for students’ potential success
The federal category that comprises the largest group of individuals with low-incidence
disabilities receiving special education services is ____.
a. intellectual disabilities
b. visual impairments
c. multiple disabilities
d. autism
Which of the following is a feature of Section 504, but NOT of IDEA?
a. does not provide additional funds for students served
b. serves all school-age children who fall within 1 or more of 13 specific categories
c. requires reevaluation to be conducted at least every 3 years
d. requires the parent or guardian to pursue an administrative hearing before seeking
redress in the courts
In understanding a parent’s perspective on their child’s disabilities, a teacher’s
experience can prepare him/her ____.
a. to understand exactly how parents feel
b. in no way to understand how parents feel
c. to communicate their own beliefs
d. to listen to the parent’s discussion of the child’s strengths
Which of the following is not a role team members must assume?
a. personal
b. professional
c. individual
d. team
A teacher simply moving closer to a misbehaving student can sometimes resolve a
problem. This strategy is called ____.
a. position interference
b. signal interference
c. proximity control
d. planned ignoring
Teachers monitor student classroom behavior frequently by____.
a. establishing a clear view of the class regardless of the activity
b. establishing clear expectations
c. establishing a clear view of the aides assisting students
d. making students behave first before continuing the lesson
The term that refers to situations in which the caregivers fail to provide the necessary
support for a child’s well-being is ____.
a. abuse
b. neglect
c. mental or physical cruelty
d. high-risk behavior
Generally, tracking tends to ____.
a. give students at risk an advantage
b. encourage high-achieving students to interact with students at risk
c. discriminate against students at risk
d. lead to lowered expectations for high-achieving students
When a textbook is not written clearly, students with special needs ____.
a. can still make critical connections on their own
b. are able to recognize they do not understand material and express their questions
c. can look to the end of the chapter for a main idea summary
d. do not ask questions and do not employ strategies to clarify the information
Providing students who are gifted and talented with the information, materials, and
assignments that allow them to elaborate on the concepts taught as part of the regular
curriculum is ____.
a. curriculum compacting
b. differentiation
c. acceleration
d. enrichment
Which of the following levels of Bloom’s taxonomy involves using information to solve
a problem or produce some result?
a. creating
b. evaluating
c. understanding
d. applying
Once mismatches have been identified, teachers should use the information to identify
ways to eliminate or minimize their effects, including ____.
a. employing a permanent seating arrangement in the classroom
b. using bypass strategies in a primary area of instruction
c. providing learning strategies to address areas in which the student is deficient
d. grouping students without regard to skill levels
Which strategy is used for revising essays?
a. COPS
b. LAMPS
c. TAG
d. SCAN
Mr. Gibbons is developing a “cooperative learning program” for his students. To
achieve the best results, your textbook provided several ideas about the makeup of the
groups, assignments and roles. Select one idea and explain how Mr. Gibbons would
apply this idea to his class.
In the INCLUDE strategy, teachers should make accommodations when a mismatch is
identified between instructional demands and the student’s learning needs.
What are the two problems students at risk may have related to background knowledge?
The “D” step of INCLUDE involves determining the student’s academic,
social-emotional and physical development.
Assistive technology is categorized according to its cost.
List the nine steps of “class wide peer tutoring” includes nine steps.
What is a behavior contract? What are the essential elements that should be included in
writing a contract?
The complexities of inclusive practices often arise due to the confusion about the
meaning of the term inclusion.
Explain the second monitoring procedure required by law for a student with an IEP.
Identify two “related services’ a student with a disability may receive.
Explain what is meant by “collaboration is emergent.”
Describe Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and how it applies to school students.
Explain “paralanguage” as it applies to collaboration.
Gregor is in the third grade and has just been diagnosed with Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder “Predominantly Hyperactive-Impulsive Type. What are some of
the behaviors you might expect of Gregor in this classroom? What are 2 academic and 2
behavior interventions you could make to help Gregor succeed?
Evaluating student problem solving by having them solve story problems in their math
books is an example of an authentic learning task.
Some students with learning and behavior disabilities struggle with solving word
problems because of difficulties with mathematical reasoning.
Explain 3 provisions in IDEA for addressing issues that relate to students with
disabilities and their behavior.
Explain when the term “developmental delay” may be used to describe a student’s
disability category.