Most authorities agree that the biggest obstacle faced by people with deaf-blindness is
accessing information.
A mutation in the connexin-26 gene is the most common cause of congenital deafness.
The effect of Ritalin on persons with ADHD is the same as the effects on persons
without ADHD
Which of the following statements about intelligence and autism is true?
A) Intelligence does not appear to be affected by autism.
B) About 20% of individuals with autism have mental retardation as well.
C) People with autism are unusually intelligent as a group.
D) The adult outcomes for persons with ASD are similar to those who have intellectual
disabilities.
Behavioral psychologists tend to attribute withdrawal and immaturity to
A) internal conflicts.
B) unconscious motivations.
C) conscious motivations.
D) failures in social learning.
Educators are often ethnocentric with respect to discipline. This means they
a. do not share the same beliefs about discipline as parents do.
b. believe that their views are correct and others’are inferior.
c. adopt different approaches to discipline, depending on the cultural values of the
student that they teach.
d. use whatever strategy makes classroom management easier for them, with little
regard for the effect on their students.
Jasmine is a successful business woman. In 2001, she started a small bookstore that,
within ten years, grew to a national chain of bookstores. Jasmine demonstrates high
performance in which aspect of intelligence in Sternberg’s model?
A) analytic
B) practical
C) synthetic
D) self-management
Under IDEA, one form of advocacy to which parents are entitled is/are
a. weekly meetings.
b. reciprocity.
c. due process.
d. parent training.
The single most important goal of special education is
a. placing all students in the general education classroom for the entire day.
b. finding and capitalizing on exceptional students abilities.
c. preparing highly qualified special education teachers.
d. identifying the types of disabilities.
Stage theories of reaction to having a child with a disability have been questioned for
all of the following reasons EXCEPT
a. many parents do not engage in denial.
b. parents do not go through stages in an identical and predictable way.
c. parents are often the first to suspect a problem.
d. the majority of parents do not experience changes in emotions.
Taking pride in the fact that someone in a group with which you identify yourself has
accomplished something notable is referred to as
a. collective pride.
b. ethnic pride.
c. personal pride.
d. community pride.
Gareth is a twelve-year-old with learning disabilities who makes many grammatical
errors when speaking. Gareth has a problem with which aspect of language?
A) phonology
B) semantics
C) pragmatics
D) syntax
John, Jim, and Ann are fifth-grade students with learning disabilities. Which one of the
following statements best illustrates the concept of interindividual differences?
A) John has problems with math, while Ann has problems with reading.
B) In comparison to the nondisabled students in her class, Ann scores lower in reading
and math.
C) Jim does well in reading, but not in math.
D) John has high intelligence, but low achievement in spelling.
The classification system that most school systems use to describe levels of intellectual
disabilities is based on
a) reading and math achievement levels.
b) IQ score.
c) the intensity of support needed.
d) adaptive level.
Proportionality of ethnic groups represented by gifted identification could be achieved
if all of the following efforts are made EXCEPT
A) use of quota systems.
B) use of culturally sensitive identification criteria.
C) counseling to raise aspirations of students in underrepresented groups.
D) availability of high-achieving models from all ethnic groups.
Cerebral palsy is
A) a neurological disease.
B) subject to frequent remission.
C) sometimes contagious.
D) a nonprogressive disorder.
Young siblings of a child with a disability are likely to
a. have the opposite reaction to the sibling than do their parents.
b. deny that the child with a disability is different.
c. avoid seeking information from others about the disability.
d. have just as difficult, if not more difficult time coping with their feelings than their
parents.
The process of identifying alternative, acceptable ways to communicate through
teaching more appropriate behaviors and/or changing the environment to reduce the
likelihood of prompting the undesirable behavior is
a) positive behavioral support.
b) functional behavioral assessment.
c) functional behavior analysis.
d) negative reinforcement.
Simon has a hearing loss that occurred when he was seven years old. His loss is best
described as
A) conductive.
B) sensorineural.
C) congenital.
D) postlingual.
What percentage of children and adults are considered stutterers?
A) 1%
B) 2%
C) 5%
D) 8%
Each of the following statements about self-stimulation is true EXCEPT
a) The type of self-stimulation among those with disabilities is what differentiates it
from the norm.
b) It may take a wide variety of forms.
c) Nearly everyone engages in some form of self-stimulation.
d) Only the high rate, lack of subtlety, and social inappropriateness of disabling
self-stimulation differentiates it from the norm.
In recent years, the percentage of cases in which the cause of intellectual disabilities is
known has dramatically increased due to
a) better assessment practices by teachers.
b) the mapping of the human genetic code.
c) better assessment practices by family physicians.
d) advances in microscopic technology.
Research on prereferral teams and response to intervention has found that
a. they result in more students being eligible for special education.
b. academic achievement of students who are mainstreamed has increased.
c. little evidence is available to determine their effectiveness.
d. teachers and administrators are not satisfied with the procedures.
Fetal alcohol syndrome is classified as resulting from a/an
a) environmental hazard.
b) infection.
c) genetic factor.
d) chromosomal abnormality.
In contrast to the present federal definition, the proposed National Mental Health and
Special Education Coalition definition of E/BD
A) recognizes that disorders of emotion and behavior may occur separately or in
combination.
B) focuses on problems that exist in a school setting only.
C) excludes students with schizophrenia.
D) is less sensitive to ethnic and cultural differences.
According to the DSM-5, Asperger syndrome
A) is distinguished from autism in that the latter is inherited.
B) is a necessary, but not sufficient condition, to be diagnosed as ASD .
C) can only be used as a diagnosis in adults with superior IQ scores.
D) is no longer an entity separate from ASD.
In cooperative learning,
a. students work together in small homogeneous groups to solve problems or practice
responses.
b. students without disabilities tutor those with disabilities in small groups.
c. students with and without disabilities work together in small groups to solve
problems or practice responses.
d. students with disabilities tutor those without disabilities in small groups.
Critics of multicultural education claim that it
a. seeks to socialize students to a multicultural norm of acceptance and respect for
people with different cultures.
b. undermines the central purpose of school, which is to ensure academic competence.
c. focuses too much on rebuilding the moral foundation of society.
d. is undemocratic.
Which procedure most closely resembles”milieu teaching?”
A) Fiona requests a ball from her teacher who asks”What do you want to do with the
ball?” The teacher gives Fiona the ball only when she replies to the question.
B) Fiona requests a ball from her teacher who says”There are fun things to do with a
ball!” The teacher then gives Fiona the ball.
C) Fiona requests a ball from her teacher who asks”What do you want to do with the
ball?” The teacher waits five seconds, then gives Fiona the ball whether she replies to
the question or not.
D) Fiona’s teacher tells her to play with a ball, then observes her playing and waits for
opportunities to interact verbally with her.
An approach to teaching language-minority students for most of the day in their native
languages and later make the transition to English is
a. native-language emphasis.
b. sheltered-English approach.
c. ESL.
d. sheltered-native language approach.
The ability to understand that specific words can be broken down into individual sounds
is referred to as
A) phonological awareness.
B) phonemic awareness.
C) decoding.
D) reading fluency.
In Kanner’s paper, he described the children he was studying as all of the following
EXCEPT
A) prefer to play alone.
B) perceived as normal.
C) obsessive desire for repetition.
D) resistance to being held by parents.
An important difference between individuals with and without sight is that
a. those without sight become highly adept at learning things incidentally.
b. those without sight need to take much more initiative to learn what they can from
their environment
c. those with sight are more internally motivated.
d. those with sight are more susceptible to optical illusions.
Briefly describe attempts to construct a unifying theory of autism spectrum disorders.
Discuss the advantages and (possible) disadvantages of three home-school
communication strategies: Parent-teacher conferences, home-note program, and
traveling notebooks.
Provide brief descriptions for at least three examples of technological aids for
communication, information access, and orientation and mobility. Then summarize
cautions when considering use of technology.
“Zero tolerance”in the school system is similar to “mandatory sentencing”in the legal
system. Provide an example illustrating zero tolerance and why this policy is sometimes
considered to be unfair by teachers, administrators, and parents.
Describe how the training for teachers of students with learning disabilities can be used
in collaborative models with general education teachers (include three specific skills of
special education teachers).
What areas particularly need to be assessed for students with autism spectrum disorders,
what are appropriate methods of assessment, and what special concerns are there
regarding assessment?
Describe stereotypic behaviors and explain why some professionals think a goal should
be elimination of such behaviors while others think they should not be interfered with.
Describe components of effective teaching and discuss how they relate to effective
multicultural education.
Describe the relationship between prereferral teams and response to intervention.
Describe three ways that general and special educators can collaborate to serve students
with intellectual disabilities.
Explain how teachers’ problems with communication skills can interfere with the
progress of students with speech or language disorders. Provide examples of specific
problems with communication that teachers sometimes demonstrate.
Describe the three categories that adolescents and adults in speech and language
intervention programs typically fit in.
Describe three possible reasons why females are underrepresented in programs for
giftedness.
Describe the family systems approach to intervention.
What are the four factors thought to contribute to E/BD and what is the degree to which
they are thought to be responsible for E/BD?
Describe the research-validated instructional strategies, “concept mapping” and “use of
response cards,” and explain why they are particularly appropriate for students with
cultural or linguistic differences.