Which of the following is not associated with stuttering?
A) More males than females stutter.
B) Children who are twins are more likely to stutter.
C) Stuttering has been linked to psychological trauma.
D) Stuttering is the most common fluency disorder.
Which of the following is not a step in the effective instruction of learners who are
gifted and talented?
A) Preassessing the students to determine their current level of content knowledge
B) Grouping children according to ability for instructional purposes
C) Giving accelerated students more assignments to keep them busy until the other
students master the content
D) Providing products that will motivate and teach students
As a result of the reauthorizations of IDEA, all of the following stipulations are true
except
A) Student and parent rights have been clarified
B) Discipline procedures have been articulated
C) Services for individuals with disabilities have been extended through age 23
D) Individual transition plans (ITPs) are required for students with an IEP by age 16
We define _______________ as the attitudes, belief systems, norms, and traditions
shared by a particular group of people that collectively form their heritage.
A) Religion
B) Ethnicity
C) Culture
D) Race
Exceptionalities are/can
A) Always easy to spot
B) Never easy to see
C) Always keep people from being able to succeed
D) Range in scope and obviousness
Key ingredients required for successful cooperative teaching include all except
A) Mutual respect
B) Mandatory participation
C) Shared instructional philosophy
D) Adequate planning time
Visual impairments do not include blindness.
A) True
B) False
Adults with visual impairments are often isolated from their peers.
A) True
B) False
What percentage of children receiving a special education is classified with learning
disabilities?
A) 80.5%
B) 10.2%
C) 40.7%
D) 50.2%
Which of the following are examples of related service professionals?
A) Physical therapist
B) Psychologist
C) Audiologist
D) All of the above
Off-level testing can best be described as
A) General assessment
B) Taking the ceiling of the test
C) Grade level appropriate
D) A test for creativity
The fundamental belief underlying a ________________ is that a family is an
interrelated social system with unique characteristics and needs.
A) Parental belief system
B) Family systems model
C) Professional service system
D) Child first model
Which of the following is not one of the stages outlined in the book for stages of
parental reactions to disability?
A) Primary
B) Tertiary
C) Acceptance
D) Secondary
Language form comprises all of the following elements except
A) Syntax
B) Phonology
C) Semantics
D) Morphology
When referring to children who are at risk, which of the following is not a potential
cause?
A) Biological
B) Environmental
C) Genetic
D) Accidental
Which of the following components of an individual family service plan is not also a
component of the IEP?
A) Statement of family resources, priorities, and concerns
B) Present levels of performance
C) Statement of measurable goals
D) Date of initiation of services
Approximately what percentage of preschoolers (i.e., 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds) receiving
special education have a speech and language disorder?
A) 10%
B) 30%
C) 46%
D) 75%
Natural Reader and Spell Better are examples of mobile technology applications
designed to address issues in
A) Mathematics
B) Science terminology
C) Social studies
D) Literacy
The age restriction stipulated by Section 504 is
A) The same as IDEA age restrictions
B) Ages 6 to 18 years
C) Ages birth to 26 years
D) There is no age restriction
What is the IDEA-mandated process of screening and identification of individuals
suspected of having a disability?
A) Brigance
B) Child seek
C) Child find
D) SCOPE
What percentage of adults with disabilities is employed?
A) 59%
B) 57%
C) 21%
D) 10%
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a debilitating disease that strikes early but usually
improves by the late teens or early 20s.
A) True
B) False
Traits such as individualism, independence, competitiveness, and ambition are
characteristic of the American macroculture.
A) True
B) False
Alexander comes to school on the first day and speaks to the teacher, Ms. Milan. She
thinks he sounds like he is holding his nose when he speaks. Ms. Milan alerts the
speech-language pathologist, who says the student may have
A) Vocal nodules
B) A phonation disorder
C) Hyponasality
D) Hypernasality
According to which of the following should students with disabilities be served within
the full inclusion model?
A) Functional ability
B) Parental selection
C) Chronological age
D) Educational age
One of the biggest influences in a gifted and talented student’s academic performance is
A) IQ score
B) Parents
C) Teacher
D) Principal
What does autistic mean?
A) Unable to form affective relationships
B) Having intellectual disabilities
C) To escape from reality
D) To be locked into isolation
One example of medical technology is
A) Computer-assisted technology
B) Feeding tubes
C) Inquiry
D) Wheelchair
All of the following are examples of adaptive software listed in the text except
A) Screen enlargement software
B) Screen readers
C) Speech recognition
D) Braille input devices
Which of the following scenarios is an example of a student demonstrating receptive
language?
A) The teacher tells Bob to go get a marker and bring it to her. Bob gets the marker and
takes it to the teacher.
B) Bob holds up a marker and says to the teacher, “I have a marker.”
C) The teacher tells Bob to go get a marker and bring it to her. Bob walks to the sink.
D) Bob holds up a marker and says to the teacher, “Me marker.”
One of the most important tools in the assessment process for speech and language
impairments is the case history.
A) True
B) False
A professional working with an adult with intellectual disabilities helps the adult move
out of an institution and into a supported living environment, to dress in clothing that is
currently in fashion for persons of similar age, to obtain employment, and to pursue
meaningful friendships. This professional is using
A) The principle of normalization
B) A task analysis approach
C) The concept of mainstreaming
D) Natural supports
Multiple environmental and biological risk factors contribute to the development of an
emotional or behavioral disorder. Discuss three risk factors that are common to your
region.
Explain how instructional choice might be an effective instructional practice with
students with ADHD.
List three related services and specialized services for young children with autism
spectrum disorders.
Name three strategies a special education teacher may use to facilitate successful
inclusion practices with a general education teacher.
Why is sensitive and caring support from professionals especially important?
What is a benefit of allowing a gifted or talented student to engage in independent
study?
Name the philosophy that persons who are deaf or hard of hearing should not be viewed
as deficient or pathological but rather as members of their own culture with its own
language, traditions, and values.
Do you think that children who are gifted should be grouped in an academic setting by
ability? What may be some advantages to doing so? What may be some disadvantages?
Identify at least three of the potential side effects associated with the use of
psychostimulants in the management of ADHD. What role/responsibility does the
classroom teacher play with regard to student medication?
Explain what is meant by “Opportunities” in the CLOCS-RAM mnemonic of
characteristics of good teaching.
Why are life cycle functions considered highly age related?
Ms. Griffen is a new teacher and wants to establish effective rules for her classroom.
List five guidelines for effective rules.
Name four types of skills typically found in the expanded core curriculum for students
with visual impairments.
A student in Mr. Baker’s 10th-grade class is recently returning to school following a
traumatic brain injury. The student is showing significant memory deficits. Recommend
at least three strategies for Mr. Baker to use with the student to compensate for the
memory problems.
What is the instructional technique used when a teacher takes a student into the natural
environment to teach skills in the real settings in which they will be used?