Leaders in the field agree that special education for students with gifts or talents should
have each of the following characteristics EXCEPT
A) a curriculum designed to accommodate advanced cognitive skills.
B) instructional strategies consistent with the learning of students in particular content
areas.
C) administrative arrangements facilitating appropriate grouping of students for
instruction.
D) a program that emphasizes keeping gifted students with their age peers at all times.
A person who provides support for daily living skills and fine motor skills is a(n)
A) physical therapist.
B) occupational therapist.
C) adaptations specialist.
D) cognitive therapist.
A person’s awareness of what strategies are needed to perform a task, the ability to plan
how to use the strategies, and the evaluation of how well the strategies are working is
a) metacognition.
b) self-regulation.
c) working memory.
d) perception.
Schools must provide an individualized program for each student who requires special
education services. This means that
a. each student must receive instruction on a one-to-one basis.
b. an educational program must be written for each student who requires special
education services.
c. one individual must be responsible for each student’s education.
d. the portion of the program that is individualized must be delivered by a teacher who
is certified in special education.
With respect to culturally and linguistically diverse learners, response to intervention
(RTI)
a. has proven a failure when used with this population.
b. results in fewer students of color being identified for special education.
c. relies heavily on curriculum-based measurement and less on standardized tests,
which may contain cultural bias.
d. results in more students of color being identified for special education.
Each of the following diagnostic techniques involves the fetus EXCEPT
a) amniocentesis.
b) chorionic villus sampling.
c) phenylketonuria (PKU) screening.
d) Nuchal translucency sonogram.
All the following are true about retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) EXCEPT
a. It involves abnormal growth of blood vessels in the eye.
b. It can lead to a detached retina.
c. It can be prevented if the newborn is provided high amounts of oxygen.
d. It can result from premature birth.
Each of the following statements about signing English systems is true EXCEPT
A) They are the type of manualism most often used in total communication.
B) They follow the same word order as spoken English.
C) They include fingerspelling.
D) They result in more fluency than ASL.
Families of a child with a disability tend to experience most stress during
a. infancy to age five.
b. adolescence.
c. transitions.
d. adulthood.
Today, there is an emphasis on
A) developing talents of all students, with less attention to those who might be gifted.
B) helping gifted students distinguish themselves further by fulfilling their potential.
C) eliminating giftedness as a category for special education services.
D) downplaying giftedness so children will not be stigmatized or rejected because of
their differences.
In families of a child with a disability, parental stress is usually the result of
a. daily burdens related to child care.
b. the child’s medical involvement.
c. demands placed on the family by the school system.
d. catastrophic events.
Comorbidity in persons with E/BD is
A) not unusual.
B) very unusual.
C) rare.
D) part of the diagnosis.
The words”autistic”and”autism”come from the Greek word autos, meaning
A) cars.
B) withdrawn.
C) others.
D) self.
Systemic instruction involves the teacher working with the student in the following
ways EXCEPT:
a) Selecting a well-defined target behavior.
b) Monitoring student performance and using that information to make changes to
instruction needed.
c) Teaching advanced behaviors before teaching foundational skills.
d) Implementing instruction consistently with respect to such things as sequencing and
prompting/cueing.
In person-centered planning, professionals are seen as
a) working as mobilizers of resources and supports to help individuals with intellectual
disabilities meet their goals.
b) largely irrelevant in planning with individuals with intellectual disabilities.
c) advising individuals with intellectual disabilities.
d) planning everything for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
A person diagnosed as ADHD is more likely than most people to exhibit
A) stubbornness.
B) sociopathic tendencies.
C) perseveration.
D) artistic talents.
The most severe hearing impairments are associated with which part of the ear?
A) middle ear
B) eardrum
C) inner ear
D) outer ear
About how many children with ADHD also have learning disabilities?
A) 10%.
B) 25%.
C) 50%.
D) 75%.
Having a spectacular aptitude or capacity in any area or extremely rare intellectual
powers refers to
A) talent.
B) genius.
C) insight.
D) creativity.
The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program includes all of the following EXCEPT
A) Avoid involving parents unless absolutely necessary because they can actually make
the situation worse.
B) If an incident occurs the parents should be contacted in a timely manner.
C) Facilitate discussions of bullying in the classroom.
D) Establish rules and consequences for bullying.
Effective writing instruction involves teaching systematic strategies for each of the
following EXCEPT
A) planning.
B) handwriting skills.
C) revising.
D) editing.
From the physiological perspective, the distinction between”deaf”and”hard of
hearing”is based on
A) decibel levels detected.
B) frequency of sounds detected.
C) location of hearing loss.
D) language ability.
In addition to a transition plan, federal law now requires that schools develop a(n)
A) summary of performance
B) exit interview.
C) assessment review.
D) list of ongoing accommodations.
Research on the neurological basis of learning disabilities
A) has been relatively consistent in pointing to the left temporal lobe as being involved.
B) has made it possible to use neuroimaging as a screening tool for learning disabilities.
C) has largely failed to find any connection between brain function and learning
disabilities.
D) has largely failed to find any connection between brain structure and learning
disabilities.
Children with deafness who have parents who are also deaf
A) develop language more slowly than do infants with deafness who have hearing
parents.
B) tend to be overly dependent on their parents when they reach school age.
C) develop ASL at a rate similar to the rate at which hearing infants develop English.
D) have difficulty relating to hearing children when placed in mainstream preschool
settings.
A viable multicultural curriculum cannot be created and handed out to teachers because
a. they must be involved in the process because their values, perspectives, and teaching
styles affect what is taught and how it is taught.
b. most want to exercise their right to select their own curriculum based on their own
beliefs and are resistant to being told what to teach.
c. the government has passed legislation banning the teaching of multicultural issues
within an integrated curriculum.
d. there is not enough money to create such a curriculum nationwide.
Each of the following are possible PERINATAL causes of intellectual disabilities
EXCEPT
a) rubella.
b) syphilis.
c) anoxia.
d) low birth weight.
Students with learning disabilities
A) have problems with working memory but not long term memory.
B) have problems with long term memory but not working memory.
C) can have problems in working memory and/or long term memory.
D) are no different in memory skills from nondisabled peers as long as they are
motivated properly.
The transparent gelatinous substance inside of the eye is known as the
a. aqueous humor.
b. cornea.
c. vitreous humor.
d. retina.
Erik is a sixth grader with E/BD who is highly aggressive. His teacher, Mr. Glumbly,
should be advised to try all of the following techniques with Erik EXCEPT
A) providing examples of nonaggressive responses in aggression-provoking
circumstances.
B) role-playing nonaggressive behavior with him.
C) preventing him from receiving positive consequences for aggression.
D) letting him”act out”his aggression freely.
Effective interventions for preschool children with E/BD that include defining and
measuring behavior and rearranging the environment to teach and support more
appropriate conduct are
A) psychoeducational.
B) humanistic.
C) ecological.
D) behavioral.