Which of the following involves three phases with a typical problem-solving process to
promote middle school students’ progress in achieving the goals of the general
curriculum?
A. The self-determined learning model
B. Community-based instruction
C. Prelinguistic milieu teaching
D. Universal design for learning
The IEP team must consider five ‘special factors” when developing an IEP, including
each of the following, EXCEPT:
A. The student’s home life setting
B. Strategies to address a student’s behavior that impedes learning
C. Language needs of students with limited English proficiency
D. Instruction in Braille for students who are blind
The majority of students with spina bifida have intelligence measured in the:
A. Low average range
B. Average range
C. High average range
D. Low range
The majority of children with ADHD have:
A. Predominantly hyperactive-impulsive type
B. Predominantly inattentive type
C. Combined type
D. Predominantly inattentive-hyperactive type
When completing a fluency assessment, the speech-language pathologist measures each
of the following except:
A. Amount of dysfluency
B. Phonology
C. Type of dysfluency
D. Duration of dysfluency
A program for reducing dropout rate that includes mentoring, regular checking of
progress, and partnering with families is:
A. Check and Connect
B. Wraparound
C. Multimodal learning
D. KidTools
Children and youth with reading learning disabilities typically have less activity in
which part of the brain?
A. Left hemisphere
B. Right hemisphere
C. Temporal lobe
D. Parietal lobe
Conversational speech is in which range of loudness?
A. 45 dB to 50 dB
B. 0 dB to 5 dB
C. 25 dB to 30 dB
D. 60 dB to 65 dB
Students moving from a hospital setting back to a school setting may require a(n):
A. Reentry IEP
B. Revised IEP
C. Interim IEP
D. Temporary IEP
Examining our own cultural values, bias, stereotypes, and prejudices is:
A. Increasing knowledge and experiences of other cultures
B. Cultural reciprocity
C. Enhancing self-awareness
D. Culturally responsive instruction
What term is used to describe the options for the format of reading and literacy
materials?
A. Braille
B. Instructional format
C. Audiotapes
D. Learning medium
A system that provides real-time translations of spoken word to software-equipped
laptops is:
A. Closed-caption technology
B. Loop system
C. C-print
D. Voice synthesizer
Compared to students with other disabilities, those with learning disabilities have:
A. Fewer friends
B. More anxiety
C. Fewer problems with mental health
D. A lower incidence of behavior problems
An assistive technology evaluation team should include all of the following except:
A. Speech/language pathologists
B. Orientation and mobility specialists
C. The student’s family members
D. Pediatrician
Marisa is a student with an intellectual disability who participates in a job-training
program. Marisa is very shy around coworkers. What could you do to help Marisa with
her social skills on the job?
A. Tell her she will never get a job unless she learns to interact with others.
B. Tell her coworkers that Marisa does not talk.
C. Include social skills training as a component of her transition instruction.
D. Reward Marisa every time she speaks to another person.
Which of the following is characterized by difficulty receiving or understanding
information?
A. Speech disorder
B. Voice quality disorder
C. Receptive language disorder
D. Expressive language disorder
What is the current age span for services under IDEA?
A. IDEA covers individuals ages three to 21
B. IDEA covers individuals ages six to 21
C. IDEA covers individuals ages birth through 21
D. IDEA covers individuals ages six through 18
What fraction of students served under the category that includes ADHD actually have
ADHD?
A. Greater than 2/3
B. Less than
C. Almost
D. About
Which of the following is determined by having an individual read the letters on a
chart, each line of which is composed of letters written with a certain size print?
A. Field of vision
B. Tunnel vision
C. Functional blindness
D. Visual acuity
Verbal abuse, cyber abuse, and physical abuse are forms of:
A. Bipolar behavior
B. Depression
C. Bullying
D. Conduct disorder
Students who are involved with the autonomous learner model do all of the following
except:
A. Consider strength and limitations
B. Explore what it means to be gifted
C. Participate in more frequent testing
D. Learn organizational skills
Portfolio-based and other alternative assessments rely on the use of rubrics with
specific:
A. Formats
B. Instructions
C. Criteria
D. Guidelines
An instructional strategy that minimizes mistakes students make when learning a new
task is:
A. Multimodal instruction
B. Errorless learning
C. Mastery learning
D. Goal attainment instruction
Physical education in which activities have been altered to enable students with
disabilities to participate and benefit is:
A. Modified PE
B. Adapted PE
C. Altered PE
D. Accessible PE
The simplest test of hearing uses a machine called a(n):
A. Audiogram
B. Tympanogram
C. Audiometer
D. Otometer
The diagnosis of a hearing loss is made by a combination of professionals which
include the child’s own doctor, an otologist, and a(n):
A. Audiologist
B. Speech/language therapist
C. Neurologist
D. Parent
The “E” in the SETT framework for making evaluation decisions stands for which of
the following?
A. Evaluation of equipment to be used
B. Extension of learning for generalization
C. Environment in which technology will be used
D. Equipment to be used to support needs
All of the following are typical testing accommodations for students with intellectual
disabilities except:
A. Dictating responses to a scribe
B. Exemption from taking tests
C. Having test items read to them
D. Extended time
Children with emotional or behavioral disorders who have circles of friends:
A. Maintain those friendships throughout their school years
B. Are more socially accepted than those who do not
C. Are unable to make friends on their own
D. Have more friendships as adults than children who did not have circles of friends
The “payoffs” a student obtains when she demonstrates the problem behavior is the:
A. Reward
B. Punishment
C. Consequence
D. Outcome
A student who uses two languages equally well is considered to be:
A. Bilingual
B. Bidialectal
C. Multilingual
D. Multidialectal
Problems with early motor development are related to limitations in:
A. Range and variety of experiences
B. Incidental learning
C. Ability to get around
D. Interaction with the environment
Which of the following focuses on implementing instructional approaches that match
the strengths and needs of each gifted learner and offers opportunities for individualized
responses?
A. Acceleration
B. Compacting the curriculum
C. Curriculum extension
D. Differentiated instruction
Cindy is a student with TBI. She becomes confused about expectations of assignments.
Your best course of action to help Cindy is to do which of the following?
A. Have Cindy repeat the instructions three times.
B. Use rubrics to delineate the expectations for assignments.
C. Ask Cindy’s parents to buy her a planner so she can keep track of her work.
D. Have Cindy stay with you at recess or after school to go over assignments.
How can you as a teacher achieve a high level in the professional competence domain
of partnerships?
Describe the four types of articulation disorders and give an example of each.
Describe characteristics of social development exhibited by children with autism.
What are wraparound services and why are they beneficial?
Describe the discrepancy model for identifying learning disabilities, and include
problems with this model.
Explain partial participation and why it is important.
Define epilepsy and briefly describe the types of epilepsy.
What are four ways to integrate critical thinking into daily instructional strategies?
How did Brown v Board of Education impact the availability of education for students
with disabilities?
Compare and contrast oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder.
What are four suggestions to follow when teaching students with hearing impairments
at the elementary and middle school levels?
Describe the “inclusion debate” and the two major issues at the heart of the debate.
How are assistive technology (AT) and augmentative and alternative communication
(AAC) systems related?
List the three types of speech disorders (with brief, parenthetical descriptions of each).
What is meant by your textbook authors’ statement: “Differentiated instruction is a
logical companion to universal design for learning”?
List attributes of giftedness most frequently recognized by different states.
How does universal design for learning facilitate progress for all students?
What are some instructional strategies that could be used when planning for universal
design for learning?