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Special Education
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In alternative teaching, the small group should typically be used only for remediation.
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Students with learning and behavior disabilities can spell well when words follow linguistic rules or are phonetic, but struggle with irregular words.
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Describe four accommodations that could be considered by a general education teacher to assist a student with a visual impairment in note taking.
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Some students with learning and behavior disabilities struggle with solving word problems because of difficulties with mathematical reasoning.
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Describe four accommodations that could be considered by a general education teacher for enhancing the orientation and mobility of a child with a visual impairment.
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Students with learning and behavior disabilities struggle with organizing and interpreting information presented during instruction but excel at independent learning.
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All students with low-incidence disabilities are typically accompanied by a paraprofessional throughout their academic day.
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Reading comprehension difficulties in students with learning and behavior disabilities have little to do with poor decoding skills.
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Describe the three types of learning media and give at least one example of how each could be used to instruct a child with a visual impairment.
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Which of the following is the purpose of an environmental inventory?
a. Decrease the number of classroom modifications needed
b. Monitor student participation in the classroom environment
c. Increase student participation in classroom and community environments
d. Decrease student participation in classroom and community environments
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Name three frequent causes of eye injury.
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IDEA allows school districts to use RtI progress-monitoring for identification of students identified as learning and behavioral disabled.
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The one teach, one assist method of co-teaching enables one professional to collect data that can be used in instructional decisions.
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Stressing listening skills is particularly important for students with expressive language problems.
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Eloise has learned to keep a daily tally of the number of assignments she completed and the number of times she answered a question in class discussions. She is using ____.
a. self-monitoring
b. self-reinforcement
c. anecdotal recording
d. interval recording
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Cite one challenge to the provision of certified vision teachers for students with visual impairments.
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Language can exist without speech.
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Cluster programs group all students with specific low-incidence disabilities into one school for educational services.
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Students with receptive language problems often have difficulty with problem solving because they may not understand questions or retain verbal information.
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What is the name of the material resource center for individuals with visual impairments located in Kentucky?
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Which of the following homework strategies is best for students with special needs?
a. Wait until the second grading period to assign homework.
b. Build student responsibility by requiring students to complete all of their homework at home.
c. Avoid parents at first, because they put too much pressure on their children.
d. Give homework on skills that students can already perform.
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When writing a behavioral contract for a student with special needs, teachers must be sure that ____.
a. the reward that goes with the contract is given within 48 hours of the appropriate behavior
b. the reward is given consistently, frequently, and in large amounts
c. the contract focuses on rewards for accomplishments rather than obedience
d. the contract includes restrictions and punishments, as well as rewards
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Speech is the act of forming and sequencing the sounds of oral language.
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Name four types of skills typically found in the expanded core curriculum for students with visual impairments.
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Speech difficulties focus primarily on tone.
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Experts say that asking someone to restate the problem is of no benefit to team participants.
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Which of the following is the major reason why students with special needs may have difficulty completing their homework assignments?
a. There is too little time for students to complete all assignments.
b. Assignments are too difficult to begin with.
c. Assignments are not of interest to the student.
d. Parents do not encourage students to complete difficult assignments.
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Learning disabilities are characterized by an inability to process and organize information or by economic factors.
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Name three of the most common visual impairments affecting school-age children.
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Which of the following would not be found in the INCLUDE strategy for students with learning and behavioral disabilities?
a. check for potential success
b. differentiate instruction
c. reteach the lesson
d. note students' needs
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What are three refractive errors that affect vision?
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Name at least one way that young children with visual impairments might be identified for early intervention services.
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Students who demonstrate learned helplessness benefit from ____.
a. self-control training
b. behavior contracts
c. social skills training
d. attribution retraining
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Co-teaching, teaming and consultation are all specialized types of shared problem solving.
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Self-image can be enhanced by all of the following strategies except ____.
a. teaching self-reinforcement skills
b. setting unrealistic goals
c. giving students responsibilities
d. providing corrective feedback contingent on student behavior
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What factors related to eye health can be attributed to socioeconomic factors? (Give two examples.)
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Students with traumatic brain injury typically ____.
a. have limited use of their arms and legs
b. experience social difficulties
c. demonstrate a loss of all cognitive capacity
d. recover from their injuries within a year
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Name at least three materials that could be used to help a child with a visual impairment learn about maps.
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An agreement between the teacher and the student clearly listing expectations for the student, rewards for meeting expectations, consequences of not meeting expectations and the timeframe for which the agreement is valid is a(n) ____.
a. behavior contract
b. educational plan
c. cognitive behavior management agreement
d. reward and punishment agreement
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The training that helps students with learning and behavior disabilities to redirect their actions in social situations by talking to themselves is ____.
a. self-control training
b. behavior contracts
c. social skills training
d. attribution retraining
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Appropriate assessment strategies are a prerequisite to effective teaching.
A) True
B) False
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Children with ____ comprise the largest group of chronically ill students in the United States.
a. asthma
b. diabetes
c. AIDS
d. Sickle-cell anemia
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Students who know how to act appropriate in social interactions but often act impulsively benefit from ____.
a. self-control training
b. behavior contracts
c. social skills training
d. attribution retraining
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What is a major difference between Grade 1 and Grade 2 Braille?
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When written directions for students with special needs are difficult, ____.
a. skip the assignment altogether
b. add practice items you can do with the whole class
c. keep them the same, which prepares students for the real world
d. allow students to struggle before giving them help
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Accommodations presented in the textbook addressing the social and emotional needs for students with learning and behavior problems do not include ____.
a. social skills training
b. vocational training
c. self-control training
d. attribution retraining
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The preferred approach to behavior management is ____.
a. increasing positive behaviors through extinction of negative behaviors
b. decreasing negative behaviors through the use of presentation punishment
c. decreasing negative behaviors through the use of removal punishment
d. increasing positive behaviors through the use of reinforcers
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Which of the following is not a strategy that will benefit students with significant conduct problems?
a. establish a clear, consistent behavior management system
b. engage students in extremely challenging academic tasks
c. use the intensive, individualized approach of behavior contracts
d. create a supportive environment in which students can experience success
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Building in additional planning time is not necessary when working collaboratively.
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Social skills training for students with learning and behavioral disabilities ____.
a. requires the teacher to organize cooperative grouping activities
b. can often be accomplished through unstructured interactions
c. should be conducted through one-on-one instruction
d. must be continually monitored and re-taught if necessary
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Vision problems affect 1 in 50 preschoolers and 1 in 3 school-age children.
A) True
B) False
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As a result of inclusion efforts, students with learning and behavior problems ____.
a. are more likely to make social adjustments just from being in a general education setting
b. are not likely to make social adjustments just from being in a general education setting
c. make huge gains in academic and social skills while in a general education setting
d. make little to no academic gain, but significant social gains while in a general education setting
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Which of the following is a true statement concerning practice activities?
a. Practice activities do not need to be monitored frequently.
b. Practice activities should include new content and mastered content.
c. All students should have the exact same practice activities.
d. Students should be able to complete practice activities independently.
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The functional vision evaluation is a collaborative effort of the educational team for purposes of program planning.
A) True
B) False
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The difficulty of students with learning and behavioral disabilities to see any connections between their efforts and success is a result of ____.
a. lack of self-esteem
b. poor self-image
c. learned helplessness
d. depression
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The child with vision loss may travel with a cane, a dog, or a sighted guide and will require training in orientation and mobility.
A) True
B) False
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Shared problem solving sometimes occurs informally between general and special education teachers.
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Frank is a fifteen-year old freshman in high school with significant problems in reading comprehension. Each year he slips further behind his peers academically. For a while, Frank acted out at school, bullying classmates and disrupting teachers. Now, however, Frank ignores all efforts to help him, repeatedly saying it doesn"t matter since he plans to drop out of school when he turns sixteen. Frank's behavior is characteristic of ____.
a. learned helplessness
b. anxiety disorder
c. lack of motivation
d. apathy
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Students with a field loss, or a restriction to the visual field, must be taught to use auditory cues for safety purposes on the playground, in the classroom, and in other environments.
A) True
B) False
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Each of the following falls into the federal disability category of "other health impairments' EXCEPT:
a. epilepsy
b. spina bifida
c. cystic fibrosis
d. sickle cell
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When using a behavioral contract, the consequences of student behavior are ____.
a. always a reward
b. always a punishment
c. sometimes a reward and sometimes a punishment
d. unimportant and not specified
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Parental tutoring of elementary school-aged children should consist of sessions no longer than ____.
a. 10 minutes
b. 15 minutes
c. 20 minutes
d. 30 minutes
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Sometimes students with learning and behavioral disabilities know how to act in a socially appropriate manner but don"t because they ____.
a. prefer negative recognition to none
b. are overly cautious in social situations
c. don"t have to be accepted by peers
d. are expected to behave in a specific way
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JAWS software produces synthetic speech.
A) True
B) False
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Overcorrection is an example of ____.
a. presentation punishment
b. removal punishment
c. differential reinforcement of incompatible behaviors
d. physical punishment
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Only a few children with visual impairment have concomitant developmental or physical disabilities.
A) True
B) False
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Peer rejection of students with learning and behavioral disorders predominantly stems from ____.
a. the teachers' view of learning and behavioral disorders
b. the students' failure to engage in socially appropriate behaviors
c. individual bias of peers against students who may be different
d. lack of patience on the part of peers and teachers
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Accommodations for students with "orthopedic impairments' take into consideration each of the following except the ____.
a. student's social skills
b. severity of the disability
c. student's personal needs
d. nature of the disability
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Which of the following is not a reason why students have social skills problems?
a. They have had no models for how to act in social situations.
b. They have trouble reading the social cures of others.
c. They focus too much on the feelings of those with whom they interact.
d. The act impulsively, regardless of what they know to be appropriate.
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Toxoplasmosis is a severe infection transmitted through contact with domestic animals such as cats or chickens.
A) True
B) False
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A verbal reprimand is an example of ____.
a. extinction
b. presentation punishment
c. a response cost
d. overcorrection
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The classroom conduct of students is viewed as abnormal by teachers when ____.
a. the behavior suggests physical danger to themselves or others
b. the behavior interferes with the teacher's ability to present lessons
c. the behavior negatively impacts other students in the class
d. the behavior is based in a diagnosed psychological disorder
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Braille is used as a literacy medium along with print and auditory input if the child has any residual vision.
A) True
B) False
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During class, students with behavioral disorders frequently ____.
a. prefer to engage in creative, artistic activities
b. adjust quickly to the social demands of their peers
c. engage in aggressive or disruptive behaviors
d. display excessive boredom
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Collaboration cannot be effective if teachers offer constructive criticism.
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Visual impairments do not include blindness.
A) True
B) False
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Approximately 5,000 new teachers of the visually impaired graduate each year.
A) True
B) False
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A functional vision assessment, while important, isn't performed until after other educational evaluations have been completed.
A) True
B) False
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Dorian has a learning disability that interferes with his ability to comprehend expository text. The learning skill area in which Dorian is more likely to demonstrate difficulty would be ____.
a. memory
b. academic survival
c. attention
d. reasoning
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Each of the following is a self-evaluation question you should ask before assigning homework EXCEPT:
a. Are the students capable of meeting the skill demands?
b. Do the students have the necessary background knowledge?
c. Do the parents have the necessary background knowledge?
d. Is enough time allotted to complete the assignment?