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Special Education
Q:
Which of the following students with exceptionalities are not required, by the federal government, to be provided with a special education?
A) Students with emotional disturbances
B) Students who are gifted and talented
C) Students with visual impairments
D) Students with a traumatic brain injury
Q:
Andre's legs are paralyzed, but he has full use of his arms. His condition is
A) diplegia.
B) hemiplegia.
C) paraplegia.
D) quadriplegia.
Q:
Which of the following is not an advantage of labeling individuals with special needs?
A) Labels serve as a means for effective communication among professionals.
B) Labels establish an individual's eligibility for services.
C) Labels serve as a means for funding.
D) Labels can be used as an acceptable excuse.
Q:
With regards to exceptionality, as discussed in the text, all of the following would be examples of exceptionality except a
A) Student with autism
B) Child who is gifted and talented
C) Person who has traumatic brain injury
D) Student who is much taller than his or her classmates
Q:
Cerebral palsy is classified by
A) the limbs involved and type of motor disability.
B) time period during which brain damage occurred.
C) severity of the symptoms.
D) the effect on intellectual functioning.
Q:
Public Law (PL) 108-446 identifies how many categories of disabilities?
A) 13
B) 10
C) 17
D) 6
Q:
All of the following can cause cerebral palsy EXCEPT
A) maternal infections.
B) premature birth.
C) maternal exposure to toxic substances.
D) adequate oxygen supply to the brain.
Q:
All of the following are good suggestions for communicating about individuals with disabilities except
A) Emphasizing abilities
B) Putting people first
C) Portraying successful people with disabilities as superhuman
D) Showing people with disabilities as active
Q:
Cerebral palsy is
A) a neurological disease.
B) subject to frequent remission.
C) sometimes contagious.
D) a nonprogressive disorder.
Q:
Simply stated, a special education is a(n) ______________________ instructional program designed to meet the unique needs of an individual learner.
A) Universal
B) Customized
C) Appropriate
D) Collaborative
Q:
When a child's nervous system is damaged, no matter what the cause, which of the following is often one of the symptoms?
A) muscular weakness or paralysis
B) cognitive deficits
C) seizures
D) missing or malformed limbs
Q:
Impairments that are the result of injury to the brain that also affect the ability to move parts of one's body are
A) neurological impairments.
B) traumatic brain injuries.
C) orthopedic impairments.
D) neuromotor impairments.
Q:
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
Q:
What effect have advances in medicine had on the need for special education due to physical disabilities?
A) almost eliminated the need for special education for the majority of students with physical disabilities
B) increased the need for special education for students with severe disabilities
C) made it more difficult to identify students with physical disabilities
D) the number of students needing services has been unaffected by medical advances
Q:
The terms developmentally delayed and at risk are defined by the
A) Federal government
B) State governments
C) Municipal governments
D) School districts
Q:
Exceptionality is a(n) __________________ term generally referring to individuals who differ from societal or community standards of normalcy.
A) Inclusive
B) Exclusive
C) Proprietary
D) Rude
Q:
Which statement is true?
A) The number of people with physical disabilities is declining and the availability of service programs is improving.
B) The number of people with physical disabilities is growing along with the availability of service programs.
C) The number of people with physical disabilities is growing but the availability of service programs is not.
D) The number of people with physical disabilities is declining so the availability of service programs is decreasing.
Q:
A perspective that reflects dignity and potential is referred to as
A) Being able to recognize a disability on sight
B) Speaking in terms of a disability, when describing a person
C) Using people-first language
D) Never using the word disability
Q:
A condition that becomes more and more severe over time is
A) progressive.
B) episodic.
C) chronic.
D) acute.
Q:
A condition that recurs at successive times but does not necessarily become more severe overtime is
A) progressive.
B) episodic.
C) chronic.
D) acute.
Q:
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
Q:
A condition that is incurable is
A) progressive.
B) episodic.
C) chronic.
D) acute.
Q:
An inability or incapacity to perform a particular task or activity in a specific way because of sensory, physical, cognitive, or other forms of impairment is called
A) Handicap
B) Intellectual disability
C) Disability
D) Autism
Q:
According to Gargiulo and Kilgo (2014), __________________ refers to the delivery of a coordinated and comprehensive package of specialized services to infants and toddlers.
A) Special education
B) Universal design
C) Early childhood special education
D) Early intervention
Q:
A condition that may be severe but resolves with treatment is
A) progressive.
B) episodic.
C) chronic.
D) acute.
Q:
Impairments that a child is born with are referred to as
A) primary characteristics.
B) congenital anomalies.
C) secondary problems.
D) acquired disabilities.
Q:
All of the following are categories of disability under IDEA except
A) Traumatic brain injury
B) Autism
C) Gifted and talented
D) Multiple disabilities
Q:
The primary distinguishing characteristic of children with physical disability is
A) intellectual and health problems.
B) intellectual and medical problems.
C) physical limitations or health problems.
D) medical or cognitive problems.
Q:
Key ingredients required for successful cooperative teaching include all except
A) Mutual respect
B) Mandatory participation
C) Shared instructional philosophy
D) Adequate planning time
Q:
________ recognized the importance of sensory stimulation.
A) Jean Marc Gaspard Itard
B) Jacob Rodrigues Pereira
C) douard Sguin
D) Alfred Binet
Q:
Why should"early intervention"be seen as having two meanings: (1) early in the child's life and (2) as soon as possible after the disability is detected?
Q:
Describe ways that teachers of students with multiple and severe disabilities can collaborate with others to provide services.
Q:
What percentage of students with disabilities will drop out of school?
A) 10%
B) 25%
C) 33%
D) 57%
Q:
______________________ refers to the impact of a disability.
A) Delay
B) Impairment
C) Limitation
D) Handicap
Q:
Write a case description involving a teacher and a young student with a severe disability who exhibits repeated tantrums (describe one tantrum event). In so doing, describe what the tantrum consists of, why the student has a tantrum, and what the teacher's reaction to the tantrum should be.
Q:
______________________helped to establish an organization that was the forerunner to the American Association on Mental Retardation.
A) douard Sguin
B) Philippe Pinel
C) Maria Montessori
D) Lewis Terman
Q:
Describe augmentative and alternative communication systems. What problems are associated with AAC? What are the benefits of AAC?
Q:
Why should students with Usher syndrome receive intensive and extensive instruction in Braille and orientation and mobility even when they are still able to see?
Q:
In the 1970s, students with disabilities were afforded the right to a _________________ education.
A) Desegregated and appropriate
B) Free and appropriate
C) Free and inclusive
D) Free and public
Q:
Discuss some of the major issues pertaining to head injuries in athletics.
Q:
The total number of individuals with a particular disability at a given time is referred to as__________________.
A) Incidence
B) Prevalence
C) Frequency
D) A sample
Q:
In _______________________ a teacher and a special educator plan and deliver instruction together to a heterogeneous group of students.
A) Cooperative teaching
B) Tandem teaching
C) Multidisciplinary teaching
D) Universal design instruction
Q:
Write a description of what you think life might have been like for Helen Keller and Laura Bridgman if they had not had the intensive and extensive instruction they received from Annie Sullivan and Samuel Gridley Howe, respectively.
Q:
Describe the major problems that students with TBI experience with reentry to school after their trauma.
Q:
American educator and psychologist who developed the notion of intelligence quotient, or IQ, is
A) Alfred Binet
B) Alexander Graham Bell
C) Lewis Terman
D) Samuel Gridley Howe
Q:
Which major educational reform focused on the academic achievement of students and qualifications of teachers?
A) No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (PL 107-110)
B) Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (PL 105-17)
C) Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986 (PL 99-457)
D) Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (PL108-446)
Q:
Who called attention to the shocking conditions in asylums during the mid-19th century?
A) Francis Galton
B) Samuel Gridley Howe
C) Dorothea Dix
D) Maria Montesorri
Q:
Explain why traumatic brain injury (TBI) is sometimes considered "invisible" and a "silent epidemic."
Q:
Write a case description of an individual with traumatic brain injury (TBI) that illustrates (by example) the possible effects of TBI.
Q:
The best place to teach domestic skills is not always the student's home.
Q:
Who, as an early teacher of students with hearing impairments, advocated for the use of residual hearing?
A) Alexander Graham Bell
B) Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
C) Francis Galton
D) Lewis Terman
Q:
Which event set the stage for the rapid expansion of special education services?
A) The Civil War
B) World War II
C) The assassination of John F. Kennedy
D) The creation of Braille
Q:
Teachers and others who work with individuals who have tantrums know they frequently need to withdraw demands for performance, even when the demands are reasonable.
Q:
The need for AAC has been decreasing as more people with severe disabilities are being taught to use natural language.
Q:
One concern associated with alternative teaching is that
A) Not all students receive all of the critical content
B) It requires two teachers
C) Students may become stigmatized
D) Students may not receive equity in instruction
Q:
The transition from school to postschool environments for students with disabilities may be enhanced by increasing the
A) Intensity of the traditional curriculum
B) Relevance of the traditional curriculum
C) Level of difficulty of the traditional curriculum
D) Duration of the traditional program
Q:
Most authorities agree that the biggest obstacle faced by people with deaf-blindness is accessing information.
Q:
In 1984, Madeline Will proposed a three-level model of transition support services referred to as the
A) Bridges model
B) Cascade model
C) School to work program
D) Vocational support taxonomy
Q:
The major symptoms of Usher syndrome are hearing loss, vision loss, and mental retardation.
Q:
Early intervention programming is guided by the
A) Individualized education plan (IEP)
B) Individualized family service plan (IFSP)
C) Individualized family education plan (IFEP)
D) Individualized transition plan (ITP)
Q:
The term deaf-blindness includes those with a combination of low vision and mild hearing impairments.
Q:
The term early childhood special education typically refers to children ages
A) Birth to 2 years
B) Birth to 5 years
C) 3 to 5 years
D) 3 to 7 years
Q:
Many of the behavior management or modification strategies used with students with E/BD are not effective with students with TBI.
Q:
Before age 5, the main cause of TBI is vehicular accidents.
Q:
The concept of "universal design" was derived from the field of
A) Religion
B) Mathematics
C) Biology
D) Architecture
Q:
The effects of TBI are always severe and permanent.
Q:
People with a severe disability in any area often have more than one disability.
Q:
In the "one teach, one observe" model of cooperative teaching, one teacher delivers instruction while the other teacher
A) Provides additional assistance to struggling students
B) Collects data concerning the other teacher's presentation
C) Collects data on student performance
D) Prepares materials for the next lesson
Q:
Each of the following is an example of vocational training that would likely occur in elementary school EXCEPT
a) learning to keep a schedule.
b) apprenticeships at different jobs.
c) performing work-like tasks.
d) building social skills.
Q:
Which type of teaming involves each team member performing individual assessment and then collaborating during program development?
A) Multidisciplinary
B) Interdisciplinary
C) Transdisciplinary
D) Parallel
Q:
Who founded the first school for the deaf?
A) Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
B) Samuel Gridley Howe
C) Dorothea Dix
D) Lewis Terman
Q:
Each of the following statements about early intervention is true EXCEPT
a) It is best to assume that all parents need to be educated about how to be better parents to avoid overlooking a likely problem.
b) Someone in the program, or immediately available, should speak the family's preferred language.
c) Professionals in related disciplines should work collaboratively, not independently.
d) Developmentally appropriate practices should be balanced with practices that are also chronologically age appropriate.
Q:
Michelle is an early intervention specialist who works with families who have children with severe disabilities. Although they are not proven to be effective by research, she knows that she needs to provide individualized practices for each family, communicate with family members in a non-paternalistic manner, and ensure that any placement she recommends be safe and clean. These are examples of
a) multiculturally-based practices.
b) cross-disciplinary collaboration.
c) family-centered practices.
d) value-based practices.
Q:
A type of cooperative teaching in which two teachers instruct two different segments of a lesson and then exchange students is referred to as
A) Parallel teaching
B) Alternative teaching
C) Team teaching
D) Station teaching
Q:
Each of the following is considered a criterion essential for early intervention programs in special education EXCEPT
a) research-or value-based practices.
b) family-centered practices.
c) disregard for the principle of normalization.
d) chronologically age-appropriate practices.
Q:
Services for young students with disabilities were mandated with the passing of
A) Education for All Handicapped Children Act (PL 94-142)
B) Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986 (PL 99-457)
C) PL 101-476, the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (commonly known as IDEA)
D) Americans With Disabilities Act (PL 101-336)
Q:
Programs centered on the common instructional needs of students are best described as
A) Noncategorical
B) Categorical
C) Exceptional
D) Multidisciplinary
Q:
Which term does not describe special education?
A) Services
B) Location
C) Individualized
D) Instructional programs
Q:
Which of the following is a fundamental assumption of positive behavioral support?
a) Typically, one factor alone is responsible for the presence of specific behavior.
b) Each behavior carries a communicative intent.
c) All behavior is modifiable.
d) Positive behavioral support is not like to behavior modification.
Q:
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.