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Q: Ms. Waters initially interacts with her student Mario in the same manner as the rest of her students. Yet, in Mario's culture, the way she uses praise, humor, and personal space are all considered inappropriate. As a result, Mario views her with distrust. Sensing this, she in turn decides that he has "an attitude" and begins to view him negatively. This is an example of A) multiculturalism. B) cross-cultural dissonance. C) code switching. D) inconsistency of educational programming.

Q: RTI is a model for: A. Identification B. Rehabilitation C. Assessment D. Instruction

Q: A popular person-centered approach that customizes students' IEPs to their specific visions, strengths, and needs is: A. MAP B. SETT C. AAC D. Wraparound

Q: Which of the following conditions brought about a parental call for mainstreaming in the 1960s? A) overcrowded residential institutions due to World War II B) overcrowded residential institutions due to prematurity C) overcrowded residential institutions due to rubella D) a highly publicized case in Oxford, Mississippi of three blind children who were successfully mainstreamed

Q: A child must exhibit a recurrent pattern of behavior characterized by at least __________ behavior(s) in order to be identified as having oppositional defiant disorder by the DSM-IV-TR. A) one B) two C) three D) four

Q: A problem-solving approach that involves multiple tiers of increasingly intense, research-based interventions matched to each student's needs is: A. Response to Intervention B. Norm-referenced assessment C. Discrepancy model D. Reaction to Instruction

Q: Ms. Mondragon understands the cultural standards of the Hispanic, African American, and Native American students in her classroom. Ms. Mondragon would be considered A) diverse. B) a code switcher. C) culturally responsive. D) culturally competent.

Q: 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

Q: A gifted education teacher wants to collaborate with you to differentiate instruction for two gifted students who are underachieving in your classroom. What are some issues that you two should address together?

Q: When determining the presence of learning disabilities using the discrepancy standard, evaluators compare a student's IQ and achievement scores. Woodcock (1990) described three types of discrepancies which include all of the following except: A. Norm-referenced B. Aptitude-achievement C. Intracognitive D. Intra-achievement

Q: 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

Q: An increase in cases of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) occurred in the 1950s A) due to a rubella epidemic across the country. B) when new medical advances were implemented that provided extra oxygen to premature infants. C) as veterans of World War II developed long-term side effects of their exposure to chemical agents. D) as pregnant women tried a new drug to decrease their symptoms of morning sickness.

Q: Fourteen-year-old Ellis frequently loses his temper, argues with adults, actively defies or refuses to comply with requests or rules of adults, and is often spiteful and vindictive. Ellis meets the A) characteristics of emotional disturbance, as defined by the federal government. B) characteristics of oppositional defiant disorder, according to the DSM-IV-TR. C) traits associated with internalizing behavior disorders. D) part of the NMHSEC definition for emotional or behavioral disorders.

Q: According to the figure in your text, a student with an average IQ of 100 and severe discrepancy in reading, would have an achievement score of which of the following, or below? A. 100 B. 18 C. 122 D. 80

Q: Isaiah, an African American child, speaks a learned and rule-governed social dialect of nonstandard English. Which of the following statements is true? A) He should be referred for special education. B) He has a language impairment. C) His teacher should not let him speak this way in class. D) He speaks using Ebonics.

Q: The Apgar Test is a traditional way to screen for detection of a disability in a newborn. The test includes ranking the child on five traits, including heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, gag reflex, and which of the following? A. Mobility B. Skin color C. Grasping D. Eyesight

Q: Explain the enrichment triad/revolving door model.

Q: Three ways that IDEA allows agencies to determine the presence of learning disabilities are through each of these ways except which one? A. Discrepancy model B. Scientific, research based interventions C. Other alternative research based procedures D. Report card grades

Q: In what percent of time is the cause of severe intellectual impairments known? A. 25% B. 50% C. 75% D. 100%

Q: Who has a cane named after him, and is credited with developing a mobility and orientation system? A) Samuel G. Howe B) Frank Hall C) Louis Braille D) Richard Hoover

Q: According to the definition of emotional or behavioral disorders developed by the National Mental Health and Special Education Coalition, the disability must be exhibited in A) at least three settings. B) two different settings, at least one of which is school-related. C) response to temporary, stressful events in the child's environment. D) conjunction with either an affective or anxiety disorder.

Q: 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

Q: Deaf-blindness is a separate category under IDEA because: A. The majority of students with multiple disabilities are deaf-blind B. These students have unique educational needs C. So few students with multiple disabilities are deaf-blind D. Advocacy groups for the deaf-blind have been so effective

Q: 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

Q: When the teachers at East City Elementary hear students speaking both Spanish and English in the same sentence, they should know that the students' use of dual languages indicates A) a possible need for special education services. B) the need for a total immersion approach to English language acquisition. C) that dual language proficiency is developing. D) their confusion regarding appropriate language choices in educational settings.

Q: Describe the accelerated approach with gifted students and explain the benefits.

Q: Students with multiple disabilities often have motor impairments that produce: A. Extreme pain B. Abnormal muscle tone C. Broken bones D. Convulsions

Q: __________ opened the first school for the blind in Paris in 1784, while __________ designed the raised six-dot system similar to the reading and writing method used today. A) Valentin Hay; Louis Braille B) Richard Hoover; Louis Braille C) Louis Braille; Frank Hall D) Edward Allen; Frank Hall

Q: Having difficulty recalling information shortly after it is presented is an example of which of the following? A. Short term memory B. Executive functioning skills C. Metacognition D. Social skills

Q: Rashna has been identified as having emotional disturbance. In order to qualify for special education services, the IEP team must also determine that A) she has a conduct disorder. B) she does not have schizophrenia. C) her educational performance has been adversely affected. D) this condition has lasted longer than a month.

Q: Most students with multiple disabilities have IQ scores of: A. 100 or lower B. 25 or lower C. 80 or lower D. Just over 100

Q: East City Elementary has a small but growing population of recent immigrants from Mexico. As these children interact on the playground, the teachers notice that they speak both Spanish and English, often in the same sentence. This is an example of A) code switching. B) Ebonics. C) wind-talking. D) cross-cultural dissonance.

Q: An example of working memory is: A. Storing information B. Reading in an automatic fashion C. Remembering facts D. The ability to preserve some information while processing other information

Q: Kaiis is a gifted child who started kindergarten already reading. What cautions and considerations do you have for his kindergarten teacher?

Q: Intellectual functioning, adaptive skills, motor development, sensory functioning, and which of the following are characteristics of multiple disabilities? A. Communication skills B. Behavior problems C. Vocational skills D. Brain disorders

Q: Which of the following famous Greek scholars was blind? A) Socrates B) Plato C) Aristotle D) Homer

Q: The IDEA definition of emotional disturbance requires at least one of the characteristics to A) persist over an extended period of time. B) have a biological cause. C) be short in duration. D) have an environmental cause.

Q: Procedural problems, and fact retrieval are indications of: A. Language difficulty B. Reading difficulty C. Executive functioning D. Math difficulty

Q: Mira is a student from India who speaks Bengali and English. To be classified as having a speech or language impairment, she must demonstrate the impairment A) in an unusual dialect. B) in the English language. C) in the home. D) in both languages.

Q: Compare and contrast product and process evaluation.

Q: Briefly describe Gardner's eight dimensions of intelligence.

Q: What percent of students receiving special education services are classified with multiple disabilities? A. About 20% B. Nearly 10% C. Over 5% D. About 2%

Q: Difficulty with decoding words, comprehending text, and appropriate speed and fluency are elements of: A. Language disorder B. Reading disorder C. Written language disorder D. Math disorder

Q: Describe the schoolwide enrichment model.

Q: If your own child were deaf, which communication method would you choose for him or her? Explain your answer.

Q: The work of Wolf, Baer and Risley was instrumental in the development of __________ in classrooms nationwide. A) behavioral management systems B) token economies C) community based instruction D) time-out rooms

Q: Nationwide, the majority of ELLs speakA) Chinese.B) Bengali.C) Vietnamese.D) Spanish.

Q: What is an internship?

Q: Discuss the different methods of educating deaf children.

Q: Each of the following is a component of the definition of multiple disabilities except: A. There are concomitant impairments B. The combination of impairments causes severe educational needs C. Needs may be accommodated by programs for just one of the impairments D. Needs cannot be accommodated by services solely for one of the impairments

Q: __________ showed that an ecological approach could affect major changes in the lives of troubled children. A) William Healy B) The Santa Monica Project C) Project Re-Ed D) The Juvenile Psychopathic Institute in Chicago

Q: Elba is learning to speak English as her second language. The most current term used to refer to describe Elba is A) bicultural. B) bilingual. C) limited English proficient. D) English language learner.

Q: Which of the following represents the percentage of students who have disabilities in both reading and math? A. 30 B. 10 C. 20 D. 40

Q: Provide an example of how technology can be integrated into science instruction to extend the standard curriculum.

Q: Describe the autonomous learner model and tell why it is useful for students who are gifted.

Q: Why is early identification and the resulting intervention so important to infants and toddlers who are deaf or hard of hearing?

Q: __________ is considered to be the father of American psychiatry, and proposed more humane methods of caring for children with emotional problems. A) Sigmund Freud B) Benjamin Rush C) Samuel Gridley Howe D) Philippe Pinel

Q: Describe applied behavior analysis (ABA) and discrete trial training.

Q: What percentage of students with disabilities have specific learning disabilities? A. About 75% B. Nearly 36% C. Almost 26% D. About 14%

Q: Compare and contrast enrichment and acceleration.

Q: Guillermina speaks Spanish as her native language. Guillermina is considered A) linguistically diverse. B) culturally assimilated. C) to have a language disorder. D) historically overrepresented.

Q: Explain functional behavioral assessment (FBA) and its purposes.

Q: Explain curriculum compacting.

Q: Which one of the following is part of the exclusionary criteria for learning disabilities? A. An impairment that is caused primarily by poor instruction B. An impairment that is caused primarily by perceptual difficulties C. An impairment that is caused primarily by emotional disturbance D. An impairment that is caused primarily by brain injury

Q: List four major causes of hearing loss and preventive measures for each.

Q: Describe the characteristics of students who are gifted and talented.

Q: During which time period was treatment of people with mental disorders enlightened and humane? A) 17th-century France B) ancient Egypt C) the Middle Ages D) 18th-century America

Q: Vinna is from a cultural group that is not Eurocentric or of mainstream America. She is considered to be A) linguistically diverse. B) culturally diverse. C) limited English proficient. D) historically overrepresented.

Q: Discuss the causes of autism, and provide an historical perspective on causes.

Q: Why is it important for teachers to become partners with parents in advocating for the rights and services of children with disabilities?

Q: When are the two points in a student's school career where grade skipping typically occurs?

Q: Describe the physical process of hearing.

Q: What are four ways to integrate critical thinking into daily instructional strategies?

Q: What are some of the responsibilities of the school nurse regarding students' prescription drug usage?

Q: The three dimensions of diversity most often referred to by educators are A) culture, language, and ethnicity. B) ethnicity, disability, and language. C) language, race, and socioeconomic status. D) language, disability, and culture.

Q: Describe repetitive and problem behaviors exhibited by some students with autism and suggest possible explanations for those behaviors.

Q: Describe how you can enhance family participation in IEP conferences.

Q: Regardless of the approach used, all activities used with gifted students should emphasize certain skills. List those skills.

Q: Describe the roles of the educational interpreter in a classroom setting.

Q: What is curriculum compacting?