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Special Education
Q:
Universal support, group support, and individual support are levels of which of the following?
A. IEP
B. ITP
C. Individual positive behavior support
D. Schoolwide positive behavior support
Q:
Malia is enrolled in the Early Entrance Program at the University of Washington in Seattle. Based on this information, you can surmise that
A) Malia has very strong social skills.
B) Malia is a high-school junior.
C) Malia's strengths are in science and math.
D) Malia is younger than age 15.
Q:
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
Q:
According to your text, the most important factor in a deaf child's life is
A) academic achievement.
B) family acceptance and inclusion.
C) life skills.
D) oral language skills.
Q:
Explain how stimulant medications affect the brain.
Q:
Assigning three to six students who are gifted and talented to the same general education classroom so that they can work together is:
A. Cluster grouping
B. All-school enrichment program
C. Accelerative method
D. Enrichment
Q:
List three situations in which IDEA states that behavioral intervention plans should be used for students with disabilities.
Q:
Positive behavior support seeks to tailor students' environments to their strengths, needs, and which of the following?
A. Differences
B. Preferences
C. Family structure
D. Cultural background
Q:
Which of the following statements about the drop out rates of gifted students is accurate?
A) The number of gifted students who drop out of high school is less than 1 percent.
B) Gifted girls are far more likely to drop out of school than gifted boys.
C) Many gifted students drop out of high school because they are bored.
D) The primary reason for drop out among gifted students is the availability of more challenging work through entrepreneurial enterprises.
Q:
Each is a way to effectively collaborate with parents in participating in the development of an appropriate IEP except:
A. Prepare in advance by appointing a service coordinator
B. Connect and start meetings with informal conversations
C. Prepare the document in advance so all the parent needs to do is sign it
D. Give parents written copies of all evaluation results, ahead of time if possible
Q:
An inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information that students use comes from the internet is:
A. Web-circle
B. Research paper
C. Technology report
D. WebQuest
Q:
Mr. Sais, a general education teacher, and Ms. Alicea, an interpreter, work together to provide an appropriate education for Kevin. What is the key component of this collaboration process?
A) communication and teamwork
B) Kevin's feelings of like or dislike for both adults
C) Ms. Alicea's ability to translate technical terms like "photosynthesis"
D) agreeing on appropriate disciplinary actions for Kevin
Q:
Which of the following is a systems-level and evidenced-based method for improving valued social and learning outcomes for all students?
A. Schoolwide positive behavior support
B. Conflict resolution
C. Problem-based learning
D. Social stories
Q:
When parents and educators have a concern, it is helpful to have a person from outside the school who can objectively structure the meeting. This person is a(n):
A. Facilitator
B. Broker
C. Mediator
D. Intermediary
Q:
What are executive functions?
Q:
Which of the following focuses on resources that promote creative thinking, problem solving, and critical-thinking skills?
A. Type I enrichment
B. Type II enrichment
C. Type III enrichment
D. Type IV enrichment
Q:
List at least four tips provided in your text to help parents be better prepared to participate in IEP meetings.
Q:
A technique used to teach appropriate interactions, cool and uncool behaviors, understanding others' perspectives, and knowing the unwritten codes of conduct is:
A. Conflict resolution
B. Peer mediation
C. Social stories
D. Schoolwide behavior support
Q:
Each of the following is generally true of IEP conferences EXCEPT:
A. Professionals tend to dominate discussions
B. Multiple family members usually attend
C. Professionals tend to dominate decision making
D. Parents often feel confused, intimidated, and disrespected
Q:
Students who have never met can work together as a result of
A) distance education technology.
B) curriculum compacting.
C) honors courses.
D) differentiated curriculum.
Q:
Which level of the Schoolwide Enrichment Model provides opportunities for applying interests, acquiring advanced-level understanding of the content and process used within particular disciplines, and developing authentic products?
A. Type I enrichment
B. Type II enrichment
C. Type III enrichment
D. Type IV enrichment
Q:
Sofia attends the only U.S. liberal arts university that is primarily for deaf students. Sofia attends
A) Gallaudet University.
B) Helen Keller College.
C) Wesleyan University.
D) Harvey Mudd College.
Q:
Why is there is no accurate estimate of the number of students with ADHD in this country?
Q:
What does Identification (Step 3 of the IEP process) include?
Q:
Teaching students how to deal with fights between and among friends and acquaintances and how to help their peers do so is:
A. General friendship skills
B. Conflict resolution
C. Positive interaction style
D. Taking the perspective of others
Q:
PTIs serve families of children with disabilities in what age range?
A. Birth to age 3
B. Birth to age 21
C. Birth to age 6
D. Birth to age 26
Q:
Which is the best example of curriculum compacting?
A) modifying or eliminating topics that gifted students have mastered
B) accelerating the enrichment program
C) covering great quantities of the curriculum at an increased rate
D) promoting a student to a higher grade based upon skill levels
Q:
Which of the following describe an alerting device for deaf persons?
A) ASL interpreter
B) communication board
C) alarm clock that vibrates the bed
D) closed captioning
Q:
Which level of the Schoolwide Enrichment Model exposes the student to a wide variety of topics, disciplines, occupations, hobbies, persons, places, and events that ordinarily would not be included in the general curriculum?
A. Type I enrichment
B. Type II enrichment
C. Type III enrichment
D. Type IV enrichment
Q:
What are the three defining behavioral characteristics of ADHD?
Q:
Which of the following teaches students to link a word to a new word or concept to help them remember the new material?
A. Keyword strategies
B. Pegword strategies
C. Letter strategies
D. Number strategies
Q:
Parent training and information centers (PTIs) help families do each of the following EXCEPT:
A. Understand the nature of disabilities
B. Communicate with educators
C. Serve as a resource for quality health care
D. Know their rights and responsibilities
Q:
Describe the resource room service delivery option.
Q:
Enrichment refers to each of the following elements except:
A. Adding instruction on disciplines not found in the typical curriculum
B. Using more challenging material
C. Using an expanded range of instructional strategies
D. Compacting the curriculum to get past already-mastered material
Q:
Memory strategies that help students learn and retain information are:
A. Keyed strategies
B. Pegboard strategies
C. Repetition strategies
D. Mnemonic strategies
Q:
The enrichment triad/revolving door model directly serves __________ of the school population, rather than just the top 2% to 3%.
A) 5%"10%
B) 10%"15%
C) 15%"20%
D) 20%"25%
Q:
Letaya uses devices that take advantage of her senses of sight and touch. She uses
A) assistive listening devices.
B) TRS.
C) alerting devices.
D) TTYs.
Q:
Which network that guides families to helpful resources has been the most thoroughly researched in terms of its particular outcomes for families?
A. Parent training and information centers
B. Community parent resource centers
C. Parent-to-parent programs
D. Family-to-family health information centers
Q:
Which of the following is a good example of how home/school communications can produce beneficial results for students with ADHD?
A) Teachers can let parents know when students have misbehaved at school, so that parents can punish the students when they get home.
B) Parents can let teachers know when children been successful at home, so that teachers can reward them appropriately at school.
C) Teachers can share effective means of helping students organize work and time at school, so that similar techniques can be implemented at home.
D) Teachers and parents can share stories about their experiences, in order to empathize better with each other.
Q:
A model of instruction that includes spending part of the day in traditional subjects and part in the community, exploring when to apply knowledge and skills is:
A. Community-based instruction
B. Project-oriented learning
C. Project-based instruction
D. Community-oriented learning
Q:
The "payoffs" a student obtains when she demonstrates the problem behavior is the:
A. Reward
B. Punishment
C. Consequence
D. Outcome
Q:
Ms. DeBarysche is an occupational therapist. Give three examples of skills she might work on with a student.
Q:
A middle school student is involved in a program where topics or skills are added to the traditional curriculum, and are often presented in more depth. The student is in which type of program?
A) grade skipping
B) curriculum compacting
C) enrichment
D) independent study
Q:
Each of the following is a network that guides families to helpful resources except which one?
A. Parent training and information centers
B. Community parent resource centers
C. Parent-to-family programs
D. Family-to-family health information centers
Q:
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
Q:
Dr. Kalwegna, who is deaf, attends a conference where a captionist using a laptop translates everything the speaker says into text that is projected onto a screen at the front of the meeting room. This is an example of
A) real-time captioning.
B) a communication board.
C) automatic speech recognition.
D) open captioning.
Q:
All of the following are examples of how teachers can help parents better understand the issues of ADHD EXCEPT
A) find accurate information about ADHD.
B) assess the accuracy of the information they find.
C) contact professionals or other parents who have formed support groups.
D) recommend medical treatment options.
Q:
Which of the following identifies specific relationships between a student's behavior and the circumstances that trigger those behaviors, especially those that impede a student's ability to learn?
A. Functional behavioral assessment
B. Positive behavior support plan
C. Psychological evaluation
D. Direct observation
Q:
What are the three most commonly used related services?
Q:
Individualizing communication requires teachers to do each of the following EXCEPT:
A. Take the family's language facility with English into consideration
B. Make themselves available at all times
C. Determine when a family has access to a telephone
D. Determine if a family has access to email
Q:
Which of the following models assists students in dealing with the social-emotional issues that might accompany their giftedness?
A. Differentiated instruction
B. Curriculum extension
C. Problem-based learning
D. The autonomous learner model
Q:
A procedure that allows more concentrated study in a topic that will not be covered by the general education classes is
A) a mentorship.
B) an internship.
C) the Revolving Door Model.
D) independent study.
Q:
Real-time captioning means
A) immediate text to speech.
B) speech to sign language.
C) immediate speech to text.
D) digitized text to speech.
Q:
Each of the following is a type of nondiscriminatory evaluation procedure used after referral to special education except:
A. Individualized IQ test
B. Adaptive behavior scale
C. Psychological evaluation
D. Individualized achievement test
Q:
What involves more than just registering, reflecting, or even understanding words that are said?
A. Critical listening
B. Empathetic listening
C. Analytical listening
D. Sympathetic listening
Q:
Which of the following is NOT an appropriate responsibility for a teacher whose student is on medication for ADHD?
A) recommend changes in dosage based upon observations
B) observe and note the effect of medication on a child
C) note effects of dosage changes
D) note changes in behavior and academic performance
Q:
Explain pull-in programming.
Q:
Ordered lists of skills or activities that range from less to more complex that can be used to differentiate expectations is/are:
A. Cognitive taxonomies
B. Acceleration
C. Curriculum extension
D. Differentiated instruction
Q:
Benefits of ____ include an adjustable pace of instruction, it is appropriately challenging for students, and it is cost effective for schools as special sections of a course do not have to be offered.
A) acceleration
B) advanced placement
C) mentorships
D) internships
Q:
Autism is primarily:
A. Biological in origin
B. Behavioral in origin
C. Environmental in origin
D. Familial in origin
Q:
Being reliable, using sound judgment and maintaining confidentiality are elements of:
A. Respect
B. Advocacy
C. Commitment
D. Trust
Q:
TTY or a telecommunication device allows deaf people to
A) watch TV.
B) hear a concert.
C) place and receive telephone calls by typing information.
D) have a system for answering doors.
Q:
Describe at least two ways that e-books can help students with and without disabilities.
Q:
Providing instruction only on content that a student has not yet mastered is:
A. Acceleration
B. Curriculum extension
C. Compacting the curriculum
D. Differentiated instruction
Q:
Which of the following are related to food selectivity, toe walking, visual/auditory sensitivity, and energy levels?
A. Behavior disorders
B. Sensory disorders
C. Movement disorders
D. Intellectual disorders
Q:
Jerome, a high-school student, is taking taking an advanced class in chemistry. He qualified for this class due to his high achievement in this area. This is an example of
A) honor sections.
B) advanced placement.
C) individualized instruction.
D) ability grouping.
Q:
Advocacy involves each of the following EXCEPT:
A. Seeking win-win solutions
B. Preventing problems
C. Keeping your conscience primed
D. Affirming strengths
Q:
Closed-captioning is
A) subtitles for all to see.
B) subtitles available only to those who select that option.
C) words presented on a screen with no picture.
D) audio descriptions of what is happening on screen.
Q:
What training prepares students to advocate for their own instructional needs?
A. Self-monitoring
B. Self-determination
C. Self-esteem
D. Self-knowledge
Q:
Which person is usually the medical liaison between home, school, and medical community for a student with ADHD?
A) the school nurse
B) the parent
C) the pediatrician
D) the psychiatrist who prescribes the medication
Q:
List the four cornerstones that guarantee an appropriate education in the LRE to each student with a disability.
Q:
Abnormal posture; abnormal movements of the face, head, trunk, and limbs; abnormal eye movements; repeated gestures and mannerisms; and awkward gait are characteristics of which of the following?
A. Sensory disorders
B. Behavior disorders
C. Intellectual disorders
D. Movement disorders
Q:
Trina is a kindergarten student who can already read books, write stories, and solve math problems. Which of the following would be the best option for Trina?
A) honor sections.
B) grade skipping.
C) home schooling.
D) ability grouping.
Q:
Sharing power, fostering empowerment, and providing options are elements of:
A. Commitment
B. Advocacy
C. Equality
D. Respect
Q:
What system allows for direct transmission of sound from the source to the listener's ear through an earphone using radio waves?
A) hearing aid
B) telecoil
C) audio loop
D) telecomputer device
Q:
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
Q:
The Individualized Academic Support Plan
A) is a required part of a high school student's transition plan.
B) must provide details on the amount of time a high school student spends in the general education setting.
C) is an example of a plan used with postsecondary students with ADHD.
D) is usually developed by the school nurse.
Q:
Problem behavior typically serves:
A. To get a student out of doing something
B. To end an activity
C. An emotional purpose
D. A communicative function
Q:
Which of the following is not listed in your text as a purpose of evaluation in special education?
A) remove a student from the regular classroom
B) determine annual gains in performance
C) change a student's services
D) guide instruction
Q:
The three practices associated with professional competence within family-professional partnerships are providing a quality education, continuing to learn, and:
A. Being sensitive to emotional needs
B. Fostering empowerment
C. Setting high expectations
D. Forming alliances