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1. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
an audiometer
learning disability
social stories

2. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Traumatic brain injury
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

3. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
student to student
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
principles of IDEA
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

4. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
21 or younger
Fourteen
mental retardation

5. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Curriculum based assessment
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
mental retardation

6. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Hearing impairment

7. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
90%
Program first placement second
students who are mentally retarded
compensatory education

8. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
the DSM- IV
augmentative communciation

9. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
categorical approach
an audiometer

10. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
where Section 504 comes from
mental retardation
articulation
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

11. What are four types of data based decision making?
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Non - discriminatory assessment

12. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
mental retardation
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

13. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Autism
Learning disabilities
IFSP

14. Mental retardation originates before what age?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
an individualized transition plan
developmental
18

15. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
life space analysis
having them practice filing out job applications
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Deafness

16. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
principles of IDEA
Specific learning disability
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

17. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
45%
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
life space analysis
Non - discriminatory assessment

18. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
General education classrooms
Emotional disturbance
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

19. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Sixty days
zero reject

20. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
no
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
duration recording

21. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
the Cummins model
ESEA Act
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

22. If a 5th grade student is getting frustrated in social studies because he still reads at a third grade level - what should the teacher do?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Fourteen
mental retardation

23. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Stanford 9
speech or language impairment
an audiometer

24. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
delayed language and echolalia
Council for Exceptional Children
ther health impairments
students who are mentally retarded

25. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
learning disability
articulation
medication and a behavior management intervention
45%

26. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
LRE
try to find appropriate content at grade level
How 504 defines a disability
assistive technology

27. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
21 or younger
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

28. Learners with disabilities have opportunities to achieve commensurate with their peers

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29. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
early traumatic experiences
an individualized transition plan

30. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
Fourteen
yes
social stories
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

31. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
Mental retardation
IFSP
Specific learning disability
21 or younger

32. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
Specific learning disability
group contingency contracting
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
social stories

33. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
Sixty days
Mental retardation
45%
contingency based self - management

34. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
developmental
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Larry P vs. Riles

35. What does adaptive behavior mean?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
principles of IDEA
augmentative communciation

36. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

37. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Curriculum based assessment
yes

38. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
augmentative communciation

39. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
medication and a behavior management intervention
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Specific learning disability

40. If a college bound student has the accommodation that he uses a tape recorder in english and a calculator in algebra II this is an example of
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
assistive technology
direct instruction
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

41. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
18
1%
student to student
IFSP

42. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
1%
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Stanford 9

43. Share the responsibility for the students education
articulation
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
medication and a behavior management intervention
Emotional disturbance

44. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
General education classrooms
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
augmentative communciation

45. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Learning disabilities
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

46. What does outer - directedness mean?
pervasive developmental disorders
speech or language impairment
developmental
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

47. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
yes
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
try to find appropriate content at grade level

48. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
negative reinforcement
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
ESEA Act

49. A teacher who sets clear and explicit goals for each lesson - presents a logical sequence of tasks - gives clear directions on how to do eacht ask - engages the student in guided practice - asks frequent questions - gives feedback - and does not move
1%
learned helplessness
direct instruction
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

50. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
learning disability
ther health impairments
having them practice filing out job applications
Specific learning disability