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1. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
ESEA Act
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Specific learning disability
Multiple disabilities

2. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
life space analysis
Specific learning disability
an audiometer

3. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
visual impairment
mental retardation
functional skills - social skills - career skills
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

4. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
speech or language impairment
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

5. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
Procedural safeguards
Mental retardation
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Program first placement second

6. 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?
principles of IDEA
Autism
try to find appropriate content at grade level
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

7. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
zero reject
curriculum based assessment

8. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
two to nine percent
Specific learning disability
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

9. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
yes
IFSP
not legal
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

10. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
curriculum based assessment
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
negative reinforcement

11. Multiple and severe disabilties
two to nine percent
mental retardation
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

12. A remedial approach
Emotional disturbance
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

13. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
yes
Fourteen
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Deafness

14. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
90%
Fourteen
Autism

15. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
Hear and understand speech
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

16. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
hearing loss that happened after birth
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
1%

17. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
an individualized transition plan
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

18. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
social stories
assistive technology
delayed language and echolalia
categorical approach

19. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
Orthopedic impairment
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
hearing loss that was present at birth

20. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
18
45%
Orthopedic impairment
Larry P vs. Riles

21. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
zero reject
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
mental retardation
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

22. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
pervasive developmental disorders
they modify students thought patterns
negative reinforcement
contingency based self - management

23. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
10 per 10 - 100 children
Multiple disabilities
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

24. What does a cochlear implant do?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
assistive technology
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

25. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Hearing impairment
student to student
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

26. 504
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Emotional disturbance

27. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
negative reinforcement
How 504 defines a disability
Council for Exceptional Children
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

28. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
life space analysis
two to nine percent
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
21 or younger

29. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
speech or language impairment
Orthopedic impairment
Emotional disturbance

30. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
Program first placement second
Larry P vs. Riles
Hear and understand speech
categorical approach

31. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
Program first placement second
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
duration recording
developmental

32. Metacognition is connected to
executive functioning
Traumatic brain injury
PARC vs. State of Penn
Mental retardation

33. What percent of the population was ADHD?
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
pervasive developmental disorders
two to nine percent
not legal

34. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Program first placement second
executive functioning
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

35. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
ther health impairments
speech or language impairment
group contingency contracting
contingency based self - management

36. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
90%
the DSM- IV
Traumatic brain injury
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

37. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

38. Name four areas of executive function
pervasive developmental disorders
try to find appropriate content at grade level
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

39. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

40. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
Non - discriminatory assessment
ther health impairments
Mental retardation
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

41. What does FVA stand for?
visual impairment
yes
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
functional vision assessment

42. What is the prevalence of autism?
10 per 10 - 100 children
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Deafness
augmentative communciation

43. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
direct instruction
Curriculum based assessment
Sixty days
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

44. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
Program first placement second
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

45. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
a hearing aid
medication and a behavior management intervention
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

46. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
discriminatory stimulus
zero reject
contingency based self - management
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

47. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
medication and a behavior management intervention

48. ADHD criteria is defined by
Learning disabilities
ther health impairments
the DSM- IV
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

49. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
augmentative communciation
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Deaf - blindness

50. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
yes
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
curriculum based assessment