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1. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
negative reinforcement
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

2. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
a hearing aid
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
curriculum based assessment
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

3. What is acquired hearing loss?
speech or language impairment
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
hearing loss that happened after birth
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

4. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
functional vision assessment
General education classrooms
How 504 defines a disability
ESEA Act

5. The approach to reading instruction which uses students language and experiences and in which reading is taught a meaning - oriented integrated activity rather than a collection of separate skills is known as a
no
they modify students thought patterns
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
whole language

6. A remedial approach
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
where Section 504 comes from
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

7. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
compensatory education
LRE
they modify students thought patterns
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

8. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
learning disability
having them practice filing out job applications
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Emotional disturbance

9. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
hearing loss that happened after birth
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

10. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Curriculum based assessment
zero reject

11. What does outer - directedness mean?
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Non - discriminatory assessment
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

12. What is conductive hearing loss?
18
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
21 or younger
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

13. Name four areas of executive function
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
a hearing aid
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
disorder in one or more psychological processes involved in understanding or using spoken or written language that may manifest itself in the ability to listen - think - write - spell - or do math

14. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
duration recording
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
pervasive developmental disorders
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

15. 504
Stanford 9
Hear and understand speech
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
assistive technology

16. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
speech or language impairment
they modify students thought patterns
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
visual impairment

17. Which perspective attributes emotional and behavioral disorders to poor interaction with the environment in which the student and environment affect each other reciprocally and advocates interventions using the entire social system
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
50%
ecological

18. What percent of the population was ADHD?
two to nine percent
pervasive developmental disorders
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

19. What does adaptive behavior mean?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Council for Exceptional Children
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

20. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
life space analysis
principles of IDEA
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

21. What is CLOZE procedure?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

22. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Curriculum based assessment
speech or language impairment

23. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
delayed language and echolalia
compensatory education
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
ESEA Act

24. What is the prevalence of autism?
10 per 10 - 100 children
the DSM- IV
Larry P vs. Riles
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

25. A model used with ESL and deaf students
they modify students thought patterns
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
the Cummins model

26. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
ther health impairments
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
discriminatory stimulus
yes

27. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
learned helplessness
whole language
disorder in one or more psychological processes involved in understanding or using spoken or written language that may manifest itself in the ability to listen - think - write - spell - or do math
ESEA Act

28. Birthplace of FAPE
Multiple disabilities
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
PARC vs. State of Penn
functional vision assessment

29. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
having them practice filing out job applications
contingency based self - management
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
executive functioning

30. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
compensatory education
LRE
Sixty days
disorder in one or more psychological processes involved in understanding or using spoken or written language that may manifest itself in the ability to listen - think - write - spell - or do math

31. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
the Cummins model
yes
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

32. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
the Cummins model
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
where Section 504 comes from
a hearing aid

33. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
90%

34. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
the DSM- IV
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
duration recording
yes

35. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
delayed language and echolalia
IFSP

36. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
How 504 defines a disability
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

37. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Mental retardation
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
How 504 defines a disability

38. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
negative reinforcement
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Procedural safeguards
mental retardation

39. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
hearing loss that happened after birth
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

40. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
ESEA Act
21 or younger
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Specific learning disability

41. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
not legal
45%
functional vision assessment
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

42. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
two to nine percent
Multiple disabilities
curriculum based assessment
Learning disabilities

43. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
learning disability
augmentative communciation
the Cummins model
50%

44. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
Non - discriminatory assessment
pervasive developmental disorders
no
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

45. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
medication and a behavior management intervention
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

46. 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
curriculum based assessment
PARC vs. State of Penn
speech or language impairment
direct instruction

47. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
direct instruction
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
duration recording

48. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
Larry P vs. Riles
students who are mentally retarded
Deaf - blindness
duration recording

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

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50. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
50%
functional skills - social skills - career skills
social stories