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1. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
1%
hearing loss that happened after birth

2. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
executive functioning
an audiometer
yes
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

3. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Larry P vs. Riles
functional vision assessment

4. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
no
Curriculum based assessment
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Council for Exceptional Children

5. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
Mental retardation
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
articulation
two to nine percent

6. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
an audiometer
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
General education classrooms
categorical approach

7. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
10 per 10 - 100 children
group contingency contracting
1%

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

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9. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
45%
augmentative communciation
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Autism

10. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

11. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
curriculum based assessment
students who are mentally retarded
contingency based self - management

12. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
the DSM- IV
medication and a behavior management intervention
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

13. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
augmentative communciation
learned helplessness
45%

14. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
zero reject
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Multiple disabilities
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

15. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
Deafness
learning disability
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
curriculum based assessment

16. What is conductive hearing loss?
two to nine percent
zero reject
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
ther health impairments

17. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
an audiometer
Stanford 9
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
21 or younger

18. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
they modify students thought patterns
yes
functional skills - social skills - career skills
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

19. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
where Section 504 comes from
yes
Deaf - blindness
Deafness

20. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Deafness
Procedural safeguards
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

21. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
the Cummins model
not legal
45%
50%

22. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Hear and understand speech

23. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
where Section 504 comes from
Council for Exceptional Children
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

24. Mental retardation originates before what age?
contingency based self - management
Traumatic brain injury
social stories
18

25. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
discriminatory stimulus
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
functional vision assessment

26. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
whole language
Council for Exceptional Children
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

27. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
LRE
try to find appropriate content at grade level

28. What does FVA stand for?
Mental retardation
functional vision assessment
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
principles of IDEA

29. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
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
principles of IDEA
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
ESEA Act

30. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Deafness
negative reinforcement
21 or younger

31. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
social stories
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
speech or language impairment
articulation

32. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
group contingency contracting
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

33. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
an individualized transition plan
Autism
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

34. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
direct instruction

35. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Sixty days
having them practice filing out job applications
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

36. ADHD criteria is defined by
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
the DSM- IV
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

37. All the members of a group must achieve a certain goal before any member of the group receives a reward is an example of a
contingency based self - management
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
group contingency contracting
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

38. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
an audiometer
speech or language impairment
Emotional disturbance
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

39. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
the DSM- IV
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
developmental

40. Metacognition is connected to
curriculum based assessment
try to find appropriate content at grade level
executive functioning
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

41. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Larry P vs. Riles
90%

42. Share the responsibility for the students education
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

43. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
IFSP
Hearing impairment
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
PARC vs. State of Penn

44. What is CLOZE procedure?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
45%
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
yes

45. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Hear and understand speech
Council for Exceptional Children
yes
duration recording

46. 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
whole language
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Sixty days
Procedural safeguards

47. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
curriculum based assessment
categorical approach

48. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
45%
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Multiple disabilities
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

49. Specific learning disability
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
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
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

50. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
discriminatory stimulus
Council for Exceptional Children
visual impairment