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1. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
learned helplessness
18
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

2. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
Stanford 9
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
medication and a behavior management intervention
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

3. Share the responsibility for the students education
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
18
functional skills - social skills - career skills

4. ADHD criteria is defined by
the DSM- IV
pervasive developmental disorders
principles of IDEA
21 or younger

5. Birthplace of FAPE
a hearing aid
PARC vs. State of Penn
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Traumatic brain injury

6. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
categorical approach
45%

7. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
medication and a behavior management intervention
group contingency contracting
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
IFSP

8. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
developmental
LRE
having them practice filing out job applications
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

9. What percent of the population was ADHD?
social stories
Non - discriminatory assessment
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
two to nine percent

10. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
Specific learning disability
developmental
articulation
yes

11. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
Multiple disabilities
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
the DSM- IV
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

12. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Fourteen
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
zero reject

13. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
LRE
Non - discriminatory assessment
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

14. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
duration recording
principles of IDEA
articulation

15. A remedial approach
executive functioning
speech or language impairment
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

16. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
no
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
ESEA Act
zero reject

17. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
speech or language impairment

18. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
they modify students thought patterns
compensatory education
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
pervasive developmental disorders

19. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
ther health impairments
direct instruction
Program first placement second

20. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
yes
mental retardation
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

21. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
articulation
learning disability
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

22. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
categorical approach
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
1%

23. In errorless learning SD stands for?
discriminatory stimulus
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Curriculum based assessment
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

24. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
augmentative communciation
students who are mentally retarded
yes
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

25. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Council for Exceptional Children
learning disability
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

26. Mental retardation originates before what age?
discriminatory stimulus
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
LRE
18

27. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
yes
18
21 or younger
Mental retardation

28. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
Hearing impairment
where Section 504 comes from
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

29. 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
How 504 defines a disability
contingency based self - management
assistive technology
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

30. What causes autism?
yes
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

31. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
ESEA Act
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
executive functioning

32. 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
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
direct instruction
compensatory education
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

33. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Orthopedic impairment
45%
delayed language and echolalia

34. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
90%
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

35. 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
group contingency contracting
Mental retardation
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Multiple disabilities

36. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Program first placement second
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

37. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
developmental
yes
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

38. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Curriculum based assessment
Traumatic brain injury
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

39. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
learned helplessness
45%
executive functioning
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

40. What does FVA stand for?
Orthopedic impairment
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
functional vision assessment
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

41. Specific learning disability
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
categorical approach
learned helplessness
PARC vs. State of Penn

42. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Procedural safeguards
learned helplessness

43. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
hearing loss that happened after birth
learning disability

44. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
principles of IDEA
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

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

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46. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Curriculum based assessment
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

47. What is CLOZE procedure?
social stories
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
discriminatory stimulus
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

48. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
18
contingency based self - management
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Multiple disabilities

49. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Mental retardation
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

50. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
90%
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Multiple disabilities
Specific learning disability