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1. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
medication and a behavior management intervention
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
learning disability
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

2. What causes autism?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Deaf - blindness
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
an individualized transition plan

3. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
yes
21 or younger
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
contingency based self - management

4. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
principles of IDEA
compensatory education
Council for Exceptional Children
Orthopedic impairment

5. A model used with ESL and deaf students
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
the Cummins model
learned helplessness
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

6. What is acquired hearing loss?
Council for Exceptional Children
medication and a behavior management intervention
hearing loss that happened after birth
zero reject

7. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
Deaf - blindness
contingency based self - management
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

8. Mental retardation originates before what age?
Mental retardation
18
where Section 504 comes from
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

9. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
ecological
a hearing aid
Learning disabilities
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

10. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
Fourteen
mental retardation
where Section 504 comes from
the DSM- IV

11. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Multiple disabilities
General education classrooms
Larry P vs. Riles
functional vision assessment

12. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
mental retardation
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
zero reject
articulation

13. 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
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
ther health impairments
ecological
they modify students thought patterns

14. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
zero reject
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
learned helplessness
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

15. What are four types of data based decision making?
hearing loss that was present at birth
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
augmentative communciation
having them practice filing out job applications

16. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
assistive technology
having them practice filing out job applications
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

17. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
they modify students thought patterns
contingency based self - management
General education classrooms
early traumatic experiences

18. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
yes
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

19. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
pervasive developmental disorders
learned helplessness
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
10 per 10 - 100 children

20. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
social stories
two to nine percent
compensatory education

21. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
learning disability
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
PARC vs. State of Penn

22. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
discriminatory stimulus
yes

23. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
whole language
no
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
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

24. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

25. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
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
articulation
Orthopedic impairment

26. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
articulation
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

27. Share the responsibility for the students education
Traumatic brain injury
learned helplessness
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
18

28. Name four areas of executive function
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
an audiometer
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
ESEA Act

29. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
an audiometer
learning disability
functional vision assessment
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

30. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
an individualized transition plan
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
principles of IDEA
try to find appropriate content at grade level

31. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
Autism
IFSP
1%
mental retardation

32. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Stanford 9
assistive technology
hearing loss that was present at birth
Sixty days

33. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
curriculum based assessment
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

34. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

35. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
augmentative communciation
10 per 10 - 100 children
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

36. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Emotional disturbance
Stanford 9

37. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
Emotional disturbance
augmentative communciation
social stories
yes

38. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
learned helplessness
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
yes
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

39. What does a cochlear implant do?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Orthopedic impairment
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

40. What is the prevalence of autism?
10 per 10 - 100 children
ESEA Act
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Sixty days

41. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
social stories
functional skills - social skills - career skills

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

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43. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
negative reinforcement
Traumatic brain injury
Autism
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

44. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Curriculum based assessment
Emotional disturbance
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

45. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
principles of IDEA
life space analysis
Deafness
Emotional disturbance

46. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
an individualized transition plan
learning disability
Program first placement second
two to nine percent

47. What does adaptive behavior mean?
discriminatory stimulus
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
contingency based self - management

48. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
General education classrooms
functional vision assessment
pervasive developmental disorders

49. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
functional skills - social skills - career skills
21 or younger
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

50. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Procedural safeguards
Emotional disturbance
medication and a behavior management intervention