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1. What percent of the population was ADHD?
90%
assistive technology
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
two to nine percent

2. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
no
where Section 504 comes from
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
social stories

3. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
pervasive developmental disorders
IFSP
50%
Autism

4. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Hearing impairment
duration recording

5. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
students who are mentally retarded
life space analysis
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

6. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
yes
developmental
Non - discriminatory assessment
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

7. A model used with ESL and deaf students
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
IFSP
the Cummins model
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

8. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
a hearing aid
Deaf - blindness
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

9. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
Learning disabilities
yes
ESEA Act
Deafness

10. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
developmental
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
Deafness
principles of IDEA

11. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
students who are mentally retarded
having them practice filing out job applications
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

12. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
a hearing aid

13. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Stanford 9
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

14. What is CLOZE procedure?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Stanford 9
pervasive developmental disorders
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

15. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
Emotional disturbance
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
visual impairment
Traumatic brain injury

16. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Non - discriminatory assessment

17. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
How 504 defines a disability
speech or language impairment
contingency based self - management

18. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Emotional disturbance
articulation
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

19. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Larry P vs. Riles
PARC vs. State of Penn
Autism

20. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
General education classrooms
two to nine percent
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

21. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
zero reject
18
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

22. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
two to nine percent
ESEA Act
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

23. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Procedural safeguards
Deaf - blindness
Curriculum based assessment

24. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
categorical approach
yes

25. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
ESEA Act
functional vision assessment
social stories

26. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
categorical approach
Curriculum based assessment
duration recording
yes

27. 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
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
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
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

28. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Non - discriminatory assessment
PARC vs. State of Penn
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

29. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
delayed language and echolalia
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Learning disabilities
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

30. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
PARC vs. State of Penn
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
General education classrooms
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

31. What does adaptive behavior mean?
Curriculum based assessment
having them practice filing out job applications
Hearing impairment
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

32. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
contingency based self - management
IFSP
Traumatic brain injury

33. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Mental retardation
Orthopedic impairment

34. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
1%
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
functional vision assessment
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

35. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
delayed language and echolalia
LRE
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
early traumatic experiences

36. 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
Hear and understand speech
an audiometer
ecological
duration recording

37. Multiple and severe disabilties
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
hearing loss that happened after birth
Hear and understand speech

38. What is the prevalence of autism?
10 per 10 - 100 children
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
ESEA Act
speech or language impairment

39. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
not legal
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
21 or younger

40. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
hearing loss that was present at birth
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

41. Mental retardation originates before what age?
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
18
the Cummins model
Hearing impairment

42. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
curriculum based assessment
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
learned helplessness
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

43. 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
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
direct instruction
mental retardation

44. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
articulation
learning disability
they modify students thought patterns

45. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Autism
articulation
Hear and understand speech
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

46. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
an audiometer
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Specific learning disability

47. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
social stories
duration recording
PARC vs. State of Penn
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

48. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
two to nine percent
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
How 504 defines a disability

49. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
pervasive developmental disorders
mental retardation
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

50. Specific learning disability
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
discriminatory stimulus
an audiometer