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1. What are the three types of timing that effect 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
Stanford 9
Sixty days
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

2. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
executive functioning
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Traumatic brain injury

3. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
21 or younger
Sixty days
life space analysis
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

4. Birthplace of FAPE
they modify students thought patterns
PARC vs. State of Penn
Council for Exceptional Children
no

5. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
Traumatic brain injury
Fourteen
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
early traumatic experiences

6. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
10 per 10 - 100 children
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

7. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
ther health impairments

8. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
hearing loss that was present at birth
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Curriculum based assessment

9. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
early traumatic experiences
zero reject
Non - discriminatory assessment
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

10. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
pervasive developmental disorders
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
learning disability

11. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
delayed language and echolalia
PARC vs. State of Penn
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
50%

12. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Mental retardation
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
ESEA Act

13. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
social stories
How 504 defines a disability
Multiple disabilities
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

14. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
duration recording
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
PARC vs. State of Penn
Fourteen

15. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
not legal
delayed language and echolalia
pervasive developmental disorders
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

16. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
duration recording
45%
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

17. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
early traumatic experiences

18. ADHD criteria is defined by
the DSM- IV
ther health impairments
IFSP
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

19. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
Council for Exceptional Children
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
PARC vs. State of Penn

20. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
group contingency contracting
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

21. What is the prevalence of autism?
Learning disabilities
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
PARC vs. State of Penn
10 per 10 - 100 children

22. 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
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Sixty days
Hearing impairment

23. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
an individualized transition plan
categorical approach
contingency based self - management
Specific learning disability

24. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
a hearing aid
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
assistive technology
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

25. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
negative reinforcement
yes

26. 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
PARC vs. State of Penn
IFSP
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
ecological

27. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
Program first placement second
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
curriculum based assessment
negative reinforcement

28. Specific learning disability
an individualized transition plan
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
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
where Section 504 comes from

29. 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
mental retardation
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

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

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31. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
mental retardation
IFSP
no
the DSM- IV

32. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
the DSM- IV
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

33. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

34. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
curriculum based assessment
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

35. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
Traumatic brain injury
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
early traumatic experiences
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

36. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
General education classrooms
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

37. 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
assistive technology
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Curriculum based assessment
having them practice filing out job applications

38. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
Stanford 9
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
pervasive developmental disorders
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

39. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
ecological
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

40. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Emotional disturbance
yes
Council for Exceptional Children

41. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
Non - discriminatory assessment
mental retardation
having them practice filing out job applications
where Section 504 comes from

42. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
direct instruction
21 or younger

43. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
speech or language impairment
Stanford 9
mental retardation
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

44. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
augmentative communciation
yes
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

45. Mental retardation originates before what age?
Mental retardation
18
social stories
pervasive developmental disorders

46. What does FVA stand for?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
functional vision assessment
Procedural safeguards
Deafness

47. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
zero reject
Orthopedic impairment
yes
group contingency contracting

48. Metacognition is connected to
Program first placement second
pervasive developmental disorders
executive functioning
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

49. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Orthopedic impairment
yes
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

50. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
social stories
articulation