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1. 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
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
an individualized transition plan
learning disability

2. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
the Cummins model
50%
where Section 504 comes from
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

3. What does FVA stand for?
mental retardation
General education classrooms
functional vision assessment
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

4. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
categorical approach
yes
45%

5. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
early traumatic experiences
Non - discriminatory assessment
ther health impairments
delayed language and echolalia

6. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
functional vision assessment
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
an individualized transition plan

7. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Traumatic brain injury
social stories
LRE

8. What causes autism?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Multiple disabilities
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

9. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
pervasive developmental disorders
students who are mentally retarded

10. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
having them practice filing out job applications
21 or younger
Curriculum based assessment
Council for Exceptional Children

11. Name four areas of executive function
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
ESEA Act
Emotional disturbance
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

12. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
21 or younger
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

13. Yes
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
negative reinforcement
student to student
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

14. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
Curriculum based assessment
Stanford 9
student to student
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

15. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
executive functioning
functional vision assessment
ecological
45%

16. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
learned helplessness
functional vision assessment
Larry P vs. Riles
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

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

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18. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
10 per 10 - 100 children
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

19. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
group contingency contracting
Curriculum based assessment
Program first placement second
Larry P vs. Riles

20. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
ESEA Act
Fourteen
compensatory education
early traumatic experiences

21. What does a cochlear implant do?
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

22. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
articulation
Mental retardation
early traumatic experiences

23. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
principles of IDEA
categorical approach
10 per 10 - 100 children
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

24. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
visual impairment
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
ther health impairments
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

25. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
50%
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
social stories

26. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
whole language
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
1%

27. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
21 or younger
early traumatic experiences
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

28. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
Council for Exceptional Children
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Emotional disturbance
not legal

29. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
a hearing aid
categorical approach

30. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
yes
duration recording

31. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
hearing loss that was present at birth
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Multiple disabilities

32. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Hear and understand speech
Stanford 9
Curriculum based assessment
students who are mentally retarded

33. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
try to find appropriate content at grade level
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

34. What does adaptive behavior mean?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
How 504 defines a disability
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

35. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Curriculum based assessment
zero reject
mental retardation

36. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
medication and a behavior management intervention
How 504 defines a disability
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
where Section 504 comes from

37. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
learning disability
Emotional disturbance
yes
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

38. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
Learning disabilities
students who are mentally retarded
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

39. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
yes
developmental
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
categorical approach

40. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
articulation
discriminatory stimulus
General education classrooms
an individualized transition plan

41. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
zero reject
learning disability
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

42. 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
functional vision assessment
an individualized transition plan
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

43. 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
90%
hearing loss that happened after birth
group contingency contracting
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

44. A model used with ESL and deaf students
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
the Cummins model
whole language

45. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
where Section 504 comes from
21 or younger
Hearing impairment
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

46. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
the Cummins model
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Non - discriminatory assessment

47. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
functional vision assessment
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Curriculum based assessment

48. A remedial approach
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
21 or younger

49. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Orthopedic impairment
mental retardation
Specific learning disability
categorical approach

50. The approach that categorizes exceptionality as the statistical degree to which an individual deviates from the average in terms of cognitive - social - emotional - and physical abilities is called
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Hearing impairment
visual impairment
developmental