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1. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
yes
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
21 or younger
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

2. Metacognition is connected to
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
executive functioning
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
where Section 504 comes from

3. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
Program first placement second
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
How 504 defines a disability
a hearing aid

4. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
hearing loss that was present at birth
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Hearing impairment
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

5. Multiple and severe disabilties
Procedural safeguards
two to nine percent
LRE
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

6. 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
ecological
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
functional skills - social skills - career skills
90%

7. Yes
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
visual impairment
mental retardation
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

8. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
Fourteen
contingency based self - management
LRE
they modify students thought patterns

9. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
zero reject
Deafness
try to find appropriate content at grade level

10. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
a hearing aid
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

11. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
an individualized transition plan
articulation
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

12. What is conductive hearing loss?
principles of IDEA
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
yes
they modify students thought patterns

13. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
contingency based self - management
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
learned helplessness

14. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
PARC vs. State of Penn
ther health impairments

15. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
1%
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

16. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
two to nine percent
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
contingency based self - management

17. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
21 or younger
an audiometer
augmentative communciation

18. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Curriculum based assessment
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

19. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
speech or language impairment
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
group contingency contracting

20. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
duration recording
try to find appropriate content at grade level
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Deaf - blindness

21. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
Hearing impairment
Learning disabilities
the DSM- IV
social stories

22. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
developmental
Curriculum based assessment
Sixty days
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

23. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
a hearing aid
augmentative communciation
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
90%

24. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
yes
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
hearing loss that was present at birth
Hear and understand speech

25. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Stanford 9
an audiometer
IFSP
contingency based self - management

26. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Hear and understand speech
compensatory 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
Orthopedic impairment

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
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
contingency based self - management
whole language

28. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
Mental retardation
1%
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
direct instruction

29. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
Procedural safeguards
an individualized transition plan
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

30. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
two to nine percent
ecological
compensatory education
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

31. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Hear and understand speech
ther health impairments
the DSM- IV

32. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
Larry P vs. Riles
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Procedural safeguards
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

33. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
yes
Council for Exceptional Children
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

34. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Non - discriminatory assessment
Deafness
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
IFSP

35. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
students who are mentally retarded
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
PARC vs. State of Penn

36. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
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
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

37. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
life space analysis
compensatory education
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
group contingency contracting

38. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
yes
Deafness
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

39. ADHD criteria is defined by
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
the DSM- IV
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
90%

40. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
General education classrooms
Council for Exceptional Children
Traumatic brain injury
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

41. What is acquired hearing loss?
Mental retardation
augmentative communciation
Program first placement second
hearing loss that happened after birth

42. Mental retardation originates before what age?
social stories
18
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
student to student

43. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
yes
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

44. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
student to student
Larry P vs. Riles
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
two to nine percent

45. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
having them practice filing out job applications
visual impairment
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

46. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
pervasive developmental disorders
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

47. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
Fourteen
negative reinforcement
augmentative communciation
functional vision assessment

48. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
curriculum based assessment
Hearing impairment
duration recording

49. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
life space analysis
the Cummins model
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
early traumatic experiences

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

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