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1. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
two to nine percent
21 or younger
1%
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

2. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
social stories
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
visual impairment

3. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
discriminatory stimulus
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
45%
visual impairment

4. What causes autism?
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
yes
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
negative reinforcement

5. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
two to nine percent
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
functional skills - social skills - career skills
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

6. Specific learning disability
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
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Council for Exceptional Children

7. What are four types of data based decision making?
ESEA Act
Procedural safeguards
ecological
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

8. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
a hearing aid
ther health impairments
not legal
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

9. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
social stories
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

10. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
duration recording
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

11. ADHD criteria is defined by
yes
the DSM- IV
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Traumatic brain injury

12. What is conductive hearing loss?
Deaf - blindness
principles of IDEA
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Stanford 9

13. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
Deaf - blindness
50%
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
delayed language and echolalia

14. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
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
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

15. What does a cochlear implant do?
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Fourteen
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Hearing impairment

16. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Orthopedic impairment
student to student
How 504 defines a disability

17. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
hearing loss that happened after birth
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

18. Yes
the Cummins model
executive functioning
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
21 or younger

19. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Deaf - blindness
augmentative communciation
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

20. 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
18
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
ecological
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

21. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Orthopedic impairment
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

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

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23. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
two to nine percent
Sixty days
contingency based self - management
where Section 504 comes from

24. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
social stories
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
a hearing aid
Hearing impairment

25. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
categorical approach
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
yes

26. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
speech or language impairment
ther health impairments
group contingency contracting

27. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
speech or language impairment
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
the Cummins model
Procedural safeguards

28. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
medication and a behavior management intervention
Emotional disturbance
not legal

29. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
mental retardation
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
where Section 504 comes from
General education classrooms

30. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Program first placement second

31. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
General education classrooms
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
21 or younger
learned helplessness

32. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Hear and understand speech
Autism

33. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
learned helplessness
articulation
ESEA Act
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

34. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
pervasive developmental disorders
Sixty days
not legal

35. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
early traumatic experiences
the Cummins model
having them practice filing out job applications

36. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
assistive technology
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

37. Share the responsibility for the students education
visual impairment
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
augmentative communciation

38. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
Non - discriminatory assessment
Curriculum based assessment
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

39. Mental retardation originates before what age?
18
social stories
learning disability
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

40. In errorless learning SD stands for?
mental retardation
Multiple disabilities
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
discriminatory stimulus

41. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
ther health impairments
Hearing impairment
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

42. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Curriculum based assessment
yes
early traumatic experiences
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

43. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Mental retardation

44. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
How 504 defines a disability
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

45. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
social stories
student to student
ther health impairments
life space analysis

46. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
Specific learning disability
an individualized transition plan
a hearing aid
90%

47. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
duration recording
augmentative communciation

48. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
executive functioning
where Section 504 comes from
Program first placement second
IFSP

49. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
Fourteen
functional skills - social skills - career skills
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

50. 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
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
hearing loss that was present at birth
mental retardation
group contingency contracting