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1. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
life space analysis
learned helplessness
early traumatic experiences
curriculum based assessment

2. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Traumatic brain injury
yes

3. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
learning disability
How 504 defines a disability
executive functioning
10 per 10 - 100 children

4. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
Autism
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
learned helplessness

5. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
90%
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

6. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
negative reinforcement
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

7. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
Hear and understand speech
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
where Section 504 comes from
functional skills - social skills - career skills

8. ADHD criteria is defined by
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
the DSM- IV
assistive technology

9. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Curriculum based assessment
Multiple disabilities
PARC vs. State of Penn
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

10. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
augmentative communciation
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

11. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
whole language
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Procedural safeguards
Sixty days

12. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
ESEA Act
medication and a behavior management intervention
Council for Exceptional Children
Deaf - blindness

13. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
hearing loss that was present at birth

14. 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
group contingency contracting
yes
functional vision assessment
Multiple disabilities

15. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
no
visual impairment
Hear and understand speech
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

16. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
hearing loss that was present at birth
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
How 504 defines a disability

17. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
How 504 defines a disability
compensatory education
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

18. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
yes
Orthopedic impairment

19. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
functional vision assessment
1%
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Mental retardation

20. Yes
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
principles of IDEA
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

21. What causes autism?
Hear and understand speech
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
yes
PARC vs. State of Penn

22. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
zero reject
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
90%
Curriculum based assessment

23. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
categorical approach
mental retardation
developmental
student to student

24. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
augmentative communciation
principles of IDEA
the Cummins model

25. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
student to student
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
hearing loss that was present at birth
principles of IDEA

26. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
contingency based self - management
Learning disabilities
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
10 per 10 - 100 children

27. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
articulation
contingency based self - management
delayed language and echolalia

28. 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
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
life space analysis
Non - discriminatory assessment

29. Metacognition is connected to
executive functioning
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Hear and understand speech
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

30. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
yes
18
social stories
student to student

31. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
negative reinforcement
an individualized transition plan
where Section 504 comes from
mental retardation

32. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
Council for Exceptional Children
developmental
Hear and understand speech
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

33. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
duration recording
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

34. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
1%
speech or language impairment

35. What are four types of data based decision making?
yes
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

36. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
student to student
Fourteen
General education classrooms
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

37. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
articulation
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
life space analysis
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

38. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
whole language
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

39. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
an audiometer
Specific learning disability
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
21 or younger

40. What does a cochlear implant do?
the Cummins model
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

41. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
Orthopedic impairment
delayed language and echolalia
PARC vs. State of Penn
21 or younger

42. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
Deaf - blindness
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
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
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

43. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
group contingency contracting
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Learning disabilities

44. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
executive functioning
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Deaf - blindness
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

45. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
Hearing impairment
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Sixty days
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

46. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
Fourteen
yes
Larry P vs. Riles
not legal

47. Specific learning disability
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
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
articulation

48. 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
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Deafness
Procedural safeguards

49. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
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
Larry P vs. Riles
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
an audiometer

50. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
group contingency contracting
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
the DSM- IV
students who are mentally retarded

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