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1. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
Larry P vs. Riles
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
learning disability
yes

2. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition 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
direct instruction
assistive technology
mental retardation

3. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
Council for Exceptional Children
hearing loss that was present at birth
an individualized transition plan
Deaf - blindness

4. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
hearing loss that was present at birth
early traumatic experiences
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
delayed language and echolalia

5. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
Autism
functional vision assessment
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Curriculum based assessment

6. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

7. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
hearing loss that was present at birth
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
the Cummins model
they modify students thought patterns

8. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
18
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
where Section 504 comes from

9. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
delayed language and echolalia
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
an audiometer
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

10. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Procedural safeguards
compensatory education
Sixty days

11. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
augmentative communciation
visual impairment
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
no

12. Mental retardation originates before what age?
18
yes
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

13. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
General education classrooms
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

14. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
functional vision assessment
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
medication and a behavior management intervention
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

15. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
yes
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
life space analysis
visual impairment

16. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
no
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Program first placement second

17. What causes autism?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
student to student
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

18. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
categorical approach
Orthopedic impairment

19. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
hearing loss that was present at birth
ther health impairments
yes

20. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Hear and understand speech
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

21. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Curriculum based assessment
Program first placement second
Procedural safeguards
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

22. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
18
compensatory education
mental retardation
learned helplessness

23. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
Sixty days
visual impairment
life space analysis
LRE

24. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
compensatory education
learned helplessness
General education classrooms
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

25. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
negative reinforcement
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
IFSP
learning disability

26. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
ther health impairments
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
functional vision assessment
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

27. What is CLOZE procedure?
having them practice filing out job applications
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

28. What does a cochlear implant do?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Learning disabilities
learning disability
articulation

29. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
duration recording
Program first placement second
no

30. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
functional skills - social skills - career skills
an individualized transition plan
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

31. A remedial approach
18
the Cummins model
contingency based self - management
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

32. Spina bifida
Non - discriminatory assessment
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
the Cummins model
ESEA Act

33. What does FVA stand for?
functional vision assessment
Curriculum based assessment
Deaf - blindness
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

34. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
an audiometer
not legal
Deaf - blindness

35. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
mental retardation
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
21 or younger
Specific learning disability

36. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
mental retardation
Autism
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

37. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Hear and understand speech
early traumatic experiences
visual impairment

38. 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
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
90%
the Cummins model
whole language

39. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
ther health impairments
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
social stories

40. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
life space analysis
Orthopedic impairment
How 504 defines a disability
an individualized transition plan

41. 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
ther health impairments
zero reject
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

42. 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
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
ecological

43. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
ESEA Act
visual impairment

44. Multiple and severe disabilties
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
an audiometer
Curriculum based assessment
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

45. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
where Section 504 comes from
How 504 defines a disability
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

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

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47. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Deaf - blindness

48. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
no
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
a hearing aid
not legal

49. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Hear and understand speech
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
they modify students thought patterns
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

50. ADHD criteria is defined by
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
articulation
the DSM- IV
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing