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1. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
General education classrooms
the DSM- IV

2. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
yes
Fourteen
hearing loss that happened after birth

3. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Council for Exceptional Children
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
executive functioning

4. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
45%
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
whole language
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

5. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
they modify students thought patterns
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

6. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
ESEA Act
Traumatic brain injury
principles of IDEA
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

7. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
Learning disabilities
delayed language and echolalia
90%
learned helplessness

8. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
a hearing aid
students who are mentally retarded
compensatory education
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

9. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
an individualized transition plan
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
zero reject

10. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
categorical approach
Program first placement second
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

11. What does outer - directedness mean?
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
PARC vs. State of Penn
Hearing impairment
Traumatic brain injury

12. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
assistive technology
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
learning disability
Orthopedic impairment

13. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
they modify students thought patterns
not legal
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

14. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
10 per 10 - 100 children
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

15. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
functional skills - social skills - career skills
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

16. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
the Cummins model
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
categorical approach
Deafness

17. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
categorical approach
compensatory education

18. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
developmental
whole language

19. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
contingency based self - management
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

20. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
learning disability
Curriculum based assessment
Larry P vs. Riles
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

21. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
Stanford 9
speech or language impairment
Traumatic brain injury
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

22. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
not legal
ther health impairments
compensatory education
Learning disabilities

23. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
LRE
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

24. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
visual impairment
a hearing aid
assistive technology
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

25. 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
students who are mentally retarded
two to nine percent
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
ecological

26. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
principles of IDEA
zero reject
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

27. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
they modify students thought patterns
Multiple disabilities
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Emotional disturbance

28. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
Deafness
speech or language impairment
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

29. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
students who are mentally retarded
student to student
articulation
not legal

30. Share the responsibility for the students education
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Traumatic brain injury
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

31. Spina bifida
hearing loss that was present at birth
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

32. What percent of the population was ADHD?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
negative reinforcement
two to nine percent

33. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
early traumatic experiences
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
a hearing aid
students who are mentally retarded

34. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
duration recording
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

35. What does adaptive behavior mean?
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
90%
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
compensatory education

36. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
developmental
they modify students thought patterns
Procedural safeguards
principles of IDEA

37. Mental retardation originates before what age?
90%
the Cummins model
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
18

38. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
compensatory education
Mental retardation
learned helplessness

39. ADHD criteria is defined by
the DSM- IV
principles of IDEA
IFSP
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

40. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
life space analysis
Deaf - blindness
functional vision assessment
developmental

41. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
try to find appropriate content at grade level
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

42. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Stanford 9
Hear and understand speech
principles of IDEA

43. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Hear and understand speech
Deafness

44. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
articulation
direct instruction
not legal
functional skills - social skills - career skills

45. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
developmental
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
mental retardation
delayed language and echolalia

46. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
two to nine percent
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
delayed language and echolalia

47. Metacognition is connected to
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
executive functioning
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

48. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Larry P vs. Riles
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
curriculum based assessment

49. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
90%
Deafness
no
augmentative communciation

50. In errorless learning SD stands for?
General education classrooms
an audiometer
discriminatory stimulus
LRE