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1. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
45%
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Hearing impairment
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

2. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
compensatory education
90%
PARC vs. State of Penn
duration recording

3. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
mental retardation
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Specific learning disability

4. What causes autism?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
pervasive developmental disorders
21 or younger

5. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
yes
medication and a behavior management intervention
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
delayed language and echolalia

6. If a 5th grade student is getting frustrated in social studies because he still reads at a third grade level - what should the teacher do?
early traumatic experiences
try to find appropriate content at grade level
21 or younger
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

7. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
visual impairment
Fourteen
students who are mentally retarded
Larry P vs. Riles

8. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
having them practice filing out job applications
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

9. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Deafness
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
a hearing aid

10. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
executive functioning
LRE
early traumatic experiences
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

11. What does outer - directedness mean?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
learned helplessness

12. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
speech or language impairment
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
the DSM- IV

13. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
Learning disabilities
delayed language and echolalia
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
21 or younger

14. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
ther health impairments
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
How 504 defines a disability

15. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Deafness
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

16. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
no
contingency based self - management
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
ther health impairments

17. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Council for Exceptional Children
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

18. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
Traumatic brain injury
the Cummins model
they modify students thought patterns
the DSM- IV

19. What is acquired hearing loss?
hearing loss that happened after birth
learned helplessness
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Traumatic brain injury

20. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
augmentative communciation
an audiometer
developmental
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

21. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
early traumatic experiences
Program first placement second
45%
Emotional disturbance

22. What does FVA stand for?
functional vision assessment
no
Deaf - blindness
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

23. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
Sixty days
Deafness
medication and a behavior management intervention
delayed language and echolalia

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

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25. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
yes
PARC vs. State of Penn

26. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
Learning disabilities
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
mental retardation

27. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
learning disability
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

28. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
delayed language and echolalia
medication and a behavior management intervention
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

29. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
students who are mentally retarded
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
negative reinforcement

30. What is CLOZE procedure?
learned helplessness
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Mental retardation
augmentative communciation

31. What does adaptive behavior mean?
they modify students thought patterns
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
ther health impairments
Orthopedic impairment

32. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
18
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Program first placement second
life space analysis

33. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
early traumatic experiences
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

34. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
mental retardation
they modify students thought patterns
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
functional skills - social skills - career skills

35. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

36. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
no
a hearing aid

37. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
Orthopedic impairment
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
student to student
articulation

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
whole language
21 or younger
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
social stories

39. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
visual impairment
try to find appropriate content at grade level

40. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
pervasive developmental disorders
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
no
Hear and understand speech

41. 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
try to find appropriate content at grade level
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
PARC vs. State of Penn

42. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
whole language
Larry P vs. Riles
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Program first placement second

43. A remedial approach
developmental
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
principles of IDEA

44. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
the DSM- IV
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Autism
the Cummins model

45. What is the prevalence of autism?
Traumatic brain injury
10 per 10 - 100 children
no
Curriculum based assessment

46. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
executive functioning
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Autism
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

47. What is conductive hearing loss?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
speech or language impairment
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
an audiometer

48. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
yes
Procedural safeguards
functional skills - social skills - career skills
mental retardation

49. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
Orthopedic impairment
General education classrooms
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
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

50. Specific learning disability
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
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
not legal