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1. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
articulation
hearing loss that happened after birth
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
principles of IDEA

2. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
mental retardation
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

3. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Program first placement second
principles of IDEA
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

4. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
visual impairment
LRE
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
medication and a behavior management intervention

5. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
learning disability
a hearing aid
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

6. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Emotional disturbance
medication and a behavior management intervention
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

7. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
the DSM- IV
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Sixty days

8. What does FVA stand for?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
LRE
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
functional vision assessment

9. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
an individualized transition plan
ther health impairments
discriminatory stimulus
group contingency contracting

10. Yes
Mental retardation
whole language
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

11. Specific learning disability
curriculum based assessment
Orthopedic impairment
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
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

12. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
group contingency contracting
Stanford 9
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

13. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
a hearing aid
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
90%
Emotional disturbance

14. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
try to find appropriate content at grade level
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
two to nine percent

15. Metacognition is connected to
Stanford 9
1%
executive functioning
Hear and understand speech

16. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
a hearing aid
no

17. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
where Section 504 comes from
Stanford 9
functional vision assessment
General education classrooms

18. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
ESEA Act
direct instruction
Specific learning disability
a hearing aid

19. What does outer - directedness mean?
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
early traumatic experiences
Hear and understand speech

20. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
90%
yes
Sixty days
not legal

21. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
learning disability
functional vision assessment
categorical approach
Specific learning disability

22. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
functional skills - social skills - career skills
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Larry P vs. Riles
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

23. What is conductive hearing loss?
not legal
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
social stories
direct instruction

24. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
LRE
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
pervasive developmental disorders
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

25. 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?
articulation
try to find appropriate content at grade level
having them practice filing out job applications
negative reinforcement

26. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
Learning disabilities
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
curriculum based assessment
ESEA Act

27. Mental retardation originates before what age?
direct instruction
18
ESEA Act
two to nine percent

28. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Fourteen
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Larry P vs. Riles
no

29. Name four areas of executive function
How 504 defines a disability
no
speech or language impairment
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

30. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

31. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
Hearing impairment
social stories
contingency based self - management
life space analysis

32. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
functional vision assessment
an audiometer
direct instruction
Autism

33. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
Council for Exceptional Children
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
functional skills - social skills - career skills
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

34. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
a hearing aid
visual impairment
duration recording
Hear and understand speech

35. What does a cochlear implant do?
PARC vs. State of Penn
Orthopedic impairment
Procedural safeguards
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

36. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
learning disability
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
visual impairment

37. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
the Cummins model
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

38. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Orthopedic impairment
contingency based self - management
learning disability

39. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
mental retardation
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

40. What are four types of data based decision making?
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

41. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
the DSM- IV
delayed language and echolalia
mental retardation
an audiometer

42. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
zero reject
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
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
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

43. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
student to student
learned helplessness
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
mental retardation

44. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
General education classrooms
Multiple disabilities
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

45. If a college bound student has the accommodation that he uses a tape recorder in english and a calculator in algebra II this is an example of
General education classrooms
executive functioning
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
assistive technology

46. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
students who are mentally retarded
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
no
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

47. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
delayed language and echolalia
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
General education classrooms
students who are mentally retarded

48. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
learning disability
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
delayed language and echolalia

49. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
Non - discriminatory assessment
an individualized transition plan
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
speech or language impairment

50. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
mental retardation
hearing loss that happened after birth
ther health impairments