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1. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
Hearing impairment
where Section 504 comes from
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

2. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Program first placement second

3. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
pervasive developmental disorders
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

4. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
visual impairment

5. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
LRE
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Hearing impairment
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

6. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Program first placement second
Learning disabilities
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Emotional disturbance

7. 504
augmentative communciation
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
21 or younger
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

8. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
18
life space analysis
medication and a behavior management intervention
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

9. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Program first placement second
90%

10. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
curriculum based assessment
ther health impairments
hearing loss that happened after birth
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

11. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
PARC vs. State of Penn
direct instruction
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
where Section 504 comes from

12. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
hearing loss that was present at birth
21 or younger
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
early traumatic experiences

13. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
LRE
yes
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
no

14. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
1%
the Cummins model
Hearing impairment
students who are mentally retarded

15. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
Procedural safeguards
early traumatic experiences
Larry P vs. Riles
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

16. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
yes
How 504 defines a disability
try to find appropriate content at grade level
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

17. What is acquired hearing loss?
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
10 per 10 - 100 children
zero reject
hearing loss that happened after birth

18. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
ESEA Act

19. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
pervasive developmental disorders
life space analysis
Hear and understand speech
social stories

20. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
contingency based self - management
IFSP
Procedural safeguards
mental retardation

21. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
10 per 10 - 100 children
Procedural safeguards
hearing loss that was present at birth
Deafness

22. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
no

23. What is CLOZE procedure?
they modify students thought patterns
not legal
Specific learning disability
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

24. Yes
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
yes
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

25. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
categorical approach
social stories
where Section 504 comes from
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

26. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
hearing loss that was present at birth
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
yes

27. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
LRE
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
negative reinforcement
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

28. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Non - discriminatory assessment
assistive technology
group contingency contracting

29. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
Traumatic brain injury
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Mental retardation
developmental

30. A remedial approach
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
medication and a behavior management intervention

31. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
life space analysis
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
articulation
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

32. In errorless learning SD stands for?
45%
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
discriminatory stimulus
no

33. 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
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
learned helplessness
45%

34. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
early traumatic experiences
45%
Autism

35. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Orthopedic impairment
Mental retardation
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

36. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
Fourteen
functional skills - social skills - career skills
life space analysis
50%

37. Metacognition is connected to
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
pervasive developmental disorders
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
executive functioning

38. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

39. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

40. 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
ecological
categorical approach
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

41. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
ther health impairments
Mental retardation
18
Emotional disturbance

42. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
yes
learned helplessness
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Council for Exceptional Children

43. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
student to student
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
an audiometer
Larry P vs. Riles

44. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
yes
direct instruction
assistive technology
speech or language impairment

45. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
a hearing aid
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

46. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
discriminatory stimulus
two to nine percent

47. What does a cochlear implant do?
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
ecological
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

48. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
learned helplessness
having them practice filing out job applications

49. Spina bifida
LRE
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
18
Curriculum based assessment

50. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
hearing loss that happened after birth
compensatory education
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
student to student

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