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1. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory 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
Multiple disabilities
a hearing aid

2. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
curriculum based assessment
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
no

3. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
Procedural safeguards
50%
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
assistive technology

4. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
yes
speech or language impairment
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Fourteen

5. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
1%
yes

6. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
yes
functional vision assessment
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
medication and a behavior management intervention

7. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
compensatory education
a hearing aid
General education classrooms

8. What does FVA stand for?
Specific learning disability
General education classrooms
functional vision assessment
curriculum based assessment

9. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Deafness

10. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Specific learning disability
ther health impairments
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

11. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
direct instruction
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
an audiometer
group contingency contracting

12. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
ther health impairments
where Section 504 comes from
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

13. ADHD criteria is defined by
delayed language and echolalia
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Stanford 9
the DSM- IV

14. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
How 504 defines a disability
student to student
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
categorical approach

15. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
1%
where Section 504 comes from
Non - discriminatory assessment

16. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
PARC vs. State of Penn
Council for Exceptional Children
ESEA Act
10 per 10 - 100 children

17. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
Stanford 9
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

18. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
life space analysis
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
a hearing aid

19. 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
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
whole language
How 504 defines a disability

20. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
speech or language impairment
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Fourteen
an audiometer

21. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
zero reject
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

22. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

23. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
social stories
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Fourteen

24. Spina bifida
where Section 504 comes from
yes
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
speech or language impairment

25. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Specific learning disability
Procedural safeguards
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

26. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
10 per 10 - 100 children
contingency based self - management
mental retardation

27. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
50%
Deaf - blindness
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Learning disabilities

28. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
contingency based self - management
pervasive developmental disorders
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

29. 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
the DSM- IV
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
group contingency contracting
General education classrooms

30. What is conductive hearing loss?
learned helplessness
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

31. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
mental retardation
Procedural safeguards
negative reinforcement
group contingency contracting

32. 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?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
ESEA Act
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
10 per 10 - 100 children

33. 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
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Specific learning disability
Mental retardation

34. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
student to student
Sixty days
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

35. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
duration recording
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
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

36. What is acquired hearing loss?
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
hearing loss that happened after birth
Orthopedic impairment
a hearing aid

37. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
speech or language impairment
Hear and understand speech
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Curriculum based assessment

38. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
medication and a behavior management intervention
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
learned helplessness
yes

39. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Traumatic brain injury
Larry P vs. Riles
Emotional disturbance
articulation

40. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
learning disability
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

41. Name four areas of executive function
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Non - discriminatory assessment
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

42. What is the prevalence of autism?
functional skills - social skills - career skills
General education classrooms
where Section 504 comes from
10 per 10 - 100 children

43. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
90%
Fourteen
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
45%

44. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
medication and a behavior management intervention
Autism
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Hear and understand speech

45. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
social stories
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

46. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
the Cummins model
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
assistive technology

47. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
articulation
10 per 10 - 100 children
Learning disabilities
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

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

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49. 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
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
categorical approach
Traumatic brain injury

50. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
executive functioning
50%
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Hear and understand speech