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1. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
whole language
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

2. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
General education classrooms
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Curriculum based assessment

3. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
executive functioning
duration recording

4. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
21 or younger
early traumatic experiences
ESEA Act
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

5. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
a hearing aid
Program first placement second
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

6. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
How 504 defines a disability

7. What are four types of data based decision making?
early traumatic experiences
no
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

8. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
Program first placement second
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
duration recording
try to find appropriate content at grade level

9. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
Learning disabilities
Emotional disturbance
yes
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

10. What is acquired hearing loss?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
hearing loss that happened after birth
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

11. In errorless learning SD stands for?
delayed language and echolalia
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
discriminatory stimulus

12. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
Multiple disabilities
categorical approach
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
mental retardation

13. 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
duration recording
group contingency contracting
Fourteen
medication and a behavior management intervention

14. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
ther health impairments
50%
General education classrooms
10 per 10 - 100 children

15. A remedial approach
duration recording
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Council for Exceptional Children
principles of IDEA

16. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Fourteen
Deaf - blindness

17. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Deafness
not legal
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

18. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
an individualized transition plan
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
LRE

19. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

20. What is the prevalence of autism?
10 per 10 - 100 children
speech or language impairment
discriminatory stimulus
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

21. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
mental retardation
45%
LRE
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

22. Mental retardation originates before what age?
21 or younger
18
10 per 10 - 100 children
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

23. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Stanford 9
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
General education classrooms
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

24. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
social stories
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
assistive technology
90%

25. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
1%
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Emotional disturbance

26. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

27. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
1%
an audiometer
developmental

28. Yes
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
negative reinforcement
life space analysis
How 504 defines a disability

29. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
categorical approach
two to nine percent
discriminatory stimulus
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

30. Share the responsibility for the students education
an audiometer
Deafness
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
mental retardation

31. A teacher who sets clear and explicit goals for each lesson - presents a logical sequence of tasks - gives clear directions on how to do eacht ask - engages the student in guided practice - asks frequent questions - gives feedback - and does not move
zero reject
hearing loss that happened after birth
direct instruction
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

32. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
student to student
an individualized transition plan
they modify students thought patterns
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

33. What does adaptive behavior mean?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

34. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
where Section 504 comes from
delayed language and echolalia
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
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

35. What does FVA stand for?
executive functioning
90%
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
functional vision assessment

36. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
having them practice filing out job applications
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
compensatory education
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

37. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
hearing loss that was present at birth
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
How 504 defines a disability
Larry P vs. Riles

38. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
students who are mentally retarded
Multiple disabilities
early traumatic experiences
Council for Exceptional Children

39. 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
Autism
visual impairment
ecological
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

40. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
50%
pervasive developmental disorders
an audiometer
mental retardation

41. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
early traumatic experiences
contingency based self - management
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

42. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
Council for Exceptional Children
developmental
IFSP
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

43. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
compensatory education
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
General education classrooms
Mental retardation

44. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
try to find appropriate content at grade level
learning disability
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Mental retardation

45. A model used with ESL and deaf students
the Cummins model
executive functioning
pervasive developmental disorders
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

46. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
categorical approach
Sixty days
Emotional disturbance
ESEA Act

47. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
yes
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

48. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
Traumatic brain injury
an audiometer
group contingency contracting
compensatory education

49. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
45%
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
student to student

50. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
PARC vs. State of Penn
Orthopedic impairment
50%
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data