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1. 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%
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
duration recording

2. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
Multiple disabilities
Council for Exceptional Children
contingency based self - management
functional skills - social skills - career skills

3. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
18
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
ecological
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

4. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
21 or younger
Mental retardation

5. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
General education classrooms
hearing loss that happened after birth
yes
Council for Exceptional Children

6. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
augmentative communciation
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

7. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
an individualized transition plan
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
visual impairment
having them practice filing out job applications

8. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
compensatory education
Larry P vs. Riles
Stanford 9

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

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10. Birthplace of FAPE
Multiple disabilities
1%
Hearing impairment
PARC vs. State of Penn

11. Spina bifida
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
45%
functional vision assessment
group contingency contracting

12. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
yes
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Specific learning disability
mental retardation

13. In errorless learning SD stands for?
discriminatory stimulus
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Traumatic brain injury

14. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
21 or younger
they modify students thought patterns
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

15. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
curriculum based assessment
mental retardation
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

16. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
articulation
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

17. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
Hearing impairment
LRE
yes
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

18. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
not legal
Traumatic brain injury
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
executive functioning

19. What causes autism?
they modify students thought patterns
Orthopedic impairment
mental retardation
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

20. What is conductive hearing loss?
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
group contingency contracting
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Sixty days

21. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
life space analysis
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
delayed language and echolalia
learning disability

22. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Hear and understand speech
Fourteen
zero reject

23. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Hear and understand speech

24. What does adaptive behavior mean?
learning disability
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
the DSM- IV

25. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
no
an audiometer
not legal

26. What are four types of data based decision making?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
students who are mentally retarded
negative reinforcement
the DSM- IV

27. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
18
the DSM- IV
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

28. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
mental retardation
early traumatic experiences
pervasive developmental disorders

29. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
Learning disabilities
IFSP
two to nine percent
Council for Exceptional Children

30. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Mental retardation
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

31. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
learned helplessness
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
developmental

32. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
mental retardation
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

33. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
pervasive developmental disorders
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
principles of IDEA
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

34. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
How 504 defines a disability
Deafness
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
zero reject

35. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
functional skills - social skills - career skills
ESEA Act
speech or language impairment
Mental retardation

36. What percent of the population was ADHD?
two to nine percent
a hearing aid
augmentative communciation
mental retardation

37. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
Orthopedic impairment
90%
executive functioning
duration recording

38. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Hearing impairment
How 504 defines a disability

39. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
executive functioning
Autism
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
IFSP

40. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
mental retardation
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
articulation
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

41. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Multiple disabilities
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. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
a hearing aid
Non - discriminatory assessment
PARC vs. State of Penn

43. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
negative reinforcement
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
social stories

44. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
developmental
student to student
executive functioning
General education classrooms

45. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Multiple disabilities
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
try to find appropriate content at grade level
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

46. The approach that categorizes exceptionality as the statistical degree to which an individual deviates from the average in terms of cognitive - social - emotional - and physical abilities is called
hearing loss that was present at birth
developmental
categorical approach
negative reinforcement

47. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
learned helplessness

48. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
augmentative communciation
visual impairment
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

49. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
learned helplessness
mental retardation
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Multiple disabilities

50. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
Traumatic brain injury
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Learning disabilities