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1. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
yes
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

2. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
duration recording
45%
direct instruction
group contingency contracting

3. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
18
10 per 10 - 100 children
having them practice filing out job applications
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

4. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

5. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
principles of IDEA
IFSP
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

6. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
hearing loss that was present at birth
ESEA Act
not legal

7. What does FVA stand for?
no
functional vision assessment
Curriculum based assessment
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

8. Learners with disabilities have opportunities to achieve commensurate with their peers
whole language
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Hearing impairment
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

9. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Multiple disabilities
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

10. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
learning disability
no
mental retardation
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

11. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
90%
articulation
developmental
45%

12. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
Multiple disabilities
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

13. Spina bifida
Mental retardation
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
21 or younger
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

14. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
social stories
Stanford 9
curriculum based assessment
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

15. Name four areas of executive function
a hearing aid
Autism
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
augmentative communciation

16. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
functional skills - social skills - career skills
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Multiple disabilities

17. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
Specific learning disability
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Traumatic brain injury
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

18. Birthplace of FAPE
articulation
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
no
PARC vs. State of Penn

19. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
two to nine percent
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Program first placement second

20. 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
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
speech or language impairment
augmentative communciation

21. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Stanford 9
speech or language impairment
Fourteen

22. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
an audiometer
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Deafness

23. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
they modify students thought patterns
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
visual impairment

24. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
direct instruction
Larry P vs. Riles
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Multiple disabilities

25. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Larry P vs. Riles
zero reject
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Deafness

26. What is acquired hearing loss?
Learning disabilities
ESEA Act
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
hearing loss that happened after birth

27. What is the prevalence of autism?
18
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
10 per 10 - 100 children
mental retardation

28. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
no
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
principles of IDEA
try to find appropriate content at grade level

29. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
18
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

30. What is conductive hearing loss?
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
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

31. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
students who are mentally retarded
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

32. Share the responsibility for the students education
an individualized transition plan
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Program first placement second
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

33. 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?
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Autism
ESEA Act
try to find appropriate content at grade level

34. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
visual impairment
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Program first placement second
Multiple disabilities

35. 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
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

36. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
hearing loss that happened after birth
mental retardation
Program first placement second
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

37. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
General education classrooms
curriculum based assessment
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

38. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
early traumatic experiences
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
PARC vs. State of Penn

39. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
90%
pervasive developmental disorders

40. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
Sixty days
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

41. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
an individualized transition plan
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

42. What percent of the population was ADHD?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
early traumatic experiences
two to nine percent
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

43. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

44. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
IFSP
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

45. The approach to reading instruction which uses students language and experiences and in which reading is taught a meaning - oriented integrated activity rather than a collection of separate skills is known as a
whole language
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
90%

46. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
pervasive developmental disorders

47. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
Larry P vs. Riles
PARC vs. State of Penn
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

48. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
Deafness
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
21 or younger
curriculum based assessment

49. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
discriminatory stimulus
an audiometer
Learning disabilities

50. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
Sixty days
direct instruction
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
discriminatory stimulus

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