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1. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
PARC vs. State of Penn
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
10 per 10 - 100 children
principles of IDEA

2. What is CLOZE procedure?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Fourteen
90%
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

3. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Mental retardation
pervasive developmental disorders
group contingency contracting

4. What does a cochlear implant do?
the Cummins model
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

5. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
yes
not legal
mental retardation
Procedural safeguards

6. Specific learning disability
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
compensatory education
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

7. 504
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
not legal
compensatory education

8. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
learning disability
Mental retardation
ther health impairments

9. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
students who are mentally retarded
zero reject
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

10. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
early traumatic experiences
Hearing impairment
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Council for Exceptional Children

11. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Procedural safeguards
functional vision assessment
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

12. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
PARC vs. State of Penn
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
student to student

13. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
two to nine percent
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
categorical approach
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

14. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
discriminatory stimulus

15. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
yes
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
categorical approach
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

16. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
visual impairment
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

17. Name four areas of executive function
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
medication and a behavior management intervention
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

18. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
they modify students thought patterns
not legal
contingency based self - management
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

19. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
How 504 defines a disability
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
pervasive developmental disorders

20. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
1%
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

21. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Specific learning disability
pervasive developmental disorders
IFSP

22. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
Deafness
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
ther health impairments

23. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
students who are mentally retarded
Specific learning disability
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

24. Yes
zero reject
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
negative reinforcement

25. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
Learning disabilities
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Specific learning disability
functional skills - social skills - career skills

26. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
50%
Autism
Non - discriminatory assessment
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

27. ADHD criteria is defined by
ESEA Act
contingency based self - management
Deaf - blindness
the DSM- IV

28. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Hearing impairment
functional skills - social skills - career skills

29. Spina bifida
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
an individualized transition plan
compensatory education

30. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
assistive technology
direct instruction
having them practice filing out job applications
50%

31. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
Stanford 9
augmentative communciation
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
ecological

32. Metacognition is connected to
executive functioning
PARC vs. State of Penn
hearing loss that happened after birth
augmentative communciation

33. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
10 per 10 - 100 children
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

34. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Deaf - blindness
PARC vs. State of Penn
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

35. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
General education classrooms
speech or language impairment
augmentative communciation
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

36. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
functional vision assessment
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Program first placement second
visual impairment

37. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
students who are mentally retarded
the DSM- IV
an individualized transition plan
Stanford 9

38. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
Deaf - blindness
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
ecological

39. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
students who are mentally retarded
Orthopedic impairment
Procedural safeguards
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

40. What is the prevalence of autism?
hearing loss that was present at birth
10 per 10 - 100 children
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
mental retardation

41. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
negative reinforcement
visual impairment
medication and a behavior management intervention

42. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
where Section 504 comes from
Multiple disabilities
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
90%

43. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
How 504 defines a disability
yes
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

44. Birthplace of FAPE
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
PARC vs. State of Penn
50%

45. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
having them practice filing out job applications
duration recording
no
speech or language impairment

46. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
delayed language and echolalia
Non - discriminatory assessment
group contingency contracting
IFSP

47. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Deafness
visual impairment
zero reject
articulation

48. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
medication and a behavior management intervention
ESEA Act
where Section 504 comes from
group contingency contracting

49. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
yes
Autism
1%

50. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
the Cummins model
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
ther health impairments
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP