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1. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
90%
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Learning disabilities
Council for Exceptional Children

2. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Non - discriminatory assessment

3. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Program first placement second
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
50%

4. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
students who are mentally retarded
visual impairment
18
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

5. Specific learning disability
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Autism
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
yes

6. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
not legal
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
principles of IDEA
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

7. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
ecological
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

8. 504
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
principles of IDEA
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
assistive technology

9. Name four areas of executive function
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
ecological
early traumatic experiences

10. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
yes
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

11. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
a hearing aid
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

12. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Autism

13. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
articulation
ther health impairments
mental retardation
Sixty days

14. What is acquired hearing loss?
hearing loss that happened after birth
life space analysis
ecological
zero reject

15. What percent of the population was ADHD?
pervasive developmental disorders
Hearing impairment
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
two to nine percent

16. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
medication and a behavior management intervention
Multiple disabilities

17. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
duration recording
mental retardation
learned helplessness
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

18. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
General education classrooms
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
whole language

19. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
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
ecological
ther health impairments

20. 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
Learning disabilities
PARC vs. State of Penn
ecological
Traumatic brain injury

21. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Hearing impairment
life space analysis
speech or language impairment

22. A remedial approach
IFSP
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Non - discriminatory assessment

23. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Autism
learned helplessness

24. Share the responsibility for the students education
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Autism
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

25. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
try to find appropriate content at grade level
yes
hearing loss that happened after birth
1%

26. What is conductive hearing loss?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

27. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
an individualized transition plan
they modify students thought patterns
Autism
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

28. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
Specific learning disability
learning disability
two to nine percent
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

29. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Mental retardation
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Orthopedic impairment

30. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
duration recording
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Mental retardation

31. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
principles of IDEA
PARC vs. State of Penn

32. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
1%
they modify students thought patterns
executive functioning
Non - discriminatory assessment

33. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Program first placement second
Larry P vs. Riles
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

34. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
Council for Exceptional Children
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
IFSP
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

35. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
18
articulation
mental retardation
zero reject

36. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
social stories
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Traumatic brain injury
mental retardation

37. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
no
the DSM- IV
student to student

38. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
duration recording
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Learning disabilities

39. Spina bifida
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
a hearing aid
10 per 10 - 100 children

40. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Orthopedic impairment
Deaf - blindness
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

41. In errorless learning SD stands for?
yes
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
discriminatory stimulus
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 does congenital hearing loss mean?
hearing loss that was present at birth
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

43. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
Fourteen
50%
How 504 defines a disability
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

44. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
having them practice filing out job applications
21 or younger
hearing loss that was present at birth
life space analysis

45. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
curriculum based assessment
Larry P vs. Riles
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
developmental

46. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Learning disabilities
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

47. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
social stories
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
hearing loss that happened after birth

48. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
yes

49. ADHD criteria is defined by
the DSM- IV
the Cummins model
Non - discriminatory assessment
IFSP

50. Multiple and severe disabilties
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
delayed language and echolalia
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Mental retardation