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1. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
yes
Sixty days
Specific learning disability
augmentative communciation

2. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
Sixty days
the Cummins model
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
direct instruction

3. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
How 504 defines a disability
IFSP
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

4. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
Deafness
Stanford 9
an individualized transition plan
How 504 defines a disability

5. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
where Section 504 comes from
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

6. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Specific learning disability
try to find appropriate content at grade level
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

7. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
student to student

8. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
having them practice filing out job applications
Mental retardation
group contingency contracting

9. A model used with ESL and deaf students
Specific learning disability
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
assistive technology
the Cummins model

10. Spina bifida
Orthopedic impairment
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Mental retardation
Larry P vs. Riles

11. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Deafness
where Section 504 comes from
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

12. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
yes
Autism
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Procedural safeguards

13. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
Sixty days
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

14. ADHD criteria is defined by
the DSM- IV
45%
early traumatic experiences
Mental retardation

15. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
yes
contingency based self - management
Hearing impairment
a hearing aid

16. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
45%
yes

17. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
Sixty days
duration recording
where Section 504 comes from
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

18. What are four types of data based decision making?
Deaf - blindness
45%
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Hearing impairment

19. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
learned helplessness
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

20. Name four areas of executive function
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Sixty days
ther health impairments

21. What is conductive hearing loss?
learning disability
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Deaf - blindness
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

22. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Procedural safeguards
hearing loss that happened after birth
Orthopedic impairment

23. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
Sixty days
21 or younger
functional vision assessment
Autism

24. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
group contingency contracting
Orthopedic impairment
90%
Procedural safeguards

25. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

26. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
Non - discriminatory assessment
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Fourteen
ecological

27. Share the responsibility for the students education
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
ther health impairments
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

28. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
learning disability
principles of IDEA
social stories
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

29. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
General education classrooms
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
group contingency contracting
1%

30. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
90%
no
Non - discriminatory assessment
hearing loss that happened after birth

31. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
medication and a behavior management intervention

32. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
whole language
visual impairment

33. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
executive functioning
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

34. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
mental retardation
Autism
1%
Orthopedic impairment

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

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36. What causes autism?
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
articulation
where Section 504 comes from

37. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Learning disabilities
not legal
21 or younger

38. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
Non - discriminatory assessment
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
contingency based self - management
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

39. If a college bound student has the accommodation that he uses a tape recorder in english and a calculator in algebra II this is an example of
Autism
ecological
assistive technology
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

40. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
delayed language and echolalia
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
curriculum based assessment

41. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
Curriculum based assessment
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
articulation
a hearing aid

42. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
21 or younger
medication and a behavior management intervention
delayed language and echolalia
speech or language impairment

43. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
visual impairment
IFSP
executive functioning
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

44. 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
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
they modify students thought patterns
whole language

45. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
medication and a behavior management intervention
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
functional skills - social skills - career skills

46. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
the Cummins model
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
developmental
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

47. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
General education classrooms
social stories
the Cummins model
Deafness

48. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Stanford 9
an individualized transition plan
direct instruction
Hearing impairment

49. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
where Section 504 comes from
yes
they modify students thought patterns
Learning disabilities

50. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
augmentative communciation
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Mental retardation