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1. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
early traumatic experiences
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
General education classrooms
ESEA Act

2. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
Multiple disabilities
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
they modify students thought patterns
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

3. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
10 per 10 - 100 children
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
having them practice filing out job applications

4. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
discriminatory stimulus
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
LRE

5. ADHD criteria is defined by
principles of IDEA
10 per 10 - 100 children
group contingency contracting
the DSM- IV

6. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
How 504 defines a disability
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Sixty days
medication and a behavior management intervention

7. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
assistive technology
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
compensatory education
How 504 defines a disability

8. Birthplace of FAPE
General education classrooms
two to nine percent
contingency based self - management
PARC vs. State of Penn

9. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
mental retardation
pervasive developmental disorders
Sixty days
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

10. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
speech or language impairment
students who are mentally retarded
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

11. What causes autism?
21 or younger
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
not legal
Orthopedic impairment

12. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
21 or younger
having them practice filing out job applications
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

13. 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
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
ecological
early traumatic experiences

14. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
Mental retardation
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
principles of IDEA
learning disability

15. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
18
duration recording
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
mental retardation

16. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
pervasive developmental disorders
articulation
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

17. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
Autism
LRE
Council for Exceptional Children
Non - discriminatory assessment

18. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Multiple disabilities
life space analysis

19. Specific learning disability
10 per 10 - 100 children
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
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

20. 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
Specific learning disability
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
assistive technology

21. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
10 per 10 - 100 children
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

22. Share the responsibility for the students education
compensatory education
not legal
Learning disabilities
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

23. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
45%
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
ESEA Act

24. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Deafness
not legal
functional skills - social skills - career skills
principles of IDEA

25. In errorless learning SD stands for?
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
LRE
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
discriminatory stimulus

26. 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
yes
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
whole language

27. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
articulation
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Hearing impairment
negative reinforcement

28. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
developmental
delayed language and echolalia
1%

29. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
Larry P vs. Riles
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
learning disability
a hearing aid

30. 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
developmental
articulation
duration recording
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

31. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
45%
Orthopedic impairment
Autism
they modify students thought patterns

32. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
pervasive developmental disorders
21 or younger
ESEA Act
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

33. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Emotional disturbance
PARC vs. State of Penn
yes

34. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
Non - discriminatory assessment
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Council for Exceptional Children

35. What is CLOZE procedure?
yes
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
ther health impairments
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

36. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
early traumatic experiences
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
IFSP

37. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Program first placement second
Non - discriminatory assessment
Hear and understand speech
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

38. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
augmentative communciation
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
speech or language impairment
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

39. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
Traumatic brain injury
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
negative reinforcement
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

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

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41. 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?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Hear and understand speech
Autism

42. A model used with ESL and deaf students
yes
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
the Cummins model
early traumatic experiences

43. A teacher who sets clear and explicit goals for each lesson - presents a logical sequence of tasks - gives clear directions on how to do eacht ask - engages the student in guided practice - asks frequent questions - gives feedback - and does not move
Deafness
Council for Exceptional Children
direct instruction
curriculum based assessment

44. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
Specific learning disability
life space analysis
learning disability
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

45. What is conductive hearing loss?
augmentative communciation
medication and a behavior management intervention
yes
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

46. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
speech or language impairment
ther health impairments
visual impairment
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

47. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
categorical approach
not legal
mental retardation
yes

48. What percent of the population was ADHD?
Deaf - blindness
two to nine percent
whole language
Hear and understand speech

49. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Specific learning disability
students who are mentally retarded
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

50. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?