Teaching Students with Disabilities
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Course Introduction
Teaching Students with Disabilities explores the principles, strategies, and practices necessary for effectively educating learners with diverse abilities in inclusive and specialized settings. The course covers the identification of various disabilities, legal frameworks such as IDEA and ADA, individualized education plan (IEP) development, collaboration with families and specialists, and the use of differentiated instruction and assistive technologies. Emphasis is placed on fostering equitable learning environments, promoting social-emotional development, and preparing educators to advocate for and support the unique needs of students with disabilities.
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Exceptional Learners An Introduction to Special Education 13th Edition by Daniel P. Hallahan
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Chapter 1: Exceptionality and Special Education
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Q1) The majority of students who receive special education services fall within which age range?
A)3-12
B)6-17
C)9-18
D)12-21
Answer: B
Q2) In the case of Hudson v. Rowley, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the school did not have to provide a sign interpreter for Amy Rowley, a child who was deaf, because she had an individualized program that allowed her to achieve at or above an average level for her age. The decision interpreted which component of P.L. 94-142?
A)due process
B)least restrictive environment
C)free, appropriate education
D)nondiscriminatory evaluation
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Current Practices for Meeting the Needs of
Exceptional Learners
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Q1) In collaborative consultation, the special education teacher
A)teaches students with disabilities in the regular classroom.
B)acts as an expert in providing advice to the regular education teacher.
C)shares daily decisions about programming with the regular education teacher equally.
D)pulls out students with disabilities for special instruction in a resource room.
Answer: B
Q2) Each of the following people is typically on an IEP team EXCEPT A)a parent or guardian.
B)a provider of special education.
C)the child's general education teacher.
D)a special education lawyer.
Answer: D
Q3) The individualized education program (IEP)is not required to be a written statement; however, the parents must agree to the teacher's plans before the student is enrolled.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Multicultural and Bilingual Aspects of Special Education
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Q1) Identify the three general purposes of multicultural education.
Answer: To promote pride in one's own cultural heritage and understanding of subcultures different from one's own, to foster positive attitudes toward cultural diversity, and to ensure equal educational opportunities for all students.
Q2) Each of the following is a major component or element of culture EXCEPT
A)skin color.
B)values and typical behavior.
C)nonverbal communication.
D)world views or general perspectives.
Answer: A
Q3) Which of the following statements is true?
A)Most of education is appropriately challenging for students.
B)Students from cultural minorities, who are at risk for failure or who have disabilities, should not be given challenging tasks.
C)Appropriately challenging tasks are those that a given student finds just manageable.
D)Teachers tend to overestimate the capabilities of minority and exceptional children.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Parent and Families
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Q1) There are numerous anecdotal accounts of parents who report that having a child with a disability has some positive results.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which approach considers how the impact of a child with a disability on the family changes over time?
A)family-centered perspective
B)life cycle perspective
C)community systems perspective
D)social support systems model
Q3) In the not too distant past, many professionals believed that parents were
A)unwilling to spend time working with their child.
B)to blame for their child's problems.
C)unable to work effectively with their child.
D)unable to cope with a child with a disability.
Q4) The prevalence of feelings of guilt is probably due to
A)the fact that the cause of so many disabilities is unknown.
B)parents' knowledge that they caused their child's disability.
C)strangers' stares and comments.
D)the lack of support for families of disabled children.
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Chapter 5: Learners With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Q1) What is self-determination? Describe the four components of self-determination and discuss arguments for and against promoting self-determination.
Q2) Employment based on assessment of an individual's strengths, weaknesses, and interests is
A)supported employment.
B)competitive employment.
C)sheltered employment.
D)customized employment.
Q3) According to the hypothetical "normal curve," approximately what percentage of the population is expected to have intellectual disabilities?
A)1%
B)1)27%
C)2)27%
D)5)27%
Q4) In person-centered planning, professionals are seen as
A)working for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
B)collaborating with individuals with intellectual disabilities.
C)advising individuals with intellectual disabilities.
D)planning everything for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
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Chapter 6: Learners With Learning Disabilities
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Q1) The degree to which a certain condition, such as a learning disability, occurs in a single family is determined by
A)heritability studies.
B)neuroimaging studies.
C)familiality studies.
D)retrospective studies.
Q2) Most children with learning disabilities outgrow their disabilities as adults.
A)True
B)False
Q3) All of the following practices are typical of curriculum-based assessment EXCEPT A)frequent observation of child's behavior.
B)testing completed by classroom teacher.
C)comparison of child to national norms.
D)use of curriculum the student has been exposed to.
Q4) Write a scenario illustrating the relationship between "locus of control" and "learned helplessness."
Q5) The resource room is the most popular placement for students with learning disabilities.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Learners With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
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Q1) Which statement is TRUE about the Telephone Interview Probe (TIP)?
A)It uses comprehensive, weekly telephone calls with parents to determine effects of intervention,
B)It is particularly useful for determining the effects of psychostimulants at different times of the day.
C)It has a broader time frame than many other common rating scales.
D)It is only used to provide ratings of inattention.
Q2) What is meant by the statement: "It may not be that they do not know how to behave appropriately so much as that they are unable to do so"?
Q3) The most frequently prescribed types of medication for students with ADHD are A)depressants.
B)mood enhancers.
C)psychotropics.
D)psychostimulants.
Q4) Most authorities in the area of ADHD are opposed to the use of Ritalin.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe four ways that special and general education teachers can collaborate to serve students with ADHD.
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Chapter 8: Learners With Emotional or Behavioral Disorders
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Q1) Transition from school to work is usually not a significant problem for those with E/BD because they tend to be so independent.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Describe two misunderstandings that seem to contribute to a common viewpoint in society that E/BD is not a "real" disorder.
Q3) In the case of discipline, "zero tolerance" means that
A)the circumstances surrounding an incident are not weighed in deciding what the consequences should be; only the act itself is questioned.
B)the circumstances surrounding an incident are weighed in deciding what the consequences should be, and the act itself is questioned.
C)the circumstances surrounding an incident are weighed in deciding what the consequences should be, but the act itself is not questioned.
D)the circumstances surrounding an incident are not weighed in deciding what the consequences should be, and the act itself is not questioned.
Q4) What procedures are used to identify students with E/BD?
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Chapter 9: Learners With Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Q1) What is currently the most popular placement for students with autism?
A)self-contained classroom
B)separate schools
C)resource rooms
D)general education classrooms
Q2) Why has autism been "fertile ground for faddish and unproven treatment methods?"
Q3) Jean is a young woman with Asperger syndrome. Her coworker recently lost a family member to cancer. Jean expounded on her knowledge of the cause and effects of the illness, but did not offer condolences, nor did she notice the discomfort she was causing her coworker. Jean's inability to perceive the feelings or to understand the emotional state of her coworker is related to
A)theory of central coherence.
B)theory of empathy.
C)theory of mind.
D)theory of executive functioning.
Q4) Social interaction problems for persons with Asperger syndrome tend to increase as they reach adolescence and adulthood.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Learners With Communication Disorders
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Q1) Many children do not master phonology until they are eight or nine years old.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Describe the three categories that adolescents and adults in speech and language intervention programs typically fit in.
Q3) Decoding, or understanding messages, is referred to as
A)communication.
B)expressive language.
C)discourse.
D)receptive language.
Q4) Approximately what percentage of students in elementary and secondary grades is thought to have speech disorders?
A)1%
B)5%
C)10%
D)20%
Q5) Most cases of childhood stuttering are resolved by adulthood.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Explain why communication does not require speech.
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Chapter 11: Learners Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
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Q1) Children who are deaf reach language development milestones in sign later than hearing children do in spoken language.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The rationale behind a bicultural-bilingual approach is
A)teaching the history of the Deaf culture instead of that of the dominant culture.
B)providing a foundation in spoken English to serve as a basis for ASL
C)providing a foundation in ASL to serve as a basis for learning English.
D)encouraging hearing people to learn ASL as a second language.
Q3) The auditory-verbal approach encourages children with hearing impairment to A)depend on their peers for sound cues.
B)use their residual hearing.
C)learn sign language as quickly as possible.
D)focus on visual cues.
Q4) All of the following identify the location of hearing loss EXCEPT A)conductive. B)mixed.
C)sensorineural.
D)adventitious.
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Chapter 12: Learners With Blindness or Low Vision
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Q1) All of the following are appropriate actions pertaining to guide dogs and their owners EXCEPT
A)Patting the dog after asking the owner's permission.
B)Approaching the person on the side opposite from the dog.
C)Asking the person if he or she needs assistance before offering it.
D)Holding the dog's harness when you are asked to lead the person somewhere.
Q2) A condition characterized by a preference for looking at near objects, non-purposeful gazing, distinct color preferences, attraction to rapid movements, and abnormal visual reflexes is
A)cortical visual impairment.
B)strabismus.
C)retinitis pigmentosa.
D)nystagmus.
Q3) Most people with visual impairment use braille as their primary method of reading.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Write a case description of a student who is defined as legally blind but has low vision from an educational perspective.
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Chapter 13: Learners With Low-Incidence, Multiple, and
Severe Disabilities
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Q1) The best place to teach domestic skills is not always the student's home.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Each of the following statements about early intervention is true EXCEPT
A)It is best to assume that all parents need to be educated about how to be better parents to avoid overlooking a likely problem.
B)Someone in the program, or immediately available, should speak the family's preferred language.
C)Professionals in related disciplines should work collaboratively, not independently.
D)Developmentally appropriate practices should be balanced with practices that are also chronologically age appropriate.
Q3) The absence or closure of a body opening present at birth is A)atresia.
B)coloboma.
C)choanae.
D)occlusion.
Q4) Explain why hand-under-hand guidance is often recommended as an alternative to hand-over-hand guidance.
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Chapter 14: Learners With Physical Disabilities and Other Health Impairments
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Q1) Tim has a hereditary disease characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of muscle fibers. His condition is
A)muscular dystrophy.
B)spina bifida.
C)cerebral palsy.
D)multiple sclerosis.
Q2) Teenage mothers are more likely than older women to give birth to premature or low-birthweight babies.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In addition to its effect on the immune system, AIDS poses all of the following threats to children EXCEPT
A)intellectual disability.
B)emotional or behavioral disorders. C)seizures.
D)muscular dystrophy.
Q4) Physical disabilities of all kinds are decreasing because of medical advances. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Learners With Special Gifts and Talents
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Q1) In addition to IQ and achievement tests, what other method is commonly used to identify giftedness?
A)nominations
B)personality tests
C)interviews
D)interest inventories
Q2) Probably the central issue in the education of adolescents with special gifts and talents is that of
A)vocational focus versus academic focus.
B)acceleration versus enrichment.
C)inclusion versus separate schools.
D)grade-skipping versus acceleration.
Q3) According to the most common elements of state definitions, giftedness is evidenced by all of the following EXCEPT
A)superior intellectual ability.
B)extraordinary capacity for leadership.
C)exceptional creativity in music.
D)superior athletic ability.
Q4) What factors seem to influence intelligence? How do each contribute to giftedness?
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