Teaching Students with Disabilities
Final Exam
Course Introduction
This course provides a comprehensive overview of effective instructional strategies, legal frameworks, and best practices for teaching students with disabilities in inclusive and specialized settings. Students will explore the characteristics of various disabilities, including learning, physical, sensory, and developmental disabilities, and examine methods for adapting curriculum and assessments to meet diverse learning needs. The course also emphasizes collaboration with families, support staff, and related service providers, as well as fostering an inclusive classroom environment that promotes equity, accessibility, and academic success for all learners.
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Special Education in Contemporary Society 5th edition
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Chapter 1: Special Education in Context People Concepts and Perspectives
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Q1) Only one third of people with disabilities report that they are satisfied with their lives. A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The terms developmentally delayed and at risk are defined by the A) Federal government
B) State governments
C) Municipal governments
D) School districts
Answer: B
Q3) Learning disabilities account for about 4 of every 10 students with disabilities. A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) The title Father of Special Education is rightly bestowed on Itard.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Policies Practices and Programs
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Q1) A mandatory ________ _______ is now required prior to proceeding with a due process hearing.
A) Waiting period
B) Resolution session
C) Suspension hearing
D) Time out Answer: B
Q2) PL 94-142 requires that parents participate fully in the decision-making process that affects their child's education.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Select the public law that was the "bill of rights" for children with exceptionalities and their families.
A) PL 90-112
B) PL 94-142
C) PL 98-192
D) PL 94-132
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity and Exceptionality
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Q1) The majority of general and special educators are from which of the following groups?
A) African American
B) Asian
C) Latino
D) White
Answer: D
Q2) When evaluating instructional materials, classroom teachers should consider the perspectives and contributions of the following group.
A) Women and men from all geographic areas of the United States
B) Women and men with and without disabilities across cultures
C) Children and teenagers who are Latino or African American
D) Children and teenagers who are Latino and have disabilities
Answer: B
Q3) All of the following are true about multiculturalism except
A) Acknowledges basic commonalities among groups of people
B) Refers to more than one culture
C) Implies we should appreciate differences among groups of people
D) States clearly that one cannot function within more than one culture
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Parents Families and Exceptionality
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Q1) Which law, known as the parent law, dramatically improved relationships between parents and service providers by requiring full parent participation?
A) PL 98-090
B) PL 91-674
C) PL 95-128
D) PL 94-142
Q2) Schools are expected to involve parents in decision-making processes when
A) Professionals think that parents will be able to understand the education system
B) Parents understand and speak the language
C) Parents are willing to comply with suggestions of professionals
D) Schools are always expected to involve parents
Q3) Listening to parents and other caregivers with understanding is known as
A) Active listening
B) Reciprocity
C) Sympathy
D) Encouragement
Q4) Briefly describe the role of the teacher in working with multicultural families.
Q5) Why are parents considered a valuable resource for professionals?
Q6) Explain why a disability should always be considered within a cultural context.
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Chapter 5: Assistive Technology
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Q1) Recent statistics suggest students are increasingly spending their time outside of the school with technology, resulting in some calling today's students the
A) Techno-generation kids
B) NextGen kids
C) iGeneration
D) iKids
Q2) The NATRI has developed ______________ for use during the IEP decision-making process.
A) Assistive technology rubrics
B) Checklist
C) Assistive technology planner
D) Assistive technology toolkit
Q3) Discuss the contributions of each of the following to educational/assistive technology.
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Chapter 6: Individuals With Intellectual Disability
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Q1) Most students who have intellectual disabilities are educated outside of the regular classroom.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The forerunner to the AAIDD, originally called the Association of Medical Officers of American Institutions for Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Persons, was founded in which year?
A) 1912
B) 1976
C) 1876
D) 1895
Q3) Increased age of the mother causes Down syndrome.
A)True
B)False
Q4) For many young adults with intellectual disabilities, competitive employment is not a realistic goal.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss why the 1992 AAIDD definition of intellectual disability was viewed as controversial.
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Chapter 7: Individuals With Learning Disabilities
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Q1) _______________ memory requires an individual to retain information while simultaneously engaging in another cognitive activity.
A) Long-term
B) Short-term
C) Working
D) Transitory
Q2) A form of alternative assessment thought to provide a more accurate representation of what a student can accomplish is
A) Authentic
B) Curriculum based
C) Criterion referenced
D) Norm referenced
Q3) Sherry has difficulty maintaining attention during an instructional lesson.What instructional model would be appropriate?
A) Direct instruction
B) Strategic instruction
C) Self-instruction
D) Guided notes
Q4) Provide five principles for effective cognitive education programming.
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Chapter 8: Individuals With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
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Q1) Discuss some ways in which you might maintain home-school communication for your students with ADHD.Why is such communication so important?
Q2) Approximately _____ out of 10 children with ADHD will continue to display symptoms in adolescence.
A) 2
B) 7
C) 4
D) 5
Q3) Environmental modifications are often crucial if the student with ADHD is to succeed in the classroom.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe the possible etiology of ADHD.Are biological or environmental factors most likely the cause?
Q5) What is the term used to describe the situation in which a child who normally displays behaviors characteristic of ADHD does not display such behaviors when evaluated by a doctor?
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Q6) Name two developmental features that distinguish ADHD from typical patterns of behavior.
Chapter 9: Individuals With Emotional or Behavioral Disorders
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Q1) Having periods of life characterized by conflict, crisis, depression, and stress is common for ___________.
A) Children
B) Adolescents
C) Adults
D) All of the above
Q2) What are the five strategies provided for use during instructional delivery?
Q3) By identifying the ______________ a problem behavior, a preventative approach to intervention can be implemented.
A) Feelings associated with
B) Antecedent to
C) Key to
D) Consequence of
Q4) Provide two reasons why the Mental Health and Special Education Coalition advocates for the change in the federal definition from the term serious emotional disturbance to emotional or behavioral disorder.
Q5) Describe the three levels of intervention within positive behavior support.Provide example interventions within each level.
Q6) Differentiate between a disturbing behavior and a disturbed behavior.
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Chapter 10: Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Q1) What questions should be considered when developing a plan for the transition of a person with autism spectrum disorders from school to postsecondary settings?
Q2) Uneven skill development may be the cause for a common myth that, inside each autistic child, there is a(n)
A) Genius
B) Self-injurious tendency
C) Aggressive attitude
D) None of the above
Q3) A specific medical test has been developed to diagnose autism spectrum disorders.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Leo Kanner differentiated autism from schizophrenia in all except which one of the following areas:
A) Extreme aloneness from the very beginning of life
B) Powerful desire for aloneness and sameness
C) Obsessive-compulsive behavior
D) An attachment to objects
Q5) Discuss the process that should occur for the diagnosis of ASD.
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Chapter 11: Individuals With Speech and Language Impairments
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Q1) What is communication?
Q2) The three basic types of speech impairments are _______, _______, and _______.
A) Articulation disorders, voice disorders, fluency disorders
B) Aphasia, apraxia, articulation
C) Resonance, phonation, nasality
D) Central auditory processing disorder, developmental delay, receptive disorder
Q3) A low-tech augmentative or alternative communication device includes the use of
A) Picture symbols
B) The selection of words to generate speech
C) iPods or iPads
D) Concrete choices
Q4) Etiologies of speech or language impairments can be classified in two broad categories.Name the categories and provide a brief definition of each.
Q5) Children with speech and language impairments who are second-language learners are difficult to identify because
A) Parents are reluctant to have their children tested.
B) Reliable and valid tests used for identification are limited.
C) To be valid, tests must be conducted in the child's second language.
D) Communication behaviors emerge at different ages in different cultures.
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Chapter 12: Individuals With Hearing Impairments
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Q1) Two pieces of equipment should be kept in the classroom to check the student's hearing aids.What are these?
Q2) In what year was PL 89-36, which is legislation facilitating transition as a national priority for the hearing impaired, enacted?
A) 1973
B) 1864
C) 1817
D) 1968
Q3) Which of the following is an example of a congenital cause for abnormal hearing that involves a narrowing or closure of the external ear canal?
A) Atresia
B) Armenia
C) Autosomal recessive
D) Adventiticious loss
Q4) Communication-rich environments are an essential element in the education of children who are deaf and hard of hearing.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Individuals With Visual Impairments
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Q1) Hyperopia is also referred to as farsightedness.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Orientation and mobility training is required to
A) Teach independent travel
B) Increase one's knowledge of visual impairments
C) Acquire academic skills
D) Use computer technology
Q3) Students with a field loss, or a restriction to the visual field, must be taught to use auditory cues for safety purposes on the playground, in the classroom, and in other environments.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In the eye, color is defined in the
A) Rod cells
B) Cone cells
C) Macula
D) Vitreous body
Q5) Name at least three materials that could be used to help a child with a visual impairment learn about maps.
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Chapter 14: Individuals With Physical Disabilities Health
Disabilities and Related Lowincidence Disabilities
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Q1) Which of the following is one of the reasons why these categories of exceptionality are so diverse?
A) Because of the wide range of diseases and disorders
B) Because there are 12 other categories of exceptionality
C) Because of ineffectual assessment measures
D) All of the above
Q2) Which category would not fall under physical disabilities, health disabilities, and related low-incidence disabilities?
A) Traumatic brain injury
B) Orthopedic impairments
C) Intellectual disability
D) Other health impairments
Q3) What is the most common pulmonary childhood disease?
A) Pneumonia
B) Tuberculosis
C) Asthma
D) Cystic fibrosis
Q4) What are two neuromotor impairments?
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Q5) Identify and define the three types of seizures in epilepsy.
Q6) Name five principal communication systems used by persons with deaf-blindness.
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Chapter 15: Individuals Who Are Gifted and Talented
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Q1) Which is not a common characteristic of gifted adolescent girls?
A) IQ scores drop during adolescence.
B) Gifted girls take less rigorous courses than do gifted boys.
C) Academic performance drops during adolescence.
D) Gifted girls attend less prestigious universities than do gifted boys.
Q2) Differentiated programming involves
A) Providing instruction that allows the gifted student to advance as far as possible
B) Providing instruction that allows a slow learner to achieve mastery of the curriculum
C) Having high expectations for all students
D) All of the above
Q3) The United States is the foremost country in the world for educating gifted and talented students.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In young children who are gifted and talented, it is common to see uneven development of skills.
A)True
B)False
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