Exceptional Child Chapter 8 – Flashcards
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Which IDEA category includes ADHD?
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Other health impairments
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What fraction of students served under the category that includes ADHD actually have ADHD?
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Greater than 2/3
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Fidgeting, leaving the seat in the classroom, running or climbing excessively, difficulty playing or engaging in leisure activities, blurting out answers, difficulty waiting to take turns, and talking excessively are characteristics of:
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ADHD hyperactive/impulsive type
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According to the American Psychiatric Association, symptoms of ADHD must persist for how long?
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6 months
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Which of the following is not a criteria for ADHD under APA definition?
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Attributed to another disability
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What is the prevalence of ADHD in boys vs. girls?
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Approximately three times as many boys have ADHD than girls
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Students with which type of ADHD are usually identified earliest?
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Predominantly hyperactive-impulsive type
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For students who have inattentive type of ADHD, teachers should make sure students have enough time to shift from one activity to another, allow flexible limits for finishing work, simplified task that have multiple steps, and
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Teach organizational skills
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The majority of children with ADHD have:
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Combined type
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Most students with ADHD have IQ scores in what range?
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Average
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66% of students with ADHD exhibit:
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internal and external behaviors
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Which of the following is a known case of ADHD in children?
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Structural differences in the brain
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There is research to support brain differences in children with ADHD. Which of the following is not a brain difference noted in children with ADHD?
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More activation the frontal cortex
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Exposure to cigarette smoke, lead, and alcohol are which of the following environmental causes/factors of ADHD?
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Prenatal
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The name of the plan written for a student who does NOT require special education services but needs some accomodations in the general education classroom is:
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504 Plan
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Nondiscriminatory evaluations plans to seek to answer each of the following EXCEPT:
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What should the student's IEP contain?
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Many school psychologist use which measure to determine the presence of ADHD?
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Conner's Rating Scales
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Accommodations like reassuring the students gently, meeting with the parents to find out how the child likes to communicate, and being on alert for frustrations or anger or modifying expectations during those times are particularly good for students who:
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Have mood characteristics
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A critical predictor of success in adulthood for students with ADHD is:
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Goal setting
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With regards to medications for ADHD teachers are expected to;
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Help monitor the impact on the child
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Common components of multimodal treatment include each of the following except:
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Behavior management in the home
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An instructional strategy that minimizes mistakes students make when learning a new task is:
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Errorless learning
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Anything a teacher does after asking a question to increase the chances a student will provide the correct response is called a:
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Prompt
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When a teacher takes a student's hand to model a piece of clay it is a:
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Physical prompt
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The prompting strategy used most often in errorless learning is:
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Physical prompt
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Computer-assisted instruction is used for:
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Drill and practice
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Why doesn't the U.S. Department of Education provide data on the number of students with ADHD who are educated in the general education classroom?
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Because ADHD is not a separate category under IDEA
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Which of the following involves identifying five potential outcomes of instruction and graphing results to compare progress?
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Goal attainment scaling
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Which of the following allows teachers to track two aspects of a behavior together?
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A T-chart
