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Compared to students of other racial and ethnic groups African American students are most likely to be identified as having

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Intellectual disabilities

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Selma's general education teacher and the speech therapist at her school communicate to make sure that her therapy sessions end before it is time for art classes. This is an example of

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coordination

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Which of the following statements about least restrictive environment is true?

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The LRE may change over time

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Which of the following is an example of a measurable annual goal?

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By the end of the school year, Erin will read a third grade level reading selection with 95% accuracy

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Mrs. Jonas, a speech therapist, Mr. Dodds, a physical therapist and Mrs. Anthony, a special education teacher, work independently to provide services to Jasmine, a student with cerebral palsy. Mrs. Jonas addresses Jasmine's articulation problems. Mr. Dodds focuses on helping Jasmine with braces and Mrs. Anthony works on Jasmine's reading and math goals. Which type of team is described in this scenario?

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Multidisciplinary

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Which school policy best illustrates the concept of least restrictive environment?

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Students with disabilities are educated with non disabled peers to the maximum extent appropriate.

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RTI can prevent placement in special education (t/f)

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True

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School districts must use RTI to identify students with learning disabilities (t/f)

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False

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Which of the following statements about parent involvement and special education is true?

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Parent involvement is an essential element of special education

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Principles for effective communication between parents and educators include all of the following except

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passive listening

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Common feelings of siblings of children with disabilities include all of the following except

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fear that they will be rejected by their disabled sibling

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Mark is a student with autism. Mrs. Hash, a fifth grade teacher, is having a conference with his parents. She begins by welcoming them. First, she asks his parents if he is experiencing problems with his homework. Second, she asks them if Mark is having any other challenges that she may not by aware of. Was Mrs. hash engaging in effective communication with parents?

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No; she focused mainly on problems and deficits.

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The key operational element of family-professional partnerships is

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ongoing two way communication

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Which of the following statements about the special education system and culturally/linguistically diverse families is true?

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They may view professionals as experts and be hesitant to express their opinions.

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The steps in the RERUN approach to conflict resolution described by Gonzales-Mena (2006) are

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reflect, explain, reason, understand and negotiate

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Who are the most powerful and pervasive influences in a child's life?

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family

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The demands of parenting a child with disabilities end when he or she reaches adulthood (t/f)

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false

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Parent participation in the form of shared decision making is one of the six major principles of IDEA (t/f)

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true

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All of the following are criteria for diagnosis of intellectual disability EXCEPT

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concurrent sensory disabilities

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An intellectual disability is usually defined by an IQ that falls below

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70

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Which of the following statements about IQ tests is NOT true

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IQ test scores tend to be static

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Which of the following best represents a deficit in adaptive behavior

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Twelve year old Chandler cannot cross the street without assistance

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Students with intellectual disabilities have ability similar to people without disabilities in

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Long-term memory

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Which of the following is the best example of self-determination?

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Gina asks to ride the bus to town with her cousin so she can use public transportation.

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The two most common genetic causes of intellectual disabilities are

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Down syndrome and fragile x syndrome

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Breaking down complex skills into smaller subskills or steps to make learning easier is known as

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task analysis

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A student with an IQ score higher than 70 cannot be classified as intellectually disabled (t/f)

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False

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All students with intellectual disabilities should receive basic skills instruction in reading, writing and math (t/f)

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True

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The most common way to identify a severe discrepancy between expected and actual achievement is

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comparing student scores on IQ tests with scores on achievement test

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What is a drawback to using a discrepancy approach to identifying children with learning disabilities?

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It is a wait and fail approach

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One advantage of the Response to Intervention (RTI) approach to identifying students with learning disabilities is

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it results in early identification and prevention

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The most common type of learning disabilities involves the problem with

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reading

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Carter is having difficulty learning to read. Although he is in the third grade, his teacher says that he does not seem to have a conscious understanding that language is made up of sounds. Carter has a deficit in

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phonological awareness

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What is the defining characteristic of students with learning disabilities?

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specific and significant achievement deficits in spite of adequate intelligence

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Larry scored below basic on a statewide achievement test; however, his teacher has evidence that he has made small incremental improvements in both reading fluency and comprehension this year. Which type of assessment is likely to provide this evidence?

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curriculum-based measurement

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Mrs. Cooper prepares handouts for her students with learning disabilities to help them understand her lecture. The handouts contain an outline of lecture content and include spaces for writing key facts, concepts, or relationships. This is an example of

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Guided notes

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Children usually outgrow learning disabilities (t/f)

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False

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In most cases, the cause of a learning disability is unknown (t/f)

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True

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Why is it difficult to develop a clear definition of emotional disabilities?

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Norms for appropriate behavior differ across cultures

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Which of the following is NOT an example of a student with an internalizing behavior?

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Seven-year-old Sophie is often out of her seat during reading

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What is the most common behavior of students with emotional disability in school setting?

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noncompliance

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Which of the following statements regarding risk factors and emotional and behavior problems is true?

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Behavioral problems are generally the result of accumulation of several risk factors

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Behavioral intervention plans are required for students with disabilities

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who have behavior issues that adversely affect school performance

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Curriculum for students with emotional disabilities should focus on

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developing both academic and social skills

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Mrs. Byrd is a middle school English teacher. She has just learned that Carla, a new student in her class, has an emotional disability. She wants to keep confrontations and classroom disruptions at a minimum. Mrs. Byrd should

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provide explicit and systematic instruction

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Monica's teacher has taught her to use a self-management strategy to control her blurting out in class. Her teacher agreed to let her have extra time in the listening center if she has fewer than 5 blurt outs during morning work. Monica has been instructed to color the circle on her chart green if she has met the goal. On Thursday after morning work, Monica holds up a green circle and smiles at her teacher. This form of self-management described in this scenario is

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self-evaluation

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Most students with emotional and behavioral disorders perform on grade level academically (t/f)

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False

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Internalizing behaviors are more often displayed by girls with emotional and behavioral disabilities (t/f)

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True

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Autism is best described as a/an

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neurodevelopmental disorder

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Charley is a student with autism. Her teacher asks, "Do you have a pet?" Charley replies, "Do you have a pet?" This speech deficit in children with autism is known as

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Echolalia

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All of the following are defining characteristics of autism in the IDEA definition of autism EXCEPT

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Cognitive deficits

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Which of the following is an example of joint attention?

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A child looking at a picture that a teacher is pointing at

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Which of the following would be the most difficult for a child with autism?

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Understanding why a joke is funny

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Current research on successful inclusion of students with autism indicated that student success depended on the ability

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to participate and learn in group lessons

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A strong argument for including students with autism in general education is that

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they can learn from socially competent children

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Which of the following interventions is supported by scientifically validated research?

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Applied behavior analysis (ABA)

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Most children with autism share the same set of behaviors (t/f)

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False

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Autism is the fastest growing disability category in special education (t/f)

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True

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Which function allows children to gain a sense of themselves and an awareness of others?

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Expressing

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Which of the following are true regarding languages?

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The symbols and rules that govern languages are arbitrary.

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Jake is a high school student. After-school conversations with friends include the use of slang words and may include telling of a "dirty joke". When Jake arrives at his grandparents' house, he uses Standard English and says "ma'am" and "sir" when addressing them. This ability to adjust language represents skill in

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Pragmatics

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Which of the following children shows signs of a receptive language disorder?

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Chelsea, who can't follow a sequence of commands such as "Get your coat" and "line up"

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Which of the following statements about dialects is most accurate?

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Dialects are linguistically correct within the rules that govern them

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A child with a communication disorder is eligible for special education services when the disorder

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has an adverse effect on academic performance

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How can a teacher help a child who stutters?

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pay attention to what the child is saying

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The most common method of service delivery to students who receive speech/language therapy is

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Pull-out

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Languages grow and develop as communities and cultures change. (t/f)

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True

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Children who use dialects need speech and language services (t/f)

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False

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Which of the following is an example of a student who would qualify for special education services as a student with a hearing loss?

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Demetrius, who wears hearing aids but still cannot understand speech

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The academic achievement gap between deaf and hard-of-hearing students and their hearing peers

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Increases as students get older

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Current research indicates that deaf students experience problems in education due to

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inadequate development of a first language

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Mrs. Walker's son, Keenan, was born at 26 weeks and has a severe hearing loss. This loss is

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Congenital

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Which educational approach emphasizes training in the production and understanding of speech?

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Oral/Aural

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The most widely used method of instruction of schools for the deaf is

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Total Communication

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Which of the following is the language of the Deaf culture in the United States and Canada?

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American Sign Language (ASL)

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Many deaf people do no view themselves as disabled (t/f)

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True

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Deafness poses limitations on a student's cognitive capabilities (t/f)

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False

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Mrs. Torrez has been informed that Victoria, a new student with low vision, is being placed in her class. Which of the following is probably true about Victoria?

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She will mainly use her vision to learn.

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The ability to clearly distinguish forms or discriminate details at a specified distance is called

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Visual acuity

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Which of the following is true about cognition and children with limited vision?

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They have difficulty connecting their experiences

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As light passes through the eye, what does it hit first?

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The cornea

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Which statement about braille for students who are blind is most accurate?

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Students write words as contractions rather than letter by letter

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Which of the following statements about orientation and mobility (O&M) is most accurate?

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O&M skills must be taught at an early age

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A long cane serves as all of the following except

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a bumper for protection from low hanging tree branches

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A child with low vision learns primarily through other senses (t/f)

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False

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Most visual impairments of school-age children are congenital (t/f)

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True

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Which of the following statements about orthopedic impairments is NOT true?

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They are usually acquired.

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All of the following are disability categories that students with ADHD may be served under EXCEPT

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Autism

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The most prevalent physical disability in school aged children is

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Cerebral Palsy

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Which clause appears in the IDEA definition of orthopedic impairments and other health impairments?

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adversely affects educational performance

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Amelia is eight years old. She has a very short attention span. Her teacher reports that she frequently stares out the window and that she loses her place when reading. She often asks for directions to be repeated and appears startled when called on in class. Which subtype of ADHD is Amelia most likely to have.

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ADHD primarily inattentive type

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All of the following are behavioral interventions for students with ADHD EXCEPT

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Eating foods low in sugar

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Children with ADHD who do not qualify for special education services under IDEA may be served under

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Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act

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Aaron has cerebral palsy. He is able to use him arms and hands quite well but he has braces on both legs that support him when he walks. His condition would be described as

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Paraplegia

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The most common form of Spina Bifida, Myelomeningcele, affects more girls than boys (t/f)

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True

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Children with asthma cannot participate in sports (t/f)

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False

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Students with severe disabilities

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function significantly below the norm physically, intellectually and socially

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Charlie is a student with orthopedic impairment and intellectual disability. He would be classified as a child with multiple disabilities

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If his educational needs could not be met in a program for one of the disabilities

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Which of the following could NOT result in a closed head injury

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a gunshot wound to the head

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Which of the following would be the least functional activity for a sixteen-year-old with severe disabilities?

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sorting m&m's by color

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Teaching recreation and leisure skills to students with severe disabilities is important for all the following reasons except

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Accessing the general curriculum

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A term used to describe multiple disabilities, deaf-blindness, and traumatic brain injury is

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low incidence disabilities

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Current curriculum for students with severe disabilities

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focuses on functional skills needed in immediate and future environments

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Which of the following is NOT an element of positive behavior support?

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Using aversive consequences when the inappropriate behavior occurs

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A person with a severe disability needs instruction in skills that most children without disabilities acquire in the first five years of life (t/f)

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True

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Children with severe disabilities are not able to benefit from instruction in reading and math (t/f)

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False

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