SPE Test #1 – Flashcards
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Annette is a high school student who reads at the level of a typical third grader. She wants to get her driver's license, but is unable to read the driver's manual or the questions on the driving test. For purposes of driver training, Annette would be considered to havec
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a disability and a handicap
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Although no two students are alike, to be considered "exceptional" for purposes of their school program, students must
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require special educational services to achieve their full human potential.
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When special education works as it should, the outcome for students is
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improved achievement and behavior
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The majority of students who receive special education services fall within which age range?
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6-17
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Which one of the following provides the best definition of special education?
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Special education meets individual needs of exceptional students.
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Most historians trace the beginning of special education as we know it today to
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Jean-Marc-Gaspard Itard
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The first special educators provided many of the ideas that form the foundation for special education practice today. They include all of the following EXCEPT
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placement in the least restrictive environment.
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All of the following practices promote integration EXCEPT
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institutionalization
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What was one of Elizabeth Farrell's contributions to special education?
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founded the Council for Exceptional Children
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Which federal act requires most students with disabilities to take standard tests of academic achievement and to achieve at a level equal to that of students without disabilities?
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No Child Left Behind Act
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Response to intervention (RTI)
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can be applied to social behavior and academic learning
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Frequent measures that provide information on whether a student is learning as expected are
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progress monitoring assessments
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Schools must provide an individualized program for each student who requires special education services. This means that
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an educational plan must be written for each student
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Which one of the following best describes an individual family service plan (IFSP)?
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a type of IEP created for preschool children with disabilities
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What was the major accomplishment of IDEA and other federal laws with respect to transition?
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They required schools to integrate transition plans into IEPs for students with disabilities
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Homebound instruction is most often utilized for students who have
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physical disabilities
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Each of the following is a basic strategy for helping students with disabilities to participate in the general education classroom EXCEPT
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a homogeneous grouping
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In collaborative consultation, the special education teacher
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acts as an expert in providing advice to the regular education teacher.
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In cooperative learning,
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students with and without disabilities work together in small groups to solve problems or practice responses.
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When teachers provide choices of activities on a single topic that vary in difficulty, they are using
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tiered assignments
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All teachers must be prepared to work with exceptional students for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
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Radical reforms of special education threaten special education as a separate, identifiable part of education.
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Each of the following is a major component or element of culture EXCEPT
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A skin color
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Each of the following is a general purpose of multicultural education EXCEPT
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to satisfy a large, tax-paying constituency.
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A group that shares an historic origin, culture, heritage, and traditions, and that has its own political and economic interests is called a/an
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ethnic group
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The disproportionate representation of ethnic minority students in special education points to the need for all of the following EXCEPT to
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decrease the level of home/community involvement.
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Quick measurements to determine who may need further assessment are
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screening measures
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All of the following are common criticisms of standardized tests EXCEPT
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focusing on deficits of the individual
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Cultural sensitivity requires
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adding materials that include examples of contributions by members of all cultural groups.
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An approach to teaching language-minority students in which students are taught for most of the day in their native languages and later make the transition to English is
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native-language emphasis.
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Tactics that aid memory, such as rhymes or images, are called
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mnemonics
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Academic instruction is one of two primary purpose of education. The other is
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socialization
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In families of a child with a disability, parental stress is usually the result of
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daily burdens related to child care.
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Which one of the following is regarded by some parents as a positive effect of having a child with a disability?
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causes family members to be more tolerant of others
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Tina and Jim have three children, one of whom has a disability. Several professionals work for them, encouraging the family to make its own decisions and get non-professional and formal support. This approach to intervention is consistent with which model?
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family-centered
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A system of using educational service in addition to available community services to meet the needs of children and their families is called
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wraparound service
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In Sam's family, everyone spends their free time independently. Family members seldom eat meals together or plan joint activities. Sam's family has low
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cohesion
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A frequent complaint made by parents about communication with teachers is that
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they only hear from school personnel when their child has misbehaved
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The key to a successful parent-teacher conference is
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being prepared/planning
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When preparing for a parent-teacher conference, the teacher should do all of the following EXCEPT
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establish the role of authority.
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Under IDEA, one form of advocacy to which parents are entitled is/are
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due process
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At present, about how many students in the United States receive special education?
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over 6 million
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Young siblings of a child with a disability are likely to
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have just as difficult, if not more difficult time coping with their feelings than their parents.
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The primary purpose of a home-note program from one of the child's teachers is to
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allow parents to communicate with all professionals who deal with their child.
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Functional behavioral assessment involves evaluation of each of the following EXCEPT
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disciplinary style.
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An IFSP refers to an
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individualized family service program
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With respect to culturally and linguistically diverse learners, response to intervention (RTI)
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relies heavily on curriculum-based measurement and less on standardized tests, which may contain cultural bias.
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Considering the needs of all potential users, including those with disabilities, when developing a technology is referred to as
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universal design
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The key to improving special education is
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knowledge of special education law.
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Research indicates that
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some instructional approaches, such classwide peer tutoring, allow teachers to provide culturally sensitive instruction to all members of a diverse group at once.
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Accommodations for evaluation procedures of students with disabilities might include all of the following EXCEPT
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providing verbal prompts to the student during testing.
