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Supports that are not directly related to a student's instruction but that are needed so that a student can access instruction are:

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Related Services

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Preferential seating, computer access, and a on-on-one teaching assistant are examples of:

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Supplemental Aids and Services

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The 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, decision resulted in which of the following:

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Separate cannot be equal

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Which is considered the "basis for all subsequent special education practice"

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P.L. 94-142 Education of the Handicapped Act

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Mr. Edwards is a single dad whose son has recently been diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome. He will begin kindergarten in the fall. Mr. Edwards knows that by law his is entitled to specialized instruction, related services, and supplemental aids and services. Mr. Edwards and his son are guaranteed these rights by which provisions of IDEA?

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Zero Reject

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Based on the section of IDEA concerning nondiscriminatory evaluation, which statement is true?

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More than one test is used to assess the presence of a disability

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As Mrs. Vanstory read over the transcript of one of her new students, Audrey, she was amazed. Audrey had a long and colorful history of medication difficulties and multiple behavioral challenges. Mrs. Vanstory later called her close friend who was also a teacher (at another school) and proceeded to tell her Audrey's history. How did she violate the rights of both Audrey and her family?

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Information regarding a student with a disability may not be shared with anyone who is not directly working with the student.

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IDEA was most recently reauthorized in:

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2004

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By far, the most comprehensive legislation protecting the rights of individuals with disabilities, no matter their age, is:

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Americans with Disabilities Act

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What groups of students are NOT specifically included in IDEA?

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Students who are gifted, students with ADHD, and students who are at risk for school failure

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The term Inclusion does not appear in:

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federal legislation

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Inclusion is described as a belief system that focuses on the responsibility to:

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educate all students so that they can reach their potential

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Ms. Eddy has been teaching eighth grade for five years. She has learned that planning lessons from the beginning to meet a wide range of diverse learners is the most effective and time efficient way to plan. Ms. Eddy is demonstrating which concept?

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Universal Design for Learning

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Ms. Manno verbally explains concepts, illustrates those concepts through the use of pictures and demonstrations, and gives students a variety of activities from which to choose to practice those concepts and demonstrate understanding. She is demonstrating:

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Differentiated Instruction

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Marty's dysfunctional behavior is so severe he is no longer able to learn alongside his peers. Which would be the most appropriate intervention to decrease Marty's dysfunctional behavior?

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Positive behavior supports

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work at your desk is an example of:

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positive terms

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a positive trend that may contribute to reducing disproportionate representation in special education is

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Response to intervention

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students who have disabilities and whose first language is NOT English sometimes receive their special education services from a:

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Bilingual special education teacher

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bilingual special education teachers generally have expertise in each of the following except:

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special behavior management techniques

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professionals who are licensed to administer intelligence tests and other assessment used in determining whether a student is eligible to receive special education services is a:

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school psychologist

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Mrs. Byrd needs assistance. In spite of her efforts to use a variety of strategies to assist Donna in math, she continues to lag behind her classmates. Donna is becoming increasingly frustrated and often cries during math, Mrs. Byrd decides to ask that Donna's case be reviewed by the:

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Intervention assistance team

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a new option for addressing serious student learning problems that may indicate a learning disability is:

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Response to Intervention

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tier 1 interventions are most often used with

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reading and math problems

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tier 2 interventions generally involve

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small-group instruction several times a week

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mr. fuentas called sarah's parents to schedule a meeting to update information on sarah's learning progress and to set goals for the upcoming year. this type of meeting is call an:

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annual review

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the multidisciplinary team does not determine that

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the school has the services needed by the student

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jenna will increase her decoding and reading comprehension from a first grade level to a second grade level is an example of an

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annual goal

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which IEP component comprises achievement test scores, teacher ratings of student behavior, and scores on specialized assessments?

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present level of performance

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how a student's progress in meeting goals and objectives will be measured

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must be include on the IEP

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the term used in IDEA for emotional and behavioral disorders is:

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emotional disturbance

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the most common type of social maladjustment is

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conduct disorder

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which of the following is also called affective disorders

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mood disorder

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how much likely are African american students to receive special education services for this disability than are students overall?

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2 times

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which of the following statements are true regarding the prevalence of emotional and behavior disorders and boys and girls

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boys are diagnosed three or more times more than girls

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genetics, environmental toxins, accidents, and illness are examples of:

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biological factors

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what percent of children and adolescents in the US experience depression?

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5%

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during which stage of the assessment for special education services do general education teachers frequently implement behavior reward systems and other strategies, request input from a team of other professionals, and implement response to intervention procedures to address student behavior problems?

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Prereferral

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which of the following is an example of classroom assessment

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rating scales

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measuring a student's social and emotional strength, the characteristic that gives them confidence, and the traits that help them cope with adversity refers to

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strength-based assessment

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what is the estimated dropout rate of students with emotional and behavior disorders

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56%

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a record of the length of time a behavior occurred is

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duration recording

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a functional behavior assessment involves each of the following steps EXCEPT

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implement a specific intervention

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which of the following demographic characteristics form a barrier to partnerships between families of children with emotional and behavior disorders and professionals

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economic status

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of the 14 million youth diagnosed with mental illness, how many actually receive services?

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less than 20 percent

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what occurs when a student is involuntarily confined to a room, left alone, and prevented from leaving

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seclusion

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the identification of intellectual disability is made only if the condition is present by the time the student is how old

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18

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compulsive eating is a characteristic associated with

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prader-willi syndrome

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what isn't a postnatal cause of an intellectual disability

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fetal alcohol syndrome

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in traditional classification sysems, individuals with intellectual disabilities are grouped based on

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the extent of their intellectual impairment

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in which category would jake be placed considering his IQ is 28 and he has low adaptive ability?

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severe

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cognitive functioning includes each of the following except:

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Interacting appropriatley

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has difficulty remembering the rules and gives up easily if he is not good at a certain game or skill, this falls under what category

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cognitive

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immature behaviors, often misinterpret others' actions, resulting in rejection by their peers, this falls under what category

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social

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what is not an example of adaptive behaviors in which a student must display deficits to be indentified as having an intellectual disability

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learning to type on the computer

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who administers the tests given to these students

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school psychologist

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IQ must be under what to qualify for special education services

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70

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students who are using real money to practice making change are demonstrating

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applied academic skills

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which group of students is most likely to be educated primarily in special education settings

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high school

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learning how to successfully complete and application is an example of

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life skills curriculum

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what factor strongly influences inlcusive practices for students with intellectual disabilites

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traditional thinking favoring seperate placement

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the instructional strategy that ensures systematic learning is called

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task analysis

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putting a child in with learning buddy during science centers in order to help meet her unique needs.

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peer tutoring

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what are two factors that affect parent's reactions

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culture and religion

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two current issues within this field

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expectations for high stakes testing and the right for students to make their own decisions

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critics of increasing inclusion of students with intellectual disabilities in general education settings are each of the following except:

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with variations in activities and assignments, these students are capable of learning far more than those supporting alternative curricula have assumed.

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the higher education opportunity act removed the barrier of

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requiring a traditional high school diploma as a condition of eligibility for financial aid

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an early belief of the cause of autism was

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cold mothers

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autism used to be one of the subcategories of

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pervasive developmental disorder

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the prevalence of ASD is

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4 times higher in males than in females

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what percentage of students with autism are nonverbal?

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50

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some students with ADHD may receive special education services when their disorder is significant enough that they are indentified as having an :

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OHI

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_____ refers to the way in which professionals interact with each other and with parents or family members as they work together to educate students with disabilities

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collaboration

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the ongoing use of data to determine whether a student is responding to the interventions being implemented is referred to as:

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continuous progress monitoring

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IDEA requires that all states offer ___ at no cost to parents as another early formal step in resolving differences

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mediation

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____ assessment refers to measuring students social and emotional strengths, the characteristics that give them confidence, and the traits that help them cope with diversity

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Strengths based

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based on the hypothesis the team makes, the next task is to create a ______, a set of strategies designed to address the function of the behavior in order to change it.

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behavior intervention plan

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_________ and ________ is such a controversial topic that the US department of Educations in 2012 produced a resource document concerning its use.

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restraint and seclusion

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__________ is experience in applying skills learned in the classroom within the larger context of the community in which students live.

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community based instruction

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___________ assumes that peer tutoring should be reciprocal- that all participating students should have opportunities to be both the teacher and the learner

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classwide peer tutoring

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_________ is the ability to easily remember things without necessarily knowing what they mean

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rote memory

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because autism spectrum disorder is considered a ___________ comprehensive assessment also must include asking parents about fine- and gross-motor skill development, language development and other areas.

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developmental disability

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for successful inclusion, educators and parents must work together in a strong partnership to ensure that a comprehensive program is implemented for the student with an autism spectrum disorder and that the skills the student learns at school are generalized at home an din the community in a process called _______

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home-school collaboration

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just as for other disability areas, concern exists in the field of autism spectrum disorder to find effective and ______________ approaches for teaching students

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research based

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