SPED 3460_Quiz 2 – Flashcards
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10% of all persons with intellectual disabilities have mental health problems.
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The correct answer is 'True'.
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A student with an IQ score higher than 70 cannot be classified as intellectually disabled.
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The correct answer is 'False'.
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All students with intellectual disabilities should receive basic skills instruction in reading, writing, and math.
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The correct answer is 'True'.
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An intellectual disability is a permanent condition.
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The correct answer is 'False'.
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Educational outcomes for students with intellectual disabilities have improved greatly.
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The correct answer is 'False'.
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IQ tests are periodically re normed due to the Flynn effect.
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The correct answer is 'True'.
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Newborn screening tests for inherited conditions are voluntary in most states.
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The correct answer is 'False'.
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Students with intellectual disabilities are outerdirected in their approach to solving problems.
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The correct answer is 'True'.
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Students with intellectual disabilities cannot be taught metacognitive skills.
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The correct answer is 'False'.
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Teachers of students with intellectual disabilities should provide instruction at a slow pace.
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The correct answer is 'False'.
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The cause of an intellectual disability is known in approximately 2/3 of the cases.
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The correct answer is 'False'.
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A grade level score of 2.5 on a norm referenced reading test means that a student cannot read third grade textbooks.
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The correct answer is 'False'.
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About 75% of students with learning disabilities experience social problems.
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The correct answer is 'False'.
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Children usually outgrow learning disabilities.
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The correct answer is 'False'.
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Children with minor learning difficulties are probably learning disabled.
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The correct answer is 'False'.
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IDEA regulations contain a specific formula for determining a severe discrepancy.
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The correct answer is 'False'.
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In most cases, the cause of a learning disability is unknown.
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The correct answer is 'True'.
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Learning disabilities has brought out the best and worst that special education has to offer.
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The correct answer is 'True'.
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The federal definition of learning disabilities has been universally accepted.
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The correct answer is 'False'.
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The number of students identified as learning disabled has decreased in recent years.
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The correct answer is 'True'.
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Theoretically, over 500,000 combinations of cognitive or socioemeotional problems can be exhibited by a person with a learning disability.
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The correct answer is 'True'.
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Children with emotional and behavioral disorders usually identify themselves.
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The correct answer is 'True'.
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Internalizing behaviors are more often displayed by girls with emotional and behavioral disabilities.
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The correct answer is 'True'.
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Internalizing behaviors are usually mild and temporary.
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The correct answer is 'False'.
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Most students with emotional and behavioral disorders perform on grade level academically.
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The correct answer is 'False'.
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Parents are to blame for their child's emotional problems.
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The correct answer is 'False'.
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Schizophrenia is usually caused by environmental factors.
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The correct answer is 'False'.
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Sixty percent of students with emotional and behavioral disorders drop out of high school.
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The correct answer is 'True'.
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Teachers can sometimes strengthen deviant behavior.
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The correct answer is 'True'.
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Teachers' ratings of young children's behaviors are good predictors of behavior at an older age.
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The correct answer is 'True'.
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There is a universally accepted definition of emotional and behavioral disorders.
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The correct answer is 'False'.
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All of the following are causes of emotional disabilities except
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The correct answer is: vitamin deficiencies
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All of the following are measurable dimensions of behavior except
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The correct answer is: rigidity
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All of the following factors contribute to the vagueness of the definition of emotional disturbance except
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The correct answer is: inclusion of 5 different problems as qualifications
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All of the following skills are critical for success in general education except
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The correct answer is: participating in discussions
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Behavior intervention plans are required for students with disabilities
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The correct answer is: who have behavior issues that adversely affect school performance
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Children with emotional and behavior problems are more likely to come from homes in which
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The correct answer is: discipline is harsh
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Current research academic achievement and students with emotional disabilities indicate that
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The correct answer is: they are less likely to pass grade level competency exams
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Curriculum for students with emotional disabilities should focus on
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The correct answer is: developing both academic and social skills
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In school districts where SWPBS have been implemented, the desired ratio of positive to negative interactions between adults and children is
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The correct answer is: 4 to 1
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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 has 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. The form of self-management described in this scenario is
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The correct answer is: self-evaluation
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Mr. Shaffer is a high school history teacher. He is very concerned Rafael, one of his students. Rafael exhibits aggressive behavior in class, and episodes are becoming more frequent. Mr. Shaffer has decided to conduct a functional behavior assessment to determine why Raphael is so aggressive. He meets with Rafael's parents and two of his teachers to determine which situations provoke aggressive behavior and solicit suggestions for keeping Rafael calm. Mr. Shaffer is conducting a/an
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The correct answer is: Indirect Functional Behavior Assessment
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Mrs. Abraham teaches second grade. She is concerned about Sammy's behavior. He is unable to read grade level text. He disrupts class during reading by cursing and screaming when he is asked to read. Which of the following strategies would be most likely to improve Sammy's behavior?
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The correct answer is: Praising students for sitting quietly and reading when they are asked to
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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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The correct answer is: provide explicit and systematic instruction
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Ms. Gardner s using a peer support strategy to motivate her students to behave more appropriately. Students have been asked to watch their classmates and catch them being good. Mrs. Gardner praises students who have noticed positive behavior. Which of the following strategies is she using?
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The correct answer is: Positive peer reporting
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School-wide Positive Behavior Supports
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The correct answer is: use research-based interventions to teach appropriate behaviors
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Screening test for emotional and behavior disorders
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The correct answer is: are usually rating scales or checklists
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The number of students receiving special education services for emotional disabilities
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The correct answer is: is lower than the federal government estimate
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The reason that a large proportion of students with emotional disabilities are served in more restrictive settings is
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The correct answer is: students with mild emotional disabilities are not being served
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What are the two major categories of suspected causes of emotional and behavioral disorders?
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The correct answer is: Genetic and pathological
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What is one advantage of the definition of emotional disturbance proposed by the CCBD?
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The correct answer is: It increases the chance of early identification and intervention.
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What is the first challenge that teachers of students with behavior disorders face when they try to use a group process to modify behaviors?
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The correct answer is: Creating a sense of group solidarity
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What is the kingpin in the behavior of students with emotional disabilities?
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The correct answer is: Noncompliance
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A special form of direct daily measurement in which instructional decisions are based on changes in the frequency of student performance is known as
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The correct answer is: CBM
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All of the following are basic psychological processes except
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The correct answer is: comprehension
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An environmental agent suspected as a cause of learning disabilities is
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The correct answer is: poverty
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Carter is having difficulty learning to read. Although he is in 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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The correct answer is: phonological awareness
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Children who are unsuccessful with interventions that work for other struggling readers have difficulty with both
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The correct answer is: phonological awareness and visual naming speed
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Criterion referenced tests are most useful for
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The correct answer is: determining what skills a student has learned
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Current research on behavior problems and students with learning disabilities indicates that
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The correct answer is: they engage in more risk-taking behaviors
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In what year was the category of learning disabilities first included in IDEA?
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The correct answer is: 1975
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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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The correct answer is: Curriculum based measurement
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Most students with learning disabilities have problems with
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The correct answer is: reading
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Mr. Carson is a middle school Science teacher in an inclusive classroom. He wants all of his students to be successful so he plans and sequences instruction to show the commonalities and differences between old and new knowledge. Which principle of effective instructional design does this exemplify?
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The correct answer is: Primed background knowledge
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Mr. Romano teaches his students to think of the acronym HOMES to remember the names of the 5 great lakes. What type of mnemonic device is this?
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The correct answer is: A letter strategy
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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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The correct answer is: guided notes
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Mrs. Fonzi just attended a workshop on explicit instruction. She is trying to make her lessons more explicit. Her lesson focuses on rhyming words. What would be the first step in making the lesson more explicit?
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The correct answer is: Modeling examples of rhyming words and explaining why they rhyme
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Mrs. Morales spends time each day teaching her fist grade students how letters and combinations of letters represent small segments of speech called phonemes is known as
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The correct answer is: phonemic awareness
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Mrs. O' Cain asks Travis to identify the middle sound in the word hit. Which phonemic awareness skill does this task involve?
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The correct answer is: Isolating sounds
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Neuroimaging research has indicated that students with dyslexia have differences in the brain structure or functioning in the
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The correct answer is: left temporal lobe
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On average, how many students does a resource teacher serve?
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The correct answer is: 20
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One advantage of the Responsiveness to Intervention approach to identifying students with learning disabilities is
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The correct answer is: it results in early identification and prevention
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One of the major concerns about using RTI to identify those in need of special education is that
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The correct answer is: interventions are not implemented with fidelity in many classrooms
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Special educators can help students with learning disabilities succeed in general education classes by
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The correct answer is: teaching them behaviors that general educators value
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Studies on educational placement and its effect on the self concept of students with learning disabilities concluded that
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The correct answer is: placement did not have a major influence on self-concept
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The most common way to identify a severe discrepancy between expected and actual achievement is
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The correct answer is: comparing student scores on IQ tests with scores on an achievement test
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The NJCLD definition of learning disabilities is different from the IDEA definition in that
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The correct answer is: social difficulties are recognized as a learning disability
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What is the defining characteristic of students with learning disabilities?
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The correct answer is: Specific and significant achievement deficits in spite of adequate intelligence
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What percentage of school-aged students with disabilities have learning disabilities?
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The correct answer is: 42.3 %
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Which of the four suspected causes of learning disabilities is the least credible today?
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The correct answer is: Biochemical imbalance
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A new test for genetic abnormalities that can be done as early as five weeks into the pregnancy is done by
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The correct answer is: detecting fetal DNA and RNA in the mother's bloodstream
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A person's adaptive behavior is usually assessed by
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The correct answer is: interviewing someone who knows the person well
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An instructional strategy that incorporates student's familiarity with technology to teach needed skills in a variety of settings is
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The correct answer is: iPod Video Modeling
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An intellectual disability is usually defined by an IQ that falls below
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The correct answer is: 70
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Breaking down complex skills into smaller subskills or steps to make learning easier is known as
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The correct answer is: task analysis
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Caleb is a student who needs limited supports to function at school and in the community. Based on this knowledge, which of the following is most likely to represent his level of intellectual disability?
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The correct answer is: Mild
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Carlos is a student with an intellectual disability. Mrs. Busby, his teacher, just saw him copying from Jasmine's paper rather than attempt a writing assignment on his own. How can she help Carlos be more independent?
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The correct answer is: She should allow Carlos to choose a topic to write about.
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During the 2009-2010 school-year, what percentage of school-aged children received special education services under the disability category of intellectual disabilities?
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The correct answer is: 7.8%
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During the practice stage of learning, feedback for students with intellectual disabilities should
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The correct answer is: emphasize the correct rate of skill performance
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IQ tests are useful for all of the following purposes except
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The correct answer is: determining objectives for an IEP
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Marvin is a second grade student with a moderate intellectual disability. His teachers claim that he gnome costume for Halloween was perfect for him. They say that he is always happy and that he never meets a stranger. Recently his teacher had to stop him from leaving the classroom with a man who had come to fix the computer. Marvin displays characteristics of a person with
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The correct answer is: Williams Syndrome
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Most students with mild intellectual disabilities are identified
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The correct answer is: by second or third grade
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Social deficits displayed by students with intellectual disabilities include all of the following except
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The correct answer is: inability to recall names
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Students with intellectual disabilities have ability similar to persons without disabilities in
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The correct answer is: long term memory
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The difference between the AAIDD and the IDEA definition of intellectual disabilities is
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The correct answer is: the effect on educational performance is only mentioned in the IDEA definition
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The difference in the prevalence rates of intellectual disabilities is largely due to
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The correct answer is: differences in criteria used for identification
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The first public school special education classes in the United States were for
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The correct answer is: children with visual impairments
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The two most common genetic causes of intellectual disabilities are
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The correct answer is: Down syndrome and fragile X syndrome
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Tony is a normally developing student in preschool. He learned to discriminate between a circle and a triangle in three trials. His classmate, Jay, has an intellectual disability. How many trials might Jay require to perform the same task?
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The correct answer is: 30
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Who was the first person to develop methods for educating persons with intellectual disabilities?
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The correct answer is: Jean Itard