Classroom Management for Exceptional Learners
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Course Introduction
This course explores effective classroom management strategies tailored for exceptional learners, including students with disabilities and those with giftedness. Emphasizing inclusive practices, it covers techniques for establishing positive learning environments, proactive behavior interventions, individualized support plans, and culturally responsive approaches. Participants will learn to collaborate with families and educational teams, utilize data-driven decision making, and implement legal and ethical guidelines. By integrating theory with practice, the course prepares educators to foster engagement, safety, and academic success for all learners in diverse classroom settings.
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Exceptional Learners An Introduction to Special Education 13th Edition by Daniel P. Hallahan
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Chapter 1: Exceptionality and Special Education
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Q1) Advances in drug treatments appear to hold the potential for a cure for A)cerebral palsy.
B)cystic fibrosis.
C)Down syndrome.
D)muscular dystrophy.
Answer: D
Q2) When special education works as it should, the outcome for students is
A)the ability to hide their disabilities.
B)the eradication of their disabilities.
C)instruction in a special class.
D)improved achievement and behavior.
Answer: D
Q3) Because of the widely accepted theory of normal development, quite a few definite statements can be made about exceptional learners.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Current Practices for Meeting the Needs of
Exceptional Learners
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Q1) Discuss the effect of recent legislation on (a)early intervention and (b)transition.
Answer: Federal laws require that services be available to infants and toddlers who are identified as having disabilities and that an individualized family service plan (IFSP)be developed (similar to an IEP). Regulations stipulate that the family be involved in the development of the IFSP. Federal laws, including IDEA require that transition plans be included within older students' IEPs. The legislation recognizes that transition involves more than just employment. Such legislation has led to improved services, sometimes first-ever services, for a huge number of individuals, expanding the ages of people eligible to receive services from birth to age 21.
Q2) Jasper is a ten-year-old student with mental retardation. If he is placed in the least restrictive environment, he will receive instruction in
A)a regular classroom for the whole day.
B)a regular classroom with consultation by a special educator.
C)both a regular classroom and a resource room.
D)the setting that best meets his educational needs.
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Multicultural and Bilingual Aspects of Special Education
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Q1) A culture that is associated with or part of a larger culture, but which is not necessarily small, is a A)subculture.
B)macroculture.
C)microculture.
D)substandard.
Answer: A
Q2) The two primary objectives of multicultural special education are
A)promoting understanding of exceptionality as a microculture and ensuring that exceptionality is included in the multicultural curriculum.
B)ensuring that ethnicity is not mistaken for exceptionality and increasing understanding of disability as a microculture.
C)increasing visibility of people with disabilities in the macroculture and promoting acceptance of people with disabilities by the majority culture.
D)enabling students from culturally diverse backgrounds to succeed in the mainstream and lobbying for services in multicultural educational programs.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Parent and Families
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Q1) The key to a successful parent-teacher conference is
A)two-way communication.
B)accepting parents as equals.
C)maintaining professional distance.
D)being prepared/planning.
Q2) Which one of the following is the best example of a resource that is likely to be tapped in the social support systems approach?
A)neighbors
B)teachers
C)social workers
D)local employers
Q3) An IFSP refers to an
A)informal family service plan.
B)individualized family service plan.
C)initial family service program.
D)intensive family service program.
Q4) Describe the symbiotic relationship between teachers and parents, providing two examples of the importance of families to teachers and two of the importance of teachers to families.
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Chapter 5: Learners With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Q1) People who have Williams syndrome
A)do not pass it on to their children.
B)pass it on to their male children only.
C)pass it on to their female children only.
D)can pass it on to each of their children.
Q2) Employment based on assessment of an individual's strengths, weaknesses, and interests is
A)supported employment.
B)competitive employment.
C)sheltered employment.
D)customized employment.
Q3) An infection of the covering of the brain that may be caused by a variety of bacterial and viral agents is
A)syphilis.
B)encephalitis.
C)meningitis.
D)spina bifida.
Q4) Discuss the difference in expected prevalence rates for intellectual disabilities (based on the hypothetical normal curve of intelligence)and the actual prevalence figures.
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Chapter 6: Learners With Learning Disabilities
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Q1) Individuals who have a cluster of disabilities in social interaction, math, visual-spatial tasks, and tactual tasks are referred to as having
A)nonverbal learning disabilities.
B)motivational problems.
C)social cognition problems.
D)locus of control deficits.
Q2) Effective writing instruction involves teaching systematic strategies for each of the following EXCEPT A)planning.
B)handwriting skills.
C)revising.
D)editing.
Q3) Describe two reasons why defining learning disabilities has been so problematic.
Q4) Psychological processing disorders are considered to be the primary reason for most learning disabilities.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Identify the main features of cognitive training and describe two techniques that fall under this heading.
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Chapter 7: Learners With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder
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Q1) With regards to changing criteria for identifying ADHD, professionals have commented that
A)few individuals are purely inattentive.
B)some children's symptoms are not severe enough to be considered ADHD until after they are 7.
C)the number of symptoms tends to increase with age.
D)as a person's symptoms decrease over time, their functioning is no longer significantly impaired.
Q2) Most authorities in the area of ADHD are opposed to the use of Ritalin.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Most students with ADHD spend most of their time in which of the following settings?
A)general education classroom
B)special day school
C)self-contained classroom
D)resource room
Q4) Describe four ways that special and general education teachers can collaborate to serve students with ADHD.
Q5) Describe the four components used in the identification of ADHD.
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Chapter 8: Learners With Emotional or Behavioral Disorders
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Q1) All credible conceptual models of education have two objectives. They are
A)controlling misbehavior and teaching academic and social skills.
B)controlling misbehavior and teaching academic skills.
C)teaching academic and social skills.
D)controlling misbehavior and teaching social skills.
Q2) Teachers' informal identifications of students as having emotional or behavioral disorders are notoriously unreliable and invalid.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In contrast to the present federal definition, the proposed National Mental Health and Special Education Coalition definition of E/BD
A)recognizes that disorders of emotion and behavior may occur separately or in combination.
B)focuses on problems that exist in a school setting only.
C)excludes students with schizophrenia.
D)is less sensitive to ethnic and cultural differences.
Q4) Punishment may actually increase aggression under certain circumstances.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Learners With Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Q1) Jean is a young woman with Asperger syndrome. Her coworker recently lost a family member to cancer. Jean expounded on her knowledge of the cause and effects of the illness, but did not offer condolences, nor did she notice the discomfort she was causing her coworker. Jean's inability to perceive the feelings or to understand the emotional state of her coworker is related to
A)theory of central coherence.
B)theory of empathy.
C)theory of mind.
D)theory of executive functioning.
Q2) Social interaction problems for persons with Asperger syndrome tend to increase as they reach adolescence and adulthood.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Describe three strategies to help a student with autism be more included in a general education classroom.
Q4) Some people with autism are highly intelligent and high achieving.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Learners With Communication Disorders
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Q1) Each of the following statements about adolescents and adults with speech and language problems is true EXCEPT
A)They might refer themselves to a speech-language pathologist because of social embarrassment.
B)The loss of the ability to speak is typically more disabling than the loss of the ability to use language.
C)People with severe disabilities may need to be taught an alternative to oral language or be given an augmentative communication system.
D)There may be problems settings realistic goals for speech and language learning.
Q2) Requesting objects, rejecting interactions, sharing ideas, and seeking social interaction are examples of
A)communicative function.
B)communication.
C)language.
D)expressive language.
Q3) Distinguish between disorders of language and disorders of speech and provide two examples of each (define each example).
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Chapter 11: Learners Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
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Q1) According to the U.S. Department of Education, what percentage of students are identified as deaf or hard of hearing?
A)14%
B)0)14%
C)1)4%
D)0)014%
Q2) From an educational perspective, deafness is defined as a hearing loss of more than 90 dB in either ear.
A)True
B)False
Q3) From the physiological perspective, the distinction between "deaf" and "hard of hearing" is based on
A)decibels levels detected.
B)frequency of sounds detected.
C)location of hearing loss.
D)language ability.
Q4) Compare and contrast American Sign Language and signing English systems: As communication systems, what features do they share? What are the relative advantages and disadvantages of each for students with deafness?
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Chapter 12: Learners With Blindness or Low Vision
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Q1) David has myopia. Another term for this condition is A)nearsightedness.
B)farsightedness.
C)blurred vision.
D)color blindness.
Q2) The major disadvantage of large-print books is that they A)are not available in libraries.
B)take up a great deal of storage space.
C)encourage students to be dependent on them.
D)take much longer to read.
Q3) Compare the language development of children who are blind or have low vision to that of children with sight and describe a problem associated with measuring intelligence in students who are blind.
Q4) Most people with visual impairment use braille as their primary method of reading. A)True B)False
Q5) What are the advantages and disadvantages of the following mobility aids: the long cane, human guides, and guide dogs?
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Chapter 13: Learners With Low-Incidence, Multiple, and
Severe Disabilities
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Q1) An adaptation that may be used by a person who is deaf-blind to communicate with the public is
A)assistance cards.
B)pictorial cards.
C)the long cane.
D)tape-recorded messages.
Q2) Many teachers don't want students with TBI in their classrooms, probably because A)the students may exhibit characteristics the teachers find troublesome.
B)there are no support services available to students with TBI in the regular classroom.
C)they do not want the other students exposed to the trauma of having a student with TBI in the room.
D)there are no effective strategies for behavior management of students with TBI.
Q3) Teachers and others who work with individuals who have tantrums know they frequently need to withdraw demands for performance, even when the demands are reasonable.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Learners With Physical Disabilities and Other Health Impairments
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Q1) Chronic diseases and health conditions of children have A)decreased dramatically in recent decades due to improved drug therapies.
B)passed childhood accidents as a cause of death.
C)remained constant in recent decades.
D)increased dramatically during recent decades.
Q2) The greatest problem with using technology for people with physical disabilities is A)teaching them to use existing technologies.
B)accurately evaluating them to determine what would be most useful.
C)devising more sophisticated assistive technology.
D)the high cost of assistive technology.
Q3) A condition that recurs at successive times but does not necessarily become more severe overtime is
A)progressive.
B)episodic.
C)chronic.
D)acute.
Q4) Describe the procedures to be followed when a child has a seizure.
Q5) Discuss the factors that have led to expanded employment opportunities for individuals with physical disabilities.
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Chapter 15: Learners With Special Gifts and Talents
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Q1) Instruction that is based on student readiness, that includes continuous assessment, that varies activities and assignments, and that supports active exploration of topics at varying levels is
A)differentiated.
B)specialized.
C)inclusive.
D)enriched.
Q2) What is meant by the statement "we should speak of people who exhibit gifted behavior, rather than of gifted people?"
Q3) Proportionality of ethnic groups represented by gifted identification could be achieved if all of the following efforts are made EXCEPT
A)use of quota systems.
B)use of culturally sensitive identification criteria.
C)counseling to raise aspirations of students in underrepresented groups.
D)availability of high-achieving models from all ethnic groups.
Q4) Genetic factors contribute to giftedness.
A)True
B)False
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