Education of Children with Special Needs Final
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Course Introduction
This course provides an in-depth exploration of educational strategies, legal frameworks, and support services for children with special needs. Students will examine various types of disabilities, including learning, physical, emotional, and developmental challenges, and learn to design inclusive instructional plans that address diverse needs. Emphasis is placed on the principles of individualized education programs (IEPs), collaboration with families and specialists, and the use of adaptive technologies and differentiated instruction to foster effective learning environments. Through case studies and practical applications, students will develop the skills and sensitivity required to support the holistic development and academic success of children with special needs.
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Special Education in Contemporary Society an Introduction to Exceptionality 4th Edition by Richard
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Chapter 1: Special Education in Context: People, Concepts, and Perspectives
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Q1) What are three factors that may put a child "at-risk for developmental delays?
Answer: Exposure to toxin
Low birth rate
Neglect or abuse
Genetic disorders
Extreme poverty
Q2) What percentage of students with disabilities will drop out of school?
A)10%
B)21%
C)31%
D)40%
Answer: C
Q3) What types of things can be included within the high school curriculum to increase the chance for successful transitions to post school settings?
Answer: Not Answer
Q4) Early intervention refers to more than educational services.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Policies, Practices, and Programs
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Q1) _______________ is the generic term for the process of gathering information for the purpose of making decisions.
A)Response to Intervention
B)Discrepancy Model
C)Instruction
D)Assessment
Answer: D
Q2) Who are the required members of the team that develops a student's individualized education program?
Answer: Parent/guardian
General education teacher
Special education teacher
School district representative
Evaluation personnel
Q3) What should occur before initiating a referral for special education services?
A)9 weeks from the first recognition of a potential disability
B)Provision of accommodations and modifications
C)Related service provision
D)Prereferral interventions
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity and Exceptionality
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Q1) Poverty is the only factor that contributes to the disproportionate representation of minorities in some special education programs.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) List five microcultures that influence student behavior.
Answer: Gender
Social Class
Race
Ethnic Group
Disability
Religion
Region
Q3) Approximately how many people immigrate to the United States each year?
A)1,000,000
B)100,000
C)10,000,000
D)5,000,000
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Parents, Families, and Exceptionality
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Q1) An awareness of, respect for, and appreciation of the many factors that influence and shape the values, priorities, and perspectives of both individuals and families is known as
A)Ethnocentrism
B)Cultural sensitivity
C)Cultural bias
D)Adaptability
Q2) The relationships and interactions among and between family sub-systems.
A)Adaptability
B)Family Functions
C)Family Life Cycle
D)Family Interactions
Q3) Parents have always been considered key players in dealing with a child's disability. A)True
B)False
Q4) Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act has come to be designated as the "Parent's Law"
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities or Mental Retardation
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Q1) Transition services for students should begin no later than what age?
Q2) Parents who have children with the metabolic disorder of _________ can greatly reduce developmental delays if they discover the condition early and place their children on a milk-free diet.
A)PKU
B)galactosemia
C)cytomegalovirus
D)toxoplasmosis
Q3) Provide an example of a skill from a functional curriculum that may be taught to a student with intellectual disabilities.
Q4) A professional working with an adult with intellectual disabilities helps the adult move out of an institution and into a supported living environment, to dress in clothing that is currently in fashion for persons of similar age, to obtain employment, and to pursue meaningful friendships. This professional is using
A)the principle of normalization.
B)a task analysis approach.
C)the concept of mainstreaming.
D)natural supports.
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Chapter 6: Individuals With Learning Disabilities
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Q1) What are three of the requirements in IDEA for assessment of students with learning disabilities?
Q2) Girls with learning disabilities tend to have more achievement deficits in ___________?
A)reading and math
B)science and social studies
C)social skills
D)writing
Q3) What is the focus of the learning strategies approach?
A)When to learn
B)What to learn
C)Why to learn
D)How to learn
Q4) There is a federal discrepancy formula for all states to use consistently for the identification of a learning disability.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Children with learning disabilities almost always have subpar intelligence.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Individuals With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder
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Q1) The most important thing to remember about home-school collaboration is
A)the method in which the communication occurs
B)that communication is taking place with the head of the family
C)the student is aware that communication is taking place
D)that meaningful communication is taking place between school and the family
Q2) __________________ is a term used to refer to an individual's ability to withhold planned responses to stimuli, interrupt an initiated response, and protect an ongoing activity from distracting stimuli.
A)Protective behaviors
B)Behavior modification
C)Behavioral consistency
D)Behavioral inhibition
Q3) "Looking at one's own behavior, given a predetermined criterion", best describes which strategy?
A)Self -observation
B)Self-assessment
C)Self-recording
D)Self-determination of reinforcement
Q4) Name two developmental features that distinguish ADHD from typical patterns of behavior.
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Chapter 8: Individuals With Emotional or Behavioral Disorders
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Q1) The identification of students with an emotional or behavioral disorder is consistent from state to state.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Students with an emotional and behavioral disorder frequently encounter
A)Social acceptance
B)Isolation
C)Support systems
D)Early intervention services
Q3) There are multiple barriers to the provision of appropriate services for students with emotional or behavioral disorders. List the three barriers discussed in the chapter and describe how they impact student outcomes.
Q4) Behavioral interventions and cognitive-behavioral interventions differ, in that, behavioral interventions focus on the students' self-regulatory behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What are the five strategies provided for use during instructional delivery?
Q6) What are four attributes of resilient children?
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Chapter 9: Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Q1) Which one of the following is not a type of sentence used in writing social stories?
A)Descriptive
B)Interpretive
C)Perspective
D)Directive
Q2) The highest estimates of the prevalence of autism are________________________.
A)1 in 500
B)1 in 150
C)1 in 1000
D)1 in 100
Q3) What is supported competitive employment?
Q4) Compare and contrast supported employment and sheltered workshops. Cite the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Q5) Parents of children with autism spectrum disorders should be wary of interventions
A)claimed to cure individuals of autism
B)supported by research
C)that are low cost
D)suggested by related service providers
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Chapter 10: Individuals With Speech and Language Impairments
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Q1) If a child's screening assessment determines that there is a possibility of a communication disability, the next step in the assessment process is to
A)make a referral.
B)conduct a second screening.
C)determine eligibility.
D)plan the child's program.
Q2) Which of the following is NOT an example of nonlinguistic communication?
A)Rolling your eyes
B)Keyboarding
C)Nodding your head
D)Gesturing
Q3) Speech is the oral modality for language
A)True
B)False
Q4) ___________ is the exchange of ideas, information, thoughts, and feelings
A)Speech
B)Vocabulary
C)Communication
D)Language
Q5) Differentiate between receptive and expressive language.
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Chapter 11: Individuals With Hearing Impairments
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Q1) What has a tiny array of electrodes that is surgically implanted in the inner ear (cochlea) and is attached to a receiver-stimulator implanted just behind the ear at the base of the skull?
Q2) When interacting with a person who has a hearing impairment, one should
A)speak more loudly
B)speak more quietly
C)speak when looking away
D)speak in a normal tone
Q3) How is manual communication different from oral communication?
A)They are different terms for the same approach to learning language skills.
B)Manual uses the hands (e.g., sign language) and oral uses speech, etc.
C)Manual and oral both use sign language and speech reading.
D)Manual and oral both use facial expressions and residual hearing.
Q4) Low birth weight would most likely cause conductive hearing loss, but it is rarely permanent.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain the concept of Deaf culture. Discuss how this culture can provide support to a child who is deaf. Discuss any possible limitations that might arise from a focus on Deaf culture.
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Chapter 12: Individuals With Visual Impairments
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Q1) For individuals with visual impairments, vocational training should begin
A)during the transition from school to employment settings
B)during the transition to high school
C)at age 16
D)in preschool
Q2) Which of the following is most critical to the quality of literacy experiences for students with visual impairments?
A)Access to technology
B)Access to special classes
C)Access to general education peers
D)Access to the most recent books
Q3) In which year was the first residential school for the blind opened in the U.S.?
A)1784
B)1831
C)1829
D)1832
Q4) A photophobic child will typically prefer to function in brighter settings.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Name three of the most common visual impairments affecting school-age children.
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Chapter 13: Individuals With Physical Disabilities, Health
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Q1) For students with deaf/blindness, the priority subject area is typically
A)self-help skills.
B)communication.
C)orientation and mobility.
D)learning Braille.
Q2) What is self-advocacy? Why is it important for students to develop this skill? How can teachers help students develop this skill?
Q3) Students with spina bifida are at risk for hydrocephaus.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In order for a student with physical or health disabilities to qualify for special education services, their disability must
A)be diagnosed by a physician who provides written documentation to the school system.
B)adversely affect the student's motor functioning.
C)be evident prior to the age of 3 years.
D)interfere with their educational performance.
Q5) Provide a definition of medical technology and give an example.
Q6) What is a strategy that can be used to avoid communication breakdowns?
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Chapter 14: Individuals Who Are Gifted and Talented
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Q1) The term used to describe a curriculum that enables gifted students to work at more complex levels that would not be appealing to all students is
A)Special education
B)Differential education
C)Gifted education
D)Complex education
Q2) The ____________________ was the first national report on gifted education.
A)Adams Report
B)Marland Report
C)Jackson Report
D)Douglas Report
Q3) The etiology of giftedness is both genetic and environmental
A)True
B)False
Q4) Individuals who are gifted and talented but also suffer from a disability are often called
A)Doubly Disabled
B)Dually Exceptional
C)Twice Exceptional
D)Multiply Disabled
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