Exceptional Learners Exam Preparation Guide
Course Introduction
Exceptional Learners is a course designed to explore the diverse needs, characteristics, and educational strategies pertinent to students with exceptionalities, including those with disabilities and those identified as gifted and talented. The course examines the legal, social, and instructional aspects of special education, provides insight into individualized education plans (IEPs), and discusses the roles of educators, families, and support services in fostering an inclusive learning environment. Learners will gain an understanding of various exceptionalities and develop practical skills for differentiating instruction, promoting advocacy, and supporting academic and social success for all students.
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Special Education in Contemporary Society 5th edition
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Chapter 1: Special Education in Context People Concepts and Perspectives
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Q1) Programs centered on the common instructional needs of students are best described as
A) Noncategorical
B) Categorical
C) Exceptional
D) Multidisciplinary
Answer: A
Q2) What was the most distinct characteristic of early special education classrooms?
Answer: Self-contained
Isolated,segregation
Q3) An approach in which related service professionals teach their skills to each other is referred to as a(n)
A) Multidisciplinary approach
B) Interdisciplinary approach
C) Collaborative approach
D) Transdisciplinary approach
Answer: D
Q4) Where has research demonstrated that it is beneficial to teach functional skills?
Answer: Natural environments/community-based settings
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Chapter 2: Policies Practices and Programs
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Q1) PL 101-476 identified what disability/disabilities as distinct categories?
A) Traumatic brain injury
B) Autism
C) All of the above
D) None of the above
Answer: C
Q2) What sources of information can be used during the assessment process?
Answer: Observations
Interviews
Work samples
Portfolios
Q3) All students eligible for special education services under IDEA are also eligible for accommodations under Section 504.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Schools are liable if the goals in the IEP are not achieved.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity and Exceptionality
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Q1) All of the following are bilingual instructional techniques except A) Cultural programs
B) Immersion programs
C) Transitional programs
D) Enrichment programs
Answer: A
Q2) How does a lack of life experiences affect students' responses on standardized tests? Students are more likely to
A) Obtain a higher score
B) Achieve greater success
C) Better understand the questions
D) Give incorrect responses
Answer: D
Q3) The term double jeopardy refers to students who have
A) Linguistic differences and are chronic disciplinary problems
B) Trouble assimilating to macro- and microcultures
C) Linguistic difficulties and a disability
D) Trouble learning two or more languages
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Parents Families and Exceptionality
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Q1) In general, the initial phase of dealing with the news that a child has a disability is characterized by
A) Shock
B) Grief
C) Denial
D) All of the above
Q2) _____________ are the features that make a family unique.
A) Cultural background
B) Geographic location
C) Family size
D) All of the above
Q3) As stated in the text, how many distinct periods are there in the history of parent-professional relationships, with parents who have exceptional children?
A) 5
B) 10
C) 3
D) 0
Q4) Why is sensitive and caring support from professionals especially important?
Q5) Why are life cycle functions considered highly age related?
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Chapter 5: Assistive Technology
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Q1) IDEA 2004 omitted ___________ technologies from the definition of assistive technologies.
A) Digital
B) Surgically implanted
C) Production
D) Instructional
Q2) An iPad is considered
A) No tech
B) Low tech
C) Mid tech
D) High tech
Q3) In which content would you most likely use raised paper?
A) Reading
B) Writing
C) Mathematics
D) Science
Q4) Assistive technology can be anything or come from anywhere as long as it helps or just maintains an individual's skills.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Individuals With Intellectual Disability
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Q1) What is the most common type of Down syndrome?
A) Anencephaly 12
B) Turner syndrome
C) China syndrome
D) Trisomy 21
Q2) Persons with disabilities who speak out on issues of importance to them are practicing _______.
A) Self-determination
B) Self-advocacy
C) Self-monitoring
D) Self-realization
Q3) In approximately what percentage of the cases can the cause of intellectual disabilities be determined?
A) 10%
B) 25%
C) 50%
D) 60%
Q4) Transition services for students should begin no later than what age?
Q5) Describe cooperative learning.Provide a definition of the term, appropriate uses of the strategy, and its benefits.
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Chapter 7: Individuals With Learning Disabilities
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Q1) Children who are learning disabled usually keep pace with their peers academically.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A Summary of Performance (SOP)is required federal regulation for each student who attends secondary school.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Explain the concept of authentic assessment.How might it provide a more accurate assessment than a standardized assessment?
Q4) Mnemonic strategies are a component of direct instruction.
A)True
B)False
Q5) "Every good boy does fine" represents notes in music.This type of memory tool is known as
A) Cognitive training
B) Mnemonic strategy
C) Direct instruction
D) Learning strategy
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Chapter 8: Individuals With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder
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Q1) Some professionals are concerned with the identification of ADHD in culturally diverse students because
A) African American individuals have a higher rate of the disorder.
B) The rating scales used to identify the disorder may reflect bias toward or against certain cultural groups.
C) The assessment methods used are accurate only for European American individuals.
D) The common treatment approaches are effective only for European American individuals.
Q2) Disorganization and inattention are associated with impairments in the A) Cerebellum
B) Basal ganglia
C) Prefrontal lobe and frontal cortex
D) None of the above
Q3) Identify at least three of the potential side effects associated with the use of psychostimulants in the management of ADHD.What role/responsibility does the classroom teacher play with regard to student medication?
Q4) List the steps in the three-pronged approach effective teachers take when working with students with ADHD.
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Chapter 9: Individuals With Emotional or Behavioral Disorders
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Q1) When did the first teacher-training program in special education appear?
A) 1914
B) 1909
C) 1913
D) 1917
Q2) All of the following are characteristics of resiliency except
A) Advanced physical development
B) Social competence
C) Problem-solving skills
D) Autonomy
Q3) Ms.Griffen is a new teacher and wants to establish effective rules for her classroom.List five guidelines for effective rules.
Q4) Students with emotional and behavioral disorders are __________________ in the United States.
A) Overidentified
B) Underidentified
C) As predicted
D) Remaining the same
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Q5) Discuss the impact that crisis prevention and management programs have on teachers.
Chapter 10: Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Q1) Which of the following is not an example of how to teach high-functioning individuals with ASD?
A) Break down tasks
B) Prepare students for change
C) Avoid abstract ideas whenever possible
D) Use sarcasm
Q2) The following behaviors are characteristics of individuals with spectrum disorders except
A) Weak motor skills
B) Hyperactivity
C) Self-injurious behavior
D) Impulsivity
Q3) Leo Kanner differentiated autism from schizophrenia in all except which one of the following areas:
A) Extreme aloneness from the very beginning of life
B) Powerful desire for aloneness and sameness
C) Obsessive-compulsive behavior
D) An attachment to objects
Q4) Identify and discuss the suggestion that there are multiple etiologies of autism.
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Chapter 11: Individuals With Speech and Language Impairments
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Q1) What is an appropriate educational strategy to use if a teacher wants to develop functional language skills for a student with central auditory processing disorder?
A) Do auditory discrimination exercises (the student identifies the difference between words such as these and please)
B) Have the student repeat oral directions after the teacher gives them
C) Have the student practice repeating sounds heard in a sequence
D) Have the student locate a sound the teacher makes in a room
Q2) The label used by the Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act (PL 108-446)for a student's difficulty with communication is
A) Speech and language impairment
B) Communication disorder
C) Speech and language delay
D) Communication impairment
Q3) What is communication?
Q4) Name three activities you would recommend for parents of a child up to 1 year of age to stimulate their child's language development.
Q5) Discuss the family-directed assessment process.
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Q6) Differentiate between speech, language, and communication.
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Chapter 12: Individuals With Hearing Impairments
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Q1) Preferential seating will enhance the ability of a student with a hearing impairment to hear and understand what is said in the classroom.This can be done by placing the student
A) Near where you typically teach
B) Away from other noise sources
C) Far away from where you typically teach
D) A and B
Q2) Strategies for facilitating speechreading include
A) Moving around while talking to the students
B) Using visual aids such as pictures and diagrams
C) Looking directly at the pupil when speaking
D) B and C
Q3) 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?
Q4) For children who use hearing aids, it is important for the teacher to assist the student in checking the aids on a regular basis to ensure functioning.How frequently should hearing aids be checked?
Q5) What are the pros and cons of having a cochlear implant?
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Chapter 13: Individuals With Visual Impairments
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Q1) Approximately 5,000 new teachers of the visually impaired graduate each year.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Vision problems affect 1 in 50 preschoolers and 1 in 3 school-age children.
A)True
B)False
Q3) All of the following are examples of age-appropriate cognitive skills that need to be integrated for and taught to young children with visual impairments except
A) Musical skills development
B) Fine motor skills development
C) Gross motor skills development
D) Receptive language development
Q4) Many adults with visual impairments have difficulties with accessing reliable transportation.Name four ways in which their lives may be affected by difficulties with accessing transportation.
Q5) Explain some of the vocational development issues an individual with visual impairments might encounter.
Q6) What are three refractive errors that affect vision?
Q7) Explain the purpose of the expanded core curriculum.
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Chapter 14: Individuals With Physical Disabilities Health
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Q1) The appropriate educational placement for a student is determined based on the
A) Professional judgment of the student's case manager or special education teacher
B) Diagnostic label that the student receives
C) Judgment of the student's parent or legal guardian
D) Results of the student's assessments and planned educational goals
Q2) Students with spina bifida are at risk for hydrocephalus.
A)True
B)False
Q3) An example of a teratogenic cause of physical or health disabilities is
A) Low birth weight
B) Parental neglect of the child
C) Maternal drug abuse during pregnancy
D) Brain trauma after birth
Q4) Norm-referenced assessments are of significant value when assessing pupils with deaf-blindness.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Name five principal communication systems used by persons with deaf-blindness.
Q6) Provide a definition of medical technology and give an example.
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Chapter 15: Individuals Who Are Gifted and Talented
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Q1) Why is a "one-size-fits-all" approach an inappropriate way to provide services to students who are gifted and talented? Provide examples.
Q2) A secondary school with a particular focus such as science, math, or performing arts can be identified as which of the following?
A) Magnet high school
B) Charter high school
C) Preparatory high school
D) Advanced placement high school
Q3) The Marland Report specified six categories of giftedness.What were the categories?
Q4) The majority of children who are gifted and talented come from upper-class families.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The United States is the foremost country in the world for educating gifted and talented students.
A)True
B)False
Q6) List the three traits of Renzulli's model of giftedness.
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