Foundations of Special Education Exam Materials
Course Introduction
Foundations of Special Education provides an overview of the historical, philosophical, and legal underpinnings of special education. The course examines diverse learning and behavioral needs, including disabilities and giftedness, and explores the principles of inclusion, individualized education programs (IEPs), and collaboration with families and professionals. Through an analysis of current trends, best practices, and the impact of cultural and linguistic diversity, students gain a comprehensive understanding of the frameworks that support equitable education for all learners.
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Special Education in Contemporary Society 6th Edition by Richard M. Gargiulo
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Chapter 1: Special Education in Context: People, Concepts, and Perspectives
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Q1) Describe the three service delivery teams.
Answer: Multidisciplinary teams utilize the expertise of professionals from several disciplines,each of whom perform his or her own assessments,interventions,and other tasks independent of the others.Interdisciplinary team members perform their evaluations separately,but program development and instructional recommendations are the result of information sharing and joint planning.Transdisciplinary team members are committed to working collaboratively across individual discipline lines.The aim of the transdisciplinary model is to avoid compartmentalization and fragmentation of services.
Q2) Which term refers to an inability or incapacity to perform a task or activity in a normal fashion?
A)Impairment
B)Handicap
C)Disability
D)Exceptionality
Answer: C
Q3) The French psychologist Alfred Binet originated the concept of mental age.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Policies,Practices,and Programs
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Q1) Assistive technology needs of each learner must be assessed is a component of which law?
A)PL 99-457: Education of Handicapped Children Act Amendments
B)PL 101-476: IDEA 1990
C)PL 105-17: IDEA 1997
D)PL 107-110: No Child Left Behind
Answer: C
Q2) What is the belief that all students should be taught exclusively in general education classrooms at neighborhood schools?
A)Least restrictive environment
B)Regular education initiative
C)Full inclusion
D)Equal access for all students
Answer: C
Q3) Differences between pupils are an example of
A)intraindividual differences.
B)intermediate differences.
C)exceptional differences.
D)interindividual differences.
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity and Exceptionality
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Q1) Which of the following terms represents a teaching strategy that teaches students primarily in a language other than English?
A)Multicultural education
B)Bilingual education
C)Special education
D)Multilingual education
Answer: B
Q2) Multicultural education is
A)a pedagogical technique
B)a subject to be taught
C)a social studies curriculum
D)an orientation or a perspective
Answer: D
Q3) The original aim of bilingual education was to promote the acquisition of English language skills.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) List five of the seven microcultures that influence student behavior.
Answer: Gender,social class,race,ethnic group,disability,religion,region
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Chapter 4: Parents,Families,and Exceptionality
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Q1) The term "refrigerator moms" was coined by Bettelhiem.He used it to describe mothers as
A)full of love and compassion
B)overindulgent and obese
C)cold,detached,uncaring,and rigid
D)competent and matter-of-fact
Q2) The role of the family changes when there is a child with exceptionality.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Family functions are seven interrelated activities that are necessary to fulfill the individual and collective needs of the family.All of the following are examples of family functions except this:
A)Affection
B)Education
C)Recreation
D)Adoption
Q4) All families react to having a child with a disability in the same way.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Identify at least eight ways a teacher can exhibit cultural sensitivity.
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Chapter 5: Assistive Technology
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Q1) Speech-to-text is an example of A)no-tech assistive technologies
B)low-tech assistive technologies
C)mid-tech assistive technologies
D)high-tech assistive technologies
Q2) An example of educational "assistive technology" is A)feeding tubes. B)inquiry. C)wheelchair.
D)smartboards.
Q3) Anchored instruction and computer-assisted instruction can be considered instructional technologies that support students with and without disabilities.
A)True
B)False
Q4) How does WATI categorize assistive technology?
Q5) A tool for the delivery of instruction is called A)productivity technology. B)informational technology. C)instructional technology. D)medical technology.
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Chapter 6: Individuals with Intellectual Disability
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Q1) Which of the following is not considered a possible postnatal cause of intellectual disability?
A)Encephalitis
B)Head trauma
C)Reye syndrome
D)Hydrocephalus
Q2) The belief that consequences and outcomes of behaviors are the result of circumstances and events beyond personal control is an example of
A)external locus of control.
B)learned helplessness.
C)outer directedness.
D)acknowledging one's own limitations.
Q3) The use of ______ provides a tool that can greatly expand students with disabilities' access to the general education curriculum.
A)independent practice
B)normalization
C)technology
D)formal supports
Q4) Transition services for students should begin no later than what age?
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Chapter 7: Individuals with Learning Disabilities
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Q1) Who hypothesized that language disorders in children were due to the absence of cerebral dominance?
A)Samuel Orton
B)Grace Fernald
C)Newell Kephart
D)Marianne Frostig
Q2) What has developed when a student anticipates failure,frequently gives up,and may not attempt to complete a task?
A)Learned helplessness
B)Cognitive dysfunction
C)Motivation reduction
D)Cognitive repression
Q3) Select the challenge that is not associated with students with learning disabilities.
A)Working independently with little feedback
B)Demonstrating knowledge through tests
C)Receiving instruction with typical peers
D)Interacting appropriately
Q4) List four skills that affect an individual's reading comprehension.
Q5) What are the three levels of intervention in the RTI model?
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Chapter 8: Individuals with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
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Q1) "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
Q2) Describe the behaviors or characteristics that adults with ADHD often exhibit.
Q3) Which is not a side effect typically associated with psychostimulant medication?
A)Headaches
B)Depression
C)Hallucinations
D)Insomnia
Q4) Which of the following medications used to treat ADHD is a nonstimulant medication ?
A)Dexedrine
B)Adderall
C)Concerta
D)Strattera
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Q5) Discuss some ways in which you might maintain home-school communication for your students with ADHD.Why is such communication so important?
Chapter 9: Individuals with Emotional or Behavioral Disorders
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Q1) Autism became a separate disability category in 1990.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Differentiate between a disturbing behavior and a disturbed behavior.
Q3) Children who evidence resiliency experience long-term negative consequences from exposure to environmental risk factors.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Cognitive-behavioral approaches rely on external sources of behavioral control.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Biological factors such as injury,infection,lead poisoning,and poor nutrition,may influence the development of emotional or behavioral disorders.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Explain why students with emotional or behavioral disorders are thought to be the most underidentified of all IDEA disability categories.
Q7) What are four attributes of resilient children?
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Chapter 10: Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Q1) What does autistic mean?
A)Unable to form affective relationships
B)Having intellectual disabilities
C)To escape from reality
D)To be locked into isolation
Q2) Compare and contrast the IDEA definition of autism spectrum disorder and the American Psychiatric Association (APa.definition of autism spectrum disorder.
Q3) ______ disputed psychogenic theories of autism.He was an advocate for families with children with autism and the father of an individual with autism.
A)Kanner
B)Rank
C)Bettelheim
D)Rimland
Q4) List at least five features of effective programs for preschoolers with ASD.
Q5) Many young adults with ASD exit high school without the requisite skills for postsecondary success.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Individuals with Speech and Language Impairments
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Q1) Hypernasality refers to
A)disorders of the larynx or disorders in phonation
B)disorder of sound quality of speech
C)disorder in which too much air passes through the nasal cavities during the production of sounds
D)disorder in which there is a restricted flow of air through the nostrils
Q2) Severe communication and language disabilities are most likely to occur secondary to pervasive cognitive,neurological,or physical disabilities.
A)True
B)False
Q3) __________ is a psycholinguistic system that involves word meanings and word relationships and their use in communication.
A)Phonology
B)Morphology
C)Syntax
D)Semantics
Q4) What is communication?
Q5) Briefly define a voice disorder and give two characteristics that may occur in persons with voice disorders.
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Chapter 12: Individuals with Hearing Impairments
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Q1) An interpreter uses communication processes such as the following when interpreting for a student:
A)American Sign Language only
B)Repetition,sign language,fingerspelling,body language,and verbal expression
C)A combination of American Sign Language and Signing Exact English
D)A combination of American Sign Language and Signed English
Q2) The prevalence of hearing loss increases with age.
A)True
B)False
Q3) 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)near where you typically teach and away from other noise sources.
Q4) Mathematics is the academic area most negatively affected for students with a hearing impairment.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Individuals with Visual Impairments
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Q1) The functional vision evaluation is a collaborative effort of the educational team for purposes of program planning.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Someone for whom sunlight may cause discomfort may have
A)optic atrophy.
B)retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).
C)myopia.
D)ocular albinism.
Q3) Which would likely not be a test accommodation for a student with a visual impairment?
A)Braille
B)Oral reading of the text to the student
C)Large print
D)Paraphrasing of testing materials
Q4) ______ created the first school for children with vision loss.
A)Denis Diderot
B)Valentin Haüy
C)Nicholas Saunderson
D)Helen Keller
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Chapter 14: Individuals with Physical Disabilities, Health
Disabilities, and Related Low-Incidence Disabilities
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Q1) Under the federal definition,when would a student be identified as having multiple disabilities?
A)When a student has an intellectual disability plus one or more other disabilities
B)When a student has a severe physical impairment plus one or more other disabilities
C)When a student has deafness and blindness
D)When a student has two or more disabilities whose combined effects cannot be accommodated in a program for one of the disabilities
Q2) Families from different cultures generally cope with and view disabilities similarly. A)True
B)False
Q3) The most common treatment for seizures is surgery.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Define and discuss the impact of "CHARGE association" as a cause of physical and health disabilities.
Q5) What does the term limb deficiency refer to?
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Chapter 15: Individuals Who Are Gifted and Talented
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Q1) J.P.Guilford provided the foundation for ______ theory by proposing that there are 120 kinds of intelligences.
A)multidimensional intelligence
B)variable intelligence
C)common intelligence
D)multiple intelligence
Q2) For any student to succeed,it is vital that the student is given appropriate ______.
A)acceptance
B)grades
C)freedom
D)challenges
Q3) Cluster grouping and pull-out homogeneous clusters are what type of strategy for addressing the needs of advanced learners?
A)Differentiation
B)Acceleration
C)Enrichment
D)Grouping
Q4) Identify and explain each of the five categories of giftedness and talent.
Q5) Discuss and give specific examples of the term "twice-exceptional" learners.
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