Introduction to Special Education Exam Preparation Guide
Course Introduction
Introduction to Special Education provides an overview of the foundational concepts, laws, and practices related to educating students with disabilities. The course examines the history and evolution of special education, key legislation such as IDEA and ADA, characteristics of various disabilities, and the principles of inclusion. Students will explore the roles of multidisciplinary teams, individualized education programs (IEPs), and evidence-based instructional strategies. Emphasis is placed on understanding the diverse needs of learners, fostering collaboration among educators, families, and specialists, and promoting effective advocacy for individuals with disabilities in educational settings.
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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) List at least four suggestions for communicating about individuals with disabilities.
Answer: Do not focus on a disability
Do not portray successful people with disabilities as superhuman
Do not sensationalize a disability
Put people first
Emphasize abilities
Avoid euphemisms
Do not equate disability with illness
Show people with disabilities as active participants
Q2) How did Itard affect the general perceptions of people with disabilities?
Answer: They could benefit from instruction.
Q3) The first special education classrooms were
A) Duplicitous
B) Self-contained
C) Service related
D) Vocational focused
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Policies Practices and Programs
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Q1) Which is a stipulation of NCLB 2001?
A) Annual testing of students K-8 is required
B) Special education students were excluded from testing
C) Schools experiencing difficulty attaining annual yearly progress (AYP) will be provided with technical and financial assistance
D) Teachers can change schools if their school is not attaining AYP
Answer: C
Q2) Schools must justify the exclusion of students with disabilities for any period of time from the general education environment.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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) Distinguish between multiculturalism, multicultural education, and bilingual education.
Answer: Multiculturalism refers to more than one culture. It acknowledges basic commonalities among groups of people while appreciating their differences. Multicultural education is an ambiguous concept. It is sometimes considered an educational strategy wherein the cultural background of each student is valued,viewed positively,and used to develop effective instruction.
Bilingual education is an educational strategy whereby students whose first language is not English are instructed primarily through their native language while developing their competency and proficiency in English.
Q2) 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) IDEA brought about new roles for parents in the decision-making process, including
A) Active involvement in the assessment and identification process
B) Program evaluation
C) Input on placement decisions
D) All of the above
Q2) The contemporary emphasis on building family-professional partnerships implies that families are full and equal partners with professionals.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Schools are expected to involve parents in decision-making processes when
A) Professionals think that parents will be able to understand the education system
B) Parents understand and speak the language
C) Parents are willing to comply with suggestions of professionals
D) Schools are always expected to involve parents
Q4) The role of the family changes when there is a child with exceptionality. A)True
B)False
Q5) What is an underlying assumption of the family systems model?
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Chapter 5: Assistive Technology
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Q1) Discuss the significant legislation for assistive technology that predates the 1988 Technology Act.
Q2) Discuss the categorizations of assistive technology from the perspective of "levels of technology." Provide an example of each.
Q3) Recent data indicate that more than half of fourth-graders with disabilities who took the NAEP reading test scored below the basic level.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss how assistive technology can be included in a student's IEP.
Q5) When defining assistive technology, what is meant by "devices and services"?
Q6) __________ supports students with disabilities in the acquisition of life skills.
A) Self-operating prompting devices
B) Text-to-speech
C) Concrete manipulatives
D) The smartboard
Q7) How does WATI categorize assistive technology? Provide an example of each.
Q8) Discuss, in detail, how assistive technology supports the universal design for learning.
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Chapter 6: Individuals With Intellectual Disability
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Q1) According to the 1992 AAIDD definition, intellectual disability manifests prior to what age?
A) 5 years
B) 12 years
C) 18 years
D) 21 years
Q2) The most recent strategy used for classifying individuals with intellectual disabilities by the AAIDD was to classify on the basis of
A) Intellectual functioning
B) Severity of intellectual disabilities
C) Cause of the disability
D) Levels of support
Q3) What percentage of children receiving a special education is classified intellectually disabled?
A) 5%
B) 9.2%
C) 7.4%
D) 20%
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) Which of the four phases, in the development of the field of learning disabilities, is marked by developing assessment instruments and remediation strategies?
A) Transition
B) Current
C) Foundation
D) Integration
Q2) The response to intervention (RTI)model shifts from what concept that is attributed to the discrepancy model?
A) Wait to fail
B) Believe and achieve
C) Efficient identification
D) Under-identification
Q3) Who coined the term learning disability?
A) James T. Kirk
B) Thomas Edison
C) Samuel Kirk
D) Howard Gardner
Q4) List three perinatal causes that have been linked to the occurrence of a learning disability.
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Chapter 8: Individuals With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder
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Q1) Individuals with ADHD typically "outgrow" the condition by age 40.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Individuals with ADHD almost always make friends easily because of their outgoing nature.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What type of classroom environment do most students with ADHD respond to the best?
A) Structured and predictable so the student knows the rules and what to expect
B) Unstructured to allow the student to shift his or her attention from task to task
C) Rigid so the student must learn to pay attention and stay on task
D) It doesn't matter what type of environment the student is in as long as he or she is taking medication to address the problem
Q4) Approximately 80% of children with ADHD continue to display symptoms in adolescence.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List the five steps students follow in the self-regulation process.
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Chapter 9: Individuals With Emotional or Behavioral Disorders
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Q1) _________________ disorders are less likely to be identified by the student's teachers and families.
A) Externalizing
B) Internalizing
C) Academic
D) Personality
Q2) Biological factors such as injury, infection, lead poisoning, and poor nutrition, may influence the development of emotional or behavioral disorders.
A)True
B)False
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 affect student outcomes.
Q4) ______________ refers to the severity of behavior.
A) Frequency
B) Duration
C) Intensity
D) Age-appropriateness
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Q5) Identify and define the four dimensions of behavior.Give an example of each.
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Chapter 10: Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Q1) __________ was the first behavioral psychologist to propose that autism was environmentally determined.
A) Bender
B) Lovaas
C) Fester
D) Kanner
Q2) Most adults with autism spectrum disorders are able to independently maintain employment.
A)True
B)False
Q3) State three reasons cited for the reported increase in the incidence of autism spectrum disorders.
Q4) Briefly discuss the social stories strategy.In your response, include the purpose of social stories, the basic steps in developing a social story, and an example ofwhen the use of a social story might be appropriate.
Q5) What is supported competitive employment?
Q6) Individuals with autism spectrum disorders have an increased risk for seizures.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Individuals With Speech and Language Impairments
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Q1) Symptoms of cluttering include all of the following except A) Reading and writing disorders
B) Word repetitions
C) Short attention span
D) Inability to filter distractions
Q2) Sign language and communication boards are examples of
A) Augmentative communication devices
B) Alternative communication devices
C) AAC[AQ: Please define "AAC"]
D) All of the above
Q3) All of the following are organs that are used in the production of speech except A) Amygdala
B) Epiglottis
C) Uvula
D) Frenum
Q4) Compare and contrast a phonological disorder and an articulation disorder.Explain why it is important for a speech-language pathologist to differentiate between these two disorders and describe the intervention strategies used with each.
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Q5) Differentiate between speech, language, and communication.
Q6) What is communication?
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Chapter 12: Individuals With Hearing Impairments
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Q1) The term Deaf, with a capital D, is used to describe those individuals who wish to be identified with the Deaf[AQ: Change OK?] culture.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The stages of ___________ that follow the birth of a baby with a hearing loss are healthy expressions of normal emotional reactions.
A) Grieving
B) Giving to others
C) Assessment
D) Consultation
Q3) When interacting with a person who has a hearing impairment, one should speak
A) More loudly
B) More quietly
C) When looking away
D) In a normal tone
Q4) Individuals with a mild hearing loss may encounter difficulty hearing in a noisy classroom setting.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Individuals With Visual Impairments
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Q1) What is the name of the material resource center for individuals with visual impairments located in Kentucky?
Q2) Describe four accommodations that could be considered by a general education teacher to assist a student with a visual impairment in note taking.
Q3) 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
Q4) Only a few children with visual impairment have concomitant developmental or physical disabilities.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Why should Braille be addressed in the IEP?
A) To make sure that parents consent to its use
B) To ensure that schools will have to pay for print materials
C) To ensure ongoing consideration as a reading medium
D) To demonstrate to teachers how Braille can be used
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Chapter 14: Individuals With Physical Disabilities Health
Disabilities and Related Lowincidence Disabilities
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Q1) What does the term limb deficiency refer to?
Q2) Seunghun was born with normal hearing and vision, but at the age of 7 years, he contracted meningitis.As a result, he became legally blind and developed a moderate hearing loss.Seunghun can be said to have
A) Adventitious deaf-blindness
B) Congenital deaf-blindness
C) Teratogenic deaf-blindness
D) None of the above
Q3) A student with epilepsy has been seen walking in circles and picking at his clothes on several occasions.What kind of seizure is this student experiencing?
A) Tonic-clonic seizure
B) Petit mal seizure
C) Complex-partial seizure
D) Absence seizure
Q4) Of the following, which is not an example of a health disability?
A) Seizure disorder
B) Asthma
C) AIDS
D) Spina bifida
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Chapter 15: Individuals Who Are Gifted and Talented
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Q1) Why might academic work not always be the most effective way to assess for academic giftedness?
A) Teachers probably don't give students grade-level work.
B) It is a very subjective way to assess for giftedness.
C) Students who are not challenged may not produce quality work.
D) All of the above
Q2) What is the "jot-down" method?
A) A way to take accurate notes
B) A formal assessment measure
C) An informal assessment measure
D) A way for students and teachers to exchange ideas
Q3) The strategy of allowing a student to take high school classes while the student is still in middle school is an example of
A) Enrichment
B) Course compacting
C) Acceleration
D) Flexible grouping
Q4) Name three possible reasons culturally diverse students are underrepresented in gifted and talented programs.
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