Special Education Methods
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Course Introduction
Special Education Methods introduces students to a range of instructional strategies, tools, and approaches designed to support learners with diverse abilities and needs. The course explores frameworks for individualized education plans (IEPs), differentiation, classroom management, and evidence-based practices that promote inclusion and accessibility. Through case studies, practical applications, and discussions of legal and ethical considerations, students develop skills to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate effective teaching methods tailored to various disabilities, fostering academic and social growth in special education settings.
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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) Which major educational reform focused on the academic achievement of students and qualifications of teachers?
A)No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (PL 107-110)
B)Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (PL 105-17)
C)Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986 (PL 99-457)
D)Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (PL108-446)
Answer: A
Q2) What percentage of students with disabilities will drop out of school?
A)10%
B)21%
C)31%
D)40%
Answer: C
Q3) A perspective that reflects dignity and potential is referred to as:
A)Being able to recognize a disability on sight
B)Speaking in terms of a disability, when describing a person
C)Using people first language
D)Never using the word disability
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Policies, Practices, and Programs
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Q1) Compare and contrast interindividual differences and intra-individual differences. Answer: Not Answer
Q2) Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 forbids discrimination against persons with disabilities in both the public and private sectors.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Select the educational setting that is least restrictive.
A)Separate school
B)Separate setting
C)Resource room
D)Regular class
Answer: D
Q4) What did PL 101-476 rename PL 94-142?
A)No Child Left Behind
B)Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act
C)Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
D)Americans with Disabilities Act
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity and Exceptionality
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Q1) Classroom materials should include portrayals of women and men with and without disabilities across diverse cultural and racial groups in which of the following roles?
A)Only active roles
B)Only passive roles
C)Active and passive roles
D)They should not be portrayed at all
Answer: C
Q2) Bilingual special education serves students who
A)only need instruction that addresses their documented disability
B)only need instruction on their English language skills
C)have a temporary disability due to their language diversity
D)are culturally and linguistically diverse and have a disability
Answer: D
Q3) The misclassification and/or inappropriate placement of minority students in special education programs often results in stigmatization and lower expectations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Parents, Families, and Exceptionality
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Q1) In the family systems approach, all seven of the family functions are necessary to fulfill the individual and collective needs of the family.
A)True
B)False
Q2) 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
Q3) The idea of a collaborative partnership between home and school is in concert with the theorizing of___________
A)Turnbull
B)Bettelheim
C)Bronfenbrenner
D)Soodak & Shogren
Q4) The developmental changes that occur over time within a family are referred to as the:
Q5) Why are Life Cycle functions considered to be highly age related?
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Chapter 5: Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities or Mental Retardation
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Q1) There is a subset of the population of persons with intellectual disabilities that educators consider to be uneducable.
A)True
B)False
Q2) An 8 year old girl living in the United States who is able to dress herself, brush her own teeth, make a peanut butter sandwich, and do her homework is demonstrating competence in
A)metabolic processes.
B)adaptive behavior.
C)social skills.
D)intellectual functioning.
Q3) All of the following are types of natural support, EXCEPT:
A)Social Security
B)Friends
C)Family
D)Teachers
Q4) A student of yours is included in a general education classroom. Name and describe three strategies that you could use to increase the student's access to the general education curriculum and ensure that the student progresses adequately.
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Chapter 6: Individuals With Learning Disabilities
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Q1) What are 3 potential advantages of RTI?
Q2) What percentage of students with learning disabilities graduates from high school?
A)99%
B)79%
C)49%
D)39%
Q3) For many years, educators correctly assumed that children with learning disabilities would simply "outgrow" them.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Provide five principles for effective cognitive education programming.
Q5) What are the estimates of the percentage of students with a learning disability?
A)0% - 50%
B)1% - 30%
C)50% - 75%
D)60% - 80%
Q6) Children with learning disabilities almost always have subpar intelligence. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Individuals With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
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Q1) Why is there a high rate of comorbidity between ADHD and other psychiatric disorders?
A)Individuals who are susceptible to ADHD are also susceptible to other psychiatric problems
B)Researchers do not know why the overlap exists
C)ADHD can be the cause of other psychiatric problems
D)Professionals are more likely to identify an individual with psychiatric problems if the individual has already been identified as having ADHD
Q2) Name one behavior rating scale discussed in the chapter used to identify ADHD.
Q3) ___________________ was an early term used to describe distractible and impulsive students and faded because it undermined the difficulties these students experienced.
A)Strauss syndrome
B)Minimal brain injury
C)Hyperactive child
D)Attention impaired
Q4) Describe the possible etiology of ADHD. Are biological or environmental factors most likely the cause?
Q5) List the five steps students follow in the self-regulation process
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Chapter 8: Individuals With Emotional or Behavioral Disorders
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Q1) Clinically derived classification systems include:
A)Descriptions of symptoms
B)Indicators of severity
C)Treatment plans
D)A and B
Q2) Behavioral interventions and cognitive-behavioral interventions differ, in that, behavioral interventions focus on the students' self-regulatory behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Research suggests that more than _____ of children and adolescents who committed suicide had an apparent, though not identified, emotional or behavioral disorder.
A)50%
B)75%
C)90%
D)100%
Q4) There are three initiatives that have strengthened the assessment process for determining the occurrence of an emotional or behavioral disorder. List these practices.
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Chapter 9: Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Q1) Name three of the residential options for adults with autism spectrum disorders.
Q2) Which disorder did early researchers associate with autism?
A)Manic depression
B)Fragile X syndrome
C)Schizophrenia
D)Tourette's syndrome
Q3) Which one of the following is not a characteristic of assessment for students with autism spectrum disorders?
A)The use of multiple assessment instruments
B)Diagnostic processes are administered by a team of professionals
C)Direct observations
D)A focus on measures of cognitive functioning
Q4) About 10 percent of individuals with ASD have special skills in areas such as mathematical calculations, memory feats, artistic and musical abilities, and reading.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is supported competitive employment?
Q6) Describe 3 disadvantages of sheltered workshops?
Q7) List the three cardinal features of autism spectrum disorders.
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Chapter 10: Individuals With Speech and Language Impairments
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Q1) Some of the earliest sounds to emerge in young children's speech include:
A)zh, v, z, s
B)k, g, d, t,
C)p, m, h, n, w
D)ng, f, y, r, l
Q2) The characteristic(s) of a phonation disorder include(s)
A)too little or too much air passing through the nasal passage.
B)hoarseness, breathiness, and huskiness.
C)an inability to make intelligible speech sounds.
D)a disruption in the fluency of speech.
Q3) Which of the following is an example of an articulation disorder?
A)Phonation
B)Resonance
C)Stuttering
D)Distortions
Q4) Which of the following is NOT an example of nonlinguistic communication?
A)Rolling your eyes
B)Keyboarding
C)Nodding your head
D)Gesturing
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Chapter 11: Individuals With Hearing Impairments
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Q1) According to the text, an individual's language and speech skills are developed and refined by all of the following, EXCEPT
A)Pictures
B)Observing
C)Imitation
D)Listening
Q2) A prelingual hearing impairment refers to an impairment that occurs
A)after age 3
B)after age 5
C)after age 7
D)at birth or before the development of speech and language
Q3) Assistive listening devices may be worn separately by a student or in conjunction with their personal hearing aid. An amplification system is easy to use and is often more effective than a hearing aid in managing the acoustical problems inherent in most classrooms. What is an example of an amplification system?
Q4) Signed English is an even closer match to ASL but with the advantage of English word order
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Individuals With Visual Impairments
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Q1) 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
Q2) What is the disorder in which one or more surfaces of the cornea are shaped like a football?
A)Cataracts
B)Albinism
C)Astigmatism
D)Nearsightedness
Q3) What are three refractive errors that impact vision?
Q4) __________________ are lenses that become opaque or cloudy.
A)Retinas
B)Cataracts
C)Maculas
D)Corneas
Q5) What materials could be used to help a child with a visual impairment learn about maps? (Name at least three)
Q6) Name three frequent causes of eye injury.
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Chapter 13: Individuals With Physical Disabilities, Health
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Q1) As a result of their experience living with a disability, adults with cerebral palsy tend to obtain routine medical check-ups and dental care to prevent further medical problems.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A person with cerebral palsy can develop additional disabilities as a result of receiving inadequate services.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Approximately, 13% of all students receiving special education are classified as having a physical disability or health impairment.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A word prediction program may be useful for a student who writes on the computer at a very slow rate.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What are two neuromotor impairments?
Q6) What does the term limb deficiency refer to?
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Chapter 14: Individuals Who Are Gifted and Talented
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Q1) Do you think that children who are gifted should be grouped in an academic setting by ability? What may be some advantages to doing so? What may be some disadvantages?
Q2) Curriculum compacting is a differentiation strategy that is often used in the general education classroom
A)True
B)False
Q3) 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
Q4) 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
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