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Question
You have been selected by your co-workers to approach the principal about implementing a more collaborative approach for serving students identified with disabilities. Write a synopsis of your attempt to convince the principal to promote the concept of collaboration which includes the following information: What is collaboration? What are the defining characteristics of collaboration? What role does collaboration have in special education?Answer
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Actively helping their child, reading information, discussions with professionals, enjoying recreation and leisure activities, and praying are examples of:A. Strategies and supports that assisted parents in coping with concernsB. Concerns and situations that caused stressC. Impact of the child's disability on family and changes over timeD. Effects of having a sibling with a disability
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What percent of children and adolescents in the United States experience depression?
A. Approximately 5%
B. Only 1%
C. Over 10%
D. About 25%
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The ability to recover and not experience long-term harm from brief episodes of stress or single negative experiences is:
A. Competence
B. Connection
C. Power
D. Resilience
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Compensatory skills, social interaction skills, and career education are all examples of:
A. Core curriculum
B. Expanded core curriculum
C. Visual impairment curriculum
D. None of the above
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Each of the following is a new option that specialized schools are offering for students with visual impairments in order to best meet those students' needs EXCEPT:
A. Short-term placements
B. Summer programs
C. Technology skills programs
D. Residual sight training
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The most widely used option for delivering services to students with visual impairment is the:
A. Consultant model
B. Resource room model
C. Home-based model
D. Itinerant model
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A positive trend that may contribute to reducing disproportionate representation in special education is:
A. Inclusion
B. Leveled interventions
C. Response to intervention
D. Tiered education
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Desmond is a middle school student who has a visual impairment. He is learning keyboarding skills in order to email his peers. This is an example of:
A. Media assessment
B. Expanded core curriculum
C. Mobility skills
D. Access technologies
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Using family-centered practices and respecting the uniqueness of the families are examples of:
A. Barriers to parent participation.
B. Strategies to encourage parent participation.
C. Reasons parents choose to participate.
D. Benefits of parent participation.
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What are the physiological and environmental factors contributing to ADHD?
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Visual impairment directly influences development and learning in each of the following areas EXCEPT:
A. Range and variety of experiences
B. Ability to move around
C. Interactive with environment
D. Cognitive ability
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Teachers often know more about the diagnosis and characteristics of ADHD than about effective _____________________________.
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Some professionals who evaluate children for ADHD use __________________________________, _______assessment instruments designed to require a student to sustain attention in order to respond correctly to the test items.
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Calvin has an annoying habit of talking with classmates when there should be silence. Ms. Kasting's mentor teacher has suggested several strategies to her to try with Calvin. These include: making eye contact with him; physically move toward Calvin and stand near his desk or table; place her hand on his shoulder if necessary to gain his attention; or use a private signal such as a tap on the desk. These are all examples of:
A. Behavior management strategies
B. Cognitive strategies
C. Low-involvement strategies
D. Positive behavior supports
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Describe the two specific ways that a hearing loss may alter a student's development.
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As Mrs. Vanstory read over the transcript of one of her new students, Audrey, she was amazed. Audrey had a long and colorful history of medication difficulties and multiple behavioral challenges. Mrs. Vanstory later called her close friend who was also a teacher (at another school) and proceeded to tell her Audrey's history. How did she violate the rights of both Audrey and her family?A. Information about a student must be shared in person, not over the phone or email.B. She didn"t have permission from Audrey's parents to access Audrey's file.C. Information regarding a student with a disability may not be shared with anyone who is not directly working with the student.D Only the administrator and counselor can access student's records.
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Mercer introduced the concept of:
A. Stigmatizing effects of labels
B. "The six-hour retarded child"
C. Free appropriate education
D. Inclusion
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In the past decade, a variety of residential schools and charter schools have adopted a _________________________________ _____________________ approach to educating students who are deaf or hard of hearing; meaning that ASL is the primary language of instruction and that English is taught as a second language through reading and writing print.
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During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many immigrants to the U.S. were judged to be "feebleminded" because they did not know English or American customs. Because of this, some became victims of laws supporting:
A. Eugenics
B. Social conservatism
C. Deportation
D. Compulsory education
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The first step in the process for identifying a student with ADHD is:
A. Initial referral
B. Assessment
C. Eligibility
D. RTI
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Each of the following is TRUE of students with ADHD EXCEPT:
A. They report that they have fewer close friendships than do those without ADHD
B. They are more likely than other students to be seen as both victims of bullying
C. They are less likely than other students to be seen as bullies
D. They have difficulty maintaining any friendships they do form
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Visual representations of knowledge include each of the following EXCEPT:
A. Semantic maps
B. Graphic organizers
C. Social stories
D. Story maps
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Recent research concerning the cause of ADHD reveals:
A. Diet plays a major role in hyperactivity
B. Video games and TV alter brain functions
C. ADHD cannot be explained because it does not truly exist
D. It is the result of a disorder of the brain and contributing factors from environmental and physiological factors
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Physicians and psychologists first studied children's hyperactivity but began shifting their research in the 1970s to children's:
A. Cognitive impulsivity
B. Inattention
C. Excessive movement
D. Cognitive deficits
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The two definitions of learning disabilities most often used are the federal definition included in IDEA and the definition proposed by the NJCLD. Compare and contrast the two definitions and explain which definition you feel is the most accurate in depicting the category of learning disabilities (and why).
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What percent of students who are deaf or hard of hearing have hearing parents?
A. 95
B. 75
C. 50
D. 20
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The fluid-filled hearing organ that contains thousands of tiny cells with hair-like projections is the:
A. Eardrum
B. Ear canal
C. Cochlea
D. Tympanic membrane
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Most education professionals are less interested in whether a hearing loss is congenital or acquired than they are in:
A. Whether a student's hearing is congenital or acquired
B. Whether a student's parents were hearing or deaf
C. Whether a student's hearing loss was prelingual or postlingual
D. Whether a student will be oral or use sign as his or her primary mode of communication
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__________ percent of school-age students with learning disabilities receive their education in a typical public school setting
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Which term refers to members of the Deaf community who embrace being deaf and using ASL as a primary means of communicating?
A. Deaf pride
B. Deaf culture
C. Deaf association
D. Deaf society