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Q: Which of the following is not a condition required to qualify for an emotional disturbance? A) chronicity B) difficulty in school C) severity D) visibility

Q: Which of the following statements about an IEP is true? A) An IEP is a permanent document. B) An IEP must be reviewed every three years. C) An IEP must be revised when student needs change. D) Only academic goals need to be revised on an annual basis.

Q: There is a universally accepted definition of giftedness.

Q: Regular exposure to noise above 110 dB for more than one minute can cause permanent hearing loss.

Q: Which of the following student behaviors best fits the IDEA definition of emotional disturbance? A) Grace has been depressed and withdrawn for 7 months. B) Maggie responds to teasing one day by throwing a chair through a window. C) Page usually gets excellent grades but since starting fourth grade has been getting C's and D's. D) Courtney tells the school nurse that she has been crying every day for a week because her parents are divorced.

Q: All of the following contribute to disproportionate representation of diverse students in special education except A) biased referrals B) inaccurate assessment C) ineffective instructional practices D) inconsistent parental involvement

Q: Students who are gifted do not need special education to reach their full potential.

Q: Prematurity is a cause of acquired hearing loss.

Q: Why is it difficult to develop a clear definition of emotional disabilities? A) Most children are well behaved. B) Norms for appropriate behavior differ across cultures. C) Emotional and behavior disorders usually occur in isolation. D) There is a clear definition of what constitutes good mental health.

Q: Which of the following groups are generally underrepresented in special education? A) Asian Americans B) European Americans C) Hispanic Americans D) Native Americans

Q: What curricular program that challenges students to "learn to learn" is advocated by faculty at the College of William and Mary for gifted and talented students? Provide a definition of that program.

Q: A neural hearing impairment involves damage to the cochlea.

Q: Briefly explain the most important reason explicit instruction is important for students with learning disabilities.

Q: Compared to students of other racial and ethnic groups, African American students are most likely to be identified as having A) autism B) intellectual disabilities C) specific learning disabilities D) speech or language impairments

Q: Name any four of the sources of information that can be used to identify a student as gifted and talented.

Q: Students with severe or profound hearing loss have more social problems than those with mild hearing loss.

Q: According to the text, what can teachers do to provide explicit instruction?

Q: In most states when a teacher encounters a child with a behavior or learning problem and the child is not currently receiving special education services, the first step is to A) devise and implement an intervention B) design an individualized education program C) contact the state board of education to request funding D) evaluate the child for eligibility to receive special education services

Q: Describe a placement/setting where service for students with giftedness and talent is most likely to occur and the role of the helping professional in that setting.

Q: Deafness poses limitations on a student's cognitive capabilities.

Q: Explain the shift of instructional focus that has occurred over the years for students with learning disabilities.

Q: Studies comparing the effectiveness of handraising and the use of response cards indicate that A) students were more comfortable with handraising. B) students responded more often when using response cards. C) students performed better on tests after lessons that included handraising. D) students with disabilities were more likely to be distracted when using response. cards

Q: Why is the term "gifted" losing popularity?

Q: Teachers can use Visual Phonics to teach phonemic awareness to deaf and hard-of-hearing students.

Q: Explain the resource room model of serving students with LD. Include the advantages and disadvantages of this approach.

Q: After parental consent has been obtained, school districts must complete the evaluation process for a student suspected of having a disability within A) 30 days B) 45 days C) 60 days D) 90 days

Q: What are the two difficulties that teachers of the gifted and talented face regarding the acceleration of the math curriculum?

Q: The temporal bone is the hardest bone in human body.

Q: Define CBM and explain the advantages it has over summative evaluations.

Q: Which of the following is NOT involved in RTI? A) universal screening B) continuous progress monitoring C) multifactored evaluation D) several tiers of intensive intervention before referral

Q: Which differentiation strategy allows for probing or studying a subject at great depth? Provide three examples of this strategy.

Q: Many deaf people do not view themselves as disabled.

Q: Define guided notes and explain two advantages of guided notes for both students and teachers.

Q: RTI was most often used for A) students with reading problems. B) students with behavior problems. C) young children at risk for disabilities. D) adolescents at risk for failure in school.

Q: The differentiation strategy in which the pace at which a student moves through the curriculum is modified is called _____. Explain a common concern in using this strategy.

Q: A child who is deaf can still use hearing to understand speech.

Q: In most cases, the cause of a learning disability is unknown.

Q: All of the following are typically members of early intervening team except A) general education teachers B) special education teachers C) the school nurse D) the student's parents

Q: List and explain four modifications teachers use in Maker's Active Problem Solver Model.

Q: Children who are deaf and hard of hearing receive special education services under the disability category of deafness.

Q: The federal definition of learning disabilities has been universally accepted.

Q: Which of the following is NOT a step in prereferral intervention? A) Teacher or parent reports concern with child's progress. B) Parents are notified. C) Parent consent for testing and evaluation is obtained. D) Intervention assistance teams help plan and implement interventions.

Q: List the six levels of Bloom's taxonomy in the correct order, giving both the traditional and revised terminology.

Q: According to researchers and professionals, what is the most appropriate instructional method for children who are deaf?

Q: A grade level score of 2)5 on a norm-referenced reading test means that a student cannot read third grade textbooks.

Q: Compare and contrast IDEA, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act

Q: All of the following are advantages to using the DISCOVER model to identify giftedness in culturally diverse children except A) the process is equally effective for boys and girls B) equitable percentages of children from all cultures are identified C) the children identified closely resemble the cultural characteristics of the dominant culture D) children identified make gains that are the same as or greater than those children identified using traditional tests

Q: What is the oldest and best known university for students with hearing loss? Describe what happened in 1988 at that university.

Q: The number of students identified as learning disabled has decreased in recent years.

Q: Do you think that labels help or hurt students with disabilities? Support your answer with examples.

Q: Mrs. Sawyer is a general education teacher with a class of 26 students. Six of those students have been identified as gifted and talented. Mr. Lucas, a teacher who is certified in teaching gifted and talented students, spends one fourth of his time providing differentiated instruction to these students in the general education classroom. This arrangement is known as A) cluster ability grouping B) cluster performance grouping C) dual differentiation D) like ability cooperative learning groups

Q: What is the position on educational placements of all professional and parent organizations involved with educating students who are deaf?

Q: Children usually outgrow learning disabilities.

Q: Discuss the history of special education from the early 1900s to the present. Be sure to include landmark court cases in your discussion.

Q: Which of the following is the most recent type of special school for gifted and talented students? A) high schools for gifted girls B) magnet schools in urban areas C) charter schools for the gifted and talented D) high schools for the visual and performing arts

Q: How is frequency or pitch measured, and how is the measurement related to hertz?

Q: About 75% of students with learning disabilities experience social problems.

Q: List the dimensions (defining characteristics) of special education and describe/explain at least four of them.

Q: Which best characterizes the position of the National Association for Gifted and Talented Children on ability grouping? A) It is undemocratic and racist. B) It is generally the least restrictive environment. C) It damages the self-esteem of struggling students. D) It creates an elitist group of students with inflated egos.

Q: What is the unit of measurement for the intensity or loudness of sound? Explain the variation in sound from smallest to loudest.

Q: Theoretically, over 500,000 combinations of cognitive or socioemotional problems can be exhibited by a person with a learning disability.

Q: Compare and contrast the terms disability, handicap and impairment.

Q: Danielle is not identified as a student who is gifted or talented but has opportunities to participate in some challenging activities for which she shows serious interest. Which model is being used? A) ability grouping B) active problem solving C) problem-based learning D) schoolwide enrichment

Q: What is the difference between Deaf (with a capital "d") and deaf (with a lowercase "d")?

Q: IDEA regulations contain a specific formula for determining a severe discrepancy.

Q: Students with disabilities are exempt from the requirements of No Child Left Behind.

Q: Which of the following activities would be at the highest level of Bloom's taxonomy? A) designing a new chair for Baby Bear B) acting out what happened when the bears found Goldilocks C) discussing what happened to Goldilocks at the Bears' house D) evaluating Goldilocks's decision to enter a house without permission

Q: What are four potential speech problems of children who are deaf or hard of hearing?

Q: Children with minor learning difficulties are probably learning disabled.

Q: Companies offering telecommunications services to the general public must offer TRS services to people with disabilities 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Q: Teachers most often ask questions at which level of Bloom's taxonomy? A) remember and create B) understand and create C) remember and apply D) remember and understand

Q: What term identifies that a hearing loss occurred after the development of spoken language? How is speech and language affected?

Q: In some ways, learning disabilities has brought out the best and worst that special education has to offer.

Q: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 requires a completely barrier-free environment for students with disabilities.

Q: Mrs. Stewart provides a basic lesson on figurative language. All students are expected to identify examples of similes and metaphors. Some students are expected to generate examples of similes and metaphors and others are expected to identify and generate more complex examples of figurative language. This approach to differentiation is known as A) advanced placement B) curriculum compacting C) response to intervention D) tiered lessons

Q: What term identifies that a hearing loss occurred before the development of spoken language? How is speech and language affected?

Q: Which of the six principles of effective instructional design provide temporary support for students to learn new material and is then faded over time? Explain how it helps with learning.

Q: All students with disabilities receive extended school year services as part of their IEPs.

Q: Which best exemplifies acceleration? A) Rose, a six-year-old, goes to a third grade math class because she has mastered first and second grade math. B) Carter is given more difficult reading material than her classmates in fourth grade because she has mastered reading. C) Coralee, who has mastered the third grade science curriculum, teaches it to others in her class who have not. D) Desmond studies subject areas not offered at his school, such as comparative religion and quantum physics.

Q: What are the technology and support options available to students with hearing loss that have the potential to improve the classroom/educational experience?