Exam 8: Students With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

What are two factors mentioned in your text that affect parents' reactions to their children with intellectual disabilities?

In which category would Jake be placed considering his IQ is 28 and he has low adaptive ability?

Students who are using real money to practice making change are demonstrating:

Many individuals find the term mental retardation offensive.What are 3 other terms used instead of mental retardation?

Marcus is in an inclusive middle school.During health/P.E.class,Marcus often has difficulty remembering the rules and gives up easily if he is not good at a certain game or skill.These characteristics fall under which category?

Only a small percentage of students with intellectual disabilities are in the general education classroom setting more than 80 percent of the day.For what reasons are students with intellectual disabilities still being separated to receive their education? Explain your own perspective on the idea of fully integrating students with intellectual disabilities into the general education setting.

One could argue that the early twentieth century was the low point in history of education for individuals with intellectual disabilities.Why is this,and how does the education of individuals with intellectual disabilities today compare with the education these individuals received during that time?

Two current issues within the field of intellectual disabilities are:

A type of intellectual disability that is inherited only if BOTH parents are carriers of the defective gene is:

How is a life skills curriculum different from a general education curriculum?

Briefly describe three of the six areas of cognitive functioning in which students with intellectual disabilities struggle.

The Higher Education Opportunity Act (Public Law 110-315),removed the barrier of:

Which of the following is NOT an example of adaptive behaviors in which a student must display deficits to be identified as having an intellectual disability?

Assessment of adaptive behaviors is completed through:

_______________________________ assumes that peer tutoring should be reciprocal-that all participating students should have opportunities to be both the teacher and the learner.

In Mrs.Mayor's first-grade class,she puts Veronica with a learning buddy during science centers in order to help meet her unique needs.Which of the following strategies is Mrs.Mayor using to assist Veronica?

Each of the following is a classic "stage of grief" often applied to the experience of parents with children with disabilities EXCEPT:

Raymond diligently works on learning how to successfully complete an application in Mrs.Martin's fifth period class.This type of task is an example of:

Martin-Bell syndrome is another name for:

Cognitive functioning includes each of the following EXCEPT: