Exam 15: Understanding and Supporting Children With Multiple Disabilities

Children with multiple and severe disabilities who lack any efficient communication areoften divided into two major groups,____ and ___ .

Two nonverbal methods of communication using boards are ___ and ___.

Which of the following is NOT associated with direct observational models of assessment?

Post- natal etiologies of children with deaf- blindness include all of the following EXCEPT

In using a functional approach, the skills presented must be

Multiple disabilities are best conceptualized as

Describe three measures that may be used in the assessment of children with multiple handicaps.

Explain and discuss some of the definitional issues in the area of multiple disabilities.

Children with multiple handicaps can generally be

The use of infant screening measures are poor predictors of later development in both nondisabled and disabled children.

Usher's syndrome can be described as

Because language is the product of all aspects of development, the development of communication skills is a simultaneous activity.

Children with mild sensory impairments would most likely be served in a____ _____.

A communication board would be most appropriate for a child with

Educators prefer generic definitions of multiple disabilities.

When working with children with multiple disabilities it is necessary to stimulate all the senses and help children to interact.

Curricula developed for the multiply disabled child must

Any procedure that assists a nonspeaking person to communicate is referred to as _____communication.

A functional skill is one that

Which of the following strategies would NOT be used in a classroom accessible to a multiple- disabled child?