Exam 5: Learners With Intellectual Disabilities

All of the following are criticisms of sheltered workshops EXCEPT

According to recent research,when workers with intellectual disabilities fail on the job,it is more often because of factors such as poor attendance and inappropriate interactions with co-workers than because of difficulty in carrying out production tasks.

Evidence suggests that women who drink only moderately during pregnancy are not at risk of having babies with symptoms of fetal alcohol syndrome.

Interpretive Exercise Carrie was diagnosed as having an intellectual disability when she was three years-old.Now,at the age of seven,she is about to enter second grade.She can dress herself in the morning,although she has difficulty with buttons and zippers and she cannot tie her own shoes.She self-toilets and washes her own hands and face.She likes to look at pictures in books and she can label familiar objects in her environment (e.g. ,table,book,dog).She is learning to recognize colours,letters,and numbers.Carrie does not look any different from other second graders,but her speech is sometimes difficult to understand.In a recent report,the school psychologist indicated that Carrie has an IQ of 65. -Carrie's academic curriculum should be aligned with her mental age.

Pointing to an item while telling a student to pick it up is an example of

Joe,a 12 year-old boy,performs about as well on an intelligence test as an average six year-old.His IQ is about

A person who is self-determined prefers to allow their parents to make major decisions on their behalf.

Examples of social adaptive skills include all of the following EXCEPT

A person who is self-determined exhibits each of the following characteristics EXCEPT

Chris has difficulties controlling his temper when he has to wait his turn at the basketball net.This is an example of a deficit in

Each of the following is true of psychosocial postnatal causes of intellectual disabilities EXCEPT

The most common know hereditary cause of intellectual disabilities is Fragile X syndrome.

Once diagnosed with an intellectual disability,a person's functioning generally does not improve throughout their lifespan.

The most common known hereditary cause of intellectual disabilities is

Many individuals with intellectual disabilities have deficits in working memory.

Improvements in the lives of individuals with intellectual disabilities are attributed by the authors to all of the following EXCEPT

The ability to keep information in mind while simultaneously doing another task is

An increasingly common placement for students with all levels of intellectual disability is

Kate needs to make her lunch for school the next day but has difficulty identifying what steps to follow to complete this goal.This is an example of a deficit in

A person's awareness of what strategies are needed to perform a task,the ability to plan how to use the strategies,and the evaluation of how well the strategies are working is