Exam 13: Learners With Low-Incidence, Multiple, and Severe Disabilities

How many children from age 6 to 11 were receiving services for deaf-blindness in 2007 (compared to 32,000 for deafness and 12,000 for blindness)?

Many of the behavior management or modification strategies used with students with E/BD are not effective with students with TBI.

Brain damage caused by internal compression, stretching, or other shearing motion of neural tissues within the head is due to

Michelle is an early intervention specialist who works with families who have children with severe disabilities. Although they are not proven to be effective by research, she knows that she needs to provide individualized practices for each family, communicate with family members in a non-paternalistic manner, and ensure that any placement she recommends be safe and clean. These are examples of

Madeline's mother told her to pick up her stuffed bear and put it away. Madeline threw herself to the ground and began kicking and screaming. Madeline's mom put the bear away herself, telling Madeline, "O.K, O.K., calm down." Madeline quickly ended her tantrum and returned to playing. Which statement is true?

Each of the following statements about self-stimulation is true EXCEPT

The absence or closure of a body opening present at birth is

The prevalence of TBI has increased so much in recent years that it is now sometimes referred to as

Tactual signals that can convey a number of messages depending on the situation and context are

Write a case description of an individual with traumatic brain injury (TBI)that illustrates (by example)four possible effects of TBI.

Each of the following statements about severe and multiple disabilities is true EXCEPT

Explain why hand-under-hand guidance is often recommended as an alternative to hand-over-hand guidance.

Each of the following is a challenge particular to users of augmentative or alternative communication (AAC)not faced by natural communicators EXCEPT

Each of the following is a symptom of CHARGE syndrome EXCEPT

The effects of TBI are always severe and permanent.

Any repetitive, stereotyped behavior that seems to have no immediately apparent purpose is

After age 5, and increasingly through adolescence, the primary cause of TBI is

Write a case description involving a teacher and a young student with a severe disability who exhibits repeated tantrums (describe one tantrum event). In so doing, describe what the tantrum consists of, why the student has a tantrum, and what the teacher's reaction to the tantrum should be.

The term deaf-blindness includes those with a combination of low vision and mild hearing impairments.

In addressing the needs of students with deaf-blindness, two principles that practitioners and parents should keep in mind are