Question 1

Explain why traumatic brain injury (TBI)is sometimes considered "invisible" and a "silent epidemic."

Accepted Answer

It is sometimes considered "invisible" b

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary to include examples ba

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A) It includes all individuals with disabilities who require extensive ongoing support in more than one major life activity. 
B) Nearly any severe disability will involve extensive ongoing support in more than one major life activity. 
C) People with a severe disability in any area typically have more than one disability. 
D) Even combinations of mild disabilities do not constitute severe educational problems. 
A) It includes all individuals with disabilities who require extensive ongoing support in more than one major life activity. 
B) Nearly any severe disability will involve extensive ongoing support in more than one major life activity. 
C) People with a severe disability in any area typically have more than one disability. 
D) Even combinations of mild disabilities do not constitute severe educational problems.

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

A) multiculturally-based practices. 
B) cross-disciplinary collaboration. 
C) family-centered practices. 
D) value-based practices. 
A) multiculturally-based practices. 
B) cross-disciplinary collaboration. 
C) family-centered practices. 
D) value-based practices.

Question 5

Manual signs that easily convey their meaning (i.e., cradling one's arms while gently rocking back and forth to represent "baby")are

Accepted Answer

A) symbolic. 
B) self-evident. 
C) iconic. 
D) transparent. 
A) symbolic. 
B) self-evident. 
C) iconic. 
D) transparent.

Question 6

Any manual or electronic means by which a person who is unable to communicate through normal speech can express wants and needs, share information, engage in social closeness, or manage social etiquette is

Accepted Answer

A) facilitated communication. 
B) augmentative or alternative communication. 
C) manual communication. 
D) applied functional communication. 
A) facilitated communication. 
B) augmentative or alternative communication. 
C) manual communication. 
D) applied functional communication.

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A) self-mutilation. 
B) self-injury. 
C) self-stimulation. 
D) tantrums. 
A) self-mutilation. 
B) self-injury. 
C) self-stimulation. 
D) tantrums.

Question 8

Carl was three years old when he acquired TBI. Which of the following was the most likely cause of his brain injury?

Accepted Answer

A) He was accidentally shot by a playmate when showing off his father's gun. 
B) He was violently shaken by a babysitter. 
C) He was in a car that was hit by another car. 
D) He fell off a counter in his home. 
A) He was accidentally shot by a playmate when showing off his father's gun. 
B) He was violently shaken by a babysitter. 
C) He was in a car that was hit by another car. 
D) He fell off a counter in his home.

Question 9

Each of the following statements about early intervention is true EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) It is best to assume that all parents need to be educated about how to be better parents to avoid overlooking a likely problem. 
B) Someone in the program, or immediately available, should speak the family's preferred language. 
C) Professionals in related disciplines should work collaboratively, not independently. 
D) Developmentally appropriate practices should be balanced with practices that are also chronologically age appropriate. 
A) It is best to assume that all parents need to be educated about how to be better parents to avoid overlooking a likely problem. 
B) Someone in the program, or immediately available, should speak the family's preferred language. 
C) Professionals in related disciplines should work collaboratively, not independently. 
D) Developmentally appropriate practices should be balanced with practices that are also chronologically age appropriate.

Question 10

The greatest complicating factor in most students' return to school following TBI is

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A) social skills. 
B) physical appearance. 
C) physical strength. 
D) language or speech disorders. 
A) social skills. 
B) physical appearance. 
C) physical strength. 
D) language or speech disorders.

Question 11

Which of the following is a fundamental assumption of positive behavioral support?

Accepted Answer

A) Typically, one factor alone is responsible for the presence of specific behavior. 
B) Each behavior carries a communicative intent. 
C) Some behaviors have no communicative intent. 
D) Positive behavioral support is not like to behavior modification. 
A) Typically, one factor alone is responsible for the presence of specific behavior. 
B) Each behavior carries a communicative intent. 
C) Some behaviors have no communicative intent. 
D) Positive behavioral support is not like to behavior modification.

Question 12

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)?

Accepted Answer

A) about 2,000 
B) about 1,000 
C) fewer than 550 
D) only 50 
A) about 2,000 
B) about 1,000 
C) fewer than 550 
D) only 50

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

A) assaults. 
B) accidental falls. 
C) vehicular accidents. 
D) gunshot wounds. 
A) assaults. 
B) accidental falls. 
C) vehicular accidents. 
D) gunshot wounds.

Question 14

Describe two major problems that students with TBI experience with reentry to school after their trauma.

Accepted Answer

Social/emotional problems and language d

Question 15

Write a description of what you think life might have been like for Helen Keller and Laura Bridgman if they had not had the intensive and extensive instruction they received from Annie Sullivan and Samuel Gridley Howe, respectively.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary, ideas might include:

Question 16

The major symptoms of Usher syndrome are hearing loss, vision loss, and mental retardation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Manual signs that closely resemble the object or action they represent (i.e., gesturing throwing a ball for "throw")are

Accepted Answer

A) symbolic. 
B) transparent. 
C) iconic. 
D) self-evident. 
A) symbolic. 
B) transparent. 
C) iconic. 
D) self-evident.

Question 18

Each of the following is a symptom of CHARGE syndrome EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) abnormally shaped pupils. 
B) tunnel vision. 
C) paralysis or weakness of facial nerves. 
D) heart defects. 
A) abnormally shaped pupils. 
B) tunnel vision. 
C) paralysis or weakness of facial nerves. 
D) heart defects.

Question 19

A condition in which a child is born with an abnormally shaped pupil and/or abnormalities of the retina or optic nerve is

Accepted Answer

A) atresia. 
B) choanae. 
C) coloboma. 
D) retinitis pigmentosa. 
A) atresia. 
B) choanae. 
C) coloboma. 
D) retinitis pigmentosa.

Question 20

A syndrome that causes deaf-blindness and is characterized by a combination of physical anomalies including cranial nerve damage, heart defects, blockage of the air passage from the nose to the throat, and retardation in growth and intellectual development present at birth is

Accepted Answer

A) Usher syndrome. 
B) Down syndrome. 
C) Asperger syndrome. 
D) CHARGE syndrome. 
A) Usher syndrome. 
B) Down syndrome. 
C) Asperger syndrome. 
D) CHARGE syndrome.

Explain why traumatic brain injury (TBI)is sometimes considered "invisible" and a "silent epidemic."

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

Manual signs that easily convey their meaning (i.e., cradling one's arms while gently rocking back and forth to represent "baby")are

Any manual or electronic means by which a person who is unable to communicate through normal speech can express wants and needs, share information, engage in social closeness, or manage social etiquette is

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

Carl was three years old when he acquired TBI. Which of the following was the most likely cause of his brain injury?

Each of the following statements about early intervention is true EXCEPT

The greatest complicating factor in most students' return to school following TBI is

Which of the following is a fundamental assumption of positive behavioral support?

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)?

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

Describe two major problems that students with TBI experience with reentry to school after their trauma.

Write a description of what you think life might have been like for Helen Keller and Laura Bridgman if they had not had the intensive and extensive instruction they received from Annie Sullivan and Samuel Gridley Howe, respectively.

The major symptoms of Usher syndrome are hearing loss, vision loss, and mental retardation.

Manual signs that closely resemble the object or action they represent (i.e., gesturing throwing a ball for "throw")are

Each of the following is a symptom of CHARGE syndrome EXCEPT

A condition in which a child is born with an abnormally shaped pupil and/or abnormalities of the retina or optic nerve is

A syndrome that causes deaf-blindness and is characterized by a combination of physical anomalies including cranial nerve damage, heart defects, blockage of the air passage from the nose to the throat, and retardation in growth and intellectual development present at birth is

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Learners With Emotional or Behavioral Disorders

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

Explain why traumatic brain injury (TBI)is sometimes considered "invisible" and a "silent epidemic."

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

Manual signs that easily convey their meaning (i.e., cradling one's arms while gently rocking back and forth to represent "baby")are

Any manual or electronic means by which a person who is unable to communicate through normal speech can express wants and needs, share information, engage in social closeness, or manage social etiquette is

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

Carl was three years old when he acquired TBI. Which of the following was the most likely cause of his brain injury?

Each of the following statements about early intervention is true EXCEPT

The greatest complicating factor in most students' return to school following TBI is

Which of the following is a fundamental assumption of positive behavioral support?

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)?

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

Describe two major problems that students with TBI experience with reentry to school after their trauma.

Write a description of what you think life might have been like for Helen Keller and Laura Bridgman if they had not had the intensive and extensive instruction they received from Annie Sullivan and Samuel Gridley Howe, respectively.

The major symptoms of Usher syndrome are hearing loss, vision loss, and mental retardation.

Manual signs that closely resemble the object or action they represent (i.e., gesturing throwing a ball for "throw")are

Each of the following is a symptom of CHARGE syndrome EXCEPT

A condition in which a child is born with an abnormally shaped pupil and/or abnormalities of the retina or optic nerve is

A syndrome that causes deaf-blindness and is characterized by a combination of physical anomalies including cranial nerve damage, heart defects, blockage of the air passage from the nose to the throat, and retardation in growth and intellectual development present at birth is

Exceptionality and Special Education

Current Practices for Meeting the Needs of Exceptional Learners

Multicultural and Bilingual Aspects of Special Education

Parent and Families

Learners With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Learners With Learning Disabilities

Learners With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Learners With Emotional or Behavioral Disorders

Learners With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Learners With Communication Disorders

Learners Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

Learners With Blindness or Low Vision

Learners With Physical Disabilities and Other Health Impairments

Learners With Special Gifts and Talents

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