Deck 6: Exceptionalities and Families

Question 1

Which stage of parental response is characterized by involvement, comprehension, acceptance, and/or adjustment?

A) Moving away from retreat
B) Realization stage
C) Acknowledgment stage
D) Shock stage

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Attempts to avoid dealing with the anxiety produced by a disabling condition is manifested in the stage.

A) defensive retreat
B) shock
C) realization
D) despair

Answer 2

A

Question 3

During which stage do parents experience the greatest need for support?

A) Shock stage
B) Moving away from retreat
C) Realization stage
D) Acknowledgment stage

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Parents who use cognitive coping in dealing with their children with disabilities do the following:

A) experience modest pain in responding to their children's limitations.
B) develop disciplinary skills that allow them to deal with the challenges of having a child with a disability.
C) develop ways of thinking about their children's conditions that help them respond positively to the child's needs.
D) develop management strategies that help them respond to the physical demands inherent in caring for their children.

Question 5

Mothers may become overprotective of a child with a disability. This is a concern because

A) other family members should have opportunities to care for the child.
B) this overprotectiveness may interfere with the mother's caring for other family members.
C) as the child grows, he or she may lack skills necessary for independence.
D) other children in the family may not develop essential skills which they need to function well as adults.

Question 6

Ben's new baby brother has Down syndrome. Since the arrival of the new baby, children like Ben turn to which family member for support during this time?

A) Cousin
B) Mother
C) Older sibling
D) Father

Question 7

Typically, what is the immediate reaction of parents to the birth of their disabled child?

A) Shock
B) Anger
C) Fear
D) Rejection

Question 8

Parents who believe they can positively impact the behavior and development of their children are said to have high

A) stress.
B) father support.
C) self-efficacy.
D) dyadic relationships.

Question 9

Prior to the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 (renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), families

A) had many avenues open to them for appropriate services.
B) children with disabilities were overwhelmingly included in society and schools.
C) did not have access to appropriate services for their children with disabilities.
D) powerful repositories of knowledge about children and youth with disabilities.

Question 10

Trudy has begun to accept her daughter's disability and has become more interested in joining advocacy organizations. Trudy is likely in what stage?

A) Shock
B) Realization
C) Moving away from retreat
D) Acknowledgment

Question 11

Rather than communicate with all members of the family, Andy uses his mother as the exclusive conduit for communicating needs and making requests. This is an example of a

A) dynamic relationship.
B) dydactic relationship.
C) dual relationship.
D) dyadic relationship.

Question 12

Families that include children with disabilities may experience

A) conditions for growth in siblings and parents.
B) ?improved levels of empathy and patience.
C) positive family relations.
D) conditions for growth in siblings and parents, improved levels of empathy and patience, and positive family relations.

Question 13

Which stage of parental response is characterized by denial and/or despair?

A) Shock stage
B) Moving away from retreat
C) Realization stage
D) Acknowledgement stage

Question 14

At what stage are parents best able to receive and comprehend information concerning their child who has a disability?

A) Shock stage
B) Moving away from retreat
C) Realization stage
D) Acknowledgment stage

Question 15

Which stage of parental response is characterized by anxiety, guilt, denial and/or despair?

A) Acceptance stage
B) Shock stage
C) Moving away from retreat
D) Acknowledgment stage

Question 16

Families that include children with disabilities experience stress than families without disabled children

A) less
B) equal
C) more
D) no more

Question 17

What factor(s) can have an appreciable influence on family interactions?

A) Flexibility
B) Cohesion
C) Communication skills
D) Flexibility, cohesion, and communication skills.

Question 18

Raymundo has been an extremely supportive spouse, and the day-to-day physical and psychological support he provides his wife is invaluable. Which is true?

A) Support is predictive of satisfaction and contentment.
B) Support is not predictive of satisfaction.
C) Mothers do not need support.
D) Fathers do not need support.

Question 19

Parents are most likely to begin to understand the actual demands of raising a child with a disability during the stage of

A) shock.
B) despair.
C) realization.
D) acknowledgement.

Question 20

Jim is aware of his newborn's vision loss but is anxious and fearful about his ability to cope with the demands of caring for his newborn. Jim is likely experiencing

A) shock.
B) realization.
C) retreat.
D) acceptance.

Question 21

Mothers often develop strong dyadic relationships with their children with disabilities.

Question 22

Fathers are more likely to externalize their feelings about a child with a disability.

Question 23

Some research suggests that the involvement of fathers with children who have disabilities is from that of fathers of children without disabilities.

A) more stressful
B) less stressful
C) significantly different
D) not significantly different

Question 24

Services for children with disabilities are now being directed at the

A) family as a whole.
B) parents and child with the disability.
C) siblings and the child with the disability.
D) parents and grandparents who live nearby.

Question 25

Grandparents play a significant role in how parents respond to their child with a disability, particularly during the identification process.

Question 26

Attitudes towards a sibling with a disability can be influenced by

A) intense education of the disability by reading books.
B) consistent contact with the disabled sibling in treatment and education settings.
C) preparing the sibling to be a care provider for his brother or sister with a disability.
D) parents' attitudes and views towards their children with disabilities.

Question 27

Discuss the social-ecological approach as a process for parental adjustment to a child with a disability.

Question 28

The range and sequence of emotions that parents experience in the adjustment to the birth of a child with a disability varies.

Question 29

The longest lasting relationships individuals with disabilities have are with

A) siblings.
B) parents.
C) extended family members.
D) educational.

Question 30

Identify three factors that define family interactions.

Question 31

The birth of a child with a disability has little influence on the manner in which family members respond to each other.

Question 32

During the realization state, parents may be fearful about their ability to care for a child with a disability.

Question 33

One of the essential components of family-centered support includes focusing on the role of the neighbors in providing support to the family.

Question 34

Teachers, health care providers, and social service professionals who embrace a philosophy focus on the strengths and capabilities of the family.

A) deficit
B) person-centered
C) family-centered
D) student-centered

Question 35

A father's response, in contrast to the mother's response, to a child with a disability tends to be more strongly affected by _.

A) the visibility and severity of the disability
B) the financial status of the family
C) the label of the disability
D) the financial status of the family and label of the disability.

Question 36

Stages associated with specific kinds of parental emotions and responses to a child with disabilities may overlap with one another and resurface during another period.

Question 37

With increased inclusion of students with disabilities in neighborhood schools and other general education settings and other attendant factors, some siblings experience a greater risk for behavior problems.

Question 38

Research has indicated that grandparents can play a particularly influential role during the in helping their own children respond appropriately to their child with a disability.

A) intervention planning phase
B) identification process
C) initial treatment phase
D) placement phase

Question 39

Which of the following is NOT a development phase in which families respond to the needs of caring for children with disabilities?

A) Parents suspect a disability
B) Education planning
C) Education completion
D) Parental relocation

Question 40

The involvement of fathers with children who have disabilities is not significantly different from that of fathers who do not.

Question 41

Identify and discuss briefly five kinds of training for parents.

Question 42

Describe how grandparents and other extended family members can provide support for families of children with disabilities.

Question 43

Which of the following responses may fathers experience if their child has a disability?

A) Their involvement with the child is not significantly different than other fathers.
B) They prefer to be involved in whole family activities rather than just with the child.
C) They are more concerned than the mother about social development.
D) Any of the answers are correct.

Question 44

During which stage do parents begin to understand the demands that result from raising their child with a disability?

A) Shock stage
B) Defensive retreat stage
C) Realization stage
D) Acknowledgment stage

Question 45

Identify relevant factors that contribute to spousal happiness and success in families of children with disabilities.

Question 46

If grandparents are critical and not accepting, they may

A) promote the emotional demise of the family.
B) add to the burdens experienced by the family.
C) increase the likelihood of extended family vacations.
D) None of the answers are correct.

Question 47

Identify and discuss five types of training for siblings, grandparents, and others.

Question 48

Describe a positive and negative sibling reaction to a brother or sister with a disability as described by the text.

Question 49

Many mothers have difficulty conquering a tendency to be overprotective of a child with a disability. Describe this unique dilemma, as it affects the mother and the child as he/she reaches late adolescence.

Question 50

Training in understanding of the nature of the disability is suggested for

A) parents.
B) professionals.
C) siblings, grandparents, and others.
D) All of the answers are correct.

Question 51

Family-centered support focuses on the

A) strengths and capabilities of families.
B) entire family.
C) individual needs of each family.
D) All of the answers are correct.

Question 52

Although parents of children with disabilities may experience varied emotions and feelings, the stage approach helps to identify ways parents may respond. Describe each of the stages.

Question 53

A mother's long-term vision for her child with a disability will her behavior in preparing the child for adulthood.

A) dramatically influence
B) have little influence on
C) not affect
D) None of the answers are correct.

Question 54

Identify and discuss five family-centered, home-based services.

Question 55

Kim is extremely protective of her daughter with Down syndrome. She has decided not to allow her daughter to participate in a community training program offered at the high school because she feels it would not be safe. In her desire to protect her child, she is

A) providing opportunity for skill practice.
B) not overprotective.
C) denying an opportunity for skill practice.
D) None of the answers are correct.

Question 56

Many parents experience shock in response to the birth of a child with a disability. Discuss some of the feelings associated with shock, and the factors that affect the duration of this stage.

Question 57

The Andre family's early intervention specialist has employed a service delivery model that looks at how each family member fulfills their roles consistent with the expectations established by discussions, tradition, belief, or other means. This approach is referred to as a

A) family systems approach.
B) person-centered approach.
C) dynamic systems approach.
D) None of the answers are correct.

Question 58

Identify three behaviors evident in successful professional partnerships.

Question 59

Describe how fathers may respond to a child with a disability and how the different responses may affect the family.

Question 60

Research is related to marital stress between parents of children with disabilities

A) is contradictory.
B) reveals an increased incidence of divorce.
C) suggests that some couples report improvements in their marital relationship.
D) indicates that these parents have more marital problems than other families with typical children.