Deck 11: Parent-Child Relations in Families Where Children or Parents Have Special Needs

Question 1

Parents who report more satisfaction from their roles of raising children with disabilities generally have/are:

A) More resources than most parents.
B) Older and more advantaged.
C) Younger and more disadvantaged.
D) First-time parents

Answer 1

A

Question 2

During an Individual Education Program IEP), meeting, it is important for parents to keep in mind that special education is a ______________ delivery system.

A) social skills focused
B) services-driven
C) needs-driven
D) communication

Answer 2

C

Question 3

When we say, "the person who is blind," rather than, "the blind person," we are using which of the following descriptors?

A) Confusing terminology
B) Person-last language
C) Person-first language
D) Language restricted to describing the exceptionality of blindness.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Pervasive developmental delay is characterized by patterns of impediment in the development of communicative, social, and cognitive skills that arise when?

A) In the first year of life.
B) During the preschool years
C) When children start kindergarten
D) During middle childhood

Question 5

Children with learning disabilities are at greatest risk for:

A) Co-occurrence of additional cognitive disorders
B) Co-occurrence for developmental lags
C) Emotional impairments such as found in autism
D) Low self-esteem because of other's negative responses to their behavior

Question 6

Melissa, an active teenager who has cerebral palsy, advises parents of children who are physically impaired:

A) to limit their children's social interactions.
B) to be with their children as much as they can so they can be responsive to their children's requests for help.
C) to remember the importance of mobility for a child with an ambulatory limitation.
D) Not to expect their children to try to live like other children who are without physical impairments.

Question 7

When parenting a gifted child, it is recommended that parents do which of the following?

A) "Do right by their child" and make sure they provide them with everything possible to develop the child's talents.
B) Rely on the gifted thinking capabilities of the child as a resource in making decisions.
C) Avoid thinking that the child is more mature than his or her actual emotional development.
D) Make the child who is gifted the focus of parental attention.

Question 8

Children with learning disabilities often have home environments that are:

A) More supportive, with more parental attentiveness.
B) Less supportive, with more demanding parents.
C) Chaotic.
D) Unstable

Question 9

The primary concern voiced by parents of children with visual impairments is anxiety regarding their children's:

A) lack of involvement in physical activities
B) future.
C) peer relationships.
D) academic performance

Question 10

Which of the following makes autism a more stressful childhood exceptionality than many other disabilities?

A) The lack of social support.
B) The financial strain.
C) The lack of affection from the child.
D) The excessive physical demands.

Question 11

Which of the following is true regarding the use of sign language with children who are deaf?

A) Like parents who are deaf, most hearing parents use sign language with their child who is deaf from the time of diagnosis.
B) Studies have shown that children who are deaf learn lip-reading as easily as hearing children learn spoken language.
C) Studies have shown that children who are deaf do not learn sign language as easily as hearing children learn spoken language.
D) There are differing beliefs regarding whether the child who is deaf should be taught sign language or should be expected to learn to lip-read and speak.

Question 12

Guidelines for parents of children who are gifted include all the following EXCEPT:

A) It is not necessary to read to young children who are gifted if they can read for themselves.
B) Discover, not charter, your child's identity.
C) Support your child's friendships.
D) Read on your own.

Question 13

Children with _______ have impairments in social interaction, language as used in social interaction, and/or imaginative play.

A) giftedness
B) autism
C) learning disability
D) ADHD

Question 14

A person first approach to language to be used to refer to individuals with exceptionalities emphasizes:

A) The difference between persons with or without exceptionalities.
B) The person before the exceptionality.
C) The impairment before the person.
D) Which person with impairments has the greatest need.

Question 15

Although attention deficit disorder, learning disabilities, and conduct disorders are distinctive exceptionalities, they share:

A) Similar diagnoses.
B) Co-occurrence of emotional impairment.
C) Similar negative reactions from parents and other adults due to the invisibility of their exceptionalities.
D) Similar IEP services with children with physical disablements.

Question 16

The role of grandparents has special importance for families with children who have physical impairments because:

A) grandmothers in these families provide emotional support for family members.
B) grandparents are the primary financial support for the family
C) the financial support of the grandparents helps with expenses not covered by insurance
D) grandparents step in as surrogate parents

Question 17

A child with which of the following exceptionalities has at least a normal intelligence level but has problems with achievement in a particular subject area.

A) giftedness
B) autism
C) ADHD
D) learning disability

Question 18

Which of the following statements describes children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder:

A) They tend to have language deficits
B) They display extreme resistance to environmental changes, food, everyday schedules, familiar routes, etc.
C) They tend to have lower intelligence levels
D) They display impulsive behavior

Question 19

On learning of their child's impairment, parents often experience stages of grief, resentment and guilt. They also report that:

A) The special needs of their children were not as taxing on their family as they had expected.
B) Their children have had an overall positive impact on their families and they feel hopeful for their child's future.
C) Federal regulations for special education have made raising their child with exceptionalities much more difficult.
D) They never really get over the feelings of guilt.

Question 20

Which of the following exceptionalities is associated with a variety of negative outcomes in families due to increased time spent in child care and housework, decreased maternal employment, and increased financial strain.

A) Giftedness
B) Physical Impairments
C) Conduct Disorders
D) Learning Disabilities

Question 21

Identify three alterations in roles and/or behaviors of family members in families where parents who are caring for a chronically-ill child.

Question 22

Explain what "person first" language is, and provide two reasons why it is important to use "person-first" language when talking about someone with an exceptionality.

Question 23

What are three recommended approaches that parents of children with ADHD can take
to interrupt the negative cycle of parent-child interactions?

Question 24

Which of the following is associated with higher rates of divorce of parents of children with autism?

A) Less extended family support
B) Older maternal age
C) Children born later in the life cycle
D) Socioeconomic status

Question 25

Which of the following is a developmental implication for children reared in families with a parent who is blind?

A) The reduced experience of eye contact from the primary caregiver precludes sighted infants from developing social communication skills.
B) By the second year of life these babies' visual ability and attention tend to be behind other babies.
C) Adolescents with a parent who is blind are less tolerant and have fewer practical skills.
D) Adolescents with a parent who is blind have better-quality peer interactions than adolescents with sighted parents.

Question 26

Which of the following describes the characteristics and/or dynamics in families where atleast one parent is deaf?

A) If one parent is deaf, the other parent is usually not deaf.
B) Hearing children of deaf parents are similar in language practices, sign language abilities and social affiliations.
C) Parents who are deaf and their hearing children tend to be linguistically bimodal, with both a spoken language as well as a signed one.
D) Only a minority of these adolescents define their sense of their own identities in terms of their bimodal language usage.

Question 27

Children with conduct disorders often come from families that exhibit a number of characteristics. Identify three of those characteristics.

Question 28

Which of the following describes the dynamics between parents with physical disabilities and their children?

A) Both they and their children benefit from adolescents' greater assistance with household tasks.
B) These parents have better self-image when they are able to complete tasks more quickly.
C) The adolescents in these families tend to resent having to make meals for themselves.
D) Adolescents in these families are more negative about performing household than their friends.

Question 29

Which of the following is/are effects on siblings in families that includes a child with a learning disability?

A) Siblings experience delayed intellectual social development:
B) Siblings experience advanced intellectual and social development:
C) Siblings experience delayed social development:
D) Siblings have less tolerance of individual differences.

Question 30

In interviews of parents of children with disabilities, which four theme/s have been identified as the most prominent barrier/s to parental well-being?

Question 31

Whereas many families with children who have physical impairments do not have the level of support that they need, many others benefit from assistance from the child's grandparents. Identify three ways that grandparent assistance helps these families?