Deck 1: Providing Special Education to Students With Mild Disabilities

Question 1

____________________ is based around the idea of identifying students with disabilities if they do not respond to research proven methods of instruction in the same way, or to the same degree, as their peers without disabilities.

Answer 1

Responsiveness to intervention

Question 2

Of students with mild disabilities, the group that is most likely to be served in a restrictive setting have:

A) learning disabilities.
B) mild mental retardation.
C) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
D) emotional or behavioral disorders.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The approximate percentage of students with learning disabilities that have difficulty with reading is:

A) 10%.
B) 40%.
C) 80%.
D) 100%.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Mild disabilities include all of the following EXCEPT:

A) developmental delay.
B) emotional or behavioral disorders.
C) specific learning disabilities.
D) speech or language impairments.

Question 5

Students with mild mental retardation generally have an IQ less than:

A) 50.
B) 60.
C) 70.
D) 80.

Question 6

The percentage of students with special needs who receive more than 80% of their education in general education classrooms is:

A) less than 50%.
B) around 60%.
C) around 75%.
D) between 90-100%.

Question 7

Vygotsky refers to the instructional level where students can master curriculum with support as the ____________________.

Question 8

ADHD is diagnosed by:

A) the IEP team.
B) an educational psychologist.
C) a learning specialist.
D) a medical doctor.

Question 9

____________________ feedback is feedback that tells students not only if they got an answer right, but why they succeeded or failed in the task.

Question 10

____________________ behaviors are problem behaviors directed outwards towards other students by students with emotional or behavioral disorders.

Question 11

The approximate percentage of students in special education identified as having a learning disability is:

A) 10%.
B) 25%.
C) 45%.
D) 65%.

Question 12

The practice of schooling children with disabilities in mainstream settings to the greatest degree possible is known as ____________________.

Question 13

Providing students with the reasons they are learning certain things helps them put their learning into the bigger picture, activating other pieces of long-term memory is known as ____________________.

Question 14

That no student with a disability may be denied an education is known as the ____________________. provision of IDEA.

Question 15

The estimated percentage of the school-age population that has ADHD is:

A) Less than 1%.
B) 1-2%.
C) 3-5%.
D) 6-8%.

Question 16

The ____________________ provision of IDEA provides families with rights and recourse when decisions are being made about their child's education.

Question 17

The idea that students should be served in the physical space most similar to where they would be served if they did not have a disability is known as the____________________.

Question 18

Students with mild disabilities must still take high stakes tests, except for a small percentage who are eligible for ____________________..

Question 19

Section 504:

A) requires an IEP for every student with a disability.
B) provides access to education for students with disabilities.
C) dictates the philosophy of Least Restrictive Environment.
D) requires students to be served in resource rooms.

Question 20

The word that best characterizes the thinking of students with learning disabilities is:

A) strategic.
B) non-strategic.
C) random.
D) disorganized.

Question 21

Design a diagram that compares and contrasts at least two mild disabilities in terms of their social, academic, and cognitive outcomes.

Question 22

What are the similar characteristics of mild disabilities? In what ways are they different?

Question 23

Explain the concept of RTI. Why might it be a better model for assessing disabilities?

Question 24

Create a flow-chart showing the scope of IDEA in affecting the services that students with special needs receive.

Question 25

Explain how Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development has implications for teaching students with mild disabilities. How would teachers implement this idea in their classrooms?

Question 26

What is the relationship between IDEA, Section 504, and NCLB? How do they overlap and diverge?

Question 27

Is ADHD more of a specific learning disability or an emotional or behavioral disorder? Justify your answer with facts about its incidence rate and academic, social, and cognitive characteristics.

Question 28

Create a pie-chart that illustrates, roughly, the incidence rate of each of the mild disabilities as portions of all mild disabilities.