Deck 1: Special Education in Context People Concepts and Perspectives

Question 1

Who was one of the first individuals to use behavior modification to treat people with disabilities?

A) Jean Marc Gaspard Itard
B) Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
C) Philippe Pinel
D) Louis Braille

Answer 1

A

Question 2

What percentage of adults with disabilities is employed?

A) 59%
B) 57%
C) 21%
D) 10%

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which was a shortcoming of the institutions of the mid-19th century?

A) They provided protection for people with disabilities.
B) They were funded by philanthropists.
C) They provided little or no education.
D) They provided housing for individuals with disabilities.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which would be considered an example of person-first language?

A) Intellectually disabled
B) Child with autism
C) The blind girl
D) The Downs kid

Question 5

Which category of disability has the highest incidence?

A) Intellectual disabilities
B) Behavioral disorders
C) Specific learning disabilities
D) Visual impairments

Question 6

The concept of "universal design" was derived from the field of

A) Religion
B) Mathematics
C) Biology
D) Architecture

Question 7

Which term does not describe special education?

A) Services
B) Location
C) Individualized
D) Instructional programs

Question 8

Which term refers to the number of new instances of a disability occurring within a specific period?

A) Prevalence
B) Incidence
C) Frequency
D) Population

Question 9

Which term is used to describe an infant or child who has a high probability of exhibiting delays in development or developing a disability?

A) Developmentally delayed
B) At risk
C) Underdeveloped
D) Exceptional

Question 10

Which term refers to an inability or incapacity to perform a task or activity in a normal fashion?

A) Impairment
B) Handicap
C) Disability
D) Exceptionality

Question 11

An approach in which related service professionals teach their skills to each other is referred to as a(n)

A) Multidisciplinary approach
B) Interdisciplinary approach
C) Collaborative approach
D) Transdisciplinary approach

Question 12

Who founded the first school for the deaf?

A) Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
B) Samuel Gridley Howe
C) Dorothea Dix
D) Lewis Terman

Question 13

In the "one teach, one observe" model of cooperative teaching, one teacher delivers instruction while the other teacher

A) Provides additional assistance to struggling students
B) Collects data concerning the other teacher's presentation
C) Collects data on student performance
D) Prepares materials for the next lesson

Question 14

Services for young students with disabilities were mandated with the passing of

A) Education for All Handicapped Children Act (PL 94-142)
B) Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986 (PL 99-457)
C) PL 101-476, the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (commonly known as IDEA)
D) Americans With Disabilities Act (PL 101-336)

Question 15

In 2004, IDEA mandated what provision for transitioning students with disabilities?

A) Community-based education services
B) Development of an individualized transition plan by age 16
C) Requirements for school-based vocational programs
D) Special transition-related instructional programs

Question 16

Which type of teaming involves each team member performing individual assessment and then collaborating during program development?

A) Multidisciplinary
B) Interdisciplinary
C) Transdisciplinary
D) Parallel

Question 17

A major premise of the universal design is to

A) Remove administrative barriers for students with disabilities
B) Make all instruction accessible by students with disabilities
C) Make only physical environments accessible by students with disabilities
D) Make learning environments accessible for all students

Question 18

A type of cooperative teaching in which two teachers instruct two different segments of a lesson and then exchange students is referred to as

A) Parallel teaching
B) Alternative teaching
C) Team teaching
D) Station teaching

Question 19

Programs centered on the common instructional needs of students are best described as

A) Noncategorical
B) Categorical
C) Exceptional
D) Multidisciplinary

Question 20

The term early childhood special education typically refers to children ages

A) Birth to 2 years
B) Birth to 5 years
C) 3 to 5 years
D) 3 to 7 years

Question 21

In _______________________ a teacher and a special educator plan and deliver instruction together to a heterogeneous group of students.

A) Cooperative teaching
B) Tandem teaching
C) Multidisciplinary teaching
D) Universal design instruction

Question 22

All of the following are categories of disability under IDEA except

A) Traumatic brain injury
B) Autism
C) Gifted and talented
D) Multiple disabilities

Question 23

________ recognized the importance of sensory stimulation.

A) Jean Marc Gaspard Itard
B) Jacob Rodrigues Pereira
C) Édouard Séguin
D) Alfred Binet

Question 24

Which major educational reform focused on the academic achievement of students and qualifications of teachers?

A) No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (PL 107-110)
B) Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (PL 105-17)
C) Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986 (PL 99-457)
D) Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (PL108-446)

Question 25

______________________helped to establish an organization that was the forerunner to the American Association on Mental Retardation.

A) Édouard Séguin
B) Philippe Pinel
C) Maria Montessori
D) Lewis Terman

Question 26

Who called attention to the shocking conditions in asylums during the mid-19th century?

A) Francis Galton
B) Samuel Gridley Howe
C) Dorothea Dix
D) Maria Montesorri

Question 27

Early intervention programming is guided by the

A) Individualized education plan (IEP)
B) Individualized family service plan (IFSP)
C) Individualized family education plan (IFEP)
D) Individualized transition plan (ITP)

Question 28

One concern associated with alternative teaching is that

A) Not all students receive all of the critical content
B) It requires two teachers
C) Students may become stigmatized
D) Students may not receive equity in instruction

Question 29

In the 1970s, students with disabilities were afforded the right to a _________________ education.

A) Desegregated and appropriate
B) Free and appropriate
C) Free and inclusive
D) Free and public

Question 30

In 1984, Madeline Will proposed a three-level model of transition support services referred to as the

A) Bridges model
B) Cascade model
C) School to work program
D) Vocational support taxonomy

Question 31

The transition from school to postschool environments for students with disabilities may be enhanced by increasing the

A) Intensity of the traditional curriculum
B) Relevance of the traditional curriculum
C) Level of difficulty of the traditional curriculum
D) Duration of the traditional program

Question 32

Which event set the stage for the rapid expansion of special education services?

A) The Civil War
B) World War II
C) The assassination of John F. Kennedy
D) The creation of Braille

Question 33

According to Gargiulo and Kilgo (2014), __________________ refers to the delivery of a coordinated and comprehensive package of specialized services to infants and toddlers.

A) Special education
B) Universal design
C) Early childhood special education
D) Early intervention

Question 34

The total number of individuals with a particular disability at a given time is referred to as__________________.

A) Incidence
B) Prevalence
C) Frequency
D) A sample

Question 35

Who, as an early teacher of students with hearing impairments, advocated for the use of residual hearing?

A) Alexander Graham Bell
B) Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
C) Francis Galton
D) Lewis Terman

Question 36

What percentage of students with disabilities will drop out of school?

A) 10%
B) 25%
C) 33%
D) 57%

Question 37

______________________ refers to the impact of a disability.

A) Delay
B) Impairment
C) Limitation
D) Handicap

Question 38

Key ingredients required for successful cooperative teaching include all except

A) Mutual respect
B) Mandatory participation
C) Shared instructional philosophy
D) Adequate planning time

Question 39

American educator and psychologist who developed the notion of intelligence quotient, or IQ, is

A) Alfred Binet
B) Alexander Graham Bell
C) Lewis Terman
D) Samuel Gridley Howe

Question 40

An inability or incapacity to perform a particular task or activity in a specific way because of sensory, physical, cognitive, or other forms of impairment is called

A) Handicap
B) Intellectual disability
C) Disability
D) Autism

Question 41

A perspective that reflects dignity and potential is referred to as

A) Being able to recognize a disability on sight
B) Speaking in terms of a disability, when describing a person
C) Using people-first language
D) Never using the word disability

Question 42

Which of the following students with exceptionalities are not required, by the federal government, to be provided with a special education?

A) Students with emotional disturbances
B) Students who are gifted and talented
C) Students with visual impairments
D) Students with a traumatic brain injury

Question 43

The terms developmentally delayed and at risk are defined by the

A) Federal government
B) State governments
C) Municipal governments
D) School districts

Question 44

Every high school student who is enrolled in a special education program is to have
_____ as part of his or her IEP.

A) An individualized transition plan (ITP)
B) A behavior management plan
C) An individual family service plan (IFSP)
D) A 504 accommodation plan

Question 45

Which of the following are examples of related service professionals?

A) Physical therapist
B) Psychologist
C) Audiologist
D) All of the above

Question 46

When referring to children who are at risk, which of the following is not a potential cause?

A) Biological
B) Environmental
C) Genetic
D) Accidental

Question 47

Public Law (PL)108-446 identifies how many categories of disabilities?

A) 13
B) 10
C) 17
D) 6

Question 48

The first special education classrooms were

A) Duplicitous
B) Self-contained
C) Service related
D) Vocational focused

Question 49

All of the following people are listed in the text as having been instrumental in pioneering special education except

A) Howard Gardner
B) Philippe Pinel
C) Louis Braille
D) Alexander Graham Bell

Question 50

Exceptionalities are/can

A) Always easy to spot
B) Never easy to see
C) Always keep people from being able to succeed
D) Range in scope and obviousness

Question 51

Which of the following is not an advantage of labeling individuals with special needs?

A) Labels serve as a means for effective communication among professionals.
B) Labels establish an individual's eligibility for services.
C) Labels serve as a means for funding.
D) Labels can be used as an acceptable excuse.

Question 52

Multidisciplinary teams are best described as

A) Team members working collaboratively
B) Team members who make recommendations based on shared information and joint planning
C) Having a team leader who also serves as the primary interventionist
D) Team members who perform their roles independent of one another with little collaboration

Question 53

Édouard Séguin's ideas and theories provided a basis for the work of _________ with the urban poor and children with intellectual disabilities.

A) Philippe Pinel
B) Maria Montessori
C) Samuel Gridley Howe
D) Alfred Binet

Question 54

UDL does not remove academic challenges; it removes _____.

A) Difficult instructional design
B) Nonessential content
C) Barriers to access
D) Flexibility and variety

Question 55

PL 99-457, the Education of the Handicapped Amendments of 1986, mandated services for

A) Individuals with autism
B) Individuals with traumatic brain injury
C) Children between 3 and 5 years of age
D) Individuals between 4 and 6 years of age

Question 56

With regards to exceptionality, as discussed in the text, all of the following would be examples of exceptionality except a

A) Student with autism
B) Child who is gifted and talented
C) Person who has traumatic brain injury
D) Student who is much taller than his or her classmates

Question 57

Simply stated, a special education is a(n)______________________ instructional program designed to meet the unique needs of an individual learner.

A) Universal
B) Customized
C) Appropriate
D) Collaborative

Question 58

All of the following are good suggestions for communicating about individuals with disabilities except

A) Emphasizing abilities
B) Putting people first
C) Portraying successful people with disabilities as superhuman
D) Showing people with disabilities as active

Question 59

A traditional secondary curriculum, which is often inadequate for preparing students, has the potential to fail in, effectively, transitioning students with special needs because it focuses on which of the following?

A) College prep
B) Remedial academics
C) Passing the GED
D) Standards-based education

Question 60

Exceptionality is a(n)__________________ term generally referring to individuals who differ from societal or community standards of normalcy.

A) Inclusive
B) Exclusive
C) Proprietary
D) Rude

Question 61

During the late 1800s and early 1900s, services for children with exceptionalities were sporadic and slow to develop.

Question 62

Use generic labels for disability groups, such as deaf or autistic.

Question 63

The title Father of Special Education is rightly bestowed on Itard.

Question 64

Students identified as gifted and talented would rank as the largest group of learners if they were included in the overall federal calculation of students with exceptionalities.

Question 65

Empirical investigations fail to provide clear-cut questions about the effects of labels on children and youth with disabilities.

Question 66

The term exceptional children is defined as individuals who deviate from the norm to such an extent that special education services are required.

Question 67

Categorizing students by disability is basically the same as labeling.

Question 68

There are inconsistencies from state to state concerning the definition of developmental delay.

Question 69

Today, slightly less than half of all individuals enrolled in special education have learning disabilities.

Question 70

Federal legislation mandates that states provide special education for gifted and talented students.

Question 71

Learning disabilities account for about 4 of every 10 students with disabilities.

Question 72

The French psychologist Alfred Binet originated the concept of mental age.

Question 73

Because it originates in the field of architecture, universal design for learning applies only to physical accessibility issues.

Question 74

Approximately 41% of students receiving special education are classified as having a learning disability.

Question 75

Only one third of people with disabilities report that they are satisfied with their lives.

Question 76

Without early intervention programs, many preschool aged children with minor developmental delays may develop major delays by the time they reach school age.

Question 77

Cooperative teaching is the most effective mechanism for facilitating successful inclusion.

Question 78

Early intervention refers to more than educational services.

Question 79

A person without use of his or her legs is generally considered to be handicapped.

Question 80

A handicap refers to an inability or reduced capacity to perform a task in a specific way.