Education

Question 1

IDEA

Answer 1

Individuals with Education Disabilities Act

Question 2

IDEA is a federal law that does what?

Answer 2

Protects the rights of students with disabilities.

Question 3

True or False: IDEA mandates that all students with disabilities receive a free and appropriate education.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The EIPA written test is one way to ensure that the student has a _________ interpreter.

Answer 4

Qualified

Question 5

Specific procedure required by the IDEA that details each student’s developmental program.

Answer 5

Individual Education Plan (IEP)

Question 6

True or False: The IDEA is a federal law.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

True or False: The interpreter is not an essential member of the IEP team.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

What are some examples of additional support services that the IEP may specify to be provided for the student?

Answer 8

Occupational or physical therapy, counseling, note-taking, tutoring, training in the use of assistive technology, and help learning to work with an interpreter.

Question 9

LRE

Answer 9

Least Restrictive Environment

Question 10

Is each student’s LRE the same?

Answer 10

No

Question 11

Why is LRE important?

Answer 11

Knowing a student’s LRE means they can be educated in the most appropriate environment.

Question 12

How often does the IDEA require a student’s IEP to be reviewed?

Answer 12

It must be reviewed at least once each year.

Question 13

True or False: For some deaf and hard of hearing students, the classroom curriculum must be modified.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

True or False: Decisions made regarding interpreting must be done so within the context of the educational team.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Families who are unable to resolve a conflict with their school district regarding their student’s IEP may request what?

Answer 15

An independent review by a hearing

Question 16

Who should understand the roles and responsibilities of the interpreter and how to interact with an interpreted classroom?

Answer 16

All the members in the classroom, teachers, and students

Question 17

Professionals working with students are required by law to report what?

Answer 17

Any suspicion of student abuse

Question 18

True or False: Interpreters don’t need to have an understanding of basic concepts regarding disabilities commonly encountered in students.

Answer 18

False

Question 19

What should the interpreter know in regards to tutoring the Deaf student?

Answer 19

• They may be asked to tutor the student
• They should receive additional training to do so
• The classroom teacher or teacher of the deaf should supervise all tutoring

Question 20

All adults who work in a public school have ___________ for behavior management and student safety.

Answer 20

Responsibility

Question 21

Local schools operate within a school district. School districts are accountable to the state ________________.

Answer 21

Department of education

Question 22

The education of deaf and hard of hearing students is funded with a combination of ____________ as well as _______ and __________.

Answer 22

Local tax funding

State and federal funding (specific to students with disabilities)

Question 23

A school district’s financial resources are typically related to the income level of _____________.

Answer 23

The surrounding community

Question 24

True or False: Schools must follow federal laws and regulations related to education of students with disabilities. All students with disabilities are entitled to a free and appropriate education, even if that requires an interpreter.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

SEA

Answer 25

State Education Agency

Question 26

LEA

Answer 26

Local Education Agency

Question 27

What does SEA do?

Answer 27

Have a regulatory role in the education of the students in terms of credentialing teachers, establishing minimal standards for curriculum, requiring annual achievement tests. Some states have established minimum standards for educational interpreters.

Question 28

What does LEA do?

Answer 28

They are responsible for complying with state and federal requirements. They are responsible for staffing, placement, and delivery of services.

Question 29

True or False: When the State Education Agency (SEA) does not have minimum requirements for educational interpreters, the Local Education Agency (LEA) can establish their own.

Answer 29

True

Question 30

True or False: without annual assessment, it is difficult to know how much progress a student has made.

Answer 30

True

Question 31

What is the major problem with standardized tests?

Answer 31

They were made for hearing students.

Question 32

Achievement tests are used to determine the student’s improvement in what?

Answer 32

Reading, writing, and other content subjects.

Question 33

What are criterion-referenced tests?

Answer 33

They use target skills that a student is expected to have mastered by a given age.

Question 34

What are intelligence tests?

Answer 34

They measure the cognitive abilities and processing strategies of a student. Sometimes they are language based, which does not give equal access to deaf or hard of hearing students.

Question 35

True or False: Interpreting a lesson always makes it accessible.

Answer 35

False

Question 36

True or False: If the hard of hearing student is not watching the interpreter and instead they are watching the teacher, the interpreter should stop interpreting.

Answer 36

False

Question 37

_______ is a major goal of education because it serves as the foundation for learning throughout life.

Answer 37

Literacy

Question 38

A major goal of Deaf education is to help a student acquire sufficient _______ skills to participate in the general curriculum.

Answer 38

Language

Question 39

What should the interpreter do in regards to the class curriculum?

Answer 39

- Ask the teacher what their philosophy is behind their curriculum and what they expect of students. - The interpreter should ask to see the curriculum.

Question 40

What’s likely to happen to the student when there are many students and adults who sign fluently in the school?

Answer 40

They are more likely to experience typical development.

Question 41

Where do Deaf adults think is an appropriate environment to educate deaf or hard of hearing students?

Answer 41

An environment that allows free and open communication.

Question 42

What is bilingual education for deaf or hard of hearing students?

Answer 42

Involves ASL as a first language. Also English learned through print and not speech.

Question 43

What is a self-contained deaf education classroom?

Answer 43

Typically that is a classroom within a public school, but only for deaf and hard of hearing students.

Question 44

Mainstreaming or inclusion means what?

Answer 44

Means that a deaf or hard of hearing student receives his or her education within a general education classroom, often with the use of an interpreter.

Question 45

True or False: Interpreters may need specialized training to appropriately interpret specialized subjects such as foreign languages, physics, computer programming, etc.

Answer 45

True