Exam 3 Ch. 9-12 Flashcards
Autism is a developmental disability that significantly affects a student’s verbal and nonverbal communication, social interaction, and:
Educational performance
Autism is generally evident before age three and is manifested when the child resists environmental change, displays unusual responses to sensory experiences, and:
Engages in repetitive activities and stereotypical movements
Approximately, what percent of students served by IDEA have autism?
7%
Each of the following is a characteristic of autism except:
Typical language development
Students with autism often have all or some of the following characteristics of communication except:
Articulation problems
Atypical social development is characterized by each of the following except:
Too readily sharing enjoyment with others
Which of the following involves repeated movements and verbalizations, such as motor movements, persistent attention to parts of objects, and strict adherence to routines?
Repetitive behavior
When students engage in behavior that impedes their or other students’ learning, IDEA requires educators to consider using:
Positive behavior support
Problem behavior seen in students with autism includes aggression, tantrums, property destruction, and which of the following?
Self-injurious behavior
Problem behavior typically serves:
A communicative function
Each of the following is a part of the definition of emotional disturbance except:
An inability in one or more of the basic psychological processes
What percent of students are classified as having emotional or behavioral disorders according to the U.S. Department of Education?
About 6%
Each of the following is a type of emotional or behavioral disorder except:
Repressive disorder
Excessive and intense fear associated with being away from home, family, and others whom the child has a close attachment is:
Separation anxiety disorder
An overwhelming attack resulting in rapid heartbeat, dizziness, and/or other physical symptoms is:
Panic disorder
An extreme deviation in either a depressed or an elevated direction, or sometimes in both directions at the same time is:
Mood disorder
The highest rate of depression occurs among:
Adolescent girls
Verbal abuse, cyber abuse, and physical abuse are forms of:
Bullying
A persistent pattern of antisocial behavior that significantly interferes with others’ rights or with schools’ and communities’ behavioral expectations is:
Conduct disorder
People are classified as having schizophrenia if they have each of the following symptoms, except?
Organized, rapid speech
Behaviors that are persistently aggressive or involve acting-out and noncompliant behaviors are:
Externalizing
Which IDEA category includes ADHD?
Other health impairments
Fidgeting, leaving the seat in the classroom, running or climbing excessively, difficulty playing or engaging in leisure activities, blurting out answers, difficulty waiting to take turns, and talking excessively are characteristics of:
ADHD hyperactive/impulsive type
Which of the following is not criteria for ADHD under APA definition?
Attributed to another disability
What is the prevalence of ADHD in boys vs. girls?
Approximately 2 times as many boys have ADHD than girls
Students with which type of ADHD are usually identified earliest?
Predominantly hyperactive-impulsive type
For students who have inattentive type of ADHD, teachers should make sure students have enough time to shift from one activity to another, allow flexible limits for finishing work, simplify tasks that have multiple steps, and:
Teach organization skills
The majority of children with ADHD have:
Combined type
Most students with ADHD have IQ scores in what range?
Average
66% of students with ADHD exhibit:
Internal and externalizing behaviors
There is research to support brain differences in children with ADHD. Which of the following is not a brain difference noted in children with ADHD?
More activation in the frontal cortex
The name of a plan written for a student who does NOT require special education services but needs some accommodations in the general education classroom is:
504 plan
Intellectual disabilities are characterized by significant limitations both in:
Intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior
According to IDEA, intellectual disabilities must manifest:
Before 18 years of age
Each of the following is an assumption regarding the definition of intellectual disabilities except:
The condition is permanent, and even with personalized supports over a sustained period it does not improve.
Services, resources, and personal assistance for enabling a person to develop, learn, and live effectively are called:
Supports
Which of the following means providing services, resources, and personal assistance on a constant basis?
Extensive
Two major characteristics of intellectual disabilities are limitations in intellectual functioning and which of the following?
Limitations in adaptive behavior
Students with lower IQs tend to have which of the following?
Greater needs for supports to function at school
Students with intellectual disabilities have an IQ that is which of the following?
Two or more standard deviations below the mean.
The majority of students with intellectual disabilities have IQ ranges in which of the following?
50–55 to approximately 70
The ability to transfer knowledge or behavior learned for doing one task to another task and to make that transfer across different settings or environments is which of the following?
Generalization
Students with intellectual disabilities have difficulty transferring knowledge or behavior learned for doing one task to another task for each of the following reasons EXCEPT
They do not have the intellectual capacity to learn the skill
