Exceptional Children

Question 1

Approximately how many children in Canada require special education?

Answer 1

~ 400, 000

Question 2

Describe the aspects of an IEP that are implemented for ALL students.

Answer 2

• measurable goals/objectives
• assessment status
• all needs fully described

Question 3

Describe the aspects of an IEP that are implemented for SOME students.

Answer 3

• ESL needs
• braille
• assistive technology
• communication needs
• transition behaviour plan

Question 4

Give some examples of high-incidence disabilities.

Answer 4

Learning disabilities, mild intellectual disabilities

Question 5

Give some examples of low-incidence disabilities.

Answer 5

TBI, blindness, deafness, severe intellectual disabilities

Question 6

Describe individualized instruction.

Answer 6

teaching techniques are driven by the child’s characteristics and not what the curriculum says

Question 7

________ begins with tasks the child CAN perform and gradually introduces more complex learning

Answer 7

Scaffolding OR carefully sequenced series of educational tasks

Question 8

Describe the idea of FAPE (Provision of IDEA)

Answer 8

Free Appropriate Public Education - every student with a disability must receive an appropriate public education at no cost to the parents/guardians

Question 9

What is RTI

Answer 9

Response to intervention; refers to a students degree of change in academic performance or behaviour as a result of instruction

Question 10

Define pace and describe how it can be altered (8 Dimensions of Instruction).

Answer 10

• Speed of the lesson, the speed of introducing new concepts.
• lessons can be made faster or slower to meet students’ needs

Question 11

Define intensity and describe how it can be altered (8 Dimensions of Instruction).

Answer 11

• demandingness, difficulty, complexity

- can modify the size of the jumps between leaning steps, increase number of reviews

Question 12

Define persistance and describe how it can be altered (8 Dimensions of Instruction).

Answer 12

• ability to “stick-to-it”

- can repeat attempts, adjust methods as required

Question 13

Define structure and describe how it can be altered (8 Dimensions of Instruction).

Answer 13

• explicitness of instruction, immediacy of consequences, amount of teacher direction
• can tighten or loosen structure based on needs of student

Question 14

Define reinforcement and describe how it can be altered (8 Dimensions of Instruction).

Answer 14

• rewards for desired behaviours

- can be increased/decreased, more tangible rewards, more frequent or immediate rewards

Question 15

Define teacher/student ratio and describe how it can be altered (8 Dimensions of Instruction).

Answer 15

• number of students per teacher

- smaller class sizes, more individual

Question 16

Define curriculum and describe how it can be altered (8 Dimensions of Instruction).

Answer 16

• content of instruction, purpose of activity

- determined by individual need

Question 17

Define assessment and describe how it can be altered (8 Dimensions of Instruction).

Answer 17

• keeping track of progress

- more frequent checking, goal setting

Question 18

What is the primary concern of the IDEA law?

Answer 18

That every child with a disability is given a free, appropriate public education (FAPE)

Question 19

What do IEPs need to have incorporated before the child is 16?

Answer 19

A transition plan for after school (post secondary, continued high-school education, workforce)

Question 20

What is the principle of universal design?

Answer 20

The idea that a device/program should be workable for as many potential users as possible.

Question 21

What are the 2 primary objectives of multicultural education?

Answer 21

1. ensure that ethnicity is not mistaken for exceptionality

2. Increase understanding of the subculture of disability and its relation to other cultures

Question 22

In what ways can ethnicity be mistaken for exceptionality?

Answer 22

• some cultures have different patterns of eye contact and physical contact

Question 23

Describe stage theory.

Answer 23

After a family learns that they have a child with a disability, they go through stages of reactions (shock , denial, sadness, anxiety, fear and adaptation)

Question 24

What is the main argument against stage theory?

Answer 24

• parents don’t report going through denial and they don’t follow these “stages” rigidly

Question 25

Describe the role of guilt in families of children with disabilities.

Answer 25

• parents often feel like they are responsible for the child’s condition

Question 26

Describe the family-centred approach to treatment and education.

Answer 26

• professionals encourage the families to make their own decisions with respect to services and resources

Question 27

Many authorities and organizations emphasis/prefer the __________ theory

Answer 27

Family systems theory