Exceptional Children and Special Education

Question 1

Person-first language

Answer 1

the person is first. That is, we’ll talk about a person with autism, not an autistic person

Question 2

Impairment

Answer 2

Any loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological, or anatomical structure or function

Question 3

Disability

Answer 3

an incapacity to perform as other children do because of some impairment in sensory, physical, cognitive, or other areas of functioning

Question 4

Handicap

Answer 4

the problems or difficulties that a person with a disability encounters as he or she attempts to function and interact with the environment

Question 5

Special education

Answer 5

a customized instructional program designed to meet the unique needs of an individual learner

Question 6

ADA

Answer 6

Americans with Disabilities Act

Question 7

IDEA

Answer 7

Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act 2004

Question 8

NCLB

Answer 8

No Child Left Behind

Question 9

FAPE

Answer 9

Free Appropriate Public Education

Question 10

IEP

Answer 10

Individualized Education Plan

Question 11

IFSP

Answer 11

Individualized Family Service Plan

Question 12

OT

Answer 12

Occupational Therapy

Question 13

LRE

Answer 13

Least Restrictive Environment

Question 14

ESEA

Answer 14

Elementary and Secondary Education Act 1965

Question 15

ESSA

Answer 15

Every Student Succeeds Act 2015

Question 16

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

Answer 16

prevalence

Question 17

Jacob Rodrigues Pereire (1715-1780)

Answer 17

Introduced the idea that persons who were deaf could be taught to communicate. Developed an early form of sign language.

Question 18

Philippe Pinel (1745-1826)

Answer 18

A reform-minded French physician who was concerned with the humanitarian treatment of individuals with mental illness. Advocated releasing institutionalized patients from their chains. Pioneered the field of occupational therapy. Served as Itard’s mentor.

Question 19

Jean-Marc Gaspard Itard (1787-1851)

Answer 19

A French doctor who secured lasting fame because of his systematic efforts to educate an adolescent thought to have a severe intellectual disability. Recognized the importance of sensory stimulation Itard is often considered to be the Father of Special Education.

Question 20

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787-1851)

Answer 20

Hearing Impairment

Question 21

Samuel Gridley Howe (1801-1876)

Answer 21

Visual Impairments including Blindness

Question 22

Louis Braille (1809-1852)

Answer 22

Visual Impairments including Blindness

Question 23

Edouard Seguin (1812-1880)

Answer 23

Intellectual Disability

Question 24

Francis Galton (1822-1911)

Answer 24

Intellectual Giftedness

Question 25

Alexander Graham Bell

Answer 25

Hearing Impairments including deafness

Question 26

Alfred Binet (1857-1911)

Answer 26

Intellectual disability

Question 27

Maria Montessori (1870-1952)

Answer 27

Intellectual disability

Question 28

Lewis Terman (1877-1956)

Answer 28

Intellectual giftedness

Question 29

Universal Design for Learning, or UDL

Answer 29

the design of instructional materials and activities that allows the learning goals to be achievable by individuals with wide differences in their abilities to see, hear, speak, move, read, write, understand English, attend, organize, engage, and remember