Exceptional Learner Final Exam 2

Question 1

When did the first legislative response to individuals with physical disabilities occur?

Answer 1

After WWI (for war vets)

Question 2

T/F Children with physical disabilities, health impairments, and MD are all the same

Answer 2

F, each child is completely unique and will have their own needs

Question 3

T/F Assessments today accurately depict children with MD’s abilities and needs

Answer 3

F, underpredict

Question 4

Someone who plans for and assists in the transition from school to adulthood

Answer 4

Transition Coordinator

Question 5

nontraditional methods of communication that may include the use of assistive technology devices

Answer 5

Augmentative Communication

Question 6

a critical area of skill development for children with physical disabilities; includes upright postures and performing functional movemens

Answer 6

Motor Skills and Mobility

Question 7

Skills that are necessary in everyday settings and increase independence (ex. folding clothes)

Answer 7

Functional Skills

Question 8

Teaching these types of skills must match the student’s chronological age, not mental

Answer 8

Age-Appropriate skills

Question 9

T/F Children with physical disabilities, health impairments, and MD will more than likely need scaffolding at all 3 levels of RTI

Answer 9

T

Question 10

This type of medical intervention is when defective genetic material is replaced and corrected

Answer 10

Gene replacement therapy

Question 11

Gene replacement therapy where sperm and egg are modified by introducing functional genes which can then be passed to future generations

Answer 11

Germ Line Therapy

Question 12

Gene replacement therapy where therapeutic genes are transferred to somatic cells and only impact the current patient

Answer 12

Somatic Gene Therapy

Question 13

Disability that includes progressive sensorimotor deafness, retinitis, pigments, and CNS problems

Answer 13

Usher Syndrome

Question 14

T/F Deafblindness is considered a severe, multiple disability

Answer 14

T

Question 15

These are set precautions that are in place to protect teachers when dealing with bodily fluids

Answer 15

Universal Precautions

Question 16

Form of anemia caused by a mutation in the gene that tells your body to make hemoglobin

Answer 16

Sickle cell anemia

Question 17

Physical Disability Examples

Answer 17

Cerebral Palsy
Neural Tube Defects
Seizure Disorders
TBI
Muscular Dystrophy
Juvenile Arthritis
Spinal Curvatures

Question 18

4 classifications of Cerebral Palsy; how it affects

Answer 18

Spastic
Dyskinetic
Ataxic
Mixed

Hemiplegic (one side of body affected)
Diplegic (whole body affected, but mostly legs)
Quadriplegic

Question 19

Areas included under IDEA under Physical Dis, MD, OHI

Answer 19

Orthopedic impairments
TBI
Deaf blindness
MD
OHI

Question 20

Examples of OHI

Answer 20

Asthma
ADHD
Diabetes
Epilepsy
CF
Heart conditions
Hemophilia
Lead poisoning 
Leukemia
Nephritis 
Ulcerative Colitis/Chron's 
Sickle Cell 
Tourette's

Question 21

Involves developing an understanding of one’s location in a given environment coupled with the ability to physically move through the environment safely and independently

Answer 21

Orientation and Mobility Training

Question 22

Identifies nine areas that students with visual impairments need to master

Answer 22

Expanded Core Curriculum

Question 23

3 general practices important for adapting instruction for students with visual impairments

Answer 23

1. Concrete experiences
2. Unifying experiences
3. Learning by doing

Question 24

Common causes of Albinism

Answer 24

Cortical visual impairment
Retinopathy of prematurity
Optic nerve hypoplasia
Albinism
Optic atrophy
Congenital infection

Question 25

Legal definition of blindness

Answer 25

When a person can see less than 20/200 (student can’t see what a normal person sees at 200 feet at 20 feet)

Question 26

3 defining factors of deafness

Answer 26

Degree of loss
Type of loss
Age when loss occurred

Question 27

Definition of deafness

Answer 27

Hearing impairments is severe enough that the child cannot process linguistic info through hearing, even when using hearing aids

Question 28

T/F Many individuals with hearing loss also have other exceptionalities

Answer 28

T

Question 29

T/F People who are deaf and speak ASL while also reading English are not considered bilingual

Answer 29

F

Question 30

T/F Children with post-lingual hearing loss can learn language better than those with pre-lingual

Answer 30

T

Question 31

Hearing assessment that can be used with children 3 years and older; presents pure tones to the individual in a headset

Answer 31

Pure-tone audiometry

Question 32

Type of hearing loss that occurs when something blocks the sound passing through the outer/middle ear

Answer 32

Conductive Hearing Loss

Question 33

Hearing loss caused by damage to the inner ear or the auditory nerve, particularly on the sensory hairs of the inner ear or nerves

Answer 33

Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Question 34

hearing loss that results from damage in the outer, middle, and/or inner ear

Answer 34

Mixed Hearing Loss

Question 35

Provides a rigorous pre-university course of study focusing on active learning, citizenship, internationalism, and respect for other cultures

Answer 35

International Baccalaureate Program

Question 36

This model is used to respond to the learner who has special gifts and talents

Answer 36

Integrated Curriculum Model