Intellectual Disabilities

Question 0

What was the first federal legislation in regards to special ed used for?

Answer 0

Funds were used for training professionals to teach children with mental retardation

Question 1

Which children were the first public school special ed classes made for?

Answer 1

Students with intellectual disabilities

Question 2

Another name for students with mental retardation

Answer 2

Intellectually disabled

Question 3

Idiocy

Answer 3

Greek for “people who did not hold public office”

Question 4

Imbecile

Answer 4

Latin for “weak and feeble”

Question 5

American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)

Answer 5

The leading professional organization concerned with the study, treatment, and prevention of mental retardation

Question 6

When was the definition of mental retardation included in IDEA?

Answer 6

1973

Question 7

How is “intellectual disability” defined in IDEA?

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Significant sub average general intellectual functioning, existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance

Question 8

First criteria of mental retardation

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A score equal to or less than 2 STD below the mean on a standardized intelligence test

Question 9

Second criteria for mental retardation

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Significant difficulty with tasks of everyday living

Question 10

Third criteria for mental retardation

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Deficits in intellectual and adaptive behavior must occur during the developmental period

Question 11

Most recent classification of intellectual disability according to AAIDD

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Intellectual disability is characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior as expressed in conceptual, social, and practical adaptive skill. This disability originates before age 18.

Question 12

First assumption of intellectual disability

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Limitations in present functioning must be considered within the context of community environments typical of the individual’s age peers and culture

Question 13

Second assumption of intellectual disability

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Valid assessment considers cultural and linguistic diversity as well as differences in communication, sensory motor, and behavioral factors.

Question 14

Third assumption of intellectual disability

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Within the individual, limitations often coexist with strengths.

Question 15

Fourth assumption of intellectual disability

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The purpose of describing limitations is to develop a profile of needed supports

Question 16

Fifth assumption of intellectual disability

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With appropriate personalized supports over a sustained period, the life functioning of the person with this disability generally will improve.

Question 17

Definition of support

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Resources and strategies that aim to promote the development, education, interests, and person well being of a person and that enhance individual functioning

Question 18

Five factors that influence human functioning

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1. Intellectual abilities
2. Adaptive behavior
3. Participation, interactions, and social roles
4. Health
5. Context

Question 19

What is at the center of the aspects of intellectual disability and individual functioning?

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Supports

Question 20

Mild intellectual disability

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50-70 IQ

Question 21

Moderate intellectual disability

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35-55 IQ

Question 22

Severe intellectual disability

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20-40 IQ

Question 23

Profound intellectual disability

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Below 20

Question 24

Two terms used to describe mild to moderate intellectual disability

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Educable mentally retarded and trainable mentally retarded