Learning Disabilities/ Intellectual Disabilities

Question 1

When did the definition for LD under IDEA change?

Answer 1

2004, it added the RTI model.

Question 2

What are some environmental causes of mental retardation or ID?

Answer 2

Child abuse or neglect, chronic social or sensory deprivation.

Question 3

Prenatal, perinatal, and post natal mean….

Answer 3

Before birth, during birth, and after birth.

Question 4

What is the science behind down syndrome?

Answer 4

In the 21st chromosomes, there are three instead of the normal two because one gets split.

Question 5

What is the average IQ score?

Answer 5

100

Question 6

What are the most popular IQ tests?

Answer 6

The Wechsler and the Stanford Binet.

Question 7

Why does the IQ score matter?

Answer 7

IQ scores are good predictors of how one will perform in school.

Question 8

What is standard deviation?

Answer 8

How much your score deviates from the mean or average.

Question 9

What is the IQ achievement of a student with mental retardation or an intellectual disability?

Answer 9

2 standard deviations below the mean, or a score of 70 or below on the IQ test.

Question 10

Under the definition of MR/ID in IDEA, what are the two key components to be identified as a student with this disability?

Answer 10

1. Child must have a score of 70 or below on the IQ test.

2. Child has deficits in adaptive behaviors

Question 11

What is the developing period for MR/ID?

Answer 11

Ages 0-18

Question 12

What ages are covered under IDEA for MR/ID?

Answer 12

Ages 3-21

Question 13

What are the four levels of Mental Retardation?

Answer 13

Mild, Moderate, Severe, Profound

Question 14

What was the single biggest preventative strike against MR/ID in 1962?

Answer 14

The development of the rubella vaccine (measles).

Question 15

What type of curriculum will students with MR/ID most likely have?

Answer 15

A functional curriculum (Learning life skills

Question 16

What is the IQ range for people with learning disabilities?

Answer 16

A person with LD will have a normal IQ or an IQ score above 70.

Question 17

What is “a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or using language?”

Answer 17

Learning Disability

Question 18

What are the two top types of learning disabilities?

Answer 18

1. Reading 2. Math

Question 19

Students with learning disabilities often usually also have poor……….

Answer 19

Social skills

Question 20

Can LD coexist with any other disabilities?

Answer 20

It can just absolutely not MR/ID.

Question 21

What is the defining characteristic of a learning disability?

Answer 21

specific and significant achievement deficits in the presence of an overall adequate intelligence.

Question 22

Are male or females more prevalent in the LD category?

Answer 22

Males

Question 23

What is the strongest theory for the cause of LD’s?

Answer 23

Environmental factors such as poor instruction, or impoverished living conditions.

Question 24

How are many learning disabilities identified or prevented?

Answer 24

With the three-tiered RTI model.