Pre-Assessment Questions

Question 1

1. What kind of the team does each team member conduct assessments, plans interventions and delivers services? This team model has risk of not providing services that recognize the child as an integrated whole.

Answer 1

Multidisciplinary team model

Question 2

Which of the following should be part of an IEP team? (5)

Answer 2

The parent of a child with a disability
A representative of the local education agency
School psychologist
The student with a disability

Question 3

List the IEP components

Answer 3

IEP components consist of the current level of academic achievement, measurable goals, an explanation of how it will be recognized that the child met the goals, a description of special ed and related services, the level of interaction with non-disabled students when the services will begin, where they will happen, and how often, transition plan.

Question 4

List the major steps in the special education process

Answer 4

The major steps in the special education process begin with preferral intervention, which begins before a child is recognized to have special needs and rules out minor academic or behavioral difficulties. Next, a child suspected of having a disability would go through testing called multifactored evaluation. After testing, if the child is confirmed to have a disability, an IEP will be developed. An LRE is also determined at this time. Related services should also be identified. The IEP in place must be continually reviewed and revised throughout child’s life.

Question 5

What might be a family’s first response to disability diagnosis?

Answer 5

shock, denial, disbelief

Question 6

Which of the following is the correct sequential order of the “resilience model”?
A. Reflection, advocacy and empowerment, appreciation, identification of disability, self education
B. Self-education, self identification, advocacy, empowerment, appreciation
C. Identification of disability, self-education, reflection about self and family, advocacy and empowerment, appreciation and enlightenment
D. Appreciation, empowerment, identification of disability, self-education, reflection

Answer 6

C

Question 7

List at least three roles families play in supporting their children with disabilities

Answer 7

Some of the roles families play in supporting their children with disabilities include caregiver, provider, and teacher.

Question 8

True or false: different from typically developing children, children with disabilities’ needs won’t change as they grow.

Answer 8

false

Question 9

Which of the following might be issues for siblings of children with disabilities? (select all apply)
A. Feeling of jealousy because of less attention
B. Fears associated with misunderstandings about exceptionality
C. Less parental time and energy for siblings

Answer 9

A,B,C

Question 10

Which of the following help professionals deliver culturally responsive services for families from culturally, linguistically diverse backgrounds? (select all that apply)
A. Have native-speaking staff members make initial contacts
B. Identify and defer to key decision makers in the family
C. Ask questions to learn more about the culture and experiences of families

Answer 10

A,B,C

Question 11

What are the three criteria contained in the IDEA definition of the Intellectual Disabilities?

Answer 11

-Significantly, below average general intellectual functioning that manifests itself in developmental years affecting educational performance.
-Exists concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior.
-IQ below or equal to 70.

Question 12

What can be used to assess the intellectual functioning and the adaptive behavior?

Answer 12

To assess intellectual functioning an IQ test can be used. To assess adaptive behavior tests such as the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale, Adaptive Behavior Diagnostic Scale, and Aaidd Diagnostic Adaptive Behavior Scale. These test conceptual, social, and practical skills.

Question 13

3. Which of the following belong to the adaptive behavior? (choose all that apply)
   a. Conceptual skills
   b. Practical skills
   c. IQ

Answer 13

A and B

Question 14

4. What are the causes of intellectual disability? (choose all that apply)
   A. Down syndrome
   B. Parental substance abuse
   C. Prematurity
   D. Second language learning

Answer 14

A,B,C

Question 15

1. The majority of students with learning disabilities have __________.
   A. Math difficulty
   B. Reading difficulty
   C. Writing Difficulty

Answer 15

B

Question 16

What is the signature characteristic of students with learning disabilities?

Answer 16

Severe low achievement generally effective instruction and intelligence in normal range.

Question 17

3. Learning disabilities make up by far _____ of all special education categories.
   A. The third largest
   B. The second largest
   C. The largest

Answer 17

c

Question 18

What might be the causes of learning disabilities?

Answer 18

Could be largely unknown, genetic, or brain damage, and environmental factors.

Question 19

IEP ages

Answer 19

3-21

Question 20

LRE

Answer 20

a model that has most retrictive (hospital) at the top and least restrictive at the bottom (reg classrooms). most children at bottom and fewer towards top.

Question 21

Assessment for Adaptive Behavior

Answer 21

Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale. Test intellectual and adaptive behavior.

Question 22

Educational Approaches for LD

Answer 22

guided notes, visual maps to show abstract concepts

Question 23

CBM (DIBELS)

Answer 23

phoneme segmentation and phonological awareness for LD. Has to do with reading.

Question 24

Task Analysis

Answer 24

Has a goal and specific instruction of how to do each subtask within a big task. Instructions are studied by student.