Dyscalculia
Dyslexia
Autism
ADHD
Assessment and Evaluation
100
What is dyscalculia?
What is severe problems with mathematics.
100
Name 2 difficulties Dyslexia is characterized by.
What is trouble with fluent or accurate word recognition and poor spelling or decoding abilities.
100
What is the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders among children?
What is 1 in 110 children.
100
What does ADHD stand for?
What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
100
What are the two broad areas that a Full-Scale IQ test is broken down into?
What is Performance IQ and Verbal IQ.
200
What percentage of school age children have been diagnosed with dyscalculia?
What is 6%.
200
What is the cause of Dyslexia?
What is the disruption in the neural circuits in the brain.
200
What are the three types of autism spectrum disorders?
What is autistic, pervasive developmental disorder, and asperger's.
200
In the DSM-IV criteria for ADHD students need to have six or more characteristics. Name at least six of those characteristics that a child with ADHD may possess.
What is inattention to details/makes careless mistakes, difficulty sustaining attention, seems not to listen, fails to finish tasks, difficulty organizing, avoids tasks requiring sustained attention, loses things, easily distracted, and forgetful.
200
Who created the first intelligence test and what is this test called today?
What is Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon, and Binet-Simon Scale.
300
Name three of the six types of dyscalculia.
What is Lexical, Graphical, Verbal, Ideognostic, Practognotistic, or Operational.
300
Who found characteristic differences in the brains of dyslexics?
Who is Dr. Duffy.
300
Name at least one common symtom among all three types of autism.
What is trouble with social interactions.
300
What are the three subtypes of ADHD? Describe each subtype.
What is predominately inattentive type (which is ADD without the hyperactivity), predominately hyperactive-impulsive type (which ADD with hyperactivity), and Combined type (which is ADHD).
300
While doing a CER, many sources of data need to be collected and utilized. Name 3 sources of data that could be used.
What is standardized test data, curriculum based assessment data, school attendance records, interviews and anecdotal information from teachers and parents, observation data, medical information if parents are willing to share, family history and important socio-economic background data, free and reduced data, and discipline data.
400
Children with dyscalculia may also struggle with figure-ground. Explain what figure-ground is.
What is a cognitive ability to separate elements based upon contrast, that is, dark and light, black and white.
400
What is an fMRI?
What is Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
400
Name another disability that is very closely related to asperger's but is not on the autism spectrum disorders.
What is Nonverbal Learning Disorders (NVLD).
400
What have scientists found to be the cause of ADHD in children?
What is neurotransmitter imbalance or defect in the neural connections in the brain.
400
What is the discrepancy that a student with a learning disability might have between their scores on an achievement test and IQ test?
What is 30 points or 2 standard deviations.
500
What two mathematical problem areas for students with disabilities does IDEA (2004) identify?
What is mathematical calculation and mathematical reasoning.
500
Define dyslexia in your own words.
What is a specific learning disability that is neurlogical in nature that affects a students ability to read. (Answers may vary)
500
Asperger's sydrome is also known as high functioning. Explain why students with Asperger's are considered high functioning among the other autism spectrum disorders.
What is students with asperger's syndrome usually have trouble with social interactions, but they are usually very bright as well on a particular subject. Students with AS are usually successful in school and excel at reading.
500
Some children who are suspected of having ADHD may undergo a neurological examination. Explain in detail what the two aspects of a neuro exam are.
What is conventional neurological assessment and examination of soft neurological signs. Conventional neurlogical assessment focuses on the child's history medically and developmentally. The soft neurlogical signs looks into if the child has problems with coordination, minimal tremors, motor akwardness, visual motor-disturbances, language delays, and reading/math skills.
500
Describe the 3 tiers of the RTI model.
What is Tier 1 (all students recieve instruction), Tier 2 (students not make adequate progress in Tier 1 receive more intensive 3-5 days a week 15-20 minutes small group interventions, and Tier 3 (students needing more individualized help receive an hour a day instruction in small groups of 1-3).
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