Chapter 1
Students with learning disabilities have average
Intelligence
Every prereferral team should include at the minimum
general and special teachers.
Students with physical and health problems are considered to have a disability when
the disability interferes with the individual's academic attainment.
One-parent homes, many students who do not speak English as their primary language, and extended families not present are examples of
Cooperative learning
An effective strategy for students exhibiting a high rate of inappropriate behaviors is
reinforcing appropriate behaviors which are incompatible with inappropriate behaviors.
The educational plan devised by an inclusion team is called
The individualised education program ( IEP)
Which of the following professionals is most likely to refer a student for special education assessment?
general education teacher
What are the four types of needs students with learning disabilities may have?
academic, behavior, social, and psychological
Multicultural education is an instructional approach based on the ___________________ perspective.
Pluralistic
Operant behaviors
develop from the student’s experiences.
Currently, students with disabilities spend the majority of their educational experience in which of the following settings?
General education
The most restrictive of all educational placement options is the
residential program.
When students are referred for special education assessment, no matter what disability is suspected, the multidisciplinary team will collect information on each the following except which one?
area of disability.
Teachers and students working together, connecting lessons to student’s lives, and engaging students with challenging lessons are examples of
Cooperative learning
When an inappropriate behavior is followed by the loss or withdrawal of earned reinforcers or privileges, this is called
response cost
A special education program is:
instruction that is specifically designed to meet individual needs of students
The IEP team does each of the following except?
implements services
Students with ____________ disorders tend to be aggressive, defiant, uncooperative, disobedient and disruptive.
Conduct disorder
The strategy which should be employed last when students are experiencing difficulty is
breaking the tasks into smaller tasks.
Prior to including students with special needs, it is important to do each of the following except which one?
prepare general education students for inclusion.
The educational plan devised by an inclusion team is called
individualised education program
Response to Intervention does each of the following except?
is a process intended to help educators maximize student achievement through early identification of learning or behavioral difficulties.
____________ tests provide information about a student's status in relation to other students of the same age or grade.
informal
The three stages of learning are:
Acquisition, generalization, transition
A method that focuses on changing the thinking strategies of students with special needs in order to help them develop better social skills is called
cognitive training