ADHD/Sensory, Physical, and Health Impairments/Gifted
It is a misconception to assume that individuals who are legally blind have no sight. True or False?
True
Which Public Law replaced the term Handicapped children with children with disabilities
Public Law 101-476 or IDEA
What is the most common type of speech disorder?
Articulation disorders
T/F: A learning disability is solely determined by their IQ test. Explain your answer.
False. - determined more by certain characteristics
What is another term used for the term “mainstreaming”?
Inclusion
Name one characteristic of a student who is gifted and talented.
Strong motivation, academically superior, learn to read early, do excellent work in most school areas
What plan is created to help children with disabilities 16 and order prepare for higher level education or employment
Individualized Transition Plan
A disorder that involves issues with expressing oneself in one's native language is called:
List one of the two exceptionalities that are easy to define and measure. (think sensory)
Loss of vision
Hearing
Explain the difference between full inclusion & partial inclusion
Full inclusion: student receives all instruction in the general education classroom & support services come to the classroom
Partial Inclusion: student receives most instruction in the general education classroom but is pulled out to another instructional setting when such setting is deemed appropriate to the student’s needs
Name 2 possible side effect of ADHD medication
Insomnia, weight loss, blood pressure changes
How often does an IEP have to be reviewed?
every year
What act protects students with emotional or behavioral disorders from ordinary punishments (as long as the problem behavior is related to a recognized disability)?
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
What does IQ stand for?
intelligence quotient
Name the term that the following definition describes: The provision in IDEA that requires students with disabilities to be educated to the greatest extent appropriate alongside their peers without disabilities.
Least Restrictive Environment
Enrichment programs suggest an emphasis on three types of activities. Name one type and explain.
General exploratory activities: projects that allow students to find out about topics on their own. Group training activities: games and simulations to promote creativity and problem-solving skills. Individual and small-group investigations of real problems: writing books or newspapers, interviewing elderly people to write oral histories, and conducting geological or archaeological investigations.
Name 2 of the four options for classroom placement for children with disabilities.
Self contained special education
Special education class placement with part time inclusion
Resource room placement
General education classroom placement
Why has the number of people diagnosed with autism increased dramatically during the 2000s and 2010s?
Definitions of autism have expanded during this time
Name one of the two basic principles in referring to people with disabilities.
Put people first
Avoid making the person equal the disability
What is one of the four ways that computer individualize instruction for students with disabilities?
Individualize in terms of method, type and frequency of reinforcement
Immediate and corrective feedback
Hold the attention of students who are easily distracted
Motivating and Patient
Give one example for each type of impairment: sensory, physical and health.
Sensory: any problem with the ability to see or hear or otherwise receive information through the body’s senses. Physical: cerebral palsy, spina bifida, spinal cord injury, and muscular dystrophy. Health: AIDS, seizure disorders, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, sickle-cell anemia, and bodily damage from chemical addiction, child abuse, or attempted suicide.
Name 3 related services the school must provide for students with disabilities?
Physical therapy
Speech therapy
Transportation
Counseling
Social workers
What is the most important thing a general education teacher can do to help a student with an articulation disorder?
Mode acceptance of that student for the other students to mirror
Give the definition of learning disability.
A wide variety of specific disabilities that are presumed to stem from some dysfunction of the brain or CNS.
What is the difference between the buddy system and peer tutoring?
Buddy system- A student who volunteers to be a special-education student’s buddy can help that student cope with the routine tasks of the general classroom.
Peer Tutoring- A student tutors who is trained by their teacher on how to provide assistance, give positive and corrective feedback and when to allow special education students to work alone.