Actors
She won the 2002 Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the romantic drama Monster's Ball
Halle Berry
The 2016 Olympic individual all-around, vault and floor gold medalist, and balance-beam bronze medalist. She was part of the gold-medal-winning team dubbed the "Final Five" at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Simone Biles
The first African American president and the country's 44th president
Barack Obama
The majority of African Americans do not have the resources to identify that their child has a disability
T
When speaking ______ is important
Eye contact
This actor and rapper has been nominated for five Golden Globe Awards and two Academy Awards, and has won four Grammy Awards
Will Smith
He is known as the greatest basketball player of all time. He played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards
Michael Jordan
The landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional
Brown vs Board of Education
African American students are six times as likely to be identified as having emotional disturbance and intellectual disability as their peers
T
Effective partnerships require effective _________
Communication
This actor, producer, and narrator won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor with Million Dollar Baby, and he has received Oscar nominations for his performances in Street Smart, Driving Miss Daisy, The Shawshank Redemption, and Invictus. He has also won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award
Morgan Freeman
The first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era
Jackie Robinson
The first African American military aviators
Tuskegee Airman
African American ________ are overrepresented in special education
Males
When talking to a parent you should consider the ________ and family background of the family
Culture
He has received three Golden Globe awards, a Tony Award, and two Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for the historical war drama film Glory and Best Actor for his role as a corrupt cop in the crime thriller Training Day
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
She was cited as the most awarded female artist of all time. She made her screen acting debut in the romantic thriller film The Bodyguard
Whitney Houston
President Abraham Lincoln issued the __________ that granted slaves freedom
Emancipation Proclamation
The African American culture is not open to acknowledging psychological problems because of the _________ associated with mental illness
Negative stigma/shame
As a special education teacher you have to communicate with families, in order to effectively communicate with parents you should:
A. Only talk about negative things
B. Only talk about positive things
C. Wait until there is a problem to communicate
D. Reach out and establish positive communication and follow up with updates
D. Reach out and establish positive communication and follow up with updates
This media queen was known for the highest-rated television program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011 in Chicago.[ She was the richest African American of the 20th century and North America's first black multi-billionaire
Oprah Winfrey
He has the record for best selling album of all time in the United States
Michael Jackson
What year did Martin Luther King deliver his famous "I Have a Dream" speech
1963
How do African Americans prefer to cope with mental illness?
Religion/ignore
Understanding cultural norms is an important part of communication. But, it is important to avoid making decisions about people based only on their culture because ________
African American people do not all share the same culture