Vocabulary
Specific Questions about Exceptional Learners
Neurodiversity
Just Different Questions
True or False Questions
100

A visual-gestural language with its own rules of syntax, semantics, and pragmatics; does not correspond to written or spoken English. It is the language of the Deaf culture in the United States and Canada.

What is ASL

100

Which of the following service options for students with learning disabilities is the least restrictive?

A. General Education Classroom

B.  Resource Room

C. Homebound/Hospital

What is 

A. General Education Classroom

100

Johnny has trouble dressing himself and communicating with people but he can do incredibly fast mathematical calculations. He is known as having

A. Asperger Syndrome

B. Rhett Syndrome

C. Savant Syndrome

What is 

C. Savant Syndrome

100

What childhood disease is the leading cause of absenteeism and hospitalization?

A. Diabetes

B. Strep Throat

C. Asthma

What is 

C. Asthma

100

True or False:

A child who has an intellectual disability has a great incidence of challenging behaviors.

True

200

A condition that is present at birth

What is congenital

200

This is a disorder known as “An impairment in the ability to receive, send, process, and comprehend concepts or verbal, nonverbal, and graphic symbols systems

What is a communication disorder

200

A developmental disorder characterized by normal cognitive and language development with impairments in all social areas, repetitive and stereotypic behaviors, preoccupation with atypical activities or items, pedantic speech patterns, and motor clumsiness; included in autism spectrum disorders.

What is Asperger's Syndrome

200

What happens to the academic progress of deaf/hard of hearing students as they get older?

A. They catch up to their hearing peers

B. They fall further behind their hearing peers.

C. They excel above their hearing peers.

What is 

B. They fall further behind their hearing peers.

200

True or False

One advantage of the RTI model is that it allows students to be identified earlier

What is True
300

A warning sensation experienced by someone shortly before a seizure is known as a/an:

What is an

Aura

300

Which of the following is the largest disability category?

A. Specific Learning Disability

B. Autism

C. Intellectual Disability

D. Communication Disorders

What is 

A. Specific Learning Disability

300

Which is an example of prompting for a child with autism?

A. A visual schedule that tells them about the activities they will do that day.

B. Making them dress themselves independently

C. Ignoring them when they start talking about their love of pencil sharpeners

What is 

A. A visual schedule that tells them about the activities they will do that day.

300

Many students who are served under a 504 plan suffer from:

A. ADHD

B. Brain Trauma

C. Autism


What is 

A. ADHD

300

Reading issues, such as dyslexia, is the least common specific learning disorder.

What is :

False

400

The "wait to fail" model is also known as the:

A RTI Model

B. Discrepancy Model

C. Repeating a Grade Model

What is 

B. Discrepancy Model

400

 In most states when a teacher encounters a child with a behavior or learning problem and the child is not currently receiving special education services, the first step is to_____.

A. Begin an IEP

B. Evaluate the child by testing

C. Devise an implement an intervention

What is 

C. Devise and implement an intervention

400

Motor impairment caused by brain damage, which is usually acquired during the prenatal period or during birth. Can involve a wide variety of symptoms (rigidity, spasticity, and tremor; see also ataxia, athetosis) and range from mild to severe. Neither curable nor progressive.

What is Cerebral Palsy

400

A program that serves infants and toddlers is known as

A. An IEP

B. An IFSP

C. A 504


What is

B. An IFSP

400

True or False:

Speech-Sound errors must be fixed before the age of seven or they will be permanent.

What is 

False

500

Two or more conditions occurring in the same person (e.g., learning disabilities and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder).

What is comorbidity

500

What is one of the qualifications for all IEPs according to the IDEA?

It must have an adverse effect on learning

500

The term for a child who has both a disability and gifted/talented is known as:


What is twice exceptional

500

Terry is graduating from high school where he has graduated with an IEP. He wants to search for competitive employment. Where would be a good placement for Terry?

A. His uncle who will let him live with him and work for free in his mail order company to help learn a skill

B. The local grocery store that hires people starting at the minimum wage

C. The shelter workshop that offers $2.00 and hour to make birdhouses.

What is 

B. The local grocery store that hires people starting at the minimum wage

500

True or False:

Gifted and talented girls often suffer from poor self-concept

What is

True