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The classification system that most school systems use to describe levels of intellectual disabilities is based on
What is IQ score?
One of the major advantages of the response to intervention method of identifying learning disabilities is that
What is it ensures that a student's low achievement is not simply due to ineffective instruction?
Students with ADHD receive special education services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in which category?
What is other health impaired (OHI)?
The tendency to believe whatever you are told, even highly questionable statements or claims, despite any evidence.
What is gulibility?
The most common placement for students with learning disabilities is
What are general education classrooms?
Many authorities say that adaptive behavior consists of
What are social intelligence and practical intelligence?
Each of the following is suggested as an explanation for why boys outnumber girls in the learning disabilities category EXCEPT
greater biological vulnerability of boys.
decrease in prevalence of intellectual disabilities.
other behavior by boys (hyperactivity) leads to referral.
lower academic expectations for girls.
What is lower academic expectations for girls?
Each of the following is TRUE EXCEPT
It is highly unlikely that watching TV as a cause of ADHD.
It is highly unlikely that playing video games as a cause of ADHD.
There is some suggestive evidence that food allergies may cause ADHD for a very small subgroup of children.
Exposure to lead and the abuse of alcohol by pregnant women increases the likelihood of ADHD.
What is there is some suggestive evidence that food allergies may cause ADHD for a very small subgroup of children?
Fragile X syndrome occurs most often in
What are males?
In contingency-based self-management, the "contingency" is usually a type of
What is a reward?
The ability to keep information in mind while simultaneously doing another task is
What is working memory?
By definition, every student with learning disabilities has
What are academic problems?
All of the following are examples of behavioral inhibition EXCEPT
the ability to wait one's turn.
refraining from interrupting in conversations.
working for immediate gratification or short-term rewards.
resisting potential distractions while working.
What is working for immediate gratification or short-term rewards?
The fact that measures of academic learning in the early grades are relatively insensitive to small gaps in skills
has been used as a reason for criticizing the use of IQ-achievement discrepancy to identify students with learning disabilities.
(Strategy) Making students aware of the stages of problem-solving tasks while they are performing them and bringing behavior under verbal control is
What is self-monitoring?
In functional academics, academics are taught in the context of
What are daily living skills?
Which of the following statements is true?
Students with learning disabilities have problems with working memory but not long-term memory.
Students with learning disabilities have problems with long term memory but not working memory.
Students with learning disabilities can have problems in working memory and/or long-term memory.
Students with learning disabilities are no different in memory skills from nondisabled peers as long as they are motivated properly.
What is students with learning disabilities can have problems in working memory and/or long-term memory?
All of the following are suggestions for teaching students with ADHD EXCEPT
divide instruction into meaningful chunks.
provide a rationale for each lesson.
include opportunities for guided practice.
avoid "thinking aloud" as this is very distracting.
What is to avoid "thinking aloud" as this is very distracting?
Researchers have found that one of the major reasons that children with learning disabilities perform poorly on memory tasks is that
What is they fail to use strategies?
Which of the following is a reason why ADHD was not included when the federal government began tracking the prevalence of disabilities?
What is there was a large body of research suggesting it is not a distinct disability?
Describe what is meant by the phrase, "intellectual disability is a socially constructed condition."
Intellectual disability may not be a trait residing in the individual but a product of the interaction between a person and his or her environment. What constitutes "adaptive skills" may vary depending on the culture or society that the person lives in.
Describe four psychological or behavioral characteristics of students with learning disabilities.
interindividual variation;
intraindividual variation;
academic achievement problems (in just one area, such as reading, written language, spoken language or math);
perceptual, perceptual-motor, and general coordination problems;
disorders of attention and hyperactivity;
memory and metacognitive problems (in just one of those areas);
social-emotional problems;
motivational problems;
inactive learner problems
Describe one way that special and general education teachers can collaborate to serve students with ADHD.
Jose has intellectual disabilities. As an infant, he was lethargic and had difficulty eating; however, at about one year of age he became obsessed with food. This is characteristic of
What is Prader-Willi syndrome?
Explain why ADHD is not included as a separate category of special education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and why many professionals are disappointed with this situation.
When the original law now known as IDEA was passed in 1975, research on ADHD was in its infancy, and the advocacy base for children with ADHD was not well developed. By the time of the reauthorization of the law in 1990, there was substantial research on ADHD, and the major advocacy group was large and strong. Nevertheless, their lobbying efforts were unsuccessful. The Department of Education did decide that students with ADHD could be eligible for special education services under the category of other health impaired and under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Many professionals think that this is too roundabout a means of identification and are upset because Section 504 does not require an IEP.