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INST 210: EXAM 1
What is Separation Anxiety Disorder? |
a psychological condition in which an individual experiences excessive anxiety regarding separation from home or from people to whom the individual has a strong emotional attachment
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What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder? |
an anxiety disorder in which people have unwanted and repeated thoughts, feelings, ideas, sensations (obsessions), or behaviors that make them feel driven to do something (compulsions) |
What is Panic Disorder? |
a psychiatric disorder in which debilitating anxiety and fear arise frequently and without reasonable cause
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What is Phobia? |
a persistent, irrational fear of a specific object, activity or situation that leads to a compelling desire to avoid it |
Jane is in the eighth grade and has extreme anxiety. She is involved in several extracurricular activities and taking Pre-AP classes, so she has a lot on her plate. Whenever stress piles up in school, she sometimes gets dizziness and an increased heartbeat rate. These attacks show that she has which anxiety disorder?
A. Separation Anxiety Disorder
B. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
C. Panic Disorder
D. Phobia |
C |
What is Receptive Language Disorder? |
a child has difficulties understanding what is said to them (comprehension deficit). In most cases, the child also has an expressive language disorder, which means they have trouble using spoken language |
Jen is a student in your class who has a receptive language disorder. What is a strategy that you can implement to set Jen up for success, which will also benefit other students in your class?
A. Lecture only half of the class period
B. Seat Jen near the front so that she isn't distracted
C. Present the same material in a variety of ways
D. Rely heavily on in class readings to present new content |
C |
What is Oppositional Defiant Disorder |
a recurrent pattern of negativistic, defiant, disobedient, and hostile behavior toward authority figures that persists for at least 6 months |
What is Bipolar Disorder? |
a mood disorder that affects the brain as well as the nervous system that causes extreme mood swings from severe depression involving suicidal thoughts or actions to mania or elation |
What is Schizophrenia? |
individuals must have two or more of the following symptoms during a 1-month period to be diagnosed with this: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior, flat affect, deficiency of speech, lack of resolve, bizarre behavior, and poor attention |
What is Conduct Disorder? |
antisocial patterns of rule-violating behavior, often directed with the intent to harm others or property. Some describe this as failing to have an emotional basis and describe those who have conduct disorders as making a conscious choice to engage in the behaviors, thereby differentiating emotional disturbances |
Luis is ten-year-old boy in Jordan's class. Since the first day of school, Jordan has noticed that Luis has been negativistic and hostile to the other students and disobedient. While Jordan cannot diagnose Luis, what disorder characterizes Luis' behavior?
A. Oppositional defiant disorder
B. Bipolar disorder
C. Schizophrenia
D. Conduct disorder |
A |
What is Positive Behavior Support? |
a behavior management system used to understand what maintains an individual's challenging behavior |
What is Individualized Education Plan? |
is required by law (IDEA) to ensure that the special education services provided to a student are planned and implemented in the prescribed manner |
What is Inclusion? |
the process of educating students with disabilities in the general education setting |
What is Universal Design? |
refers to broad-spectrum ideas meant to produce buildings, products and environments that are inherently accessible to older people, people without disabilities, and people with disabilities
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Robby is a student with a severe hearing impairment. He has been placed in a general education classroom where the teacher has him sit close to the board in hopes that he will hear better. Robby needs additional necessary supports to ensure he is receiving all the instruction. Which of the following would facilitate his participation in class, while also benefiting other students?
A. Positive Behavior Support
B. Individualized Education Plan
C. Inclusion
D. Universal Design |
A |
What is Working Memory? |
the part of short-term memory that is concerned with immediate conscious perceptual and linguistic processing |
What is Short Term Memory? |
the capacity for holding a small amount of information in mind in an active, readily available state for a short period of time |
What is Long Term Memory? |
the final stage of the dual memory model proposed by Atkinson and Shiffrin, in which data can be stored for long periods of time. While short-term and working memory persists for only about 18 to 30 seconds, information can remain in long-term memory indefinitely
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What is Residual Memory? |
memories directly passed through generations of progeny |
Taler has been having a difficult time recalling information that has just been presented. When the teacher is ready for independent practice, Taler cannot remember a lot of the information that had just been discussed. What is most likely affecting Taler from recalling this information?
A. Working memory
B. Short-term memory
C. Long-term memory
D. Residual memory
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B |
What is Procedural? |
also known as imperative knowledge, is the knowledge exercised in the performance of some task |
What is Reading Fluency? |
reading text quickly and correctly with appropriate expression |
What is Semantic Memory? |
one of the two types of declarative or explicit memory (our memory of facts or events that is explicitly stored and retrieved). Semantic memory refers to general world knowledge that we have accumulated throughout our lives |
What is Reading Comprehension? |
the ability to read text, process it and understand its meaning. An individual's ability to comprehend text is influenced by their traits and skills, one of which is the ability to make inferences |
Luke's class does "popcorn" style reading aloud. However, whenever it is Luke's turn to read, he stammers a lot and struggles to sound out the words. During the math section of the day, Luke is quick to understand the mathematical process while the teacher is demonstrating; however, when it comes time for independent work, Luke gets his steps mixed up. What types of challenges does Luke demonstrate?
A. Phonemic analysis and Procedural problems
B. Reading fluency and semantic memory problems
C. Reading comprehension and procedural problems
D. Reading fluency and procedural problems |
A |
What is Procedural Due Process? |
a legal doctrine in the United States that requires government officials to follow fair procedures before depriving a person of life, liberty, or property |
What is Nondiscriminatory Evaluation? |
should be used to determine if the child has a disability
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What is Zero Reject? |
an educational philosophy which says that no child can be denied an education because they are "uneducable". One of the six core principles of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) states that no child with a disability can be denied a free appropriate public education
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Anna has been suspended from her school for 13 days because of extreme violent behavior towards both her peers and her teacher. What IDEA principle does this interfere with?
A. Procedural due process
B. Nondiscriminatory evaluation
C. Parent and student participation
D. Zero reject
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D. |
* from "At what stage would you classify Sue?" |
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Sue is a student with Asperger's Syndrome. Sue's teacher is having trouble deciding what level she is in terms of her language. She can form a variety of words and short phrases to convey a message, but does not use complete sentences. At what stage would you classify Sue?
A. Stage 1
B. Stage 2
C. Stage 3
D. Stage 4 |
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What is Predominately Inattentive Type? |
an inability to focus, having poor concentration and organizational skills |
What is Combination Type? |
The most common type of ADHD. People with it have symptoms of both inattentive and hyperactive-impulsive types. |
What is Predominately Hyperactive-Impulsive Type? |
may fidget with their shoes, lean over the desk to talk to another student, and jump up to sharpen a pencil. Neither student will complete the assignment.
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What is Predominately Impulsive Type? |
the inability to control one's behaviors and reactions on a reflective level |
Josiah is a second grader at Reed Elementary School. During the first month of school his teacher noticed that Josiah was not learning at the same rate as his peers. Josiah had a hard time completing his assignments, became easily distracted, and often had trouble organizing tasks and activities. Josiah's teacher believes he could have AD/HD. Which subtype of AD/HD does Josiah most likely fall under?
A. Predominately inattentive type
B. Combined type
C. Predominately hyperactive-impulsive type
D. Predominately impulsive type |
B |
Rachel is a third grade student that was recently diagnosed with an intellectual disability. Her parents are trying to figure out why she is this way; which of the following should they NOT consider?
A. Biomedical factors
B. Educational factors
C. Social factors
D. Childhood community factors |
B |
What is Home School Placement? |
students attend same school they would have attended if they didn't have a disability |
What is Principle of Natural Proportions? |
students with exceptionalities should be placed in schools and classrooms in natural proportion to the occurrence of exceptionality within the general population |
What is Grade Appropriate Placements? |
educating all students in age and grade appropriate placements |
What is Appropriate Education? |
(FAPE) is an educational right of children with disabilities in the United States that is guaranteed by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). |
Tony has a learning disability and his mother feels like he is not receiving an appropriate education. She has tried mediation with the school administrators, but they cannot come to an agreement. Under which principle of IDEA is Tony's mother allowed to take the school to court?
A. Nondiscriminatory evaluation
B. Procedural due process
C. Parental and student participation
D. Appropriate education |
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What is Universal Design for Learning? |
(UDL) is an educational framework based on research in the learning sciences, including cognitive neuroscience, that guides the development of flexible learning environments that can accommodate individual learning differences. |
What is Supplementary Aids and Services? |
aids, services, and other supports that are provided in regular education classes, other education-related settings, and in extracurricular and nonacademic settings, to enable children with disabilities to be educated with nondisabled children to the maximum extent appropriate |
What is Least Restrictive Environment? |
(LRE) means that a student who has a disability should have the opportunity to be educated with non-disabled peers, to the greatest extent appropriate. |
What is Educational Technology? |
It is the effective use of technological tools in learning. As a concept, it concerns an array of tools, such as media, machines and networking hardware, as well as considering underlying theoretical perspectives for their effective application. |
What is Assistive Technology? |
an umbrella term that includes assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities and also includes the process used in selecting, locating, and using them |
Johannah is a deaf student. While in the general classroom, she does not take notes like the rest of the students, because her teacher prints them out beforehand for her. This is done so that Johannah can focus on reading the teacher's lips without being distracted by taking notes. This is an example of which of the following?
A. Universal design for learning
B. Supplementary aids and services
C. Least restrictive environment
D. Educational and assistive technology |
B |
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder? |
a psychological disorder characterized by excessive or disproportionate anxiety about several aspects of life, such as work, social relationships, or financial matters |
Colin is frequently overwhelmed at school, worrying over things such as whether or not the bell will ring on time or whether the teacher will use a red or purple pen to grade his homework. Which of the following is the best diagnosis to assume Colin has?
A. Obsessive-compulsive disorder
B. Bipolar disorder
C. Generalized anxiety disorder
D. Panic disorder |
A |
What is Mood Disorder? |
a psychological disorder characterized by the elevation or lowering of a person's mood, such as depression or bipolar disorder. |
Colin is in the fifth grade. He has been labeled among the teachers as a "trouble child." He continually expresses anger and aggression towards his peers and struggles with understanding why he is required to apologize after an aggressive outburst. One day at recess the teacher noticed that Colin had violently killed a snake and skinned it. What type of behavior disorder does Colin show signs of?
A. Conduct disorder
B. Schizophrenia
C. Mood disorder
D. Oppositional defiant disorder |
A |
IDEA part A: |
lays out the basic foundation for the rest of the Act. This section defines the terms used within the Act as well as providing for the creation of the Office of Special Education Programs, which is responsible for administering and carrying out the terms of IDEA |
IDEA part B: |
the section which lays out the educational guidelines for school children 3-21 years of age. By law, states are required to educate students with disabilities |
IDEA part C: |
recognizes the need for identifying and reaching very young children with disabilities. This portion of IDEA provides guidelines concerning the funding and services to be provided to children from birth through 2 years of age. |
IDEA part D: |
describes national activities to be undertaken to improve the education of children with disabilities. These activities include grants to improve the education and transitional services provided to students with disabilities. In addition this section provides resources to support programs, projects and activities which contribute positive results for children with disabilities |
Juanita is four years old and has been found to have an intellectual disability. Which part of IDEA is age specific to Juanita?
A. Part A
B. Part B
C. Part C
D. Part D |
Part B |
What is Response to Intervention (RTI)? |
the process to ensure that all students are receiving high quality instruction |
What is Tier 1? |
receive high-quality, scientifically based instruction, differentiated to meet their needs, and are screened on a periodic basis to identify struggling learners who need additional support. |
What is Tier 2? |
students not making adequate progress in the core curriculum are provided with increasingly intensive instruction matched to their needs on the basis of levels of performance and rates of progress. |
What is Tier 3? |
students receive individualized, intensive interventions that target the students' skill deficits for the remediation of existing problems and the prevention of more severe problems. |
Nancy just started third grade and her teacher noticed that her performance level was far behind that of everyone else in the classroom. Nancy's teacher followed the RTI process to determine if Nancy needed specialized instruction. Nancy now receives supplemental instruction to address her specific problem areas. Under what tier of RtI is Nancy receiving services?
A. Tier 1
B. Tier 2
C. Tier 3 |
C |
What is Mediation? |
a process in which a mediator helps to resolve a dispute between a parent and school district personnel over a child's special education program. |
What is Resolution Session? |
a face-to-face meeting between a parent and school district officials following the filing of a due process complaint.
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What is Due Process Hearing? |
A formal, quasi-legal procedure before an impartial hearing officer or administrative law judge (or panel of judges) who is not an employee of the state educational agency or school district. Both the parents and the school district present arguments and evidence.
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What is Short-Term Removal? |
School personnel may remove a child with a disability who violates code of conduct to interim alternative setting, another setting, or suspension for not more than 10 school days to the extent such removal applies to children without disabilities. |
Lindsey is a student at Parkwood Elementary who has a speech impairment. Her teachers and parents collaborated to form an IEP that addresses Lindsey's needs and goals that Lindsey should be working towards during class. Lindsey's parents have not noticed any progress towards her goals and do not believe the teachers are correctly utilizing the IEP to benefit Lindsey's needs. Lindsey is now regressing in her communication skills and has begun spending more time outside of the general education classroom with less access to the general curriculum. They have talked to Lindsey's teachers, but the teachers tell her she needs to give the interventions time. What is the next step that Lindsey's parents should take?
A. Mediation
B. Resolution session
C. Due process hearing
D. Short-term removal |
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What is a Language Disorder? |
disorders that involve the processing of linguistic information. Problems that may be experienced can involve grammar (syntax and/or morphology), semantics (meaning), or other aspects of language.
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What is a Speech Disorder? |
When a person is unable to produce sounds correctly or fluently, or has problems with his or her voice. Difficulties pronouncing sounds, or articulation disorders, and stuttering are examples of this. |
What is a Communication Difference? |
a variation of speech that is shared by a group of individuals within a particular region or culture. This should not be considered a disorder of speech or language. An accent or dialect, for example, is simply a difference, not a disorder.
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What is a Dialect? |
a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group |
Maria is a 6th grader who has recently come to the United States from Colombia. She has a good understanding of the English language and she is able to write on an above average level. Maria is able to speak well, but her accent is heavy and some of the students have a difficult time understanding her. Maria's accent would be considered which of the following?
A. Language disorder
B. Speech disorder
C. Communication difference
D. Dialect
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What is Attention Deficit Disorder? |
any of a range of behavioral disorders occurring primarily in children, including such symptoms as poor concentration, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. |
What is Syntax? |
knowledge of grammar; structure of sentences |
What is Phonology? |
the sound system of a language and the rules for combining sounds |
What is Morphology? |
the rules for the structure of words |
What is Pragmatics? |
the study of the rules that govern the use of language for social interaction |
Ross is a third grade student at Boone Elementary. His teacher and parents both notice Ross will add incorrect suffixes on the end of words. Today in class Ross announced that he was "goings to play in the art area like I did last Tuesdayed." Ross is most likely having difficulty with which area in speech?
A. Syntax
B. Phonology
C. Morphology
D. Pragmatics |
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Monica is a seventh grader at Stinson Middle School. She is extremely organized and likes for everything to be in the correct order. Every day she opens and shuts her locker three times before heading to class and then will wipe down her desk with a Clorox wipe four times. Monica most likely has which type of anxiety disorder?
A. Obsessive-compulsive disorder
B. Bipolar disorder
C. Schizophrenia
D. Phobia disorder |
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What is Semantics? |
knowledge of word meaning, vocabulary
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Kate has a specific language impairment that causes her to have a hard time using words together in sentences. She has a very limited vocabulary and often confuses words like "yesterday" and "tomorrow." She has a language impairment that deals with which part of language?
A. Phonology
B. Semantics
C. Morphology
D. Syntax |
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What is Goal Attainment Scaling? |
(GAS) is a therapeutic method that refers to the development of a written follow-up guide between the client and the counselor used for monitoring client progress. |
What is Multimodal Treatments? |
(MMT) is an approach to psychotherapy devised by psychologist Arnold Lazarus, who originated the term behavior therapy in psychotherapy. |
What is T-Charting? |
a type of chart, a graphic organizer in which a student lists and examines two facets of a topic, like the pros and cons associated with it, its advantages and disadvantages, facts vs. opinions, etc. |
Jillian is a student with AD/HD who presents some behavioral challenges. Her teacher has met with her and identified that she needs to stay seated in her chair during instruction. She has set the progressive outcomes of remaining in her seat for two minutes, four minutes, six minutes, eight minutes, and then ten minutes. She is also providing instruction on what sitting in your seat looks like. This procedure is an example of which of the following?
A. Goal attainment scaling
B. Multimodal treatments
C. T-charting
D. AD/HD assessment |
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