Quiz 2 (Chapter 2, Planning and Providing Special Services)

African American students account for approximately ________ % of the school-age population yet represent approximately ________ % of all students receiving services for emotional and behavioral disorders

15, 30

What percentage of students tested are found eligible for special education?

73%

General education teachers...

Must work with special educators to provide equal educational opportunity to children with disabilities in their classroom

Though it is the most difficult level of collaboration, it pays the biggest dividends

None of the above

One prereferral process described in the text is RTI, which stands for...

Responsiveness to intervention

The most crucial variable for the academic and social success of children with disabilities is...

The quality of instruction they receive

Which of the following does describe an effective inclusion tactic?

Class-wide peer tutoring, team teaching between a special educator and general education teacher, and active student participation through modifications and/or accommodations

The key element in determining what should go into a student's IEP is...

Dictated by IDEA and cannot be elaborated

IEP goals are often written in such a way as to make them...

Hard to implement

Which best describes the belief about full inclusion as expressed by most special educators and their professional organizations?

A continuum of services must be maintained and IEP goals and placements must remain individualized

The term "continuum of services" is best described as...

A range of individualized placement and service options

Which school policy best demonstrates the concept of least restrictive environment?

All students with disabilities are educated with nondisabled peers to the maximum extent appropriate

According to co-teachers, two of the most important aspects of successful co-teaching are...

Communicating and determining appropriate student placement

A type of collaboration in which expertise-sharing is typically unidirectional.

Consultation

One strategy for integrating students with disabilities into both the academic and social environments is...

Cooperative learning

The simplest form of collaboration; it merely ensures services are provided systematically.

Coordination

The special education teacher, the speech pathologist, and the occupational therapist who work with Tanner communicate regularly and cooperate in assuring that his services are provided in a timely and systematic manner. This is called ________.

Coordination

Which of the following is not a co-teaching arrangement?

Demonstration teaching

In most states, when a teacher encounters a child who has learning or behavior problems (not already receiving special education services), the first step recommended or mandated is

Designing an individualized education program

What areas of functioning should be represented on an annual goal on an IEP?

Every area adversely affected by the disability

Which does describe class-wide peer tutoring?

Free-form process without defined roles or scripts, direct and frequent measurement of student progress, and high rates of active student responding

Which of the following areIDEA-specified components of an individualized education program?

Frequency and duration of services, progress measurement, and learning goals and objectives

The IEP members who rated themselves second lowest (students were lowest) on a scale about understanding the IEP process and helping in the decision-making process were...

General ed teachers

Full-time placement in the regular classroom...

Is restrictive and inappropriate if the child's needs cannot be met there

The LRE for any given special education student

Is the placement that is closest to the regular education setting while meeting the child's special education needs and can change over time

Which best describes a pre-referral intervention?

It reduces the chances of identifying a child for special education who is not disabled

Which statement best describes belief in inclusion?

Many support it, and many oppose it

What are suggestions for teachers to better meet the needs of students with disabilities from culturally diverse backgrounds?

More accurately and appropriately assess the needs of these students, become more culturally responsive to these students and their families, and adopt a multicultural approach to curriculum and instruction

Placement of students on the LRE continuum is best described as...

Mix and match

The concept of LRE and a continuum of service and placement options is best depicted symbolically by a...

Pyramid

It is estimated that 90% of referrals for special education

Result in formal evaluations

Which steps are required by IDEA?

Review and evaluation, identification, and multi-factored evalution

Which of the following least accurately describes student participation in the special education process?

Students can help determine eligibility for services

Bailey's deaf educator meets with his classroom teacher weekly to provide advice and guidance about how best to meet Bailey's educational needs. This is called ________.

Teaming

One of the factors in the over representation of African American students in some disability categories is...

The bias in the assessment process and the incongruity between the culture of most teachers and that of African American students

A school's multidisciplinary evaluation team must include

The parents of the child being evaluated.

Which of the following are explicitly specified as a required member of an IEP team?

The parents of the child, someone to interpret the results of evaluations, and general ed teacher

Which of the following is the most accurate description of the representation of students from culturally diverse groups in special education?

They are both under and overrepresented

IDEA requires that an individualized education program be developed and implemented for every student with disabilities from the ages of...

Three to twenty-one

The members of Josh's IEP team provide his services in an integrated fashion by conducting joint assessments, sharing information across discipline boundaries, and sharing roles and expertise with each other. This type of team is called...

Transdisciplinary