Special Education Certification Practice Questions, no multiple choice

Which of the following sounds is one of the first that young children are able to pronounce?

P

___________ combines aspects of cooperative leaning and peer tutoring with instruction that is rich with demonstration, careful instruction and feedback.

PALS

The first law guaranteeing the rights of students with disabilities to a free appropriate public education was:

PL 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act

Which of the following is NOT one of the procedural safeguards provided to parents through IDEA?

Parents have the right to place their child in private school at public expense.

Although six year old Kemal can identify the letters of the alphabet, he is unable to sound out groups of letters to identify a word. Kemal has difficulty with:

Phonics

Which related service provider works on motor skills?

Physical therapist

The perceived high or low quality of voice is the description of:

Pitch

New research finding on children in poverty show that:

Poverty alone does not account for the academic difficulties exhibited by students, but rather only magnifies existing racial disparities caused by teachers negative perceptions

As she helps her 2 and 3 year old students put their socks and shoes on after naptime, Ms. Moreno talks about how socks keep feet warm and keep shoes from rubbing blisters on feet. She also talks about how shoes protect our feet from sharp rocks and hot pavement. Ms. Moreno is helping to develop her students' ______ skills.

Pragmatics

Which related service provider provides direct therapy services to students with speech or language impairments, while also consulting with special education and general education teacher?

SLPs (Speech Language Pathologist)

Who developed the theory of dyslexia and remedial reading techniques for children with severe reading problems?

Samuel Orton

Which of the following is an example of phonology?

"clicking" sounds found in Swahili and Native American languages

CALP or classroom English is:

A level of English mastery required to access the general education curriculum and profit from instruction

Which of the following is NOT true of FAPE?

A student's placement is determined by classroom availability

Ella runs to her mother and says, "Mommy, I MISSDED you" rather than "MISSED" is displaying what type of articulation error?

Addition

RTI is similar to PBS, except that it:

Addresses academic skills instead of behavior

Which of the following is NOT an example of a testing accommodation for a student?

An assistant provides the answers

Students with learning disabilities:

Are victimized more often than their peers

Which of the following statements about assistive technology is accurate according to IDEA '04?

Assistive technology services can include support for the use of the device, including selection, fitting, repair, and replacement

Normalization activities include all of the following EXCEPT:

Attending a special school for students with similar educational needs.

Kevin's special education teacher evaluates his progress using class assignments, writing samples, and observational data. She is using:

Authentic assessment

The main purpose of the pre-referral stage is to:

Avoid unnecessary assessments and placements in special education

With regard to nondiscriminatory testing, IDEA does NOT require that tests, assessment procedures, and evaluation materials:

Be administered by bilingual personnel

One benefit of ____________ is that mastery of more than one language has many social, economic, and personal benefits. However, one criticism is that this is a very slow process that can take away from learning content in other areas.

Bilingual education

Which type of measurement system uses direct and frequent measurements of student performance;is sensitive to different learning patterns and expectations; and provides feedback to teachers about the effectiveness of their instructional methods?

CBM, Curriculum Based Measurement

Which of the following is an example of a data based practice that improves students' vocabulary and reading comprehension skills, particularly for expository text such as that found in textbooks?

CSR, Collaborative Strategic Reading

Ms. Flores-Duenas incorporates the cultures, interests, and backgrounds of her students into her instruction. She includes magazines and newspapers from different communities, and highlights accomplishments of diverse scientists and engineers. Ms. Flores-Duenas has incorporated__________ into her classroom environment.

Contextualized Instruction

Which model allows people to maintain their various languages, cultures, and institutions while encouraging their participation in society as a whole?

Cultural Pluralism

Jamie, a special education student, has been expelled from school for assaulting a teacher. Before Jamie was expelled, his IEP team needed to:

Determine that this behavior was not a result of his disability

Mr. Jackson teaches all the students in his 6th-grade social studies class the same content, but he uses different instructional methods that match various learning needs, preferences, and styles. Mr. Jackson uses ___________ in his classroom.

Differentiated Instruction

Although Melinda has a hearing loss, she is a skilled lip reader who participates in all aspects of society. She is married, has a high-paying job, and does volunteer work through several community organizations. According to what you've learned from your text, Melinda has a:

Disability.

LRE provides for each of the following EXCEPT:

Evaluated at least monthly

Which stage of the IEP process determines whether the student is meeting the goals and objectives specified in the IEP?

Evaluation and reviews

Which of the following is a practice proven through research to be effective in improving the academic success of students with learning disabilities?

Explicit instruction

The rate and flow pattern of a person's speech describes:

Fluency

Marcus remembers a reading comprehension strategy that he learned in the resource room and applies it in his science and social studies classes. He is demonstrating:

Generalization

Which of the following children may be at risk for having a learning disability?

Greg, a four year old who does not know the letters of the alphabet

Davis has a traumatic brain injury. In order to receive this disability classification,

He must have acquired his injury after birth

Isaiah, an African American child, speaks a learned and rule governed social dialect of nonstandard English. Which of the following statements is true?

He speaks using Ebonics

CBM, Curriculum Based Measurement, is useful because it:

Helps the teacher determine whether the instructional methods being used are efficient and effective

Mira is a student from India who speaks Bengali and English. To be classified as having a speech or language impairment, she must demonstrate the impairment:

In both languages

The Assistive Technology Act of 2004 is important to people with disabilities because:

Increased accessibility in the future rests, in part, with technology

In order for collaboration among school professionals to be effective,

Individual students' progress must be carefully monitored

Rather than helping her students edit every paper they write, Mrs. Soejipto teaches them a method to help them edit their own papers. She uses the mnemonic COPS(Capitalization, Overall appearance, Punctuation, Spelling) to help them remember the various steps. Mrs. Soetjipto is teaching her students using:

Learning Strategies

The majority of students with____________ have a concurrent language impairment that makes them vulnerable to academic learning problems.

Learning disabilities

________________ determines whether a student's disciplinary problems are due to his or her disability.

Manifestation determination

One problem with the federal system of categorization for race and ethnicity is that:

Many people do not fit discreetly into one of the categories because they are multiracial

Although there are concerns about the use of discrepancy formulas, they continue to be used because:

Many people feel they provide objectivity to the identification

In addition to a statement of current levels of performance, an IEP should include:

Measurable goals related to the general education curriculum

Mrs. de la Rosario teaches math, reading, language arts, science and social studies in a self-contained classroom. According to NCLB and IDEA '04, she:

Must demonstrate competency in all five subjects in order to be highly qualified

Because Dulcea has electronic versions of her texts, it means that her state has complied with IDEA in its adoption of:

NIMAS, National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard

Which of the following would be supported under ADA?

New buses, trains, and subways should be accessible

Amarilis is allowed short breaks during testing situations. Which kind of an accommodation is she receiving?

Nonlinguistic accommodation

Jessica has a cleft palate. As a result, she is being fitted for a device that will create a closure between her oral and nasal cavities where the soft palate is missing or damaged. Jessica is being fitted for a(n):

Obturator

Which problems below are the primary reasons for current dissatisfaction with IQ/achievement method of identifying learning disabilities?

Students must wait until they are performing poorly in school to get help; large numbers of students are identified as having LD

IDEA '04 addressed the IQ discrepancy concerns in the identification of learning disabilities by:

Suggesting the use of response to intervention while in the general educational classroom as part of the evaluation process

Breda is three years old and is not abel to pronounce the "j" sound, so she asks for "duice" instead of "juice". Breda's mother is concerned and wonders if she should contact an SLP for help. Breda's mother should know that:

The "j" sound does not typically develop until four years of age or later, so Breda's speech is normal at this point

A child may be considered as having a developmental delay under IDEA '04 if:

The child shows delays in one of five specified areas (physical, cognitive, communication, social/emotional, or adaptive development)

During the late 1950s and 1960s, SLPs did not provide services to students with significant language and cognitive problems because:

The general belief of the day was that they were not developmentally able to profit from therapy.

Lack of knowledge about core subject requirements, unavailability of advanced placement courses, and low teacher referrals for advanced classes are all factors influencing:

The poor post secondary outcomes for diverse students

When studying for a test on the first Gulf War. Nico organizes the information in chronological order. Nico is using which strategy for organizing information?

Sequencing

Josefina's teacher supports her learning by restating concepts and instructions, explicitly teaching vocabulary, using visuals and concrete examples, and relating new language skills to students' experiences. Josefina's teacher is using which instructional technique or program?

Sheltered English

Dr. Colerick believes that the way society views a person with mental retardation results in a handicap for that individual. Dr. Colerick is a proponent of which view of disability?

Sociological Perspective

In addition to over representation of students receiving special education services, an additional dis-proportionality concern that has arisen recently focuses on:

Special education placement settings

Which of the following is the MOST prevalent among American school children?

Specific learning disability

An illegal hit with an elbow in football causes damage to Peyton's tongue, lips and teeth. Peyton has damaged components of his:

Speech mechanisms

Madelyn receives services to address her articulation and fluency problems, which qualify her under the __________ category.

Speech or language impairments

In an effort to evaluate a student's language abilities, Ms. Gunawardena, an SLP, tests out a language intervention with a student and then monitors ifs effectiveness. She is using:

Standardized tests

According to Howard Gardner's____________, children who display exceptional talent in any one of eight areas can be identified as gifted.

Theory of multiple intelligences

Mr. Jindal, a third-grade teacher, provides high-quality instruction to all the students in his class. This occurs during the ___________ component of RTI.

Tier 1

In an RTI system, small groups of students receive additional support and instruction in ________, during which their progress is carefully monitored.

Tier 2

What is one final goal added to IFSPs as a child gets older?

Transition to services available for 3 to 5 year olds

_____________ help(s) all students with instructional activities, while providing greater access for people with disabilities by removing or reducing barriers.

Universal design for learning

The application of language in various communications in the social context of the situation describes:

Use

All of the following are assisstive technology solutions for students who struggle with problem solving EXCEPT:

Voice Output Systems

What type of impairment is uncommon among school children?

Voice problems

During the Eligibility step of the IEP process, two issues must be resolved:________ and _____________.

Whether the child has a disability; whether the child qualifies for special education services

According to IDEA, homeless children are defined as children:

Who do not have a regular or adequate nighttime residence

The three dimensions of diversity most often referred to by educators are:

language, disability and culture

Davenia is able to read a list of words accurately at a satisfactory rate. She has developed which core reading skill?

Word Identification

Why is it so important to teach phonological skills to young children?

Young children who lack these skills appear to be at great risk for reading failure later

The ability to perceive and interpret social situations, generate appropriate social responses, and interact with others is:

Called social competence

Considering the appropriate use of disability-related terminology, indicate the most acceptable phrase.

Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

As Haley works to memorize the elements on the periodic table, she breaks them into groups of five, memorizing each small group in order to learn the entire set. Haley is using which strategy for organizing information?

Chunking

Special education is based on the fundamental premise of:

Civil rights

Ms. Lincoln, a special education teacher, and Ms. Waters, a general educator, teach together in the same classroom, sharing the same group of students. This is an example of:

Co-teaching

The superintendent of a large school district wonders whether her district has an over representation problem. She compares percentages of the students in each racial group who are receiving special education to their percentages in the overall school population. Which calculation method is she using?

Composition Index

One benefit that IDEA provides for family members includes procedures to follow when they do not agree with schools about the education planned for or being delivered to their children. These procedures are referred to as:

Due Process

___________, a student of Itard's, is credited for bringing the special education movement to the United States.

Edouard Seguin

ESL classes conduct instruction primarily in:

English

Elba is leaning to speak English as her second language. The most current tern used to refer to describe Elba is:

English language learner

Audrey Beth has a learning disability. She is required to learn the same content as her peers, but is allowed to give her worksheet answers orally in some classes, and receives extra time to complete assignments in other classes. These changes to Audrey Beth's education are considered to be:

Instructional Accommodations

A cochlear implant is a device that is surgically inserted into a person's ear in order to help them hear. According to IDEA '04, a cochlear implant:

Is NOT an assistive technology device

Mr. Thomas, a special education teacher, serves as a resource to the general education teachers in his school. He determines appropriate accommodations for the students in class, and helps design services and supports that the teachers can implement in their classrooms. Mr. Thomas:

Is a consulting teacher

Yasmina is a first grade student who is struggling to learn to read. Although she has not been formally assessed, she _______ services under IDEA '04:

Is eligible for early intervening

Nico is 26 months old and has just said his first words. Nico:

Is showing signs of a language delay

Which child described below exhibits unexpected underachievement?

Jasmine, grade 4, performs at the fourth grade level in all areas except reading, which is at the second grade level

The comprehension and use of the signs and symbols which represent ideas and the rules that govern these signs and symbols is:

Language

Stephen is a 7th-grader with a visual disability. Which of the following would be an appropriate accommodation for his social studies class?

Provide him with the textbook on audiotape and let him listen to his assignments

The two areas most often affected by a learning disability are:

Reading and writing