Transition Final
According to data presented in class, what percentage of special education students enroll in four-year universities?
B. Less than 5%
In the textbook and lectures, we discussed why employment is important. Which of the following is one of those reasons?
. All of the answers provided are correct.
Which of the following typically leads to transitions experienced by only male students?
. Spermarche
For Session 4, I asked you to watch a video about a program that could help parents of children with disabilities. Which of the following is correct about that video?
. The program provided babysitting for children with disabilities.
To address the demands of the disability community, the federal government passes a new law requiring that all students with disabilities be taught in the regular education classroom one hundred percent of the time and that all regular education teachers must be "highly qualified" in special education. Unfortunately, this means schools no longer need special education teachers and you lose your job. As a result, you are unable to pay back your student loans or pay your rent. You become homeless. Based only upon information provided here, which of the following transitions are evident in this situation?
A and C are correct (societal and personal)
You have a student who has determined that she likes working with animals. She is now trying to figure out what specific career in that area might best suit her. In what stage of career development is she?
A. Career Specialization
Which of the following is required by federal law?
A. Transition goals must be based upon the student's needs and interests. B. Schools must provide community-based, vocational training to all students with disabilities who are 14 years and over. C. All special education students must be provided with a coordinated set of activities designed to promote their movement to post-school life. D. Transition goals must contain a measurable outcome. F. A, C and D are correct. (CORRECT)
Of special education students who go on to two- or four-year universities, approximately how many eventually graduate?
ABOUT 14%
After many years of dealing with the unique needs of having a child with a disability, the parents are beginning to see that having a disability isn't the end of the world and that, while the disability was unexpected, it does not end the possibility of their child having a rich and full life. Of the stages in the grief cycle we discussed in class, which of the following are these parents most likely experiencing?
Acceptance
Which of the following were said to be benefits of strong recreational skills?
All of the answers provided are correct. (CORRECT) B. They enable us to pass time in enjoyable ways. C. They help us builds and maintain social relationships. D. They make us physically and mentally healthier. E. They help us determine what vocation might best match our interests.
You have a two-year old child with several physical disabilities. Of the following, what kind of formal plan would this child most likely have?
B. Individualized Family Service Plan
Which of the following transitions do all students typically experience during the school-age years?
Becoming sexually aware
Which of the following student characteristics are associated with an increased risk of dropping out of school?
Being a male with a history of disciplinary problems B. Being from a minority community C. Being a sexually active female D. Having an emotional or behavioral disability. E. All of the answers provided are correct. (CORRECT)
Which of the following often leads to transitions only for students with disabilities?
Being diagnosed with a disability
Which of the following is not an example of a "transition"?
Being really angry at your roommate.
Which of the following best defines the term "LRE"?
C. The place where a special education student can receive an appropriate education along with non-disabled peers as much as appropriate.
You have a kindergarten student who is learning that people need jobs so that they can financially support themselves. In what stage of career development is this student?
CAREER AWARENESS
According to lecture and the textbook, the ability to utilize the community and its resources to the maximum extent desired is called what?
COMMUNITY ADJUSTMENT
You have a student with disabilities who isn't being socially included within the general education classroom. To increase the likelihood of social interactions, you change the seating chart so that the student with a disability is sitting next to a nice, socially-active, non-disabled peer who shares some of the student's interests. What kind of intervention is this?
CONTEXTUAL INTERVENTION
You have a kindergarten student who is learning that people need jobs so that they can financially support themselves. In what stage of career development is this student?
Career Awareness
You have a student who has determined that she likes working with animals. She is now trying to figure out what specific career in that area might best suit her. In what stage of career development is she?
Career Specialization
You have a student with disabilities who is physically included within the general education classroom, but isn't socially included. So, in an effort to increase her social integration, you create study groups where you group together students who have similar interests. Each group then collectively researches a topic that interests its members. What kind of intervention is this?
Contextual Intervention
What was the origin of the transition movement for people with disabilities in the United States?
Disabled soldiers returning home from World War I needed to be re-trained so that they could get jobs and support themselves.
As part of Session 5, you were asked to watch a film called "Educating Peter." What disability did Peter have?
Down's Syndrome
Suppose that you have a student with many health-related needs. He doesn't require assistance learning. He just needs frequent medical monitoring. Of the plans discussed in class, which would this student most likely have?
E. Individualized Health Care Plan
Suppose you have a student in a high school vocational education program. Of thosed discussed in the book and lecture, what kind of formal plan might this student have?
E. Individualized Technical Education Plan
A couple recently has a child. Of the following, what transitions tend to happen at this stage of family development?
Emphasis shifts from spousal relationships to parent-child relationships
True or False: Adults with disabilities utilize the community (e.g., go out to eat, see movies, etc.) as much as their non-disabled peers
FALSE
According to lecture and the textbook, which of the following is true about formal recreational programs for students with disabilities?
Formal recreation programs for students with special needs tend to be segregated from non-disabled peers.
Which of the following is not an example of a "transition"?
Going to party with a bunch of friends
You have a student who does not want to live with her parents after graduating high school. She'll need a permanent place to live where she can receive constant support and supervision from specially trained professionals. Of the options discussed in class, which would best suit her needs?
Group Home
Parents of a child with severe disabilities learn that the disabilities are genetic and that their DNA caused them. Of the stages in the grief cycle discussed in the class, which of the following is most likely what the parents are experiencing?
Guilt or anger
You have a student with disabilities who is physically included within the general education classroom, but isn't socially included. So, in an effort to increase his social integration, you pull the student aside and teach him how to initiate conversations with his peers. What kind of intervention is this?
INDIVIDUAL INTERVENTION
You have a student who wants to live by herself after graduating high school. The only support that she'll need is assistance cleaning her apartment; however, she believes she will hire a person from a local maid service to come in once a week to do it for her. Of the residential options discussed in the class, which would best suit your student's needs?
Independent Living
For Session 6, you were asked to watch a video about John, a young man with Down's Syndrome. What job did John have?
John worked as a rodeo clown. B. John worked as a legal aid for a local law firm. C. None of the answers provided are correct. (CORRECT) D. John was a waiter at a fancy restaurant. E. John worked as an equipment manager for a minor league baseball team.
According to data presented in class, which of the following is true?
Less than 25% of students with disabilities have hobbies. B. Most recreational activities performed by students with disabilities are with their parents and away from non-disabled peers. C. Lack of training and over-protection is often the main cause why children with disabilities don't participate in recreational activities. D. All of answers provided are correct. (CORRECT)
Which of the following is a reason why lifelong learning is important?
Lifelong learning helps people have more vocational opportunities. B. Lifelong learning enables people to expand their recreational interests. C. Lifelong learning helps increase life satisfaction and health. D. All of the above are correct. (CORRECT)
Which of the following create transitions that only female students will likely experience during their school years?
Menarche
Based upon what was discussed in lecture and the textbook, which of the following is true?
Most students with disabilities do not socialize with non-disabled peers outside of school
You get a job at a school that uses Halpern's Revised-Bridge Model as a guide for providing transition services. For what transition(s) will teachers in your school mostly likely prepare their students?
Movement from High School to Community Adjustment
You get a job at a school that uses OSERS Bridge Model as a guide for providing transition services. For what transition(s) will teachers in your school mostly likely prepare their students?
Movement from High School to Work
You have a student who works as a cook at McDonald's. His ability to sit in the breakroom and socialize appropriately with his non-disabled coworkers is an example of what kind of skill?
NON-TASK RELATED SKILL
For Session 2, you were asked to watch a film called Educating Peter. Which of the following best describes the film?
None of the answers provided are correct.
Which part of the IEP discusses the student's current abilities?
PLOP
A couple has a child who is entering kindergarten. What transition does a family in this stage of development tend to experience?
Parents have to transfer some control to other care providers
A couple has a child who is entering kindergarten. What transition does a family in this stage of development tend to experience
Parents have to transfer some control to other care providers.
You have a student who would like to eventually live independently within the community. However, she will need some training, such as learning how to cook, clean, and be safe in her own apartment. This training will probably only be needed for a month or two. Of the residential placements discussed in class, which best suits her current needs?
Transitional Independent Living Program
For Session 7, you were asked to watch two videos regarding people's reaction to a group home. Which of the following best describes those videos?
People were concerned that the individuals with developmental disabilities who lived in the group home may harm their children. B. People indicated that the group home shouldn't be in their neighborhood. C. People were concerned that sexual offenders might move in. D. All of the answers provided are correct. (CORRECT) E. People indicated that the group home cost too much.
Which of the following is not included in IDEA's definition of "transition services"?
Promotion of inclusion within the general education classroom
Parents of students in special education have many rights. One of them is the ability to be able to appeal decisions made by school officials. The term for this right is:
RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS
Parents of students in special education have many rights. One of them is to have control over the information that is put into the student's file and what is told to teachers about their child's disability. The term for this right is:
Right to Confidentiality
Parents of students in special education have many rights. One of them is the ability to be able to appeal decisions made by school officials. The term for this right is:
Right to Due Process
Which of the following is an example of a "community adjustment" skill?
SELF-ADVOCACY SKILLS
You have a student who does not want to live with her parents after graduating high school. She wants to live in her own house with two of her friends from the school's special education program. Your student and her friends will need some intermittent specialized support, especially with budgeting money, but she certainly won't need constant supervision. Of the residential programs discussed in class, which would most likely fit your student's needs?
Semi-Independent Living Program
You have a student who would like to work after leaving high school. She doesn't care how much money she makes, but she would like to work along side her friends from her high school special education program. She will also require constant supervision by professionals who are trained to provide support to people who have special needs. Of the programs discussed in class, which would best suit your student's needs?
Sheltered Workshop
Suppose we are visited by aliens from another world. They give us technology to help clean our planet and cure many common diseases. They stop all wars and end poverty. Based only on the information presented here, what type of transition is this an example of?
Societal Transition
According to lecture and the book, which of the following is one of the shortcomings of "school-to-work" transition models.
Starting transition planning in high school doesn't give students with disabilities enough time to prepare for adult life. B. School-to-work models don't prepare parents of students with disabilities. C. All of the answers provided are correct. (CORRECT) D. People need to master other transitions in order to be successfully employed. E. There is more to life than working.
Which of the following is true?
Students with disabilities drop out of high school nearly four times more often than do students without disabilities.
You have a student who would like to work in the community making at least minimum wage after graduating high school. Of the employment options discussed in class, which would best suit her needs?
Supported Employment B. Sheltered Workshops C. Competitive Employment D. A and C are correct. (CORRECT) E. All of the answers provided are correct.
True or False: Children with disabilities are physically and sexually abused more often than peers without disabilities.
TRUE
A student of your's works at McDonald's as a cook. His ability to know when to pull the hamburger patties from the grill and how to dress buns are examples of what kind of skill?
Task-Related Skill
For Session 8, you were asked to watch a video about an app that could help people with disabilities access their communities. Which of the following is true regarding that app?
The app enables users to find wheelchair-accessible business.
According to the textbook, what was the primary motivation for the movement promoting the vocational training of people with disabilities in the 1960s?
The desire to improve the quality of life for people with disabilities
Which of the following is the best example of a "societal transition"?
The federal movement to place all students with disabilities in regular education classrooms
A couple has an adolescent child. Which of the following transitions do families in this stage of development tend to experience?
The focus of parents shifts from controlling the child's behavior to allowing the child to make more decisions.
For Session 5, I asked you to watch a video about a couple with intellectual disabilities. Which of the following best describes that video?
The video was about a couple with intellectual disabilities who wanted to have a baby. The couple's parents got involved and attempted to stop them. B. The video was about a couple with intellectual disabilities who opened their own business selling cupcakes and cookies. C. None of the answers are correct. (CORRECT) D. The video was about a couple with intellectual disabilities who sing. They released their first album called Standing Tall. E. The video was about a couple with intellectual disabilities who travel the world and have a successful vlog.
In Session 3, I asked you to watch a video on sheltered workshops. Which of the following is true about that video?
The video was about a lawsuit brought against sheltered workshops.
How do most positions in the community get filled?
They hire somebody the supervisor knows.
For Session 9, you were asked to watch a movie about people with disabilities playing a sport. What sport did they play?
They played wheelchair basketball. B. They played wheelchair hockey. C. None of the answers provided are correct. (CORRECT) D. They played wheelchair baseball. E. They played wheelchair dodgeball.
Which of the following is required by federal law?
Transition goals must be based upon the student's needs and interests. B. Schools must provide community-based, vocational training to all students with disabilities who are 14 years and over. C. All special education students must be provided with a coordinated set of activities designed to promote their movement to post-school life. D. Transition goals must contain a measurable outcome. F. A, C and D are correct. (CORRECT)
According to the textbook, which of the following skills do students with disabilities need in order to become successfully socially included?
Understanding societal expectations B. Empathy C. Conversational Skills D. The ability to self-monitor behavior E. All of the answers provided are correct. (CORRECT)
Which of the following were discussed as being effective ways of increasing the recreational skills of students with disabilities?
Utilizing interest inventories to identify what your students might enjoy doing. B. All of the answers provided are correct. (CORRECT) C. Encourage students with disabilities to take risks and explore new things. D. Educating parents regarding the importance of recreation. E. Expand upon interests that the students already have.
Which of the following is not an example of a "transition"?
Walking from math class to English class.
According to the textbook, what was the primary motivation behind the movement to promote the vocational training of people with disabilities in the 1940s and 1950s?
With so many able-bodied men fighting in the armed services during World War II, individuals were needed to work in factories, especially those contributing to the war effort.
Which of the following is not an example of a personal transition?
You getting angry at your roommate for eating the last slice of pizza.
Which of the following is the best example of a "familial transition"?
Your mother developing breast cancer and requiring expensive on-going medical care.
Which of the following terms means that a person who qualifies for special education services cannot be denied those services regardless of how severe or numerous their disabilities are?
ZERO REJECT
According to Senate Bill 316, by what age must "transition services" be addressed in a student's IEP in Ohio?
by age 14
According to the latest reauthorization of IDEA, by what age must "transition services" be addressed in a student's IEP
by age 16
According to the latest reauthorization of IDEA, by what age must "transition services" be addressed in a student's IEP?
by age 16
According to the latest reauthorization of IDEA, what is the earliest point at which "transition services" can be included within a student's IEP?
by the students first IEP
Which of the following was not a transition outcome mentioned in IDEA's definition of "transition services"?
movement from general education to self-contained classrooms