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What is a part of the exclusionary criteria for learning disabilities?
An impairment that is caused primarily by emotional disturbance.
Difficulty with decoding words, comprehending text, and appropriate speed and fluency are elements of:
Reading disorder
Procedural problems, and fact retrieval are indications of:
Math difficulty
An example of working memory is:
The ability to preserve some information while processing other information.
Having difficulty recalling information shortly after it is presented is an example of what?
Short term memory
Children and youth with reading learning disabilities typically have less activity in which part of the brain?
Left Hemisphere
Ways that IDEA allows agencies to determine the presence of learning disabilities are through each of these ways EXCEPT
Report card grades
RTI is a model for:
Instruction
Which of the following entails receiving, understanding, and expressing information, feelings, and ideas?
Communication
Which of the following is characterized by difficulty receiving or understanding information?
Receptive language disorder
Which of the following provides rules for putting together a series of words to form sentences?
Syntax
Which dimensions of language determine the content and social use of language?
Semantics and pragmatics
What is the overall organizer for language?
Pragmatics
Which of the following emphasizes that communication skills are learned through social interactions?
Social interaction theory
One of the most frequent communication disorders in preschool and school-age children is:
Articulation Disorders
Substitutions, omissions, and distortions are characteristics of:
Articulation disorders
Which of the following is a motor speech disorder that affects the way in which a student plans to produce speech?
Apraxia of speech
Each of the following is a part of the definition of emotional disturbance except:
An inability in one or more of the basic psychological processes
Each of the following is a type of emotional or behavioral disorder except:
Repressive disorder
Excessive and intense fear associated with being away from home, family, and others whom the child has a close attachment is:
Separation anxiety disorder
An overwhelming attack resulting in rapid heartbeat, dizziness, and/or other physical symptoms is:
Panic disorder
An extreme deviation in either a depressed or an elevated direction, or sometimes in both directions at the same time is:
Mood disorder
The highest rate of depression occurs among:
Adolescent girls
Students with oppositional defiant disorder have some of each of the following behaviors for at least 6 months except:
Severe aggressive and antisocial behavior
People are classified as having schizophrenia if they have each of the following symptoms, except?
Auditory hallucinations of a voice commenting on themselves
Behaviors that are persistently aggressive or involve acting-out and noncompliant behaviors are:
Externalizing
Each of the following is a category of conduct disorder except which one?
unfounded fearfulness
Brain functioning and heredity relate to which cause of emotional or behavioral disorders?
Biological
Temperament refers to behavioral tendencies that are which of the following?
biologically based
Compared to heads of households in the general population, how likely are heads of households with children with emotional or behavioral disorders to have high school diplomas?
Two times less likely
According to IDEA, five characteristics of emotional or behavioral disorders include each of the following except:
Inability to feel fear
Which IDEA category includes ADHD?
Other health impariments
What fraction of students served under the category that includes ADHD actually have ADHD?
Greater than 2/3
Fidgeting, leaving the seat in the classroom, running or climbing excessively, difficulty playing or engaging in leisure activities, blurting out answers, difficulty waiting to take turns, and talking excessively are characteristics of
AD/HD hyperactive/impulsive type
Which of the following is not criteria for ADHD under APA definition?
Attributed to another disability
What is the prevalence of ADHD in boys vs. girls?
Approximately 3 times as many boys have ADHD than girls.
Students with which type of ADHD are usually identified earliest?
Predominantly hyperactive-impulsive type
For students who have inattentive type of ADHD, teachers should make sure students have enough time to shift from one activity to another, allow flexible limits for finishing work, simplify tasks that have multiple steps, and:
teach organization skills
The majority of children with ADHD have:
Combined type
Most students with ADHD have IQ scores in what range?
Average range
66% of students with ADHD exhibit:
Internal and externalizing behaviors
Intellectual disabilities are characterized by significant limitations both in:
Intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior.
According to IDEA, intellectual disabilities must manifest:
Before 18 years of age
Each of the following is an assumption regarding the definition of intellectual disabilities except:
The condition is permanent, and even with personalized supports over a sustained period it does not improve.
Students with lower IQs tend to have which of the following?
Greater needs for supports to function at school
Students with intellectual disabilities have an IQ that is which of the following?
50-55 to approximately 70
Students with intellectual disabilities have difficulty transferring knowledge or behavior learned for doing one task to another task for each of the following reasons EXCEPT:
They do not have the intellectual capacity to learn the skill.
Which of the following refers to the time of onset of the disability as being before birth?
Prenatal
Risk factors that have been identified to possibly cause intellectual disabilities include each of the following except which one?
Family factors
Autism is a developmental disability that significantly affects a student's verbal and nonverbal communication, social interaction, and:
Educational performance
Autism is generally evident before age three and is manifested when the child resists environmental change, displays unusual responses to sensory experiences, and:
Engages in repetitive activities and stereotypical movements
Compared to European American children, students who are Black or Latino are
Less likely to be diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder
Each of the following is a characteristic of autism except:
Typical Language development
Students with autism often have all or some of the following characteristics of communication except:
Articulation problems
Atypical social development is characterized by each of the following except:
Too readily sharing enjoyment with others.
Which of the following involves repeated movements and verbalizations, such as motor movements, persistent attention to parts of objects, and strict adherence to routines?
Repetitive behavior
When students engage in behavior that impedes their or other students' learning, IDEA requires educators to consider using:
Positive behavior support
Problem behavior seen in students with autism includes aggression, tantrums, property destruction, and which of the following?
Self-injurious behavior
Which of the following are related to food selectivity, toe walking, visual/auditory sensitivity, and energy levels?
Sensory disorders
Autism is primarily:
Biological in origin