SED 206 CHAPTER 8 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Many schools are moving towards a more global approach to the identification of potential high-risk
students through the development of a school based team that, depending on the state in which the student
resides, may be referred to as:
a. The Multidisciplinary Team (MDT)
b. School Based Support Team (SBST)
c. Multifactor Team (MFT)
d. All of the above
Answer:
D
Question:
2. The professional most often responsible for doing a comprehensive achievement battery to determine
where the child's strengths and weaknesses are with respect to academics when compared to national
norms, doing classroom observations, making recommendations for the child's future educational program
(IEP) and monitoring the student's progress over time is the
Answer:
Special education evaluator
Question:
3. Which of the following is not normally a responsibility of the speech and language pathologist?
Answer:
Determining if there are any significant difficulties in either expressing or understanding language
Question:
4. A ________ normally evaluates gross motor skills (e.g., walking, arm movements, throwing a ball),
self-help skills, and job related skills when necessary.
Answer:
Physical therapist
Question:
5. A ________ normally evaluates fine motor skills (e.g. picking things up with 2 fingers, holding a pencil,
etc.). evaluates
Answer:
Occupational therapist
Question:
6. The ________ is normally the first link to determining whether a suspected disability exists
Answer:
Regular education teacher
, Question:
7. The regular education teacher will normally be the professional to:
a. Inform other professionals within the school that a problem appears to be arising with a given child.
b. Explain what the presenting concerns are and when she sees them occurring most often.
c. Implement any pre-referral recommendations or implement the goals which are set forth by the
Committee on Special Education for a child
d. All of the above could be responsibilities of the regular education teacher
Answer:
D
Question:
8. The role of the social worker is often to do which of the following?
a. Compile all of the relevant background history on a child.
b. Meet with parents to discuss family status, family dynamics, potential conflicts, and so on.
c. Run group therapy within the school.
d. All of the above may be the responsibility of the school social worker
Answer:
D
Question:
9. The professional most often responsible for diagnosing intelligence, visual motor coordination, and
emotional behavior of children is the
Answer:
School psychologist
Question:
10. All of the following symptoms might suggest the recommendation for an academic evaluation
EXCEPT:
a. Consistently low test scores on group achievement tests
b. Indications of delayed processing when faced with academic skills
c. Labored handwriting after grade 3
d. Excellent word recall
Answer:
D
Question:
11. All of the following symptoms might suggest the recommendation for a speech and language
evaluation EXCEPT:
a. Difficulty pronouncing words through grade 3
b. Immature or delayed speech patterns
c. Difficulty labeling thoughts or objects
d. Difficulty putting thoughts into words
e. All of the above would warrant a recommendation for a speech and language evaluation
Answer:
E
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Many schools are moving towards a more global approach to the identification of potential high-risk
students through the development of a school based team that, depending on the state in which the student
resides, may be referred to as:
a. The Multidisciplinary Team (MDT)
b. School Based Support Team (SBST)
c. Multifactor Team (MFT)
d. All of the above
Answer:
D
Question:
2. The professional most often responsible for doing a comprehensive achievement battery to determine
where the child's strengths and weaknesses are with respect to academics when compared to national
norms, doing classroom observations, making recommendations for the child's future educational program
(IEP) and monitoring the student's progress over time is the
Answer:
Special education evaluator
Question:
3. Which of the following is not normally a responsibility of the speech and language pathologist?
Answer:
Determining if there are any significant difficulties in either expressing or understanding language
Question:
4. A ________ normally evaluates gross motor skills (e.g., walking, arm movements, throwing a ball),
self-help skills, and job related skills when necessary.
Answer:
Physical therapist
Question:
5. A ________ normally evaluates fine motor skills (e.g. picking things up with 2 fingers, holding a pencil,
etc.). evaluates
Answer:
Occupational therapist
Question:
6. The ________ is normally the first link to determining whether a suspected disability exists
Answer:
Regular education teacher
, Question:
7. The regular education teacher will normally be the professional to:
a. Inform other professionals within the school that a problem appears to be arising with a given child.
b. Explain what the presenting concerns are and when she sees them occurring most often.
c. Implement any pre-referral recommendations or implement the goals which are set forth by the
Committee on Special Education for a child
d. All of the above could be responsibilities of the regular education teacher
Answer:
D
Question:
8. The role of the social worker is often to do which of the following?
a. Compile all of the relevant background history on a child.
b. Meet with parents to discuss family status, family dynamics, potential conflicts, and so on.
c. Run group therapy within the school.
d. All of the above may be the responsibility of the school social worker
Answer:
D
Question:
9. The professional most often responsible for diagnosing intelligence, visual motor coordination, and
emotional behavior of children is the
Answer:
School psychologist
Question:
10. All of the following symptoms might suggest the recommendation for an academic evaluation
EXCEPT:
a. Consistently low test scores on group achievement tests
b. Indications of delayed processing when faced with academic skills
c. Labored handwriting after grade 3
d. Excellent word recall
Answer:
D
Question:
11. All of the following symptoms might suggest the recommendation for a speech and language
evaluation EXCEPT:
a. Difficulty pronouncing words through grade 3
b. Immature or delayed speech patterns
c. Difficulty labeling thoughts or objects
d. Difficulty putting thoughts into words
e. All of the above would warrant a recommendation for a speech and language evaluation
Answer:
E
