SERP 400 (Summer 5-Week Course)

1: Which term includes children who experience difficulties in learning as well as those whose performance in so superior that modifications in curriculum and instructions are necessary to help them fulfill their potential? - Exceptional children 2: Which of the following terms refers to a problem or a disadvantage a person with a disability or impairment encounters when interacting with the environment? - Handicap 3: Which terms refers to children who, although not currently identified as having a disability, are considered to have a greater than usual chance of developing one? - At-risk 4: Which of the following are the three most prevalent disability categories? - Learning disabilities, speech or language impairments, and other health impairments 5: What percentage of school age receives special education services? - 13% 6: Which of the following is an advantage of disability labels? - Labels help make exceptional children's special needs more visible to policymakers and the public. 7: Most studies conducted to assess the effects of labeling ______________________________. - have produced inconclusive, often contradictory evidence and have generally been marked by methodological weakness. 8: Which of the following is required for classifying or labeling? - For students to be eligible for special education services. 9: The statement "instruction received by many students with disabilities not only fails to take advantage of that knowledge, it often embraces methods scientific studies have shown to be ineffective" refers to - the research to practice gap. 10: Which of the following laws extends civil rights protection of people with disabilities to private sector employment, public services, transportation, and telecommunications? - American with Disabilities Act (ADA) 11: Which of the following means zero reject? - Schools must educate all children with disabilities. 12: Which of the following is NOT a major principal of IDEA? - Full inclusion in regular classrooms 13: The level of preventive intervention is aimed at individuals with a disability and intended to prevent the effects of the disability from worsening. - Tertiary prevention 14: Teaching a student who cannot speak to use an alternative and augmentative communication device is an example of which type of intervention? - Compensatory intervention 15: Which of the following means due process? - Schools must provide safeguards to protect the rights of children with disabilities and their parents. 1: Which step is not required by IDEA? - prereferral intervention 2: Which of the following is NOT one of the purposes of prereferral intervention? - To increase the frequency of special education placement for children whose learning or behavioral problems are the result of inappropriate instruction 3: Which of the following is a formal and systematic process that assess how a student responds to increasingly intensive instruction? - Response to intervention (RTI) 4: Which of the following is a required component of the IEP? - An explanation of the extent to which the child will not participate with children who are not disabled in the regular class. 5: Which of the following should include a statement of program modifications or supports for school personnel that will be provided for the child? - A statement of special education and related services.