Diag Cert Test Study Guide

Diag Cert Test Study Guide When administering assessments to students, what should the educational diagnostician keep in mind with regard to issues of diversity? - The diag needs to make sure that each assessment given to a student is valid and reliable for that particular student's subgroups, whether it is cultural, socioeconomic, language or ethniticy Learning disability - A learning disability is a disorder of the brain that occurs when the way the information transmitted in the brain does so a little differently Should students always be tested in English? - False Students from minority groups are: - Over-represented in special education What would not be a concern the diag needs to keep in mind when working with culturally and linguistically diverse students? - If the students are misclassified, they can receive limited curriculum that does not give appropriate access to the general education curriculum. they will not receive extra benefits The underrepresented of Asian Americans is special-education may be the result of? - Cultural bias must be controlled Providing culturally competent services critical when? - Culturally competent services should be considered when communicating with family during assessment and when planning the students program Since some culturally diverse students may possess schemata which do not match those of the culture for which various school texts were written how can teachers help students counteract discrepancy in the classroom - EL L methods involve cooperative groups and other methods that help delete learning to the students background knowledge José a Hispanic student in fifth grade English speak fluent English and has lived in the United States his entire life he does however have some different culture values such as being uncomfortable with competitions for mainstream America his teacher planed a spelling bee but quickly realized that for José this would be awkward and uncomfortable way for him to learn it culturally sensitive alternative approach to help José learn spelling would be - Placing him in a collaborative learning group with other students to work on spelling words Ways to help prevent and overcome disabilities and diverse populations include - 1. Providing the students with a highly quality of education 2. making education Relevant to them 3. anchoring instructions to their culture and background Juan a Mexican student in the 11th grade move to the United States three years ago he speaks English fairly well but is not quite fluent. he is in special ed what kinds of instructional planning ideas should be to the diagnostician keep in mind when writing suggested interventions in the FI E and provide feedback to juans esl teachers - Teachers should use English as much as possible but only at levels where the student is fluent complex ideas should be introducing students native-language and then reviewed later in English A child who has been diagnosed by the family doctor as having Aspergers syndrome is assessed by the educational diagnostician and the ARD is held. If the ard committee decides that the child is eligible for special education services due to the effects of Aspergers under which idea disability category is the child met eligibility - Autism If the ARD committee were to find that the same child's educational performance was substantially affected due to an emotional disturbance in addition to the child's Asperger's syndrome what would be the appropriate idea disability category or categories - Emotional disturbance To receive special education services under the disability category of emotional disturbances all but which of the following characteristics could make a child eligible under idea - Social maladjustment A child has a traumatic brain injury which was acquired during birth trauma if this injury adversely affects the student education performance the student would qualify for special education services under which of the following disability categories - None The child is referred to special-education for experiencing significance difficulty with his or her emotional performance in math and English when conducting an assessment and evaluation of the students what should the diag keep in mind about the requirements of finding a student eligible for special education services under idea - Achievement and an intelligence test which are given to the student will clearly indicate in which disability category if any the child will be eligible for under idea When evaluating a student with a medical diagnosis ADHD what should education diagnostician know about this disorder - Children with ADHD disorder show significant variability and how much their education performance is adversely affected by the disorder When evaluating a student who displays deficits on norm referenced achievement test and has an IQ in the average range what should the educational diagnostician keep in mind about how a student may meet the criteria for having learning disability under idea - All of the above Discrepancy alone is not enough additional factors to qualify as having a learning disability and must be determined that the student fails to achieve What is the one exception to qualify for the disability category of multiple disabilities when a student has two were more qualified disabilities under idea the combination of which cause additional educational needs then either disability was alone - Deafness and blindness Which factors should be ruled out as causes of low achievement before making a disability diagnoses of a learning disorder - All of the above Property portend this emotional disorder Educational diagnosticians working with early childhood age children should be where which of the following - Children ages 3 to 5 can qualify for special education services under idea if it can be shown that they have developmental delays which make them eligible to receive services Oi stands for the idea disability category of - Orthopedic