GACE Special Education General
Curriculum terms Final Exam Question
with 100% Solution
dysgraphia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔brain-based disorder in which
written expression is impaired: listed under IDEA as a "specific learning
disability"
dyscalculia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔disability with mathematical
problems: numerical sense, equations, identifying numbers, etc
"Defines a range of difficulties in math, such as the inability to
understand numbers' meanings, measurements, patterns,
mathematical terms and the application of mathematical principals.
Early cues include a young child's inability to group items by size or
color, recognize patterns or understand the meaning or order of
numbers."
accommodations - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔changes in HOW
students learn and are assessed
Modifications - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔changes in WHAT students
are expected to learn
IEP section 504 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔NON-IEP STUDENTS---
have other disabilities, i.e. physical, ADHD, ADD, etc.
, GACE Special Education General
Curriculum terms Final Exam Question
with 100% Solution
Requires schools to supply accommodations for all students with
disabilities even if they don't have IEPs
Augmentative and alternative communication (ACC) - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔the communication methods used to supplement or
replace speech or writing for those with impairments in the production
or comprehension of spoken or written language
Cerebral palsy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔umbrella term that groups
neurological childhood disorders that affect muscular control; does not
worsen over time and cause is located in damaged areas of the brain
that control muscle movement
response to intervention (RTI) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a strategy
for diagnosing learning disabilities in which a student with an academic
delay receives research supported interventions to correct the delay. If
the interventions do not result in considerable academic improvement,
the failure to respond suggests casual learning disabilities.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Children and adults with OCD typically engage in a series of highly
ritualized behaviors that are rigidly performed when they feel stressed.
Behaviors include tapping, snapping fingers, blinking, counting and so
forth.
Curriculum terms Final Exam Question
with 100% Solution
dysgraphia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔brain-based disorder in which
written expression is impaired: listed under IDEA as a "specific learning
disability"
dyscalculia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔disability with mathematical
problems: numerical sense, equations, identifying numbers, etc
"Defines a range of difficulties in math, such as the inability to
understand numbers' meanings, measurements, patterns,
mathematical terms and the application of mathematical principals.
Early cues include a young child's inability to group items by size or
color, recognize patterns or understand the meaning or order of
numbers."
accommodations - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔changes in HOW
students learn and are assessed
Modifications - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔changes in WHAT students
are expected to learn
IEP section 504 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔NON-IEP STUDENTS---
have other disabilities, i.e. physical, ADHD, ADD, etc.
, GACE Special Education General
Curriculum terms Final Exam Question
with 100% Solution
Requires schools to supply accommodations for all students with
disabilities even if they don't have IEPs
Augmentative and alternative communication (ACC) - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔the communication methods used to supplement or
replace speech or writing for those with impairments in the production
or comprehension of spoken or written language
Cerebral palsy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔umbrella term that groups
neurological childhood disorders that affect muscular control; does not
worsen over time and cause is located in damaged areas of the brain
that control muscle movement
response to intervention (RTI) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a strategy
for diagnosing learning disabilities in which a student with an academic
delay receives research supported interventions to correct the delay. If
the interventions do not result in considerable academic improvement,
the failure to respond suggests casual learning disabilities.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Children and adults with OCD typically engage in a series of highly
ritualized behaviors that are rigidly performed when they feel stressed.
Behaviors include tapping, snapping fingers, blinking, counting and so
forth.
