Special Education Early Childhood Exam
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Compared with children without hearing loss, children born with hearing loss are more
likely to experience significant delays in which developmental domain? - ✔✔Language
Which fine-motor skills do children typically develop last? - ✔✔Cutting shapes with
scissors
Compared with students with mild intellectual disabilities, students with learning
disabilities are more likely to have what? - ✔✔One or more specific cognitive difficulties
rather than global delays.
Students with mild intellectual disabilities tend to exhibit which cognitive
characteristic? - ✔✔Difficulty applying newly learned skills to a different context.
Which gross-motor skills do children typically develop last? - ✔✔Jumping forward,
taking off and landing with two feet.
Which student is demonstrating characteristics most often associated with an emotional
impairment? - ✔✔A second-grade student who frequently complains of a stomachache
in the morning before going to school
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,Which students is demonstrating characteristics most often associated with autism
spectrum disorder (ASD)? - ✔✔A kindergarten student who does not engage in pretend
play, talks exclusively about astronomy, and misinterprets social cues.
Generally the most advanced linguistic skill a typical 8 year old can be expected to
demonstrate? - ✔✔telling a story that includes cause and effect relationships
Which social/emotional abilities typically appears for the first time during adolescence?
- ✔✔Understanding that the perspective of others may be influences by their
background or circumstances.
Which student is demonstrating characteristics most often associated with a pragmatic
language disorder? - ✔✔a fourth grade student who has difficulty understanding
conversational turn taking.
Which symptom is most characteristic of an absence seizure? - ✔✔Staring blankly for a
brief of time
A student has a a disability that impairs both his understanding of spatial relationships
and his perceptual-motor skills. What is likely to pose the greatest difficulty to this
student? - ✔✔Constructing congruent geometric shapes on a graph paper
A middle school student with learning disabilities in reading and writing and ADHD
recently began taking a prescribed stimulant medication. Which behavioral changes
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, should the students special ed teacher expect to observe? - ✔✔increased ability to focus
on academic tasks
A student with mild intellectual disability and an emotional impairment frequently
becomes aggressive when frustrated. The most effective way for the students family to
support her social/emotional development would be to: - ✔✔implement a behavior
management strategy at home that complements her school behavioral plan.
A student with short-term memory deficits would likely have the most difficulty with
what? - ✔✔following multistep oral directions
A special educator is meeting with the parents and siblings of a student who will begin
receiving special education services because of a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI),
orthopedic impairment, and specific learning disabilities. To help this students ongoing
learning and development, it would be appropriate for the special educator to
encourage the family to: - ✔✔Communicate openly among themselves about the
students strengths and needs.
A 6th grade student with a learning disability in reading has difficulty understand the
meaning of words. This student is likely to experience the most difficulty with what
activity? - ✔✔copying a list of vocabulary words from the board
A special educator should be aware that anticonvulsant medications used to control
seizure disorders most often have what side effect? - ✔✔drowsiness
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Compared with children without hearing loss, children born with hearing loss are more
likely to experience significant delays in which developmental domain? - ✔✔Language
Which fine-motor skills do children typically develop last? - ✔✔Cutting shapes with
scissors
Compared with students with mild intellectual disabilities, students with learning
disabilities are more likely to have what? - ✔✔One or more specific cognitive difficulties
rather than global delays.
Students with mild intellectual disabilities tend to exhibit which cognitive
characteristic? - ✔✔Difficulty applying newly learned skills to a different context.
Which gross-motor skills do children typically develop last? - ✔✔Jumping forward,
taking off and landing with two feet.
Which student is demonstrating characteristics most often associated with an emotional
impairment? - ✔✔A second-grade student who frequently complains of a stomachache
in the morning before going to school
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,Which students is demonstrating characteristics most often associated with autism
spectrum disorder (ASD)? - ✔✔A kindergarten student who does not engage in pretend
play, talks exclusively about astronomy, and misinterprets social cues.
Generally the most advanced linguistic skill a typical 8 year old can be expected to
demonstrate? - ✔✔telling a story that includes cause and effect relationships
Which social/emotional abilities typically appears for the first time during adolescence?
- ✔✔Understanding that the perspective of others may be influences by their
background or circumstances.
Which student is demonstrating characteristics most often associated with a pragmatic
language disorder? - ✔✔a fourth grade student who has difficulty understanding
conversational turn taking.
Which symptom is most characteristic of an absence seizure? - ✔✔Staring blankly for a
brief of time
A student has a a disability that impairs both his understanding of spatial relationships
and his perceptual-motor skills. What is likely to pose the greatest difficulty to this
student? - ✔✔Constructing congruent geometric shapes on a graph paper
A middle school student with learning disabilities in reading and writing and ADHD
recently began taking a prescribed stimulant medication. Which behavioral changes
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, should the students special ed teacher expect to observe? - ✔✔increased ability to focus
on academic tasks
A student with mild intellectual disability and an emotional impairment frequently
becomes aggressive when frustrated. The most effective way for the students family to
support her social/emotional development would be to: - ✔✔implement a behavior
management strategy at home that complements her school behavioral plan.
A student with short-term memory deficits would likely have the most difficulty with
what? - ✔✔following multistep oral directions
A special educator is meeting with the parents and siblings of a student who will begin
receiving special education services because of a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI),
orthopedic impairment, and specific learning disabilities. To help this students ongoing
learning and development, it would be appropriate for the special educator to
encourage the family to: - ✔✔Communicate openly among themselves about the
students strengths and needs.
A 6th grade student with a learning disability in reading has difficulty understand the
meaning of words. This student is likely to experience the most difficulty with what
activity? - ✔✔copying a list of vocabulary words from the board
A special educator should be aware that anticonvulsant medications used to control
seizure disorders most often have what side effect? - ✔✔drowsiness
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