Exceptional Learners final

What terminology replaced “mental retardation?”

Intellectual disability

What is the age range of students who receive special education

3-21

What is the definition of special education

Specially designed instruction

What are parent rights in regards to the individualized education program (IEP) meeting?

Invited to meetings and included in instruction

What are some aspects of educating students with disabilities

Technology and modifications

What does IDEA state must be provided for students receiving special education?

IEP and FAPE and the least restrictive environment

What does it mean when IDEA states schools must provide an individualized program for each student?

Assessment of needs, notes from teacher and parents, and goals for the student

what is the correct legally correct sequence of IEP development

evaluate, write IEP, and place them in the proper edu setting

What is the least restrictive environment for a student with intellectual disabilities

General education classroom

More than what percentage of students with disabilities is educated primarily in general education classrooms

More than 50%

What is coteaching

teachers working together in tandem to educate students as a whole

A student with low vision is provided with a set of large-type notes at the beginning of each lecture. this is an example of what

Accommodation

What should a general education classroom teacher do prior to referring a student for special education

Gather data, go through different tiers of response to education

What are quick measurements to determine who may need further assessment

Screening measurements

What is prevalence

The percentage of a population or number of people having a particular exceptionality

What is usually the cause of parental stress of children with disabilities

Providing of day to day normality of students - responsibilities and obligations

What is the effect on young siblings of a child with a disability?

Different expectations fall on them and there could be less attention put on them

What percentage of children with disabilities have intellectual disabilities

2-3%

What environmental hazard is the cause of fetal alcohol syndrome

Consuming alcohol during pregnancy

All IQ tests are culturally biased to a certain extent. True or False?

True

What is the ability to make personal choices, regulate one’s own life, and be a self-advocate called?

Self-determination

Students with ADHD receive special education services under what category

Other health impairments

What was emotional disability considered by the National Mental Health and Special Education Coalition in 1990?

Educational and behavioral disorder

Why is educating students with special gifts and talents a challenge

trying to keep them all engaged and challenging enough for them

What does IDEA state that schools provide for students with special needs

FAPE

Special classes, separate schools, or removal from the general education class should only happen when learning or thinking the difference is so severe that supplementary aids and services can’t provide him with an appropriate education. True or False?

True

Why is there an emphasis on adaptive skills in defining intellectual disabilities

To encourage students to be as independent as possible

Why have people within the deaf community questioned the trend toward inclusion of deaf children?

They see their disability as a gift and they don’t want the world to change that

What does Transition address

Preparing school aged students for life after school

ER: What are some components of special education?

Adaptations and modifications each student needs, goals and objectives, related services they may be receiving

Why is the definition of special education broad?

Because every student is different and there is no one set category for them