Educating Exceptional Students Midterm Study Guide

Bob Holcomb was the first advocate for what type of communication system?

Why is the team approach to serving students with disabilities so important?

The difficulties faced by students with ADHD are solely behaviorally based.

According to estimates, how many children with exceptionalities are there in the United States?

What type of hearing loss occurs when something blocks the sound passing through the outer or middle ear?

What are the most typical medications prescribed for children with ADHD?

What role do environmental factors play in the outcomes for children with ADHD?

Learning disabilities are the smallest category of disabilities among all racial and ethnic groups.

What classroom activities would be difficult for a student with both dysgraphia and sensory integration dysfunction?

Research has shown that a full inclusion program is good for meeting the need of all students with learning disabilities

Why are expectations of students a source of the tension between NCLB and IDEA?

Students who are hard of hearing can be included in a general education classroom if provided the appropriate support.

What's concerning for a clinician working with a child diagnosed with ADHD and another mental health concern

What is a focus of Tier I supports for a student with a visual impairment in the general education classroom?

Who first coined the phrase learning disability?

The term ADHD encompasses two forms of difficulties: inattention and hyperactivity.

Urban students living in poverty are more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD but less likely to receive support

What is the duty of the court system in the lives of children with exceptionalities and their families?

What is a multi-sensory tool that combines hand cues with written symbols that represent speech sounds

Approximately what percentage of deaf students are educated primarily in residential schools?

What law increased access to public education for students with visual impairments?

When genetics are the cause for hearing loss, the child has inherited it from a parent with hearing loss.

Why is it important financially to formally identify exceptionalities in students?

What parts of the information processing model are significantly impacted by a lack of visual input?

What was the first law "to assure that all handicapped children are available to a free appropriate public education"?

An ecological model of exceptionality:

Who is taking the lead in researching the causes for ADHD?

Students with ADHD qualify for services through which disability category?

How have the courts been influential in changing the status of children with disabilities in the United States?

What factor likely accounts for over half of the incidents of congenital hearing loss?

The educational needs of students with visual impairments are the same regardless of the student's level of vision

What is the main purpose of the Early Learning Observation & Rating Scale (ELORS)?

What is an example of a high-incidence disability?

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 states that all students:

What two aspects of a student's life are studied before making a diagnosis of a learning disability?

What was the original goal of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)?

What percent of children with ADHD have another area of concern?

While individual difficulties with ADHD vary, the primary difficulties for children with ADHD are in what area?

What is the estimated percentage of college students with ADHD?

In the ecological model, the child with exceptionalities is:

As the diversity of students with visual impairments increases, what other aspects of their education need to increase?

What percentage of the general population have some degree of hearing loss?

Children with comorbid externalizing disorders have more difficulties with:

Why is it difficult to estimate how many children have exceptionalities?

According to the U.S. Department of Education, what percent of individuals are receiving special education services?

Parents and teachers of children with visual impairments must be aware that they are unable to benefit from:

RtI Tier 1 supports for students with ADHD in the general education classroom often begin with what strategies?

Where did formal efforts to educate children with visual impairments begin in the United States?

What is the most frequently used hearing assessment?

Genetic causes of blindness are common

An absence or lack of pigmentation, often associated with vision impairments, is known as what?

Who is acknowledged as the first to identify educational strategies for students who were hyperactive and distractible?

While the challenges for students with ADHD change over the years, studies show that they don't diminish.

What is the most common impediment to using assistive technology for a student with a visual impairment?

A family-centered model of working with children with exceptionalities:

Where do more than half of all students with visual impairments primarily spend their school day?

At what age must a transition plan from school to work be written for a student with exceptionalities?

Many hearing parents often misperceive their young child's hearing loss as:

What has made professionals more sensitive to the need to help transition students into the community?

Children who struggle with organizing ideas and decision making have difficulty with what component?

What is a clear indicator that leads to poor academic and employment outcomes among students with visual impairments?