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• Which term includes children who experience difficulties in learning as well as those whose performance is so superior that modifications in curriculum and instruction are necessary to help them fulfill their potential?

  Exceptional Children

• Which of the following terms refers to a problem or a disadvantage a person with a disability or impairment encounters when interacting with the environment?

  Handicap

• Which term refers to children who although not currently identified as having a disability, are considered to have a greater than usual chance of developing one?

  At-Risk

• Which of the following are the three most prevalent disability categories?A)Learning disabilities, emotional disturbance, and autismB)Visual impairment, traumatic brain injury, and deaf-blindC)Learning disabilities, speech or language impairments, and other health impairmentsD)Learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, and developmental delay

  C)     Learning disabilities, speech or language impairments, and other health impairments

• Which of the following is an advantage of disability labels?A)Teachers have more appropriate expectations for students who are labeledB)Labels helps make exceptional children’s special needs more visible to policymakers and the public.C)A disproportionate number of children from some racial or ethnic backgrounds have been assigned disability labels.D)Labels indicate what and how to teach children with disabilities

  B)     Labels helps make exceptional children’s special needs more visible to policymakers and the public.

• Most studies conducted to assess the effects of labeling ______.A)Have produced inconclusive, often contradictory evidence and have generally been marked by methodological weaknessesB)Show that it is better to use alternative approaches to classifying children with disabilities, such as according to the curriculum and skill they need to learnC)Show that labeling is more beneficial to students with disabilities than not labeling themD)Suggest that the disability is the most important thing about the child

  A)     Have produced inconclusive, often contradictory evidence and have generally been marked by methodological weaknesses

• Which of the following is required for classifying or labeling?A)For parents to know their child’s disabilityB)For families to receive funds to help the childC)For students to be eligible for special education servicesD)For schools to know in which classroom to place students

  A)     For parents to know their child’s disability

• Which of the following laws extends civil rights protection of people with disabilities to private sector employment, public services, transportation, and telecommunications?

  Americans With Disabilities Act

• Which of the following means due process?A)Schools must provide safeguard to protect the rights of children with disabilities and their parentsB)Schools must educate all children with disabilitiesC)Schools must collaborate with parents and students with disabilitiesD)Schools must use unbiased, multifaceted methods of evaluation to determine whether a child has a disability.

  A)     Schools must provide safeguard to protect the rights of children with disabilities and their parents

• Which of the following is NOT a major principal of IDEA?A)Free appropriate public educationB)Full inclusion in regular classroomsC)Least restrictive environmentD)Parent participation and shared decision making

  B)     Full inclusion in regular classrooms