A prekindergarten student has difficulty lacing shoes, using scissors, and manipulating small buttons. Targeted intervention to support this student should focus primarily on developing which type of skill?
Understanding Students With Disabilities
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According to typical patterns of physical development, which sequence best describes the direction in which motor control generally emerges in young children?
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A special education teacher wants to choose an instructional approach supported by the strongest evidence of effectiveness. Which source would provide the most reliable research base?
A young child who is deaf-blind is beginning to develop intentional communication. Which approach would most effectively support early communication for this student?
Which of the following best describes a defining characteristic of a specific learning disability under IDEA?
A student demonstrates significant difficulty with phonological processing, decoding unfamiliar words, and spelling, despite adequate instruction and intelligence. These characteristics are most consistent with which condition?
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A teacher notices that a student with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) struggles most with sustaining attention during long independent tasks. Which characteristic of ADHD does this difficulty most directly reflect?
A student with an emotional disability frequently escalates when given unexpected changes to the daily schedule. Which factor should the teacher consider first when planning supports?
Which statement best reflects how culture and language background can influence the identification of students with disabilities?
A high school student who is recovering from a traumatic brain injury (TBI) shows new difficulty with organization, memory, and processing speed. Which instructional response is most appropriate?
Chapter 1: Understanding Students with Disabilities
1.1 Human Growth, Development, and Factors Affecting Learning
According to social-emotional development theory, recognizing and labeling emotions and beginning to control impulsive behaviors are key prerequisites for which subsequent stage of development in early elementary students?
Which of the following best illustrates the influence of environmental factors, rather than an inherent disability, on a child's development and learning?
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A student with an intellectual disability is learning to use public transportation independently. This goal most directly reflects the development of which domain?
A teacher observes that a student with autism spectrum disorder demonstrates strong rote memory but struggles to apply learned information in novel social situations. This profile most directly reflects a difficulty with which area?
1.2 Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) and ADHD
Which principle best explains why understanding typical developmental milestones is important for a learning behavior specialist?
A student with a communication disorder uses an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device. Which understanding should most guide the teacher's expectations for the student's participation?
A teacher is selecting an assessment to monitor a student's reading-fluency progress every two weeks. Which type of assessment is most appropriate for this purpose?
Assessing Students And Developing Individualized Programs
Within a response-to-intervention (RTI) framework, a student in Tier 2 receives a research-based small-group intervention. Progress-monitoring data show the student's slope of improvement is below the aim line over eight weeks. What is the most appropriate next step for the problem-solving team?
1.3 Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disabilities
Which characteristic distinguishes a criterion-referenced assessment from a norm-referenced assessment?
A test consistently yields very similar scores when the same student is assessed on different days under similar conditions. This quality of the test is best described as its
A multidisciplinary team is determining a student's eligibility for special education. Which practice best reflects appropriate, legally sound evaluation procedures under IDEA?
A teacher conducts a functional behavior assessment (FBA) for a student whose disruptive behavior occurs mainly during independent writing tasks. The FBA's primary purpose is to determine which of the following?
1.4 Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
An IEP team writes a measurable annual goal. Which short-term objective best reflects the practice of using benchmarks to measure progress toward that goal?
When communicating standardized assessment results to a parent who is unfamiliar with educational testing, which approach is most appropriate?
A student's special education eligibility evaluation must be conducted in the student's native language or other mode of communication unless it is clearly not feasible. This requirement is intended primarily to ensure that
A 30-month-old toddler with a developmental delay is transitioning from early intervention services. Which document guides services for an eligible infant or toddler and their family before the move to school-age services?
1.5 Physical, Sensory, and Communication Disabilities
Which component must be included in every student's IEP to describe the student's current functioning as the basis for measurable goals?
Under Illinois special education law (105 ILCS 5/14-8.03), a transition plan addressing postsecondary goals must be in effect beginning not later than the first IEP to be in effect when the student turns
An IEP team is considering placement for a student. The principle of the least restrictive environment (LRE) requires that the student be educated
A teacher wants to collect baseline data on how often a student calls out without raising a hand during a 30-minute lesson. Which data-collection method is most appropriate?
1.6 Developmental Theories and Processes of Learning
Which scenario best describes the purpose of a manifestation determination review?
A student's IEP requires assistive technology to access the curriculum. Which step best reflects appropriate consideration of assistive technology by the IEP team?
A standardized assessment was normed on a sample that did not include students with the same cultural and linguistic background as a particular student. The most appropriate response is to
A general education teacher reports that a student is struggling academically. Before referring the student for a special education evaluation, the school should typically
1.7 Communication and Language Development: Typical and Atypical Patterns
A teacher uses a student's classroom work samples, observations, and performance on real tasks to evaluate learning over time. This type of assessment is best described as
A student's IEP includes the accommodation of extended time on tests. The IEP team should ensure that this accommodation is
Which of the following best distinguishes an accommodation from a modification?
An IEP team reviews progress-monitoring graphs and finds a student has already met two annual goals well before the annual review date. The most appropriate action is to
1.8 Family, Culture, Comorbidity, and Evidence-Based Sources
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