HSC3559 Exam Questions And
Correct Answers
The ADA was passed by U.S. Congress in 1990, in 2008 Congress clarified the definition of a person
with a disability with the:
ADAAA
The term pathology refers to:alterations in an organism caused by a disease
alterations in an organism caused by a disease
This passage states that "No otherwise qualified person with a disability...shall, solely on the basis of
disability, be denied access to, or the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program
or activity..."
Section 504
A professional who specializes in developing self-care, work, play-activities and fine motor skills is:
Occupational Therapist
In 1990, Congress renamed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, to the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
True
This principle states that no student with a disability can be denied a free and appropriate public
education regardless of the nature, type, or extent of the disability. This is referred to as:
zero exclusion principle
Match the following four phases that are involved in ensuring that all eliible students with disabilities
receive a free and appropriate public education.
Phase 1: initiating the referral
Phase 2: assessing student eligibility and educational needs
Phase 3: Developing the individualized education program
Phase 4: Determining the least restrictive environment
The cultural approach is based on differences in the course of human development from what is
considered normal physical, social, and intellectual growth.
False
Match the laws to their descriptions:
PL 94-142: This federal law made a free and appropriate education available to all students
PL 99-457: Extended the rights and protections to children ages 3 to 5
PL 108-446: Establishes new state programs for multiyear IEPs
PL 101-476: Two new categories of disabilities are added (autism and traumatic brain injury)
IDEA defines emotional disturbance as:
Inability to learn which cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory or health factors
, Opponents of the current IDEA definition of serious emotional disturbance have criticized its
lack of clarity, incompleteness, and exclusion of persons described as being socially maladjusted.
Students who individually exhibit overt aggression, negativism, defiance of authority figures, and
verbal aggression are exhibiting characteristics of which behavior category?
Conduct disorder
Conduct disorder: The key word here is individually. If these behaviors were to occur primarily as a
function of group or gang activity, we would use the socialized aggression as the classification.
Therapy that focuses on the role of thinking and language and how they influence behavior and
related feelings.
Cognitive-behavior therapy
Geni reports that her twelve-year-old son has, for the past year, been persistently eating paint chips
and plaster. This is an example of:
pica
At what age should parents become concerned if their child has consistent problems with bowel and
bladder control that is not a function of any physical disorder?
past four or five
five or six: p. 190 Parents should be concerned about children who continue to soil or wet well after
age 4 or 5, particularly if the soiling or wetting problem is not a function of some physical abnormality.
This is the age standard employed in the DSM-IV.
A student who is inordinately fearful about future events, and has difficulty separating from a parent
or another close relationship is likely to be experiencing
anxiety disorders.
The transition team is what phase of the Wraparound process:
Phase 4
What is/are the key elements of Response to Intervention (RTI):
Careful formal and informal assessments detailing the child's challengin behaviors
Careful formal and informal assessments detailing the child's challengin behaviors
Involves support in school and at home to children and their families
Jim's teacher is interested in identifying his strengths in several important areas. The best model for
this is
strength-based assessment
Children and youth with Emotional Behavioral Disorders tend to have average to below-average IQs
compared to their peers.
True
Correct Answers
The ADA was passed by U.S. Congress in 1990, in 2008 Congress clarified the definition of a person
with a disability with the:
ADAAA
The term pathology refers to:alterations in an organism caused by a disease
alterations in an organism caused by a disease
This passage states that "No otherwise qualified person with a disability...shall, solely on the basis of
disability, be denied access to, or the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program
or activity..."
Section 504
A professional who specializes in developing self-care, work, play-activities and fine motor skills is:
Occupational Therapist
In 1990, Congress renamed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, to the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
True
This principle states that no student with a disability can be denied a free and appropriate public
education regardless of the nature, type, or extent of the disability. This is referred to as:
zero exclusion principle
Match the following four phases that are involved in ensuring that all eliible students with disabilities
receive a free and appropriate public education.
Phase 1: initiating the referral
Phase 2: assessing student eligibility and educational needs
Phase 3: Developing the individualized education program
Phase 4: Determining the least restrictive environment
The cultural approach is based on differences in the course of human development from what is
considered normal physical, social, and intellectual growth.
False
Match the laws to their descriptions:
PL 94-142: This federal law made a free and appropriate education available to all students
PL 99-457: Extended the rights and protections to children ages 3 to 5
PL 108-446: Establishes new state programs for multiyear IEPs
PL 101-476: Two new categories of disabilities are added (autism and traumatic brain injury)
IDEA defines emotional disturbance as:
Inability to learn which cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory or health factors
, Opponents of the current IDEA definition of serious emotional disturbance have criticized its
lack of clarity, incompleteness, and exclusion of persons described as being socially maladjusted.
Students who individually exhibit overt aggression, negativism, defiance of authority figures, and
verbal aggression are exhibiting characteristics of which behavior category?
Conduct disorder
Conduct disorder: The key word here is individually. If these behaviors were to occur primarily as a
function of group or gang activity, we would use the socialized aggression as the classification.
Therapy that focuses on the role of thinking and language and how they influence behavior and
related feelings.
Cognitive-behavior therapy
Geni reports that her twelve-year-old son has, for the past year, been persistently eating paint chips
and plaster. This is an example of:
pica
At what age should parents become concerned if their child has consistent problems with bowel and
bladder control that is not a function of any physical disorder?
past four or five
five or six: p. 190 Parents should be concerned about children who continue to soil or wet well after
age 4 or 5, particularly if the soiling or wetting problem is not a function of some physical abnormality.
This is the age standard employed in the DSM-IV.
A student who is inordinately fearful about future events, and has difficulty separating from a parent
or another close relationship is likely to be experiencing
anxiety disorders.
The transition team is what phase of the Wraparound process:
Phase 4
What is/are the key elements of Response to Intervention (RTI):
Careful formal and informal assessments detailing the child's challengin behaviors
Careful formal and informal assessments detailing the child's challengin behaviors
Involves support in school and at home to children and their families
Jim's teacher is interested in identifying his strengths in several important areas. The best model for
this is
strength-based assessment
Children and youth with Emotional Behavioral Disorders tend to have average to below-average IQs
compared to their peers.
True
