EDUC 230 Questions with Detailed Verified Answers

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EDUC 230 Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
Question: impairment
Answer: loss/reduced function of a body part/organ


Question:
disability
Answer: exists when impairment limits ability to perform certain tasks


Question:
handicap
Answer: problem a person may have interacting with environment


Question:
special education
Answer: customized instructional program that meets needs of individual
learner


Question:
Majority of kids in spec ed are
Answer: male


Question:
Most spec ed services for
Answer: Specific learning disabilities

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Question:
Most disabilities are (severity)
Answer: mild-moderate


Question:
Most positive changes occurred over the last
Answer: 35-40 years


Question:
spec. ed = set of services that ____ student
Answer: wrap around


Question:
most definitions of disability are ____-based
Answer: defecit


Question:
most definitions of disability are ____-based
Answer: defecit


Question:
type of intervention: at risk kids, genetic counseling, preventing handicap
from becoming disability
Answer: Preventive


Question:
type of intervention: catch kid up to mainstream with intense instruction

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Answer: remedial


Question:
type of intervention: teaching kid how to get around, use technology
communication
Answer: compensatory


Question:
push-in model
Answer: specialist comes into room so kid isn't taken out


Question:
fraction of kids in spec. ed
Answer: 1/10 (~60.5 million)


Question:
Smallest population of disability
Answer: dual sensory impairments


Question:
incidence
Answer: how many born with disability in given time frame


Question:
prevalence
Answer: how many out there at given time frame