EDUC 521 Quiz 1
1.When a child is diagnosed with a serious disability, their parents usually experience the emotion
of _____ last
Acceptance
2.The major goal for the family-focused approach is to
Help parents become more autonomous and less dependent on professionals
3.The following factors influence how well a family adapts to the presence of a child with
disabilities
The nature of the stressor event, the family’s resources, and the perception of the situation
4.Sibshops are workshops designed for which population?
Siblings of children with special needs
5.Education intervention based on an ecological model would involve
Examining the interaction of the individuals characteristics with the environment’s demands
6.Which of the following is an appropriate role for special education personnel working with
families?
To facilitate the identification and procurement of services
7.The part of the Infomration Processing Model that is the decision-making aspect is the
Executive function
8.One of the most important things that teachers can do for children from diverse cultures is to
Be aware of the factors that shape their own cultural views
9.Which of the following is NOT a high-incidence disability?
Hearing impairment
10.Most of the interventions with children aged 3 through 5 is directed toward generating more
constructive _____ interactions
Parent-child
11.The shift away from the medical model of defining exceptionality is the result of
Increasing recognition of the influence of the environment
12.The Information Processing Model
Is a model for understanding the complex way children learn
13.The increasing interest in the family as a focus for intervention is based on which of the following
assumptions?
Involving and supporting families is likely to be a more powerful intervention than focusing
exclusively on the child
14.Response to Intervention is
A multilevel approach of academic intervention used to provide early, effective assistance to
children before referral to special education and identification
15.Siblings of children with disabilities
Typically have many unverbalized questions about the child with a disability
16.Interindividual differences are differences that exist
Between a child and other children
17.Using tiers to deliver different intensity of instruction and intervention is an example of
a.Response to Intervention (R+I)
18.In most cases, the influence of an individual’s genetic makeup
a.can only increase or decrease the probability of a certain outcome occurring.
19.From an educator’s point of view, identification of a student as exceptional is necessary when
the student
a.Requires special adaptations in the educational program
20.Historically, the disabling condition of any student was perceived as
a.Residing exclusively in the student
21.Prevalence is difficult to measure because
a.Differing criteria may be used to identify children with exceptionalities
