Student Disabilities Quiz

What is the definition of a learning disability?

• A disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or using spoken or written language.

• a disability that is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities.

• a range of mild to severe physical disabilities including paralysis or weakness in the legs, bowel and bladder incontinence, hydrocephalus, deformities of the spine, and learning difficulties

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a learning disability?

• Academic problems

• Poor motor abilities

• Social skill deficits

• Mathematical disorders

• All of the above are characteristics

What is the definition of a Dyslexia?

• A disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or using spoken or written language.

• a learning disability that is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities.

• a range of mild to severe physical disabilities including paralysis or weakness in the legs, bowel and bladder incontinence, hydrocephalus, deformities of the spine, and learning difficulties

• an injury to the developing brain before or during birth, caused by a reduced blood supply and lack of oxygen to the brain.

Which of the following are accommodations for a student with dyslexia?

• Provide colored strips or bookmarks to help focus on a line of text

• Allow student to only read text one time.

• Use small print books

• Allow text-to-speech tools

• Only allow student to read by themselves

Which of the following is the best definition of Autism?

• a disability that can have significant impact on a students communication skills, social interactions, and behaviors

• An emotional disorder that may be present if a student responds to a situation with an inappropriate behavior of emotion.

• A severe orthopedic impairment that adversely affects educational performance

• Hearing and visual impairments which causes severe communication needs.

Which of the following is a characteristic of autism?

• communicative functioning is often delayed, both verbal and in nonverbal communication abilities

• Socially, individuals with autism can express their desire in socially acceptable ways

• Negative and/or aggressive behaviors are not present in any students with autism

• communicative functioning is always the first characteristic to develop to social levels

Which of the following are accommodations for students with autism?

• Picture schedules

• Extra work to ensure mastery

• Frequent breaks

• Reduced time on assignments to stay on task

Asthma, attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, diabetes, epilepsy, cardiac conditions, hemophilia, leukemia, sickle cell anemia are a part of which disorder?

Which is an accommodation for a student with AD/HD?

• Color-coded materials for each subject

• Only give instructions in writing

• Try to place every problem of tests/quizzes on one piece of paper

• Ensure student sits where he/she wants to sit

Hearing impairment is defined by:

• a severe impairment in processing linguistic information through hearing, with or without amplification

• an impairment in hearing, whether permanent or fluctuating, that adversely affects a child's educational performance

• an impairment in hearing that does not affect verbal or communication skills

• a disability that causes no sound waves to enter the ear canal