Test 3 Review

What percentage of individuals with autism spectrum disorders is considered to be “autistic savants”?

• 1%

• 5%

• 10%

• 25%

Whose work first described the symptoms that characterize autism?

• Bernard Rimland

• Leo Kanner

• Bruno Bettelheim

•  Ole Ivar Lovaas

Leo Kanner differentiated autism from schizophrenia in all except which one of the following areas:

• Extreme aloneness from the very beginning of life

• Powerful desire for aloneness and sameness

     

• Obsessive-compulsive behavior

• An attachment to objects

Which is not included in the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for autism?

• Impairment in social interaction

• Intellectual disability

• Stereotyped and repetitive behaviors

•  Impairment in communication

Current research suggests that the origin of autism spectrum disorders is related to

• Biological factors

• Psychological factors

• Behavioral conditioning

•  Parent-child interaction

Approximately what percentage of preschoolers (i.e., 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds) receiving special education have a speech and language disorder?

• 10%

• 30%

• 46%

• 75%

75%

• Observation of prelinguistic behaviors

• Conversational language sample

• Articulation test

• Parent interview

If a child's screening assessment determines that there is a possibility of a communication disability, the next step in the assessment process is to

• Make a referral

• Conduct a second screening

• Determine eligibility

• Plan the child's program

What is an appropriate educational strategy to use if a teacher wants to develop functional language skills for a student with central auditory processing disorder?

•  Do auditory discrimination exercises (the student identifies the difference between words such as these and please)

•   Have the student repeat oral directions after the teacher gives them

• Have the student practice repeating sounds heard in a sequence

• Have the student locate a sound the teacher makes in a room

Most students with speech and language impairments are served in

• General education classrooms

•  Special classes targeted for students with speech-language impairments

•  Resource rooms

•  Speech therapy classrooms