Exceptional Learners - Special Needs CFU

Children with _____ often have average to above-average intelligence but have processing problems that may interfere with learning

• intellectual disabilities
• learning disorders
• developmental disabilities
• emotional disabilities

All of the following are types of educational placements used to meet the needs of students with disabilities except ____.

• special education classes
• mainstreaming
• inclusion
• advanced placement classes

Which of the following describes mainstreaming?

• A student guides his or her own rate of learning and spends as much time as needed on a particular concept or subject.
• A student is placed in a specialized class that provides adapted programs, extra staff, and specialized equipment or learning materials to help the student learn.
• A student is included in a classroom with other peers but is not expected to keep up academically.
• A student is included in a classroom with other peers and may have extra learning aids but receives no treatment as a student with special needs.

A group of disorders characterized by limited cognitive ability that occurs before age 18 are known as .........

• learning disorders
• intellectual disabilities
• developmental disabilities
• medical disabilities

A written educational plan developed for a specific student with disabilities.

• Special needs
• limited English proficiency (LEP)
• English language learner (LEP)
• Individualized Education Program(IEP)

A broad range of physical, mental, social, and behavioral challenges that impact learning.

• special needs
• mainstreaming
• accommodations
• multiple intelligences

Modifications to the environment, learning strategies, or materials that are made to help students with particular special needs succeed in the classroom.

• accountability
• special education
• learning strategy
• accommodations

Placing students with special needs who show the ability to keep up with the curriculum in a regular class.

• multiple intelligence
• mainstreaming
• mediation
• mentoring

Placing students with special needs into a regular class, using modified class assignments, if they will benefit from the class experience.

• ethnicity
• mainstreaming
• inclusion
• special needs

Educational settings that provide adapted programs, extra staff, and specialized equipment or learning environments or materials to help students with special needs to learn.

• special needs
• special education
• common education
• exceptional needs