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Pre-Test: Learning Disabilities and Delinquent Behaviors

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a Specific Learning Disablity (SLD)?

a)

a neurobiological disorder that affects your understanding or use of language

b)

a physiological disorder that results from visual, hearing, or motor disabilities

c)

a psychological disorder that results in low intelligence and learning problems

2.

The intelligence of students with LD is.... (you may choose more than one)

a)

A. of above average intelligence

b)

B. of lower than average intelligence

c)

C. of average intelligence

3.

Based on the 2018-2019 school year, which racial/ethnic group had the highest percentage of students with Specific Learning Disabilities?

a)

Black

b)

Hispanic/Latino

c)

American Indian/Alaskan Native

d)

White

e)

Two or more races

4.

Estimates of youth in Juvenile Correctional settings with learning disabilities have been found to be as high as...

a)

60%

b)

35%

c)

85%

d)

70%

5.

Behavior is a form of (a)   .

6.

The "school to prison pipeline" is the phenomena that...

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7.

Which hypothesis suggests that LD triggers a prolonged period of academic failure which, in turn, starts a chain of negativity leading to delinquent behaviors?

a)

The Susceptibility Hypothesis

b)

The School Failure Hypothesis

c)

The Differential Treatment Hypothesis

d)

The Diminished Achievement Hypothesis

8.

On average youth offenders with LD are adjudicated delinquent (a)   months earlier than youth offenders without a disability.

9.

One reason why youth offenders experience poor academic outcomes is because MTSS cannot be implemented into the standard juvenile justice facility program.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

A substantial number of JJ-involved youth re-enter the system multiple times. This is called...

(a)