Sped 2000 Exam 3

Front 1

• What are the two broad dimensions/categories of behavior disorders?

Back 1

o Internalizing and externalizing

Front 2

• What is the term for the co-occurrence of two or more conditions within the same child?

Back 2

o Co-morbidity

Front 3

• Is co-morbidity common in children with emotional and behavioral disorders?

Back 3

Yes

Front 4

• A student with an emotional/behavioral disorder that talks about things that don’t exist and expresses delusions has…?

Back 4

o Schizophrenia

Front 5

• What is the percent of school age population that have Emotional Behavioral Disorders?

Back 5

o Less than 1%

Front 6

• What does it mean by saying students with Emotional Behavioral Disorders are underserved?

Back 6

o It means that only a small amount of these children are identified because most are not recognized as having a disorder

Front 7

• What are the causes of Emotional Behavioral Disorders?

Back 7

o Biological, pathological, trauma, undesirable school experience, etc. (whole list on the PowerPoint)

Front 8

• What is the main cause of having an EBD?

Back 8

We don't know

Front 9

• Despite problems in defining EBD, most children with EBD are easily recognized because of:

Back 9

o Extreme inappropriate behaviors that draw attention

Front 10

• What is the name of the teacher checklist that is a screening system to identify elementary school children for potential behavioral problems?

Back 10

o The Walker Screening System

Front 11

• In comparison to other students with disabilities, students with EBD are often placed where?

Back 11

o Either in self-contained or special placement classrooms

Front 12

• What is the current trend for EBD placement?

Back 12

o General education, full inclusion

Front 13

• What is the name of the assessment used to teach and manage student behaviors?

Back 13

o Functional behavior assessment (FBA)

Front 14

• What kind of language is encoding or sending messages?

Back 14

Expressive Language

Front 15

• What kind of language is decoding or understanding messages?

Back 15

Receptive Language

Front 16

• What is phonology?

Back 16

o Looking at different sound combinations

Front 17

• What is syntax?

Back 17

o Sentence structure

Front 18

• What are the meanings/concepts that people attach to words and sentences?

Back 18

Semantics

Front 19

• What is the most common fluency disorder?

Back 19

Stuttering

Front 20

• Consider a student with TBI (traumatic brain injury) who has difficulty sequencing speech. This is a condition known as…?

Back 20

Apraxia

Front 21

• Does bad parenting cause autism?

Back 21

No

Front 22

• What is the one distinct characteristic that separates them from other disabilities?

Back 22

o Communication
o Social skills
o Inability to relate to others in a normal manner

Front 23

• What is the term used to describe all the different varying degrees and types of autism?

Back 23

Autism Spectrum Disorders

Front 24

• If a student with autism repeats words (like a parrot), what is the student exhibiting?

Back 24

Echolalia

Front 25

• What are characteristics of kids with autism?

Back 25

o Repetitive
o Locked into specific interests
o Stereotypical patterns and behaviors
o Restricted

Front 26

• What is a condition that is like autism but also is characterized by significant delays in cognition and language?

Back 26

o Asberger’s syndrome

Front 27

• How many people have autism spectrum disorder?

Back 27

1/170

Front 28

• What is the percent of students that receive special services that receive it for autism?

Back 28

27%

Front 29

• Most researchers argue that the increase in prevalence rates for autism is due to all of the following EXCEPT…?

Back 29

o Vaccinations (NOT AN INDICATOR)

Front 30

• What disorder is much more prevalent in females than males?

Back 30

o Rett’s syndrome

Front 31

• What disorder (within the spectrum) is characterized by normal development for 5 months to 4 years and then characterized by regression and mental retardation?

Back 31

o Rett’s syndrome

Front 32

• Students with autism have impaired communication skills and as many as 50% are thought to be…

Back 32

Nonverbal or mute

Front 33

• Repetitive, rocking back and forth, twirling, and other behaviors seen in kids with autism are what types of behavior?

Back 33

o Stereotypical behaviors

Front 34

• What is currently the most popular placement for kids with autism?

Back 34

o Self-contained

Front 35

• What is the biggest struggle for students with Asberger’s syndrome when they make the transition from high school into the real world?

Back 35

o Social interaction

Front 36

• Research related to autism began in what year?

Back 36

1943

Front 37

• What does the term “autistic” or “autism” mean??

Back 37

o Self; oneself

Front 38

• In terms of interventions for students with autism spectrum disorders, which has the strongest scientific base?

Back 38

o Applied behavior analysis (ABA)

Front 39

Most students with EBD commonly end up where?

Back 39

Juvenile Justice System