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Final Study Guide

The final is comprised of content from chapters 7-13 of the course text. The exam will consist of 20 multiple choice questions worth five points each. The final will be on May 4th at 5:00 in B & E 130. The following are general topics to study when studying for the final.

Multiple Choice Questions

Final Study Guide Spring 2004

1. How has gifted education been viewed over the past ten years?

2. What were Terman's beliefs on giftedness?

3. What are Gardner 's eight intelligences?

4. What is a behavioral intervention plan? Why would a teacher create a behavioral intervention plan?

5. Know the conceptual models in the treatment of children with emotional or behavioral disorders and any experts associated with them.

6. Understand the differences between physical disabilities (i.e., orthopedic impairments) and an other health impairment. Be able to provide examples in both categories.

7. Is it safe for students with HIV to attend school?

8. Know the services provided by those who work with individuals with exceptionalities (i.e., speech and language pathologists, occupational and physical therapists).

9. Know the types of hearing loss that occur in individuals.

10. What is the normal range of hearing?

11. When should children have their hearing tested?

12. What is the term for the amount of vision a person with a vision loss uses?

13. What is a cataract?

14. What happened in the 1960s that spurred parents to advocate for the mainstreaming of children with disabilities?

15. Who was Bruno Bettelheim?

16. Know the common characteristics of those with autism (e.g., Are they gifted? Do they have mental retardation?)

17. Know each disorder in the autism spectrum disorders umbrella and the characteristics associated with it.

18. Know the different levels of support those with mental retardation need (e.g., limited, pervasive, etc.).

19. What type of assessment focuses on independent living and conducted in the natural environment?