Deck 16: Teaching Students With Severe or Multiple Disabilities

Question 1

Students with severe disabilities are being educated in their home schools now more than ever before.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Severe disabilities are typically life-long.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

All children with severe disabilities are born with their disability.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Trisomy 18 is a cause of severe disability.

Question 5

Students with severe disabilities do not need extensive assessment as they learn at such a slow rate.

Question 6

Students with severe disabilities must have at least a 1:1 teaching ratio.

Question 7

Documenting current performance will not really help the support staff but may help with the IEP development.

Question 8

The Presidential Fitness Test can be used for students with severe disabilities.

Question 9

A description of the student's skills and abilities is also known as the 3 P's approach

Question 10

Students with severe disabilities must learn the same units their peers learn and focus on the same NASPE standards although they may be taught to their level of function.

Question 11

Which of the following etiologies will not likely lead to a severe disability?

A) Angelman syndrome
B) Trisomy 18
C) Cataracts
D) CHARGE Syndrome

Question 12

Which of the following is not an attribute of a child with a severe disability?

A) Clear receptive and expressive communication
B) Medical complications
C) Limited level of awareness
D) Limited response repertoire

Question 13

Which of the following is not true about a child with a severe disability and assessment:

A) Assessment will take time
B) Assessment must be done in a 1:1 setting
C) Assessment should be documented and used for instructional purposes and the IEP
D) Do not use the 3 P's as this is not a valid assessment

Question 14

The physical educator should work with________________________ related to the assessment process and results.

A) The PT
B) The parents
C) The entire multidisciplinary team
D) The nurse

Question 15

In order to determine what the child prefers related to assessment, you need to do which of the following?

A) Offer choices of different textures, colors, sizes, and sounds.
B) Tell the child what equipment he or she should use.
C) Use the equipment that is required by the assessment.
D) None of the above.

Question 16

Which of the following is a health related physical fitness test that is validated for children/youth with severe disabilities (orthopedic impairments)?

A) Fitnessgram
B) The Brockport Physical Fitness Test
C) Prudential Fitness Test
D) Pedometers

Question 17

Assessing a child's functional ability can help to determine how independent she or he can be. Which of the following is not an area that can be assessed related to functional skills?

A) Motor skills
B) Stability
C) Communication
D) All of the above can be assessed related to function

Question 18

The Brockport Physical Fitness Test does not test which of the following areas?

A) Agility
B) Upper body strength
C) Abdominal strength
D) Cardiovascular endurance

Question 19

Which of the following is not part of the 3 P's approach to assessment?

A) Partner
B) Process
C) Product
D) Parameter

Question 20

In Brockport Middle School, the students learn nine units throughout the year. Mr. Adamsky is the teacher who teaches the children with severe disabilities. How many units should he be teaching his students?

A) Just enough to learn functional skills for independence.
B) The three units that match the child's IEP goals.
C) Nine units, the same as their peers.
D) They should really have PT rather than PE, as it is better for their needs.