Exam 11: Intellectual Disabilities

Which of the following is the best description of intellectual disabilities?

Fetal alcohol syndrome is a prevalent, yet preventable, cause of intellectual disability.

Children/youth with intellectual disabilities experience the same stages of learning as their peers without disabilities, but they learn at a slower rate and hence achieve less academically.

Children and youth with intellectual disabilities often have higher levels of health-related fitness than peers without disabilities.

What percentage of youth with Down syndrome have a condition called atlantoaxial instability?

From a medical view, an intellectual disability is a condition that manifests before the age of 18 in which there is significantly sub-average general intellectual functioning accompanied by significant limitations in adaptive functioning in at least two of the following skill areas: communication, self-care, home living, social/interpersonal skills, use of community resources, self-direction, functional academic skills, work, leisure, health, and safety.

Which statement is false about individuals with intellectual disabilities?

Teachers must be responsive to the individuality of each student with intellectual disabilities. For instance, a student with an intellectual disability may have a predisposition toward disruptive and aggressive behaviors that substitute for adequate communication skills. On the other hand, a different student with an intellectual disability may have a disposition that is passive, placid, and highly dependent on support from others.

Generally speaking, a student with fetal alcohol syndrome may experience difficulties in fine motor skill execution and coordination and display hyperactivity and stubbornness.

Which statement is most accurate about students with Prader-Willi syndrome?

Down syndrome and other conditions of genetic origin (e.g., fragile X syndrome, Angelman syndrome) are linked to intellectual disabilities.

Which statement best describes the motor activity training program (MATP) of the Special Olympics?

Social factors (such as the level of child stimulation and adult responsiveness) and educational factors (such as the availability of family and educational supports that can promote mental development and greater adaptive skills) can contribute to intellectual disabilities.

Which of the following statements is least accurate about atlantoaxial instability?

In teaching students with intellectual disabilities, physical education teachers should avoid which of the following strategies?

Which of the following statements is most accurate about the total population of any society that has intellectual disabilities?

Intellectual disability is the largest disability category for all racial/ethnic groups served under IDEA.

Which of the following instructional strategies is not recommended in teaching students with intellectual disabilities?

When working with students who have profound intellectual disabilities, it is important to emphasize unstructured movement experiences.

Which of the following statements is least accurate about teaching students with intellectual disabilities?