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Chapter 15: Lifespan Perspectives with Developmental Disabilities (Barbara Yoshioka Wheeler, Amy Lyle, Catherine Arnold, Marian Williams, Karen Kay Imagawa, and Min Ah Kim)

Multiple Choice

1. What percent of the world’s population is said to live with some form of disability?

a. 10%

*b. 15%

c. 20%

d. 25%

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introduction

Question Type: MC

2. What type of disability is attributable to a mental or physical impairment that manifests before age 22?

a. Learning disability

b. Physical disability

*c. Developmental disability

d. Mental disability

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introduction

Question Type: MC

3. How many core principles underlie services provided to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families?

a. 3

*b. 5

c. 6

d. 10

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Disability Norms, values, and principles

Question Type: MC

4. What type of care views the family as the constant thread in the child’s life?

*a. Family-centered care

b. Person-centered care

c. Community-centered care

d. Least restrictive environment care

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family Centered Care

Question Type: MC

5. What type of planning places the person at the center of the decision-making process?

a. Community decision planning

b. Family-centered planning

*c. Person-centered planning

d. Least restrictive environment planning

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Person – Centered Planning

Question Type: MC

6. What is one parental response to having a child with disabilities?

a. Anxiety

*b. Shock

c. Grief

d. Stubbornness

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Micro Practice: Individuals with DD and their families - Assessment

Question Type: MC

7. What type of assessment uses systems and ecological perspectives to determine the level of the family’s understanding of the child’s disability?

*a. Family assessment

b. Biopsychosocial assessment

c. Sibling assessment

d. Screening assessment

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Micro Practice: Individuals with DD and their families: Family Assessment

Question Type: MC

8. What assessment surveys the perceived adequacy of the family’s formal and informal networks of services and supports?

a. Screening assessment

b. Biopsychosocial assessment

c. Sibling assessment

*d. Family assessment

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Micro Practice: Individuals with DD and their families: Family Assessment

Question Type: MC

9. What assessment surveys the impact of other’s lives on brothers or sisters?

a. Screening assessment

*b. Sibling assessment

c. Family assessment

d. Biopsychosocial assessment

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Micro Practice: Individuals with DD and their families: Family Assessment

Question Type: MC

10. What is the age range when assessments can be conducted to inform the Individualized Family Services Plan (IFSP) for children?

*a. 0-2 years

b. 4-6 years

c. 1-3 years

d. 0-12 years

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Intervention

Question Type: MC

True/False

1. The areas assessed in an IFSP include physical, cognitive, communication, socioemotional, and adaptive developmental needs.

*a. True

b. False

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge or Comprehension

Answer Location: Intervention

Question Type: TF

2. Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act outlines access of grants by states and territories to implement a coordinated system of early intervention for infants and toddlers.

*a. True

b. False

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge or Comprehension

Answer Location: Intervention

Question Type: TF

3. Some of the services offered in the IFSP are special instruction, speech therapy, and physical therapy.

*a. True

b. False

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Intervention

Question Type: TF

4. The assessment conducted when a child exhibits disruptive, aggressive, or self-injurious behaviors in school is the functional behavior assessment.

*a. True

b. False

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Intervention

Question Type: TF

5. Sibling assessments are conducted to identify antecedents of the concerning behaviors and the context in which the behaviors occur.

a. True

*b. False

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Intervention

Question Type: TF

6. A mindfulness practice that works well for students with developmental disabilities is increasing the use of visual aids.

a. True

*b. False

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Intervention

Question Type: TF

7. Community inclusion is one of the core principles underlying services provided to individuals with disabilities and their families.

*a. True

b. False

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Disability norms, values, and principles

Question Type: TF

8. Family assessment explores how sibling relationships represent a potential resource in the long-term care of the individual with a developmental disability.

a. True

*b. False

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Micro Practice: Individuals with DD and their families – Sibling assessment

Question Type: TF

9. Transition is a normal phase that occurs at the age of 25 for most persons with disabilities.

a. True

*b. False

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Intervention

Question Type: TF

10. Self-determination is the phase in the life of a person with disability where they focus on promoting greater independence, autonomy, and movement into adulthood.

*a. True

b. False

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Intervention

Question Type: TF

Short Answer

Type: S

1. Define and describe two aspects of transition for individuals living with disabilities.

*a. Transition is the phase of transition to adulthood and responds to the tension between independence and risk. Two aspects common in a transition is the focus on promoting greater independence and autonomy at or around the age of 16 and goal setting.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Intervention

Question Type: SA

Type: S

2. Name the three roles individuals with developmental disability may transfer to their therapist.

*a. Three roles an individual with developmental disabilities may transfer to their therapist are friend, parent figure, and romantic partner.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Transference and Countertransference Issues

Question Type: SA

Type: S

3. What are two benefits of individuals with disabilities being in a homogenous or mixed disability advocacy group?

*a. Being a part of a homogeneous group allow for individuals with disabilities to understand common barriers and shared life experiences. Mixed disability groups enables access to opportunities for members to increase their knowledge and awareness of their uniqueness and commonalities and to leverage their voice.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Self-advocacy groups and networks

Question Type: SA

Essay

Type: E

1. Discuss at least three concerns about sexuality and relationships as it pertains to persons with developmental disabilities.

*a. Sexuality is important to everyone and is a natural part of a human experience. However, persons with disabilities are often shut out of such experiences. They have been denied sexual rights and expression. There is an absence of developmentally appropriate instruction about healthy sexual expression for this population. They must be perceived as being able to learn sexual self-advocacy so they can speak up for themselves regarding their sexuality.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Intervention: Sexuality

Question Type: ESS

Type: E

2. Identify and describe the implications of two laws passed in the 1970s and/or 1980s for persons with disabilities and their families.

*a. With changes in the 1970s and 1980s, many opportunities opened for persons with disabilities and their families. For instance, with the passage of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the education for all Handicapped Children Act of 1975 much was happening. Specifically, the Education for all Handicapped Children Act established an emphasis on providing accommodations and modifications to the environment rather than focusing largely on fixing the person with a disability. Additionally, the introduction of the procedural safeguards in special education law codified the rights of parents and youth in transition to participate in the education decision-making process.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Mezzo Social work practice: Social Work Practice with groups

Question Type: ESS

Type: E

3. Describe at least two steps used when helping a person with developmental disabilities prepare for life and access the adult services system.

*a. As a person transitions into adulthood as an individual with developmental disabilities helping them become autonomous requires that they learn to start identifying goals for their lives, to identify how they will meet those goals, and to explore aspects of daily life such as employment, community inclusion, health care, independent living, housing, and college.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Intervention

Question Type: ESS