Development of Adaptive Skills, Assistive Devices, Special Therapies — Practice

Q1. Adaptive skills are best described as

• A. Special punishments that force children with disability to behave like other children.
• B. The easier methods made by parents and teachers to help persons with disabilities acquire competencies.
• C. Medical surgeries that permanently cure the disability of a child.
• D. Examinations conducted to grade children with special needs in a regular school.

Q2. Adaptive skills include the '3 Rs'. The 3 Rs stand for

• A. Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
• B. Rules, Routines and Rewards
• C. Respect, Responsibility and Rights
• D. Recognition, Recall and Reasoning

Q3. Why are adaptive skills 'divided into simpler tasks' for children with a disability?

• A. Because such children must be kept busy with easy work all day.
• B. Because the school timetable has fewer hours for them.
• C. So that they learn easily, one step at a time.
• D. So that the teacher's workload is reduced.

Q4. A Class 7 teacher in Rampur has a hearing-impaired student. The 'ASL' that she may use stands for

• A. Adapted School Lesson
• B. American Sign Language
• C. Auditory Symbol List
• D. Active Speech Learning

Q5. Among the adaptations for blind or visually impaired children, which of these is named first in the list?

• A. Braille writing
• B. Wheel chair
• C. Sign language
• D. Hearing aid

Q6. For a child with locomotor disability, the teacher and family may provide

• A. Talking books
• B. Braille slate
• C. Splint or calipers for support
• D. Sign-language flash cards

Q7. Aarti, a Class 7 student, often omits, substitutes or reverses letters while reading aloud. This is a sign of

• A. Dyscalculia
• B. Dysgraphia
• C. Dysphasia
• D. Dyslexia

Q8. The main method of dealing with children having learning difficulty is

• A. Task analysis
• B. Surgery
• C. Group lecturing
• D. Sign language

Q9. Consider the multidisciplinary team for a child with multiple disability or cerebral palsy. Which of these is NOT in the list?

• A. Special educator
• B. Physiotherapist
• C. Police officer
• D. Family members

Q10. Assistive devices is defined as devices that directly help persons with disabilities in

• A. Hiding their disability from others
• B. Activities of Daily Living (ADL), education and access to information
• C. Passing competitive examinations without preparation
• D. Becoming completely free of their disability forever

Q11. An abacus and arithmetic frames are assistive devices for a child with

• A. Hearing impairment
• B. Locomotor disability
• C. Visual impairment
• D. Speech impairment

Q12. The 'White cane' is an assistive device whose purpose is

• A. To help the child write neatly on the blackboard
• B. Free and safe movement of a visually impaired person
• C. Strengthening of weak leg muscles
• D. Improving handwriting in dysgraphia

Q13. Which popular Indian movie is used to illustrate the importance of teacher awareness about learning difficulties?

• A. Taare Zameen Par
• B. Black
• C. Chak De! India
• D. Iqbal

Q14. For intellectually disabled children, the seating arrangement in the classroom should be

• A. A straight row pattern with assigned desks
• B. U-shaped or Y-shaped seating
• C. Back-to-back paired seating
• D. Seating only at the rear of the class

Q15. 'Special Methods', the unit lists the first special method as family counselling. Its main purpose is to

• A. Test the family's income before admission to school
• B. Replace medical treatment for severe disabilities
• C. Educate the family about the person's condition and provide emotional support
• D. Force the family to send the child to a special school