Which of the following statements about culture is true?
a. Family ethnicity is determined by the socioeconomic status of the family members.
b. The religious background of family members has little influence on how a disability is perceived.
c. Culture can be described as a framework, or set of tendencies, that guides life practices.
d. Language is a component of culture that has little impact on school-home relations.
[Ques. 2] According to family systems theory, which of the following is categorized as a family characteristic?
a. Nature of the handicapping condition of the exceptional child in the family
b. Interaction among siblings related to increased demands
c. Interaction between spouses related to financial demands of the exceptional child
d. Economic support that parents provide to maintain a household
[Ques. 3] Which of the following statements about family reactions is true?
a. Feelings of shock, denial, grief, and anger are generally brief and tend to disappear once an accurate diagnosis of the disability has been made.
b. Siblings and extended family members generally do not experience feelings of denial and grief.
c. Feelings of shock, denial, grief, anger, and acceptance in response to the disability may recur throughout the lifespan of the individual.
d. The family of a child with a disability experiences a sequence of emotions, and once these stages have been worked through, the feelings disappear.
[Ques. 4] The expression adjustment and acceptance refers to
a. the ability of an ill child to adjust to the medical interventions associated with his or her condition.
b. parents acceptance of the fact that their child should not be expected to progress to a notable degree.
c. parents ability to let go of feelings of anger, guilt, and sadness over the disability of their child.
d. parents constructive adaptation to a childs disability and development of realistic expectations.
[Ques. 5] The foundation of family systems theory is the idea that
a. the family is a system that can be changed by external events.
b. no one member of the family is as strong as the family unit.
c. what happens to one family member affects all other family members.
d. family interaction is affected by characteristics of the childs disability.
[Ques. 6] Many parents describe their initial reaction to the news that their daughter or son has a disability as
a. shock.
b. anxiety.
c. grief.
d. anger.
[Ques. 7] The U.S. Census Bureau describes a family as
a. a group of people who live together and consider themselves family.
b. a group of two or more people related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together.
c. a nuclear group residing together and related by blood.
d. marriage partners and their children.
[Ques. 8] Early diagnosis of a disability is usually associated with
a. biological factors.
b. severe disabilities.
c. environmental factors.
d. None of the above.
[Ques. 9] Parents discovery that their child is disabled
a. usually comes immediately after birth.
b. usually comes when the child encounters academic or social difficulties in school.
c. affects parents differently, depending on the age at which the disability appears.
d. is more readily accepted by immediate family members than by the extended family.
[Ques. 10] Professional educators have come to accept that
a. there is no such thing as the average American family.
b. the American family has remained relatively unchanged over the past twenty years.
c. exceptional children tend to be over-represented in foster homes.
d. children with extreme needs tend to be put up for adoption.
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