Chapter 2
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following is an example of an evidence-based practice for teaching individuals with
ASD?
a. Visual supports
b. Discrete trial teaching
c. Weighted vests
d. Pivotal response treatment
2. Treatments with little or no evidence to support their use are referred to as what?
a. Emerging practice
b. Unestablished practice
c. Established practice
d. Evidence-based practice
3. A treatment that is adopted rapidly by consumers without validating research support is known as
what?
a. Treatment
b. Fad
c. Evidence-based
d. Established
4. When activities, materials and settings in which a person engages are the same as those in which
persons without disabilities of the same age are engaged, is referred to as Principle of Educating
Students with ASD?
a. Self-determination
b. Independence
c. Normalization
d. Functionality
5. Using only those supports necessary for functioning aligns with which Principle of Educating
Students with ASD?
a. Self-determination
b. Independence
c. Normalization
d. Functionality
6. If a skill has to be done for the child because she cannot do it for herself, the skill is said to be
what?
a. Self-determined
b. Independent
c. Normalized
d. Functional
7. Being able to make choices, make decisions about one’s actions, and set goals for oneself are
examples of what Principle of Educating Students with ASD?
a. Self-determination
b. Independence
c. Normalization
d. Functionality
8. Schedule systems, structured work systems, and color coding are all examples of which evidence-
based practice for students with ASD?
a. Behavioral-based strategies
b. Positive Behavioral Support strategies
c. Visual supports
d. Discrete trial training
9. Prompting, reinforcement, and task analysis are all examples of which evidence-based practice
for students with ASD?
a. Behavioral-based strategies
b. Positive Behavioral Support strategies
c. Visual supports
d. Discrete trial training
10. Antecedent-based interventions, functional communication training, and self-management area all
examples of which evidence-based practice for students with ASD?
a. Behavioral-based strategies
b. Positive Behavioral Support strategies
c. Visual supports
d. Discrete trial training
11. A scientific approach to examining human behavior that relies heavily on careful observation,
measurement and recording to bring about socially valid behavior change is known as what?
a. Developmental theory
b. Applied behavior analysis
c. Story-based intervention package
d. Peer training package
12. A description of a social situation that highlights relevant cues and provides examples of
appropriate responding is known as what evidence-based practice for students with ASD?
a. Video modeling
b. Peer-mediated instruction
c. Social narrative
d. Visual support
13. Which of the following is an example of a naturalistic behavioral intervention?
a. Discrete trial training
b. Lovaas model
c. Son rise
d. Pivotal response training
Short answer
1. Define evidence-based practice.
2. What is the rationale behind the use of evidence-based practices?
3. What are visual supports?
4. What is meant by a “fad treatment”?
5. What is data-driven instruction?
6. Why is systematic generalization important?
Essay
1. List and describe at least 5 of the evidence-based practices identified by the National Professional
Development Center.
2. Explain evidence-based practice and the implications of failure to use evidence-based practices,
including fad treatments.
3. Discuss the four Principles of Educating students with ASD.
4. What is the philosophy for educating students with significant disabilities, according to Westling
and Fox (2004)?
Answer Key