Chapter 4: Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. What is IFSP?
A. Independent future service provisions
B. Individualized Focus Services and Priorities
C. Identifying Family Solutions and Priorities
D. Individualized Family Service Plan
2. Which part of IDEA 2004 focuses on family, infants and toddlers?
A. Part A
B. Part B
C. Part C
3. This part of IDEA 2004 is commonly thought of as ‘traditional special education’.
A. Part A
B. Part B
C. Part C
4. In relation to the effects of ASD on siblings, Rivers and Stoneman (2003) found that_____________
A. The greater the stress levels of parents, the more of a negative relationship a sibling will have with
the child with ASD.
B. The greater the stress levels of parents, the more of a positive relationship a sibling will have with
the child with ASD.
C. The greater the positive levels of parents towards the child with ASD, the more of a negative a
sibling will have with the same child.
D. The stress of parents has a more detrimental effect on the development of a child with ASD than
anything else.
5. When building a trusting relationship between school and home, increased ___________ is associated with
greater trust.
A. Willingness
B. Enforcement
C. Communication
D. Assignments
6. When communicating with families, the use _______________ _____________ can be confusing and off–
putting to parents.
A. Goals and objectives
B. IEP procedures
C. Educational jargon
D. Increased testing
True/False
1. TRUE or FALSE. During School years may be the first time a child with Aspergers Syndrome may be
diagnosed.
2. TRUE or FALSE. For Children with ASD, family involvement is necessary and highly thought of as ‘best
practice’.
3. TRUE or FALSE. A child with autism will always have a negative effect on a family.
4. TRUE or FALSE. There is a high correlation between the levels of an ASD child’s behavior and a parents
stress level.
Short Answer/Essay
Short Answer.
1. According to the cost-benefit analysis conducted by Jacobson, Mulik, and Green (1998), early intensive
behavioral therapy may save how much money over the course of a child’s lifetime?
2. List the stages of grief.
3. List the important priorities of families of children with ASD.
4. List possible family needs when a child has an ASD.
5. List examples of ways in which professionals can get to know the families of individuals with ASD with whom
they work.
6. List at least five tips for working collaboratively with families.
7. What are the most likely impacts a child with ASD may have on a family?
8. List the risk factors that Gray (2008), suggests predict poor psychological adjustment among siblings of a
family with a child with autism?
Essay.
1. Describe the positive and negative impact of ASD on parents.
2. Discuss issues that may impact collaboration between families and professionals and discuss ways that
professionals can improve collaboration.
3. Describe the impact of autism on siblings.
4. Discuss issues across the lifespan for families of children and youth with ASD.
Chapter 4
Multiple Choice
True/False
Short Answer/Essay
Short Answer:
Essay
