Chapter 8: Consultation, Coaching, and Mentoring
Chapter Assessment
1. All of the following are elements of the definition of consultation except
A. Voluntary process
B. One person assists
C. Job embedded professional development
D. Problem concerning a third party
2. The consultant and the consultee together design services that the consultee provides to
the client. This statement is a description of which characteristic of consultation?
A. Triadic and indirect relationship
B. Voluntariness
C. Expert and directional relationship
D. Shared but differentiated responsibilities and accountability
3. Which of the following is not a benefit of consultation?
A. a means to provide job-embedded professional development
B. A preventive role
C. A viable option for educating students with disabilities
D. A low-cost and efficient way of serving students without disabilities
4. All of the following are steps in RtI through consultation except
A. A teacher communicates concern about a student to a team leader
B. The leader assigns a team member to meet with the teacher
C. Informal conversation doesn’t resolve the problem and a consultant is assigned
D. In the classroom a webcam connected to the computer to capture instruction
5. Within the problem solving process, which describes problem identification?
A. the establishment of a goal for interaction
B. the physical and psychological beginning of a series of interactions
C. carrying out the planned intervention
D. the determination of intervention success
6. Which of the following describes treatment integrity?
A. the determination of intervention success
B. the establishment of trust and respect in the consultation relationship
C. the systematic implementation of strategies developed during the
consultation process and carried out by the consultee
D. the decision to gather more data in addressing the problem
7. When implementing the behavioral consultation model, the following are all potential
concerns except:
A. parents and teachers may object to seemingly coercive behavioral principles
B. the lack of research to support a behavioral consultation model
C. parents and teachers may lack the understanding of the necessary behavioral
principles to carry out the proposed interventions
D. the ethical dilemma of accommodating teacher and parent preferences above true
student needs
8. Which two models of consultation are particularly applicable to schools?
A. mental health and organizational
B. organizational and clinical
C. mental health and behavioral
D. behavioral and clinical
9. Under which of the following conditions would the clinical consultation model be the
most useful?
A. when a complex problem requires the clarification of an expert diagnostician
B. when the consultant is able to spend much time assessing the problem
C. when the consultee has limited time to work with the consultant
D. when the problem involves the student, parent, and teacher
10. Which fidelity of implementation monitoring includes a concrete artifact?
A. Self-report
B. Permanent product
C. Interview
D. Observation
11. True or False In conjoint behavioral consultation specialists, teachers, and
parents/families work closely together to improve student behavior.
12. True or False Clinical consultation is particularly valuable for increasing parent
involvement in the child’s education.
13. True or False A clinical consultant first considers that the source of a problem is
in the environment, not the client/student.
14. True or False The individualization and modification of consultation models is
acceptable if the major assumptions and procedures are not altered.
15. True or False Technical coaching has a broad-based goal of raising student outcomes.
16. True or False Consultation, rather than coaching, is premised on collaboration.
17. True or False The use of webcams, Skype, Bluetooth, and VIBE are examples of virtual
mentoring.
18. True or False The relationship in mentoring is not evaluative.
19. True or False Consultation, coaching, and mentoring are effective only if both parties
are active participants.
20. True or False Whether indirect services is as effective as direct services (e.g.,
co-teaching) for improving student outcomes is a resolved issue.
21. Define and give examples of school consultation, coaching, and mentoring.
22. List and explain four characteristics of consultation.
23. Discuss three benefits for consultation and coaching.
24. Describe four suggestions for getting the most out of consultation, coaching, or
mentoring.
25. Explain each of the steps involved in the behavioral model of consultation.
Chapter 8: Consultation, Coaching, and Mentoring
Chapter Assessment
