Students with severe hearing loss may use “C-print” for their classes. Explain how
“C-print” helps the student.
Describe the role of the school counselor.
Marcus is an extremely bright eight grader with an emotional disorder. Over the years,
Marcus has learned appropriate social skills, demonstrating that he can apply these
skills in social interactions. Nonetheless, without much structure, Marcus consistently
fails to apply these skills in many of his day-to-day interactions with his peers. Identify
three reasons why Marcus may continue to exhibit social skill problems. Include in
your response suggested strategies the teacher can use to encourage the use of his
acquired social skills.
List four elements included in your textbook under “instructional methods.”
Douglas continues to struggle in reading as seen in his progress-monitoring graph. The
RtI team has decided to move Douglas from Tier 1 to Tier 2 for reading. What are two
possible changes that might occur in his reading program?
It is impossible for teachers to understand a family’s perspective of life with a child with
special needs solely from the teacher’s classroom experiences with the child.
Students with intellectual disabilities should not be allowed to participate in writing an
IEP.
The most common way that teachers inform their students of what they want them to do
is through written directions.
IDEA stipulates procedural safeguards to ensure parent’s rights. Describe the guideline
provided regarding parent access to inspect educational records.
List two examples of “learning tools’ included in your textbook for students who are
deaf or hard of hearing.
List the six steps for teaching learning strategies.
Robin is a shy fourth grader who consistently performs below the rest of the class in
basic math skills. Explain the different grouping options you would consider for Robin.
Include in your discussion the option you believe will be the most beneficial for Robin.
Federal legislation clearly distinguishes mild, moderate and severe intellectual
disability.
Your school utilizes maze assessments for word recognition and comprehension.
Explain how this assessment is administered.
What are the qualities of effective universal screening measures?
List three of the ten federal disability categories listed in your textbook that identify
students with low-incidence disabilities. What are the defining characteristics of each of
the categories you have listed?
Provide one example of an “alternative to letter/number” grading option.
“Primary reinforcers’ were very popular at one time. Explain why they are not preferred
today.
After careful instruction, students often have difficulty remembering the purpose of
certain strategies or do not understand when to use them.
Because students with ADHD tend to have a lot of energy, they are popular and make
friends easily.