There are seven specific procedural steps for a “functional behavioral assessment.”
Select one step and explain what would be included.
What are probes of basic academic skills designed to assess? Provide in your discussion
examples of four major types of probe classifications, including how probes are
generally administered and scored.
Explain when the term “multiple disabilities’ may be used to describe a student’s
disability category.
Explain the relationship between “universal screening” and the RtI process.
Identify the three federal disability categories into which individuals with
high-incidence disabilities fall. Include in your discussion three defining characteristics
of each.
Ms. Jefferson suspects that Sharon, one of her freshman students, is being abused at
home. What are 10 characteristics that Ms. Jefferson should be aware of?
Curriculum-based assessments are most appropriate for assessing problem solving skills
in real-world contexts.
A teacher should not be considered an advocate for all children placed in their
classroom.
Mr. Williams is the fourth-grade teacher across the hall from you. He has only been
teaching for three years and has just learned that he is to have a student with autism
spectrum disorder in his class beginning in January. As of yet, the student’s file detailing
the disability has not arrived at the school, but Mr. Williams is very concerned about
what to expect from this new student. Write Mr. Williams an explanation that describes
common characteristics of students with autism spectrum disorder so that he might
know better what to expect.
List the 7 steps of the “INCLUDE” strategy.
Educators tend to agree that multicultural education should occur primarily in the social
studies classroom where the subject can be taught in depth.
Danny is a student with hearing loss in Mr. Gibson’s third-grade class. His loss is
considered moderate, and he uses a hearing aid in his right ear to amplify sounds. What
accommodations can Mr. Gibson make to help Danny adjust to the social components
of instruction in his classroom?
Benjamin is a new student in your first grade classroom who stutters. He is very shy,
rarely interacting with his peers either inside or outside of class. Identify
accommodations you can make to increase Benjamin’s interaction with others and
participation in class. Be sure to include in your response an explanation of how the
accommodations you have identified will benefit Benjamin.
Equity pedagogy refers to instructional thinking and decision making approaches.
By the end of the 1960s, special education authorities generally agreed that segregated
special education classes were not the most appropriate educational settings for many
students with disabilities.
The closer the pronoun is to its referent, the easier it is to translate.
Special education refers to specially designed instructional services students receive.
Modifications are changes in how the student learns key curriculum.
On most tests, students should first eliminate unlikely choices.
A student with special needs has been placed in the regular education classroom. How
will their instruction be delivered?