Special Education and Classroom Management Part 3

When considering a student's assistive technology needs, the IEP team should:

• Mandate the most expensive technology available.

• Begin with a trial of low-tech options before considering high-tech solutions.

• Only consider technology recommended by the parents.

• Exclude the student from the decision-making process.

A special education teacher is collaborating with a general education teacher to adapt a history lesson for a student with a reading disability. Which of the following adaptations would be most appropriate?

• Requiring the student to read the entire textbook aloud.

• Providing an audio version of the textbook, graphic organizers, and simplified texts on key concepts.

• Excusing the student from the history class.

• Only allowing the student to view historical videos without discussion.

The purpose of task analysis in instruction is to:

• Determine a student's cognitive processing speed.

• Break down a complex skill into smaller, sequential steps for teaching.

• Evaluate a student's overall academic performance.

• Measure a student's attention span.

Which of the following is an example of a proactive classroom management strategy?

• Waiting until a behavior escalates before intervening.

• Establishing clear routines and expectations at the beginning of the school year.

• Consistently sending students out of the classroom for misbehavior.

• Only praising students who are already high-achieving.

A teacher uses a token economy system where students earn points for positive behaviors, which can then be exchanged for preferred items or activities. This is an example of:

• Negative reinforcement

• Punishment

• Positive reinforcement

• Extinction

When responding to challenging behavior, a special education teacher should prioritize:

• Ignoring the behavior completely.

• Using the most restrictive intervention immediately.

• Identifying the function of the behavior and implementing function-based interventions.

• Publicly shaming the student for their actions.

What is the primary benefit of teaching self-regulation strategies to students with disabilities?

• It eliminates the need for adult supervision.

• It promotes independence and allows students to manage their own learning and behavior.

• It ensures students will never experience frustration.

• It is primarily a way to save teacher time.

An appropriate strategy for a student who frequently becomes overwhelmed and disengages during independent work might be:

• To assign more work to encourage them to finish faster.

• To break tasks into smaller, manageable chunks and provide frequent check-ins.

• To ignore the disengagement until it becomes disruptive.

• To send the student to a separate room for all independent work.

What is the most effective approach for establishing classroom rules?

• Imposing a long list of rules on the first day of school.

• Collaborating with students to develop a few clear, positively stated rules.

• Posting rules in an obscure location where students won't see them.

• Changing rules frequently to keep students guessing.

Crisis intervention for a student exhibiting escalating behavior should focus on:

• Immediately calling emergency services.

• De-escalation techniques, ensuring safety for all, and identifying triggers.

• Punishing the student severely to prevent future incidents.

• Ignoring the student until the behavior subsides on its own.