SPED 5313 Week 2 Exam Questions and Correct
Answers | Latest Update 2026/2027 | Graded A+
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1.
2. Question 1
5/5
Match the rationale for assessing the following key areas for students with severe
disabilities.
Prompts
Answers
1. 1
Academic skills
Correct: Students need to learn this type of skills to be able to engage in the
functional activities, and to participate in the general curriculum within the same
curriculum framework as that of his or her same-age peers without disabilities.
2. 2
Self-determination
Correct: Students with severe disabilities need to acquire such skills in order to
be in more control of their own lives and in doing so will tend to have more
satisfactory lives.
3. 3
Functional skills for daily living
Correct: Students with severe disabilities will require these skills to operate in
various environments and participate in important life activities to reduce their
dependence on others and become more independent in their daily lives.
3. Question 2
4/4
Match the following types of behavioral objectives to examples of such
objectives.
Prompts
Answers
, 1. 1
Functional routines
Correct: Alexis will complete all necessary bathroom activities for appropriately
using the toilet, including going into the bathroom, using the toilet, wiping,
pulling up pants, flushing the toilet, and washing and drying hands. She will do
this every day in any appropriate bathroom for two weeks.
2. 2
Simple, discrete behaviors
Correct: When given a picture, Cassandra will go to a shelf and pick up the item
in the picture 80% of the time. She will do this at least five times a day in her
classroom for five consecutive days.
4. 4
Related services
Correct: Students with severe disabilities often need this support to participate
in school and to achieve successful learning outcomes (such as speech/language
therapy (including the use of augmentative or alternative communication),
physical therapy, occupational therapy, and other necessary related services.
5. 5
Inclusion
Correct: Students with severe disabilities placed in regular classrooms with
support can be assessed on learning outcomes as they engage with the general
education curriculum
Feedback
Westling et al. Chapter 4
3. 3
Complex, chained skills
Correct: For three days distributed over a two-week period, Rasheeda will fold
all the laundry after it has been taken out of the dryer both in her training
apartment and at home when requested by her community support worker.
5. Question 4
2/2
Critical experiences necessary for self-determination of students with severe
disabilities include (but are not limited to) choice making, problem solving, and
self-knowledge
T
TrueCorrect answer
F
False
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Chapter 4 Westling et al.
Answers | Latest Update 2026/2027 | Graded A+
(100% Correct Solutions)
1.
2. Question 1
5/5
Match the rationale for assessing the following key areas for students with severe
disabilities.
Prompts
Answers
1. 1
Academic skills
Correct: Students need to learn this type of skills to be able to engage in the
functional activities, and to participate in the general curriculum within the same
curriculum framework as that of his or her same-age peers without disabilities.
2. 2
Self-determination
Correct: Students with severe disabilities need to acquire such skills in order to
be in more control of their own lives and in doing so will tend to have more
satisfactory lives.
3. 3
Functional skills for daily living
Correct: Students with severe disabilities will require these skills to operate in
various environments and participate in important life activities to reduce their
dependence on others and become more independent in their daily lives.
3. Question 2
4/4
Match the following types of behavioral objectives to examples of such
objectives.
Prompts
Answers
, 1. 1
Functional routines
Correct: Alexis will complete all necessary bathroom activities for appropriately
using the toilet, including going into the bathroom, using the toilet, wiping,
pulling up pants, flushing the toilet, and washing and drying hands. She will do
this every day in any appropriate bathroom for two weeks.
2. 2
Simple, discrete behaviors
Correct: When given a picture, Cassandra will go to a shelf and pick up the item
in the picture 80% of the time. She will do this at least five times a day in her
classroom for five consecutive days.
4. 4
Related services
Correct: Students with severe disabilities often need this support to participate
in school and to achieve successful learning outcomes (such as speech/language
therapy (including the use of augmentative or alternative communication),
physical therapy, occupational therapy, and other necessary related services.
5. 5
Inclusion
Correct: Students with severe disabilities placed in regular classrooms with
support can be assessed on learning outcomes as they engage with the general
education curriculum
Feedback
Westling et al. Chapter 4
3. 3
Complex, chained skills
Correct: For three days distributed over a two-week period, Rasheeda will fold
all the laundry after it has been taken out of the dryer both in her training
apartment and at home when requested by her community support worker.
5. Question 4
2/2
Critical experiences necessary for self-determination of students with severe
disabilities include (but are not limited to) choice making, problem solving, and
self-knowledge
T
TrueCorrect answer
F
False
Feedback
Chapter 4 Westling et al.
