clearest indicator that the motor development of that child may be impaired? - ANSWER
Making involuntary hand movements.
A fifth grader has diabetes and manages her illness through insulin injections.
Which of the following symptoms should indicate to a teacher that this student
may be experiencing insulin shock? - ANSWER Trembling and irritability.
Ms. Smith stops the class after just a few minutes of mathematics instruction,
which is taking place at the board. She asks two questions requiring simple
student responses on note cards. After quickly reviewing the cards, Ms. Smith
returns to instructing at the board. Which type of assessment is the teacher
using? - ANSWER Formative.
Which of the following statements best describes how the objectives in a
student's Individualized Education Program (IEP) should relate to the Texas
Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)? - ANSWER The IEP objectives should reflect the
TEKS as closely as possible.
Which of the following strategies will be most effective for providing job training
to a student with intellectual disabilities for work as a server in a fast-food
restaurant? - ANSWER Pairing the student with an employee who can work beside the
student and
model the required tasks
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, Early in the school year, the students in a fifth-grade class have been
demonstrating exclusionary behavior. There are two dominant cliques, and
there are several children, including two with disabilities, who are generally
treated as outcasts. When considering how to respond, the classroom teacher
should be aware that - ANSWER it is imperative to institute a program specifically de-
signed to build a
learning community in which all students feel safe and accepted.
An adult is preparing to carry a small preschooler with multiple disabilities.
Which of the following practices will best ensure the adult's safety during the
lift? - ANSWER Maintaining a straight back and lifting with the legs.
A middle school special educator has been teaching students with learning
disabilities how to use chapter headings, subheadings, indexes, and glossaries
in their textbooks when doing content-area reading. The greatest benefit of the
approach the educator is using is that it - ANSWER gives the students tools for taking
control of their own learning.
A special educator is teaching Monica, a 12 year old with multiple disabilities, how
to identify pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. Every day, the teacher gives
Monica 20 coins to identify. With the help of a chart showing each coin and its
name, Monica is asked to use her speech-generating communication device to
identify each coin. The results after one week of instruction are shown below.
Day
Number of Coins
Identified Correctly
Monday 5
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