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How do educators facilitate effective communication between
professionals and families? Ans✓✓✓Avoid giving advice to parents or
colleagues unless it is requested.
In an RTI model, why is collaboration among personnel involved in the
program essential? Ans✓✓✓To ensure appropriate intervention for
students
Which of the following is NOT considered crucial for teacher
collaboration? * Ans✓✓✓An established friendship
Which of the following is NOT a coteaching model? *
Ans✓✓✓Individual instruction
When a student with a learning or behavior problem is placed in the
general education classroom, the special education teacher takes several
steps to communicate effectively with the general education teacher.
Which of the following choices is NOT one of those steps? *
Ans✓✓✓Explain that regular meetings and collaboration will not be
necessary.
Special education teachers are accustomed to assigning grades based on
effort, motivation, and the abilities of their students. In contrast, general
,education teachers consider grades: * Ans✓✓✓From the perspective of
a uniform set of expectations.
Which statement is NOT true about teacher assistance teams (TATs)? *
Ans✓✓✓They are made up exclusively of special education teachers.
Matuszny and colleagues (2007) developed a four-step plan for
collaborating with culturally and linguistically diverse families. The
steps include all of the following EXCEPT: * Ans✓✓✓Instruction on
guidelines: The teacher provides families with instruction on school
guidelines, policies, and terminology.
An individualized family service plan (IFSP) may include all of the
following choices EXCEPT: * Ans✓✓✓IQ assessment
Linda, a speech-language pathologist, has just evaluated a second-grade
child and determined that the child has an expressive and receptive
language disorder. When she meets with the child's parents to explain
the findings, the parents disagree and say that the child speaks well at
home. Linda immediately argues with the parents that the test scores are
valid and it is essential that the child be placed in speech and language
therapy. In what way is Linda communicating poorly with the parents? *
Ans✓✓✓She is not demonstrating respect for the parents' knowledge
and understanding of their child.
If student assessment shows that coteaching for a particular group of
students is not effective, what is the next best course of action? *
, Ans✓✓✓Increase the intensity of instruction and decrease the teacher-
student ratio.
Conferences with family members provide teachers with the opportunity
to do which of the following? * Ans✓✓✓Provide samples of the
student's most recent work.
Considering various types of resources, what is the main impediment to
successful collaboration? * Ans✓✓✓Time
Potential challenges of collaboration and consultation include all of the
following EXCEPT: * Ans✓✓✓Recognition of the superior role of
special education teachers
In a collaborative model, the special education teacher collaborates with
all of the following people EXCEPT: * Ans✓✓✓Attorneys
Acceptance of others is communicated by all of the following choices
EXCEPT: * Ans✓✓✓How you avoid interaction.
Which of the following refers to the approach in which the special
education teacher and classroom teacher provide instruction together in
the general education classroom? * Ans✓✓✓Coteaching