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The most important step for teachers learning new diagnostic instruments is which
of the following?
a. meeting with the parents before the testing
b. becoming familiar with the test manual and test
c. becoming familiar with the correct responses
d. all of the above - ANSWER-b. becoming familiar with the test manual and
test
This is the first score to be calculated and is used to determine the standard score.
a. composite score
b. percentile rank
c. raw score
d. scaled score - ANSWER-c. raw score
Which of the following tools is most closely associated with the Premack
Principle?
Task card
Power card
First-then card
Prompt card - ANSWER-First-then card
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder usually have difficulty with:
language and communication.
environmental changes.
stereotypic behavior.
all of the above. - ANSWER-all of the above.
Communication - ANSWER-the exchange of information and knowledge
among participants
, Language - ANSWER-culture-based system of symbols governed by complex
rules, individuals use for communication
Speech - ANSWER-the use of the oral channel for exchanging information
and knowledge
Kelly, a 15-year-old girl, who is enrolled in a drama course at a large suburban
high school, has made some friends in the class. As he arrived in class one day, a
peer walked up to him and said, "What's up, dog?" This common greeting among
the students upset Kelly tremendously, as Kelly repeatedly responded "Don't call
me a dog!" The special education teacher created a social story with words and
icons to illustrate all of the ways in which a social greeting can occur in picture-
book format. After the intervention Kelly even began using the greeting herself.
Identify the exceptionality.
autism spectrum disorders
emotional and behavioral disorder
intellectual and developmental disability
hearing impairment - ANSWER-autism spectrum disorders
Speech disorders include - ANSWER-voice, resonance, articulation, or fluency
problems
Adventitious - ANSWER-Hearing loss that develops after birth, sudden
deafness happens as a rapid and unexplained hearing loss generally inside one
ear
Articulation disorders - ANSWER-omissions, substitutions, additions, fluency
disorders, stuttering
This instrument measures a student's verbal comprehension skills by presenting the
student with a series of stimuli and asking the student to discriminate a given
stimulus that best represents an orally stated word.
a. test of written language development-4
b. test of written language-4
c. expressive vocabulary test-2