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One technique that has proven especially effective in reducing self-stimulation and repetitive movements in autistic or severely retarded children is:
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Overcorrection
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In math class, Mary talked out without raising her hand. Her teacher gave her a warning and asked her to state the rule for being recognized to speak. However, Mary was soon talking out again and lost a point from her daily point sheet. This is an example of:
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Response cost
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Which body language would not likely be interpreted as a sign of defensiveness, aggression, or hostility?
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Direct eye contact
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The minimum number of IEP meetings required per year is:
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One
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Satisfaction of the LRE requirement means that:
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The student is being educated with the fewest special education services necessary.
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A review of a student's eligibility for an exceptional student program must be done:
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At least once every 3 years.
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Crisis intervention methods are above all concerned with:
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Safety and well-being of the staff and students.
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Ricky, a third grade student, runs out of the classroom and onto the roof of the school. He paces around the roof, looks around to see who is watching, and laughs at the people on the ground. He appears to be in control of his behavior. What should the teacher do?
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Notify the crisis teacher and arrange to have someone monitor Ricky.
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Mike was caught marking graffiti on the walls of the bathroom. His consequence was to clean all the walls of the bathroom. This type of overcorrection would be:
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Positive Practice
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Judy, a fourth grader, is often looking around the room or out of the window. She does not disturb anyone, but has to ask for directions to be repeated and does not finish her work. Her teacher decides to reinforce Judy when she is on task. This would be an example of which method of reinforcement?
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Fading
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An appropriate time out for a ten-year-old would be:
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No more than one-half hour.
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During the science lesson Rudy makes remarks from time to time but his classmates are not attending to them. The teacher reinforces the students who are raising their hand to speak, but ignores Rudy. The teacher reinforces Rudy when he raises his hand. This technique is an example of:
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Extinction
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Which of these would probably not be a result of implementing an extinction strategy?
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Maladaptive behavior stops, then starts up again for a brief time.
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Withholding or removing a stimulus that reinforces a maladaptive behavior is:
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Extinction
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Which of these would not be used to strengthen a desired behavior?
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Overcorrection
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If the arrangement in a fixed-ratio schedule of reinforcement is 3, when will the student receive the reinforcer?
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After every third correct response in a row.
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Wesley is having trouble ignoring distractions. At first you have him seated at a carrel which is located in a corner of the room. He does well so, you eventually move him out of the carrel for increasing portions of the day. Eventually he is able to sit in a seat with the rest of his classmates. This is an example of:
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Shaping
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Laura is beginning to raise her hand first instead of talking out. An effective schedule of reinforcement would be:
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Continuous
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As Laura continues to raise her hand to speak, the teacher would want to change this schedule of reinforcement in order to wean her from reinforcement:
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Fixed
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Laura has demonstrated that she has mastered the goal of raising her hand to speak, reinforcement during the maintenance phase should be:
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Variable
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An integral part of ecological interventions are consequences that:
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Are natural and logical.
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Examples of behaviors that are appropriate to be measured for their duration, include all EXCEPT:
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Hitting
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Examples of behaviors that are appropriate to be monitored by measuring frequency include all EXCEPT:
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Daydreaming
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Criteria for choosing behaviors to measure by frequency include all but those that:
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Last a long time.
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Criteria for choosing behaviors to measure by duration include all but those that:
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Last a short time.
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Data on quiet behaviors (e.g. nail biting or daydreaming) are best measured using a:
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Interval or time sample.
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Mr. Jones wants to design an intervention for reducing Jason's sarcastic remarks. He wants to find out who or what is reinforcing Jason's remarks, so he records data on Jason's behavior of his peers. This is an example of collecting data on:
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Reciprocal behaviors
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Ms. Beekman has a class of students who frequently talk out. She wishes to begin interventions with the students who are talking out the most. She monitors the talking behavior of the entire class for 1 minute samples every half hour. This is an example of collecting data on:
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Single behaviors for multiple subjects.
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Mark got a B on his social studies test. Mr. Wilner praised him for his good grade but he replies, "I was lucky this time. It must have been an easy test." Mark's statement is an example of:
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External locus of control.
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Mr. Smith is on a field trip with a group of high school EH students. One the way they stop at a fast food restaurant for lunch, and Warren and Raul get into a disagreement. After some heated words, Warren stalks out of the restaurant and refuses to return to the group. He leaves the parking lot, continues walking away from the group, and ignores Mr. Smith's directions to come back. What would be the best course of action for Mr. Smith?
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Telephone the school and let the crisis teacher notify the police in accordance with school policy.
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Which is the least effective of reinforcers in programs for mildly to moderately handicapped learners?
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Food
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Tyrone likes to throw paper towards the trash can instead of getting up to throw it away. After several attempts of positive interventions, Tyrone has to serve a detention and continues to throw balls of paper at the trash can for the entire detention period. This would be an example of:
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Negative practice
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A student may have great difficulty in meeting a target goal if the teacher has not first considered:
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If the student has the essential prerequisite skills to perform the goal.
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The Premack principle of increasing the performance of a less-preferred activity by immediately following it with a highly-preferred activity is the basis of:
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Contingency contracting
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Mr. Brown finds that his chosen consequence does not seem to be having the desired effect of reducing the target misbehavior. Which of these would LEAST LIKELY account for Mr. Brown's lack of success with the consequence?
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The intervention had not previously been shown to be effective in studies.
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Teaching techniques that stimulate active participation and understanding in the mathematics class include all but which of the following?
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Having students copy computation facts for a set number of times.
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Justin, a second grader, is reinforced if he is on task at the end of each 10 minute block of time that the teacher observes him. This is an example of what type of reinforcement schedule?
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Fixed-interval
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Addressing a student's maladaptive behavior right away with a "time out" should be reserved for situations where:
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Harm might come to the student or others.
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At the beginning of the school year, Annette had a problem with being late to class. Her teacher reinforced her each time she was in her seat when the bell rang. In October, her teacher decided to reward her every other day when she was not tardy to class. The reinforcement schedule appropriate for making the transition to maintenance phase would be:
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Fixed interval
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By November, Annette's teacher is satisfied with her record of being on time and decides to change the schedule of reinforcement. The best type of reinforcement schedule for maintenance of behavior is:
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Variable ratio
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Which of these groups is not comprehensively covered by IDEA?
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Specific learning disabilities
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Organizing ideas by use of a web or outline is an example of which writing activity.
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Prewriting
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When a teacher is choosing behaviors to modify, the issue of social validity must be considered. Social validity refers to:
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Society's standards of behavior.
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Dena, a second grader, is a messy eater who leaves her lunch are messy as well. Dena's teacher models correct use of eating utensils and napkins for her. As Dena approximates the target behavior of eating neatly and leaving her area clean, she receives praise and a token. Finally, Dena reaches her target behavior goal and redeems her tokens. Dena's teacher used the strategy of:
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Chaining
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Educators who advocate educating all children in their neighborhood classrooms and schools, propose the end of labeling and segregation of special needs student in special classes, and call for the delivery of special supports and services directly in the classroom may be said to support the:
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Full Inclusion Model
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