Deck 6: Social Emotional and Behavioral Challenges

Question 1

Ways to teach students sensitivity to other students are

A)videos and CDs.
B)pictures of faces.
C)using gestures.
D)social stories.
E)All of these.

Answer 1

E

Question 2

Which of the following is an important outcome gained from the functional assessment process?

A)Information that determines whether the teacher keeps his/her job
B)Information about what is wrong with the parents of the child
C)Information about what the principal is doing wrong
D)A clear description of the problem
E)The student's reading level

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of reinforcement?

A)Praise
B)Punishment
C)Time-out
D)Yelling at a student
E)Taking away time to work on a computer

Answer 3

A

Question 4

All of the following statements about suspension are true except which?

A)All students with learning disabilities are likely to be suspended.
B)Students with disabilities have higher rates of suspension than youth without disabilities.
C)Students with co-occurring OHI and learning disabilities are suspended more than students without disabilities of the same race.
D)When students with learning disabilities find that academic tasks are too difficult, they may respond with disruptive behaviors that lead to suspension.
E)None of these.

Question 5

Which of the following describes a traveling assignment?

A)Permit students to take an assignment home to complete.
B)Allow the student to complete the assignment in another room.
C)Allow the student to run around the room.
D)Cut a work sheet into strips and taping the strips around the room.
E)None of these.

Question 6

Positive behavioral supports include the following:

A)rewards for students who follow the rules.
B)days of suspension.
C)time-out.
D)punishment for inappropriate behavior.
E)sending the student to the principal's office when the student misbehaves.

Question 7

Depression may be exhibited by the following symptoms:

A)loss of energy.
B)loss of interest in friends.
C)difficulty in concentration.
D)feelings of helplessness.
E)All of these.

Question 8

Which of the following statements is true about feelings of self-worth?

A)It is not affected by continual failure in school.
B)It is gained through mastery of a skill or task.
C)It is not impacted by the attitude of peers.
D)It is not affected by a teacher's actions.
E)None of these.

Question 9

Which of the following statements about social disorders is true?

A)Over 90 percent of students with learning disabilities have problems with social skills.
B)All students with learning disabilities have social disorders.
C)A social disorder may be more disabling than an academic problem.
D)Students with learning disabilities never have social disabilities.
E)None of these.

Question 10

Learning disabilities can co-occur with the following behavioral or emotional problems:

A)anxiety.
B)depression.
C)other mental health disorders.
D)attentional problems.
E)All of these.

Question 11

What is the best description of functional assessment?

A)Determine why a student is behaving the way he/she is.
B)Determine the punishments to give the students when he/she acts out.
C)Determine the number of days to suspend a student.
D)Determine which teacher is to blame for the student's behavior.
E)None of these.

Question 12

The antecedent event is

A)the target behavior.
B)what happens before the behavior occurs.
C)what happens after the behavior.
D)what happens during the behavior.
E)None of these.

Question 13

Behavioral intervention plans should be based on

A)information from the parents.
B)information from the functional assessment.
C)information from the principal.
D)information from classmates.
E)None of these.

Question 14

Anxiety may be exhibited by

A)hopelessness.
B)panic.
C)absences from school.
D)lack of attention.
E)All of these.

Question 15

A characteristic of Asperger's syndrome is

A)inability to read.
B)poor academic skills.
C)lack of interest in any subject.
D)difficulty with social interaction.
E)lack of speech.

Question 16

Which of the following is a sociometric technique?

A)Using checklists
B)Giving speed tests in reading
C)Asking the students to nominate three classmates that they like the most
D)Using inventories
E)Questionnaires for teachers to interview parents

Question 17

Students with learning disabilities may exhibit these co-occurring behavior problems:

A)frustration.
B)acting out behaviors.
C)work refusal.
D)inappropriate attention-seeking behaviors.
E)All of these.

Question 18

Which is a replacement behavior for a student who refuses to complete a math task?

A)Provide a math task that the student is able to complete independently.
B)Have a classmate give student the math answers.
C)Assign a one-on-one aide for the student.
D)The student is allowed to skip math.
E)None of these.

Question 19

Which is the first step of functional behavioral assessment?

A)Develop a plan of punishment for stopping the problem behavior.
B)Develop a hypothesis about what conditions provoke the problem behavior.
C)Identify the target problem behavior.
D)Develop a plan to change the target behavior.
E)Determine what seems to maintain the occurrence of the problem behavior.

Question 20

Another name for the Premack Principle is

A)grandma's law.
B)proximity control.
C)behavior momentum.
D)backward chaining.
E)punishment.

Question 21

Describe the disadvantages of suspension.

Question 22

Name two commonly used extrinsic reinforcers.

Question 23

Another name for Grandma's Law is

Question 24

Describe the ABC's of Functional Behavioral Assessment.

Question 25

What does FBA stand for?

Question 26

In what procedure is a disruptive student removed from the class and placed in an isolated area for a short time?

Question 27

How can you teach the rules of your classroom?