Deck 7: Remediating Deficits in Socialization

Question 1

The term ______ refers to discrete social behavior that are typically exhibited by socially competent individuals, while the term ______ refers to other people's perceptions of an individual's social performance.

A) Social competence; social skills
B) Social skills; social competence
C) Concomitant improvements; generalization
D) Generalization; concomitant improvements

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What is the correct order of the steps to take to determine the demands of a target environment? i. Determine the target environments where students will have opportunities for social interaction.
Ii) Conduct ecological assessments in the target environments.
Iii) Interview teachers and other adults who supervise students in the target environments.
Iv) Conduct direct observations of typically developing peers in the target environments.

A) i, iii, v, ii
B) iv, ii, iii, i
C) ii, iv, iii, i
D) i, iii, ii, iv

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Order the steps in assessing social skills using direct observation. i. Select a time and place to observe.
Ii) As you observe your target student, collect data for the same skills on a typical peer selected at random.
Iii) Determine the skills you wish to assess as described operationally.
Iv) Determine the most appropriate measurement system for each skill.

A) iii, i, iv, ii
B) iii, iv, i, ii
C) i, ii, iv, iii
D) iv, iii, i, ii

Answer 3

B

Question 4

What is an example of general case programming?

A) Varying the components of the instructional lesson, such as conducting the lesson at different times and in different settings.
B) Many examples of the skill to be taught are used.
C) Students learn to provide their own reinforcers.
D) The training situation is made as much like real life as possible.

Question 5

What is the correct order of the steps involved in video self-modeling? i. Record the video.
Ii) Write a script for the VM or VSM.
Iii) Identify the target skills to be modeled.
Iv) Task analyze the skill.

A) iii, iv, ii, i
B) iv, iii, i, ii
C) ii, iii, iv, i
D) iv, iii, ii, i

Question 6

What are pivotal behaviors?

A) Those that, once achieved, help students generalize
B) Those that students must master before progressing to the next step
C) Those that are central to many areas of functioning
D) Those that allow students to integrate into mainstream classrooms

Question 7

What is one question the text recommends asking during an ecological assessment?

A) What is the nature of peer interaction?
B) How many steps is the target task broken down into?
C) What is the least restrictive environment in which this skill can be performed?
D) Have peers been taught behavioral skills for initiating the social behavior?

Question 8

______ is a skill that can be naturally reinforced in target environments to promote generalization.

A) Washing hands
B) Returning books to the library
C) Cutting vegetables
D) Smiling

Question 9

What is autistic leading?

A) Modeling appropriate behavior for students to follow
B) Prompting students to follow the steps designated in a task analysis
C) Moving students further along the road to their goals
D) Leading someone by the hand to help obtain a desired object

Question 10

Joint attention ______.

A) occurs when a student leads someone to a desired object
B) is a social experience shared by two or more people and often initiated by one person
C) is the ultimate goal of socialization training
D) often occurs despite well-planned and comprehensive interventions

Question 11

What is one significant way to increase the effectiveness of direct-instruction social skills lessons?

A) Include several other students who are working on learning the same skill
B) Include typically developing same-age peers who are skilled in the behavior being taught
C) Incorporate either the ACCEPTS or the ACCESS curriculum
D) Have other students clap after each role play attempt

Question 12

Considering the correlation between socialization, cognition, and communication and the predictive aspects of socialization, when is the best time to begin interventions to improve socialization?

A) As early as possible
B) As soon as the child enters preschool
C) By the age of 5 years
D) Between the ages of 7 and 9 years

Question 13

Lack of generalization is especially problematic for improving social behavior and social interactions in students with autism. How can educators facilitate generalization of newly learned skills?

A) Purchase a social skills curriculum designed for students with autism.
B) Program common stimuli into the training regimen.
C) Teach students to recognize general education teachers.
D) Ask the student what skills he/she would like to learn.

Question 14

When working to generalize social skills, what does programming common stimuli refer to?

A) Varying components of instructional lessons once students demonstrate acquisition of target behaviors in the instructional setting
B) Using many examples in the teaching process
C) Making the training situation as much like real-life situations as possible
D) Teaching students to recognize the types of reinforcers used by general educators

Question 15

What is the MOST important reason we teach social skills?

A) To meet goals and objectives set in our students' IEPs
B) To reduce classroom disruption and promote appropriate behavior
C) To ensure our students obtain productive postschool employment opportunities
D) To improve our students' social behavior and ultimately their social functioning

Question 16

What two types of teacher-mediated interventions are used to increase social behavior in children with autism?

A) PMI and direct instruction of target social behaviors
B) Video self-modeling and PMI
C) Antecedent prompting and direct instruction of target social behaviors
D) Social stories and self-monitoring

Question 17

Based on the IDEA, the concept of LRE stipulates that ______.

A) joint attention should be provided by both teachers and students
B) education of students with disabilities should occur to the maximum extent possible with peers without disabilities
C) the civil rights of children with autism are best protected in special education classrooms with trained teachers
D) support services provided to students with disabilities should also be provided to their typically developing peers

Question 18

Students with autism ______ be taught to use the materials that are commonly part of typically developing students' repertoire.

A) often want to
B) are usually afraid to
C) should not
D) should

Question 19

______ describe feelings of individuals involved in a particular situation, ______ provide information about the social context in a particular situation, and ______ tell the student what to do in a particular situation.

A) Perspective sentences; descriptive sentences; directive sentences
B) Descriptive sentences; perspective sentences; directive sentences
C) Directive sentences; descriptive sentences; perspective sentences
D) Directive sentences; perspective sentences; descriptive sentences

Question 20

Direct-observation techniques use ______ to measure the rate or percentage of discrete skills.

A) rating scales
B) ecological assessments
C) task analysis
D) event recording

Question 21

Though it is well documented that social behavior is complex and varied, describe several types of social behaviors that are critical throughout the life span.

Question 22

Discuss at least three potential problems with inclusion.

Question 23

List at least five general considerations for socialization interventions.

Question 24

To help with generalizing social skills, children with autism should learn to recognize reinforcers used by general educators.

Question 25

When a student with autism is engaged in self-monitoring targeting a specific behavior, she systematically records each time that behavior is performed.

Question 26

What's the direct-instruction sequence for teaching social skills?

Question 27

Why is distinguishing between social skills and social competency important?

Question 28

Name at least five strategies that can promote generalization in relation to social skills.

Question 29

Describe socialization characteristics present in many children with autism. What are the implications of those characterizes related to social functioning?

Question 30

A behavior that functions to obtain a nonsocial reinforcer is a social skill.