Deck 9: Understanding Intervention Controversies

Question 1

Routinely giving students personal assistants ______.

A) is a practice often questioned by parents
B) helps them more quickly learn to function in general education settings
C) is likely to increase their dependency
D) precludes the process of fading

Answer 1

C

Question 2

When considering the potential risk of an intervention, "cost" should be considered in terms of ______ as well as financial resources.

A) ethics
B) operational skills
C) opportunities gained
D) evidence

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What is the BEST response when a student's parents insist on a strategy that you know to be ineffective?

A) Provide them with access to peer-reviewed journals that discuss the futility of the strategy they want.
B) Explain how the selection of that option might affect implementation of other approaches.
C) Contact the child's physician to ask her to talk to the parents about why the strategy they want is not best for their child.
D) Tell them it is not possible to implement that strategy.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

______ involves collecting data to show how well a specific strategy or program is being implemented.

A) Fidelity of implementation
B) Implementation veracity
C) Meta-analysis
D) Cost analysis

Question 5

Most current evidence supports ______ used in a structured education program as the best way to help students with autism learn.

A) 40 hours per week of direct instruction
B) part-time MT therapy combined with unstructured play
C) systematic, ABA-based instructional practices
D) scaffolding with an intensive life skills focus

Question 6

The outcomes promised by a particular intervention ______.

A) should be supported by at least three studies
B) cannot be trusted if the intervention has not been studied by the NAC or the NPDC
C) should be evaluated immediately after the intervention has been implemented
D) should match the student's IEP goals

Question 7

When seeking to provide evidence-based practices for their students with autism, a school ______ an "autism program" to ensure all students receive identical services.

A) should not develop
B) should develop
C) is less likely to get sued if they develop
D) should get parental input before developing

Question 8

Intervention studies used to determine evidence-based practices should have been ______.

A) evaluated by parents
B) tested in courts of law
C) replicated across variables such as age groups or settings
D) announced on websites

Question 9

What is the common thread in all criteria the chapter discusses for determining evidence-based practices?

A) The practices have been evaluated with high-quality research designs.
B) The practices are in use across multiple settings.
C) The practices are norm-referenced.
D) The practices have been in use for at least 5 years.

Question 10

Education groups ______.

A) must use evidence-based practices from the National Database of Evidence-Based Practices (Education).
B) typically target their working definitions of evidence-based practices to their population of concern.
C) are not generally concerned with EBPs.
D) poll parents and students to determine which evidence-based practices to implement.

Question 11

______ is an example of a CTMS, while _____ is an example of a focused intervention technique included in established evidence-based behavioral interventions (CTMS and focused).

A) Inclusion; spelling instruction
B) Parent training; recess with typical peers
C) The Denver Model; discrete trial training
D) Prompting; Division TEACCH

Question 12

What is the goal of the Association for Science in Autism Treatment (ASAT), as it relates to evidence-based practices?

A) Its website provides information about autism, services, research, and resources.
B) Its stated goal is to disseminate scientifically sound information to guide treatment decisions.
C) It was funded from 2007 to 2014 with the goal of identifying EBPs for children with autism.
D) It's goal is to identify EBPs in a variety of areas, including accommodations, diversity, behavior and classroom management, and to guide implementation of those practices.

Question 13

What is the goal of the IRIS Center of Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, as it relates to evidence-based practices?

A) Its website provides information about autism, services, research, and resources.
B) The center's stated goal is to disseminate scientifically sound information to guide treatment decisions.
C) It was funded from 2007 to 2014 with the goal of identifying EBPs for children with autism.
D) The center seeks to identify EBPs and guide implementation of those practices.

Question 14

A clearly articulated educational program ______.

A) incorporates a well-proportioned mix of various methodologies, such as DTT, di, and MT
B) is the best way to ensure cooperation from all stakeholders
C) must meet standards mandated by PL 94-142 in order to be legally defensible
D) emphasizes meaningful outcomes for students, has appropriate intensity, and has carefully conceived and well-described elements

Question 15

What is the MOST important way documentation contributes to the success of programs for children with autism?

A) It helps avoid a one-size-fits-all mentality.
B) It ensures carefully developed outcomes.
C) It demonstrates a relationship between student outcomes and program components.
D) It ensures compliance with mandates from IDEA 2004.

Question 16

Information and updates on EBPs ______.

A) can quickly be found through Internet searches
B) are mailed to schools monthly for internal dissemination
C) are neither compiled nor distributed in any systemic fashion
D) should be obtained from reliable and reputable sources

Question 17

In what area is a team most likely to be tempted to choose a popular intervention rather than one that is appropriate?

A) Personal hygiene and grooming strategies
B) Placement decisions
C) Job readiness decisions
D) Strategies to reduce behavior deficits

Question 18

What is the definition of what constitutes an evidence-based practice?

A) That given by the National Professional Development Center on ASD
B) There is no single, accepted definition.
C) The EBP definition derived from Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District
D) Each school district establishes what constitutes an EBP based on their specific circumstances.

Question 19

Various fields (e.g., nursing, medicine) have evidence-based practices ______.

A) mandated for their specialists
B) designed by users of their services
C) that change annually
D) specific to their work

Question 20

The NAC and the NPDC ______.

A) work to identify effective intervention practices
B) litigate on behalf of students harmed by faulty EPBs
C) develop interventions to be tested as evidence-based practices
D) provide in-service training to help teachers learn how to test interventions

Question 21

Determining what is and what is not an EBP is a straightforward process.

Question 22

Most definitions of evidence-based practices share what common criteria for determining an EBP?

Question 23

When IEP team members disagree on what constitutes an appropriate educational program, a judge or hearing officer may be asked to consider the most compelling legal arguments for a particular program and then make programming decisions.

Question 24

What are some concrete steps that can be taken to increase the chances for success of an education program for students with autism?

Question 25

Discuss some reliable sources for identifying evidence-based practices.

Question 26

Following agreement on an educational program, determining how the program's effectiveness will be evaluated is the final step in IEP development.

Question 27

What are some questions the team could ask to guide consideration of determining the effectiveness of an intervention option?

Question 28

What is the best approach to take if one of the interventions the team is considering for a student with autism is backed by little to no research involving participants with characteristics and goals similar to those of your student?

Question 29

What four areas does the chapter propose teams consider when evaluating intervention options?

Question 30

What are some reasons education programs for students with autism can fail?