Which of the following characteristics are potential dimensions of challenging behaviors?

Which of the following characteristics are potential dimensions of challenging behaviors?
 
  a. frequency and intensity
  b. age appropriateness
  c. type of behavior
  d. all of the above

Ques. 2

Adaptive skills refer to a student's general competence in (Circle all that apply.)
 
  A. communication.
  B. home and community living.
  C. self-care.
  D. higher level cognitive thinking.
  E. the world of work.

Ques. 3

With regard to curricula and resources available to address self-determination in the classroom:
 
  a. very few materials have been developed
  b. all resources are targeting the early elementary years
  c. a number of resources exist, but teachers need a map to find them
  d. they are available, but they are not teacher-friendly and they haven't been tested

Ques. 4

An informant might be (Circle all that apply.)
 
  A. a parent.
  B. an unfamiliar adult.
  C. a teacher.
  D. a nurse.

Ques. 5

A major criticism that continues to be related to self-determination is that there is:
 
  a. insufficient evidence and documentation that the teaching of self-determination leads to an
  improved quality of life for persons with disabilities and their families
  b. essentially no curriculum nor other resources is available to teachers to allow them to effectively
  teach self-determination
  c. no reason to believe that parents and other stakeholders will be accepting of self-determination as
  a teaching goal and, therefore, teaching it is not appropriate
  d. no support for the inclusion of self-determination in the legislation associated with special
  education, especially the IEP

Ques. 6

Portfolios, student journals, probes, exhibitions, and questionnaires are examples of
 
  A. formal assessment instruments.
  B. standardized instruments.
  C. alternative assessments.
  D. norm-referenced assessments.

Ques. 7

Sometimes, events or conditions that are not immediately connected in time and place to the behavior in question may affect the behavior; such conditions are known as ____________________.
 
  a. setting events
  b. teaching events
  c. coaching events
  d. unusual events

Ques. 8

One fundamental principle of alternative assessment is that
 
  A. assessment of achievement is linked to comparing a student's performance with the performance of the student's peers.
  B. assessment of achievement is linked to the curriculum that has been taught.
  C. procedures for administration, scoring, and interpretation are strictly followed.
  D. test materials describe the development of the tests in detail.

Ques. 9

Functional Behavioral Assessment is based on several assumptions. Which of the following statements is not one of these assumptions?
 
  a. Antecedents affect behavior.
  b. Parents are the most influential in a student's school behavior.
  c. Sometimes, problem behavior reflects a failure to learn a more appropriate alternative way to behave.
  d. Behavior serves a purpose.