List and explain three rights of individuals who are recipients of behavioral change programs as proposed by
the American Association for Behavior Analysis.
What will be an ideal response?
Students may select to discuss any three of the following seven listed rights:
(1) Therapeutic environment: A therapeutic environment is a safe environment that is humane and responsive to the individual.
(2) Services whose overriding goal is personal welfare: This right address the issue of the behavior targeted for change should be beneficial to the student.
(3) Treatment by competent behavior analyst includes continued training, observation, and evaluation of the behavior analyst to ensure appropriate use of behavioral principles.
(4) Programs that teach functional skills: Depending on student, skills targeted for instruction should include those that are most relevant to the individual. It should be assumed, for the majority of students, that they will fully participate in the community around them.
(5) Behavioral assessment and ongoing evaluation: Goals and objectives should be derived from careful observation under various conditions.
(6) Most effective treatment procedures available: Treatment procedures selected should demonstrate proven effectiveness in changing similar behaviors in similar students.
(7) Accountability: Interventions should be published so that they can be evaluated.
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What will be an ideal response?
The percentage of the population under 18 years of age influences early care and education, early intervention, schools, and special education. Looking at the ethnic groups within the United States the group has the have the largest percent of children under 18 is ____and the group with the smallest percent of children under age 18 is ____
A. Hispanic; non-Hispanic White B. Asian; American Indian/Alaskan Native C. Black; Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander D. Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; Hispanic
Rosemary, an elementary-school teacher, doesn't like a structured curriculum, although she does believe in wellplanned learning experiences. She likes to “go with the flow” of student curiosity and to use learning centers, dramatizations, and projects based on the emerging interests of her students. Which of the following types of student-centered curricula would best meet her needs?
a. activity-centered curriculum b. alternative school curriculum c. relevant curriculum d. value-centered curriculum
Scientifically based research informing the Reading First Initiative supports concentrating reading instruction on all of the following areas except:
A. Phonological awareness. B. Phonics. C. Fluency. D. Comprehension. E. Orthographic processing.