Explain the difficulty students with ADHD have managing task switches and suggest three cognitive supports for transitioning from one activity to another

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If a student with ADHD is deficient in behavioral inhibition, it means that once he or she begins a task it is difficult for him or her to mentally switch to a new activity. The executive controls needed to "inhibit" a current activity and "start up" another are different for students with ADHD compared to students without ADHD. Supports include: allowing time between asking a student to do or say something and expecting the response

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The UCLA Young Autism Project proposes that hours a week be spent on working directly with the child to ensure that he or she can be ready for first grade with typical children

a. 10 b. 15 c. 30 d. 40

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What general criteria should be used to select materials for children’s programs?

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Which of the following is not a good suggestion for submitting an article to a journal?

a. Include a cover letter. b. Make the introduction, related literature, and methods sections relatively brief. c. Determine which style manual the journal specifies. d. Submit the article to a journal in your specific field of interest. e. To increase chances of acceptance, submit the article to several journals simultaneously.

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Atkinson (2002) summarizes the characteristics of postmodernism. Which one does not apply?

a. Reverence for traditions of philosophy and morality b. Acceptance of complexity c. Acknowledgement of subjectivity d. Rejection of fixed notions of reality

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