Why is distinguishing between social skills and social competency important?
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary but should include some of the following:Appropriate use of discrete social skills does not necessarily result in social competence. This means that efforts focused only on teaching discrete social behaviors to students with autism may be inefficient; the child's skills must be considered with regard to contexts in which she must function, including social behaviors needed for success in those contexts and desired social outcomes within those contexts.
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The major elements of service learning include all of the following except
A. preparation B. obligation C. reflection D. celebration
Which statement is not true regarding the reader response portfolio?
a. A reader response portfolio should be authentic, continuous, multidimensional, and must provide opportunities for interactive reflection. b. Artifacts included in the reader response portfolio should be based on authentic children's literature and reflect genuine, unique, personal perspective on that literature. c. Reader response portfolio artifacts may include, but are not limited to: literature response file, audiotapes, artwork, book graph, response checklist, and photographs. d. A carefully selected artifact (such as a single entry from a response journal or a specific piece of art) can capture the overall authentic, continuous, multidimensional, interactive nature of sound portfolio assessment.
Darch and Kame'nui (1995) suggested that when teachers are confronted with persistent problem behaviors they should first exhaust all organizational and instructional possibilities. Which of the following are questions that teachers should ask when assessing their classrooms for possible modifications? (May be more than one answer)
a. Are persistent problems are fostered by classroom organization? b. Are persistent problem behaviors are specific to a particular instructional task? c. Are persistent problems are fostered by classroom organization? d. Are behavioral rehearsals being conducted with students?
Cultural competence is
A. shared national origins or cultural patterns. B. traditionally, biologically determined physical characteristics that set one group apart from others. C. the learned behaviors, beliefs, and attitudes that are characteristic of an individual society or population, and the products that people create. D. knowledge and understanding about the other races, ethnic groups, cultures, and minority groups.