How would you answer the question, "Does early intervention/education benefit children with special needs and their families? Why or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
While this question is complex, most students should be able to affirmatively say that early intervention/education does benefit children with special needs and their families. Research (and the textbook) demonstrate that quality early intervention/education does make a difference for children and their families. Some ways that it is beneficial include findings that show that early intervention promotes better learning later in life, it prevents further development of delays or disabilities, provides skills for children and families and helps them access needed support and services, and provides positive overall development of a child's social, emotional
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a. Encourage students to disregard strategies they have used in the past. b. Allow students to figure out where and when to use the strategies. c. Emphasize the importance of speed rather than reflection. d. Model and explain new strategies.
The best way to prepare students for on-demand writing tests is to:
a) focus instruction upon spelling b) always require students to write about teacher-selected topics c) maintain a program of good writing instruction d) help students use dictionaries effectively
Scores far from the mean are located in the ______ of a normal distribution.
A. body B. tails C. most sensitive areas D. most uncertain
Regular salary increases would best be described as an:
a. intrinsic reward in teaching. b. essential characteristic of professionalism. c. extrinsic reward in teaching. d. intellectual reward in teaching.