Identify 5 of the 7 guidelines provided in the chapter for involving parents of children with learning and behavior problems in the schools. How will you use these in your professional practice?
What will be an ideal response?
General Guidelines for Involving Parents
• Be proactive. Communicate with parents before behavior problems occur to establish positive interactions.
• Assess families' desires and willingness to participate in school activities.
• Provide parents with information about classroom management plans.
When There is a Problem
• Begin a conference with positive examples of the child's academic and/or behavior successes.
• Focus on only one or two problems during the meeting.
• Asks parents for their insights into the problem.
• Make suggestions for interventions and tell the parents why the strategy can be effective.
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a. satisfy the expectations of qualitative and quantitative researchers. b. get answers to an intended purpose of a study. c. enhance the scientific value of a study. d. enhance the transferability of the findings to a large setting.
Explain why the limited focus of research, the complexity of teaching and learning, and the selection and interpretation of data are complicating factors in the study of behavior and thought processes
What will be an ideal response?
A new trend in special education is
a. a decrease in the identification of children with autism. b. an increase in the number of children with intellectual disabilities. c. an increase in self-contained or instructional special education classes. d. an increase in the number of inclusive placements of students with disabilities. e. a decrease in diversity in the schools.
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a. Paraphrasing b. Semantics c. Tracking d. Presentation of self