Teaching Type
Which kind of team uses consensus-seeking and the opening up of professional territories, characterized by a deliberate exchange of knowledge, skills and expertise that transcend traditional discipline boundaries?
Transdiciplinary
What is the purpose(s) of assistive technology assessment?
Comprehensive picture of needs, identify targets for supported access, guide selection of devices- all of these
Which of the following is required for effective use of assistive technology? (You may recall reading this as an inclusionary criteria in the study by Copley
Use of a team-based approach to assistive technology assessment and planning for children with multiple disabilities). If a student did not demonstrate this ability, the IEP or EI team should not recommend an assistive technology evaluation for the student yet.
Understands cause and effect relationships
Who on an educational team is most likely to collaborate with a health care professional?
vision professional
Which analogy best represents the concept of a multidisciplinary team?
salad bowl
Why might staff turnover be a problem on student teams?
The number of qualified personnel is in shortage, so when someone leaves they may not be replaced by another qualified individual.
How many professionals were consistent over 3 years, according to the study you read? (Note this is asking about the professionals on the team. Parents were consistent in all 18 of the student teams that were investigated.)
8% (29 of the 358 professionals)
When looking at behavioral problems, how do early intervention interdisciplinary teams frame their assessment and interventions?
Problems are transient extremes in the developmental progression, and intervention aims to build self-regulatory capacity
Were vision professionals included in the Allied Health Personnel Perceptions of Teamwork surveys?
No, only SLP, OT, PT were included
In chapter 1 of Exceptional Lives, the six principles of IDEA are discussed. What is meant by appropriate education?
Individualized and includes related services needed to access the curriculum
What is a unidisciplinary team?
A team with two or more members from the same profession
What is meant by nurturing consensus?
Embracing a shared multidimensional view of functioning, valuing multiple levels of evidence and inter-professional opinions, reaching agreement through open corroboration, refutation and reframing- all of these were found in 2008 study
What is needed to provide a flexible, multidimensional, customized supports and services requires a system of education that is capable of dynamic and personalized intervention, according to your reading?
A team approach
To participate in an AT assessment professionals
Should be open to learning from the collaboration
Students who need accommodations but no specifically designed instruction fall under which of the following?
504 plan
Which of the following is not an important foundation to a collaborative team?
Having the same physical space
Which best describes the sequence of steps for a team after a diagnostic assessment clinic is held?
Interdisciplinary team meeting, generating unified report, communicating with family/patient/service providers, follow up care provision
In early intervention, which best describes the role of the parent in assessment?
A team member with shared responsibility for identifying the strengths and needs of the child and family
Team members know how to work collaboratively by
Nurturing consensus, professional synergy, and a learning culture
Title III of the ADA addresses public accommodations. Which of these best defines public accommodations?
Any business which can be hired, purchased from, used, or rented by the general public
Which analogy best represents the concept of an intradisciplinary team?
Melting Pot
Which are essential features of assistive technology assessment for individuals with multiple disabilities?
Team collaboration, family involvement, systematic approach- all of these
Which was the main finding of the Allied Health Personnel Perceptions of Teamwork surveys?
Participants were favorable of a team approach to serving students with disabilities
Which analogy best represents the concept of a unidisciplinary team?
bowl of blueberry
PL 114-95 was passed in 2015, revising the previous special education and regular education laws. What is its common name?
ESSA: Every Child Succeeds Act