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Schoolwide Practice to Promote Learning
Preventive and Responsive Services
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Schoolwide Practice
Part II
Preventive and Responsive Services Part II
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Which of the following must be done when universal screening data show that substantially fewer students are successfully meeting school competencies? 1.Changes must be made in the delivery of the core program 2. students who are not meeting competencies must be given strategic or supplemental instruction 3.students must be given more time to develop competencies 4. students who are not meeting competencies must be evaluated for learning disabilities
Changes must be made in the delivery of the core program
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Which of the following is a strategy that NASP recommends as a best practice for improving school safety? 1.expelling a student immediately after a minor disciplinary infraction- 2.implementing a strict student code of conduct, such as zero-tolerance policy- 3.communicating to parents that the school environment is safe- 4.creating a school safety and response team
creating a school safety and response team
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Parental involvement in the schools is important because: a) It is required by IDEA b) It provides parents better skills to help their children c) It improves teacher morale d) All of the above
What is d) all of the above.
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The practice of identifying resources at the school, including personnel, programs and community resources.
What is systems-level resource mapping?
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Giving students the skills and supports they need so they no longer need to use the undesired behavior.
What is positive behavior support?
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Which of the following items is not a mandated factor to be included in the transition plan as stated by IDEA 2004? 1.academic preparation 2.community experience 3.development of vocational and independent living 4.future living arrangements
Future living arrangements
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A school psychologist is asked to help Ms. Smith address problem behaviors that are disrupting the learning of her students. The school psychologist is given data that indicate discipline referrals have been written on 26 of 30 students in Ms. Smith’s class. Which of the following is best for the school psychologist to recommend??? 1.Developing individual behavior contracts for the 26 students who have received discipline referrals- 2.Using comprehensive emotional and behavioral assessments for students who have received discipline referrals - 3.providing school based group counseling to address issues such as study skills, attendance, decision making, problem solving, and goal setting- 4.implementing a class-wide behavior management plan, such as a response-cost raffle
implementing a class-wide behavior management plan, such as a response-cost raffle
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Facilitating parental involvement in schools as a school psychologist include all but the following: a) Tailoring parental involvement to the skills of the family b) Helping parents gain skills needed in order to help their children c) Making home visits to oversee the correct implementation of interventions at home d) Linking interventions between home and school
What is c) making home visits...
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A policy that a student is suspended or expelled following a violation of the rule code. Usually this has to do with drugs, violence, or substance use.
What is zero tolerance policy?
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Largest predictor for adult dysfunction.
What is poverty?
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Can an IEP team begin discussing transition services prior to the students 16th birthday? 1.Yes, if the team sees fit 2.Yes, if the team has documentation indicating outside interventions (ABA etc) 3.No, in California the student must be 16 before you can input plans into IEP 4.No, these plans would be considered invalid
Yes, if the team sees fit
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What is the third leading cause of death for adolescents and young adults?
Suicide
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The new term replacing "parental involvement".
What is Family-School Partnering-"family" refers to all family members, "school" refers to everyone in the school community, and "partnering" refers to the "represents a conscious, collaborative, relational process that promotes trust and communication and leads to shared responsibility for student success".
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Who should be part of the SWPBS (school-wide positive behavior) team? a) General education teacher b) Special education teacher c) Principal d) Custodian e) All of the above f) None of the above
What is e) all of the above. It is important to have representatives in a variety of areas.
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Four stages of crisis planning.
What is mitigation/prevention-->preparedness-->response-->recovery.
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"Social Promotion" is the practice of....
Social promotion is the practice of promoting a student to the next grade only at the end of the current school year, regardless of when or whether they learned the necessary material, in order to keep them with their peers by age, that being the intended social grouping. The opposite being "merit promotion", or promotion when necessary material is learned.
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_______ is a program aimed at preventing bullying, that begins with adult facilitation, and ends with students interacting independently.
What is restorative practice.
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All of the following are effective ways to communicate with parents except: a) Texts b) Emails c) Notes home in student's backpack d) Happy hour e) Phone calls
What is d) happy hour. Let's keep it professional people :)
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True of False: When implementing a school-wide positive behavior support system, office referrals should not be used.
What is False-Office referrals can be used to track the reason for referral, the adult making the referral, the location of the behavior, and those involved in the incident. In other words, they can be a good way to keep data.
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Some common school-based intervention skills and techniques.
What is counseling, ABA, developmentally appropriate intervention techniques, and stress management techniques?
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Why has Tier 3 not received much attention in discussion of the RTI model? 1.Case study models using statistical analysis are difficult to implement in schools 2. It is often considered to be equivalent to special education 3. Only a few states are implementing RTI and publishing results 4. Psychologists do not typically engage in academic interventions
It is often considered to be equivalent to special education.
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Who is credited with the ecological-developmental theory? 1.Bickman 2.Aganza 3.Erickson 4.Bronfrenbrenner
Bronfrenbrenner: In order to understand human development, the entire ecological system in which growth occurs needs to be taken into account. This system is composed of five socially organized subsystems that support and guide human development. Each system depends on the contextual nature of the person's life and offers an evergrowing diversity of options and sources of growth. Furthermore, within and between each system are bi-directional influences. These bi-directional influences imply that relationships have impact in two directions, both away from the individual and towards the individual.
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Name 2 benefits of "school-family partnerships" as listed in the NASP Position Statement.
Students demonstrate more positive attitudes toward school and learning, higher achievement and test scores, improved behavior, increased homework completion, greater participation in academic activities, improved school attendance, and a reduced need for more intensive services such as special education.
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The planned and sustained effort to bring about system-level improvements through self-analytic and problem solving methods.
What is school-based organizational development?
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According to NASP, skills related to self-management, responsible decision making, empathy towards others, establishing positive interpersonal relationships and determining positive goals are all part of what tier of service delivery in the schools? a) Universal Support-tier 1 b) Targeted Support-tier 2 c) Intensive Support-tier 3
What is Universal Support, tier 1.