Mid-Term Flashcards
Public Health Model
A framework aimed at preventing problems through organized, proactive and systematic efforts.
Problem Solving Model
A systematic approach to resolving problems. Involves problem identification, generating evidence-based solutions, and evaluating efforts to solve the problem.
High-Quality Instruction
Instruction that entails the use of well-established or evidence-based curricula, sufficient opportunities to learn, and appropriate supports (e.g., language access and supports for students who are English Language Learners).
Screening
A brief assessment administered to all students to identify students at-risk for poor academic, social, emotional, and/or behavioral outcomes.
Benchmark
A score on an assessment above or below which decisions are made.
Diagnostic Assessment
Assessment to identify the potential cause or causes of a problem.
Functional Assessment
Assessment of social behavior to identify what function a behavior serves for a student (e.g., producing adult or peer attention).
Dual Descrepancy Approach
An evidence-based approach to diagnosing Specific Learning Disabilities. Involves consideration of both student level of achievement and rate of growth in achievement. Student must be discrepant from expected levels and rates to meet criteria for a Specific Learning Disability.
Instruction
To direct, to teach. Usually refers to whole class teaching in the general education classroom. (Universal, Tier I instruction)
Intervention
To come in between
Any circumstance that is put into place to change a problematic situation.
Instruction is one type of intervention.
Usually refers to teaching a small group of students, Tier 2 or Tier 3 interventions.
Accommodation
Making adaptations in the classroom so all students can participate.
Methods of including students in classroom activities with their peers.
Aptitude-Treatment Interactions (ATIs)
A framework in which some instructional strategies or “treatments” are more effective for particular individuals, depending on their specific abilities or aptitudes.
ATI model
Use assessments to find within-child psychological differences.
Treatment is based on the individual child’s psychological strengths and weaknesses.
Alternatives to ATI
Examine the functional rather than structural relationships between individual learners and their academic performance.
Self-evaluation
The student evaluates his or her response against a known criteria
