Professional roles and responsibilities Flashcards
A student’s parents voiced concerns to the special education teacher about how their daughter’s ASD is affecting their home life. What would be the most appropriate recommendation for the teacher to give in this situation?
consider joining a local support group for families of children diagnosed with ASD
In general what strategy would be the most effective way for an elementary school special education teacher to establish regular communication with each student’s parents/guardians?
obtaining parental consent for individual notebooks in which the teacher and parent can write updates, questions and comments
A fourth grade student who attends a general education class has several individual goals related to functional living skills. What would be the most effective way for the special education teacher to collaborate with the fourth grade teacher in promoting the student achievement of these goals?
working with the teacher to incorporate life skills into the student’s daily routine
What is the primary benefit of involving high school students with disabilities in the planning of their own academic programs?
students will be able to practice self determination by advocating for their learning needs and goals
A special education teacher needs to learn more about universal precautions used in the classroom to avoid blood born infections. What organization would be most appropriate resources for this type of information?
Occupational Safety and Heath Administration (OSHA)
What is the most objective method for analyzing instructional effectiveness?
videotaping a lesson and critiquing it using a checklist
A special educator teaches in a self contained classroom for students with multiple disabilities. Several students receive pull out instruction from speech language pathologist. In order to integrate students speech and language goals into their regular and extended curricula, the special educator should ask the SLP:
What are the specific skills that you are working on with each student
A middle school special education teacher in a self contained classroom is assigned a paraprofessional. The most effective way for the teacher to collaborate with the paraprofessional in meeting the student’s learning needs is to?
review together each student’s IEP and discuss the paraprofessional’s role in the implementation of each IEP
A middle school student with a learning disability in written expression has recently made a transition from the resource room to the general education classroom for language arts instruction. While monitoring the student’s progress, the special educator notices that the student’s performance has declined while attending the general education class. Despite this performance, the general education teacher has given the student above average grades. The special educator’s most effective response would be to
meet with the general education teacher to show samples of the student’s prior work that reflect her capabilities.
