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The Learner Flashcards

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What benefit does intrinsic motivation have on students?

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Allows students to believe that they are capable of completing a task.

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What is the main idea of self-actualization?

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When individuals reach a state of harmony and understanding.

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How would you justify proximity to the teacher as a method for maintaining classroom order?

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Teachers need to move around the classroom and keep little distance between themselves and the students for management.

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What information would you use to support the use of feedback in the classroom?

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Students need immediate, specific, and habitual feedback to continue learning based on previous efforts.

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Based on what you know about Jean Piaget and his research into cognitive development, why is it so important to strike a balance between challenging a child’s perceptions and ensuring activities are developmentally appropriate?

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To be sure there is enough of a challenge to require adaptation but not cause the child the disengage.

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How would you use your knowledge of Erikson’s stage of identity vs. role in a high school classroom?

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Allowing students multiple opportunities to try many different things.

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How would you classify having a star student of the week on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?

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Esteem Needs

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Based on what you know about love and belonging needs of a person, what can you do as a teacher to help fulfill these needs for your students?

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Get to know your students, what they like and dislike

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Which of the following demonstrates an understanding of the need to consider the level of concern for students?

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Providing an environment that is low threat and high in challenge.

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Select the answer with Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in the correct order from most basic needs on upward.

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Physiological needs, safety needs, social needs, esteem needs, self-actualization

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How can you show your understanding of multiple intelligences in adolescent education?

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Guiding students to determine their own intelligence type and aligning the learning to what they understand.

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Which statement supports chunking an assignment for students?

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Chunking allows learners to take in information in digestible pieces.

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Which is an example of incorporating the interpersonal social intelligence into class?

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Engaging students in cooperative learning groups.

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Explain how the zone of proximal development applies to adolescent learning.

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Adolescents are developmentally idealistic and this interferes with one’s ability to be realistic.

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Who developed the theory of multiple intelligences?

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Dr. Howard Gardner

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Which learning strategies show your understanding of adolescent brain development?

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Cooperative learning groups

Chunking

Storytelling

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Which is not an example of an element you could change in the classroom to incorporate the naturalist intelligence?

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Turning the lights off and working in the dark.

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What conclusion can you draw about a teacher’s need for understanding brain development?

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Teachers must be aware of the parts of the brain that developmentally complete in order to understand behaviors seen in classrooms.

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How would you justify the need for using storytelling or acting something out in a high school language arts classroom?

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Adolescents have increased emotional responses and allowing them to use emotion helps them to remember things.

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How would you differentiate Piaget’s formal operations stage from the concrete operational stage?

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In the Formal operations stage, thinking involves abstractions.

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According to Erikson, what would happen if a child doesn’t resolve the necessary conflict in a given stage of development?

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The child would continue to exhibit tendencies of that stage regardless of age.

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What approach would you use to best help students retain information they have learned?

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Teach a peer as a technique for retention.

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What approach would you use to motivate your students and why?

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By providing opportunities for children to experience success in their learning through the use of appropriately challenging work.

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How would you summarize the multiple intelligences theory?

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This theory is based on how there are 8 areas of intelligence that can describe a person’s intelligence.

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How would you use your knowledge of a high school student’s developmental stage to appropriately plan a class lesson?

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Allow opportunities for students to have guided conversations to develop multiple points of view.

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What distinction can be made between the cognitive and physical development of adolescents as it affects learning?

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Adolescents physical development creates stress in the learning environment whereas the cognitive development creates an inability to reason.

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Why should teachers be aware of the zone of proximal development or scaffolding in their lessons?

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Students must be in position to take on new learning with layers of support until it is no longer necessary.

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How would you contrast the physiological needs of humans with love and belonging needs?

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Physiological needs are required for human survival and love and belonging needs are psychological.

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Which intelligence category would you categorize the following activity? The teacher asking students to create a graphic organizer of their lesson.

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Spatial Intelligence, because graphic organizers allow students to learn from a visual image.

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Why do you think the teacher needs to focus on the climate of the classroom?

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Teachers are responsible for setting a tone in the classroom that increases student effort.

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What information would you NOT share at an ARD meeting with parents?

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Opinions about the child

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What are the two essential questions on the home language survey?

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What language is spoken in the home most of the time? AND What language does the student speak most of the time?

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Children raised in poverty face nutritional deficits, lack of emotional support, health issues, stress/distress, deficits in cognitive stimulation, and safety issues. Which conclusion can be drawn as a result of these facts?

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Physiological differences exist in the brains of children raised in poverty.

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Which of the following instructional accommodations would you use to support an ELL in the classroom?

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Extending wait time

35
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Which two special populations have increased over the past ten years in Texas?

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Economically Disadvantaged and Bilingual or English as a Second Language

36
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How do you justify to your administrator the incorporation of social skills into your lesson with at-risk students?

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Many at risk students have the inability to maintain appropriate social connections which impacts their ability to learn

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What approach would you use to meet the needs of GT kids in a general education setting?

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Compact the GT student’s curriculum based on a pre-assessment and assign them an alternate project

38
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How would you show your understanding of how critical it is to get to know the lives of your students living in poverty?By really listening to your students as they talk with their peers before class, in the hallways, and in the cafeteria to develop a common interest.

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By really listening to your students as they talk with their peers before class, in the hallways, and in the cafeteria to develop a common interest.

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What would you cite to defend the implementation of the least restrictive environment?

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IDEA

40
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What are the differences in accommodations and modifications?

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Accommodations are used to make the same material available to each student and modifications change or adapt the content.

41
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How would you summarize what the ARD committee does?

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The ARD committee determines eligibility for special education, develops IEPs, and dismisses students when they are no longer eligible.

42
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Based on what you know about gifted and talented students, why would a GT child potentially prefer to sit with the teacher at lunch?

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GT kids may struggle with social skills

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How do you justify participation in a bilingual class over participation in an ESL program?

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Students who continue to develop their native language in a bilingual program do learn English and score higher academically than those who sacrifice their native language.

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How would you use information from knowledge of the community a student is living in to be a more supportive teacher for a student?

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The knowledge of how a student lives would allow the teacher to more fully understand the stresses and challenges a student is facing.

45
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What is the function of a menu in a GT classroom?

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For students to select from a set of different yet challenging activities to show understanding

46
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How would a general education teacher utilize in-class supports for a special education student?

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The general education teacher would allow the in-class support staff to design and implement modifications for the special educations students.

47
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What is a significant problem with the definition of an at-risk label?

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The definition is unclear among educators.

48
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What is the function of a co-teacher?

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To have a special education teacher present to modify for and support special education students.

49
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What is the primary difference between Bilingual education and English as a Second Language programs?

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English as a second language only uses English to teach students.

50
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How would you compare the definition of special populations in the past to the current definition?

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The current definition includes any population of students who has needs that must be considered by the teacher.

51
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How would you apply what you learned about the impact of poverty in the classroom to motivate your students to learn?

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Help them realize the possibilities of their lives

52
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What is an IEP?

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An IEP is an individualized education plan for a special education student.

53
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How are procedures and routines related to the needs of an ELL?

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Consistent procedures and routines can build a sense of comfort for ELLs.

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How would you summarize the difference between generational poverty and situational poverty?

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Situational poverty is shorter and usually due to a specific situation

55
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How would you summarize differentiated instruction?

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Differentiated instruction is a way to modify the lesson or delivery to suit the needs of multiple students.

56
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How is de-escalation related to conduct disorder?

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De-escalation is a strategy for the teacher to use in addition to others when working with students with CD.

57
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What is the function of a re-focus zone?

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A re-focus zone is quiet place away from distractions that students can use to calm down and regain their focus.

58
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What conclusion can you draw regarding U.S. schools today as a result of the prevalence of school shootings and violence?

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Our schools are no longer the safe havens we thought and our children need to be taught how to react to school violence.

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What does DMDD stand for?

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Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder

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Why do you think it’s important for teachers to understand behaviors as a possible symptom of mental illness?

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If teachers understand behaviors as a possible symptom of mental illness, they can change the way they address the issue.

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How can you summarize PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)?

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PTSD is a condition that results from exposure to stress or trauma and has lasting symptoms.

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What approach would you use with a student who has an eating disorder?

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Stress the importance of doing their best not necessarily doing things perfectly.

63
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What are children with ODD at an increased risk for?

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Substance abuse and delinquency

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How might you use practice academies with students that have RAD (Reactive Attachment Disruptive Disorder)?

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Role play where the teacher models a desired behavior and the student practices or models.

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Which of the following choices does NOT show how your understanding of Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) toward a student in the classroom?

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Shorten assignments

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How would you structure your classroom to be sensitive to the needs of a student with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) or Autism?

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Maintain your daily routine as much as possible.

67
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Which strategy would you use with an ADHD student?

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Allow the student to serve as a classroom helper.

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Which statement supports why we are seeing an increasing number of children with anxiety disorders?

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Students are under more significant testing pressure and staff member reactions to pressure

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How would you apply what you know about OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) in the classroom with students?

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Try to redirect compulsions rather than using consequences

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How would you compare and contrast Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) and Conduct Disorder (CD)?

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ODD can develop into CD if left untreated

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How would you justify sharing a student’s suicidal thoughts or ideas with an administrator or counselor?

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As a teacher, anytime you see suicidal thoughts or ideas you MUST share with an administrator or counselor.

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Which of the following classroom interventions would you recommend implementing in the class where you have a student with bipolar disorder?

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Be flexible with curriculum, may need to adjust

73
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What approach would you use to set up a classroom environment that takes mental health in public education into consideration?

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Focus on structuring a learning environment that is supportive, respectful, and bully free for the benefit of all students.

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How would you justify giving instructions 1 or 2 at a time for students with ADHD?

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Time is created for students with ADHD to tune in and process the information.

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How would you classify the following misbehaviors: trouble staying on task, blurting out answers, easily distracted, trouble following rules, difficulty organizing items?

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ADHD

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How can you compare the effects of trauma on a young child versus teens (children 13+)?

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Young children might show signs of PTSD in their play more so than teens

77
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In 2013, the Texas Legislature passed a law into Senate Bill 460 requiring training for public school teachers in

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Detection and education of students at risk for suicide or with other mental or emotional disorders

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Based on what you know about depression, which classroom interventions could you use with students with depression?

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Provide extra time/effort with the student

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What is the most important thing for a teacher to remember in a mental health crisis?

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Focus on the safety of both the child and the other children

80
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What facts or ideas best support why teachers should intervene with mental health in public education?

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Educators and teachers spend more waking hours with students than do their parents/caregivers.

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