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Q: Anger and resentment are the first expected parental reactions.
Q: The first duty of the professional is to insist that parents face the child's limitations.
Q: Guidance about what to do now is a basic need of parents who seek professional help.
Q: What is true of foster caregiving? a. Foster caregiving is fortunately decreasing in the United States. b. Early interventionists must be concerned about attachment and emotional development in foster children. c. Foster parents should be excused from participating in home and center activities. d. A foster home is not appropriate for home visits.
Q: A good way to help parents with developmental disabilities is to a. Provide a concrete, written list of things to do b. Help parents interpret child's behavior c. Shift child care to someone in the home who is more capable d. Explain what you want them to do at great length so they will understand
Q: Methods of increasing parent involvement are a. Home-based interventions, passports, observations by parents b. Written handouts, observations by parents, home-based interventions c. Parent groups, written handouts, medical intervention d. Passports, medical intervention, observations by parents
Q: A childrearing practice that is not culture-sensitive is a. Doing the best they can b. Child independence c. Parents as teachers d. Discipline
Q: Understanding the differences between mainstream culture and the cultures of specific families is critical to the _________ approach to intervention a. Behaviorist b. Developmental c. Adaptive d. Ecological
Q: P.L. 105-17 (1997 Amendments to IDEA) set the stage for a. Family-professional collaboration b. Nondiscrimination for people with disabilities c. Family-centered early intervention d. All of the above
Q: A statement such as "It must be very frustrating and tiring to take your child to so many medical appointments" shows a. Bargaining b. Crisis intervention c. Empathy d. All of the above
Q: Parent involvement in the education of young childrena. Is less important when children attend a preschoolb. Is rapidly being recognized as essential if children are to achieve their potentialc. Is not as important as had been thought, according to recent researchd. Is not practical, as most parents work
Q: A current paradigm shift in ECSE is the focus on the caregiving environment rather than on the infant or child.
Q: Piaget believed that each child's capacity to learn is uniquely experientially based.
Q: An excellent model of an inclusive setting is Head Start.
Q: Best practice stipulates that evaluation should rely on a single instrument for continuity.
Q: The main purpose of P.L. 94-142 was to establish free appropriate public education.
Q: Most child-focused programs are currently directed by the teacher.
Q: Research has shown that a factor significantly associated with positive child development is maternal responsiveness.
Q: Teachers in a Montessori program use sequenced lessons.
Q: Itard's contribution to child development was the theory of inborn adaptation.
Q: The parent of a child with special needs can be assured that there will be a program in the least restrictive environment available for that child in the community.
Q: During the early years, the educational focus is more on the process than on the content of learning.
Q: Children with special needs do not need to have a program with educational experiences individualized.
Q: The range of "normalcy" in children 0-5 is quite narrow.
Q: By 2005, the majority of schools had developed curriculum standards fro 3- to 5-year-olds.
Q: Children learn many skills from each other.
Q: At the present time it is thought that the best way to provide learning opportunities for special needs children isa. In classrooms called non-categoricalb. In classrooms with typically developing childrenc. In classrooms for developmentally delayedd. In classrooms especially equipped for their disability
Q: The person whose job it is to serve as the single point of contact in helping families to obtain appropriate services is thea. Specialist involvedb. Early interventionistc. Assessord. Service coordinator
Q: The term reliability refers to thea. Consistency of the environmentb. How well known the test isc. The dependability of the testerd. The consistency/dependability of a testing procedure
Q: Norm-referenced tests are not valid if used witha. Children who are bilingualb. Children with disabilitiesc. Children who have been deprivedd. All of the above
Q: The successful education of special needs children demandsa. That parents accept the disability and are not emotional about the problemb. That parents always remain calm and in commandc. That parents accept everything the professional tells them to do and do it without questionsd. That an effective partnership exists between parents and professionals
Q: Parents of young children with disabilities often report thata. They are confused because even the "experts" disagree about causes of developmental delaysb. Their pediatrician called their attention to their child's problem shortly after birthc. They were told exactly how to help their child, and they were successful the first timed. Professionals who examined their child agreed on the cause of their child's problem
Q: An example of a community-based inclusive setting would be:a. Head Startb. Neighborhood play groupc. Child development centerd. All of the above
Q: When caring for young children in groups it is not important to createa. Small group sizesb. A bond between a child and an instructor of the same genderc. Continuity of cared. Cultural and familial continuity
Q: The term "natural environments" meansa. the least restrictive environmentb. and environment where technology is availablec. an environment where children without disabilities participated. services provided in the home
Q: Public Law 99-457, The Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986,a. Authorized Individual Family Services Plans (IFSPs)b. Requires statements about mental retardationc. Tightened eligibility requirements for infants and toddlersd. All of the above
Q: The far-reaching law that guarantees equal opportunity in employment, public accommodation, transportation, state and local government services, and telecommunications is:a. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990b. The Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1990c. The Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1990 Part Hd. The First Chance Program (HCEEP) in 1968
Q: Montessori developed a:a. Nursery school for gifted childrenb. Day-care center for young Italians in New York Cityc. Casa dei Bambini in Romed. A test to determine if children are retarded
Q: Public Law 94-142 was enacted in:a. 1935b. 1955c. 1975d. 1979
Q: Legislation requires that __________ of children in Head Start be children with disabilities.a. 10%b. 15%c. 20%d. 25%
Q: Today children with any disabling condition shoulda. Always be placed in regular classrooms with special helpb. Be educated in the least restrictive appropriate environmentc. Be taught from the earliest possible time by teachers who are trained in special educationd. Be evaluated and identified according to disabling conditions
Q: Early childhood curricula usually include experiences ina. Explorationb. Sharingc. Interaction with peersd. All of the above
Q: Inclusion support activities for the ECE who has a special needs child or children in the class might includea. Ongoing observation and assessment of the childb. Inservice information to staff members about the child's disabilityc. Demonstration of specific intervention techniquesd. All of the above
Q: Strong parent organizations that aided special needs children were first createda. After World War Ib. After World War IIc. In the 1990sd. In 2004
Q: The least restrictive environment isa. In a regular classroom if appropriateb. Always in a regular classroomc. Usually in a special education classroomd. Never in a special education classroom
Q: Children with special needsa. May not be able to learn spontaneously from playa. Learn in exactly the same way that other children dob. Always learn more slowly and with great difficultyc. Need highly structured lessons to learn
Q: The terms heavy and light are relative when using them to define a weight. It would be better to use such comparative phrases as __________________or __________________.
Q: Children usually judge the weight of an object by its __________________.
Q: Observing, investigating, comparing, classifying, explaining, inferring, verifying, creating, communicating, analyzing, and predicting are all examples of __________________skills.
Q: Magnets attract items made of __________________.
Q: Young children cannot understand the concept of gravity.
Q: Weight and balance should be taught during children's daily experiences.
Q: An understanding of balance is necessary before young children can understand weight.
Q: Children should be exposed to standard units of metric measurement.
Q: Young children do not have color preferences or favorite colors.
Q: Young children often use nontraditional names or labels in describing colors of objects.
Q: Color is one of the first clues or characteristics children use in describing objects.
Q: The very first idea children learn about color is the names or labels of colors.
Q: It is all right for a teacher to say "I don't know" in answer to a child's questions when indeed he or she does not know the answer.
Q: Science will be most effective when teachers themselves demonstrate a sense of curiosity and wonder for their world and environment.
Q: One of the main goals of early childhood science is to interest the children in the world they live in.
Q: Science is not a separate subject, but rather it is a part of every subject and most experiences in the curriculum.
Q: Teachers need to encourage children to be curious because it does not come naturally.
Q: During the early childhood years, science should be taught in concrete ways, using manipulative, first-hand, exploring, and comparing activities.
Q: Science is the only area of the curriculum in which teachers can provide critical thinking skills.
Q: What are the six components in the writing process?
Q: The National Reading Penal (2000) identified seven categories of comprehension instruction that are scientifically based. Teachers should incorporate these categories into reading instruction. What are four of the categories?
Q: Describe at least four of the components of phonemic awareness.
Q: The National Early Literacy Panel described the key components of early literacy. Describe and discuss how they relate to the "big five" described by the National Reading Panel.
Q: Why should informational texts be included in the early childhood literacy curriculum?
Q: Characteristics of high-quality picture books include I. strong character portrayals. II. an engaging and understandable plot. III. a theme that is truthful and admirable. IV. authentic illustration. V. strong language. VI. depict respect for people and cultures. a. I, II, IV b. III, IV, VI c. II, III, VI d. All of the above
Q: When children first begin composing, or writing creatively, the focus should be on: a. their handwriting. b. their ideas or the content. c. their ability to write all alone. d. how they emotionally respond in their writing.
Q: A series published by a company with stories and activities that are increasingly difficult in terms of reading levels is called a ________________________.
Q: When children write and read about their own experiences, it is referred to as the ________________________.
Q: The integration of literacy into every part of the early childhood curriculum is called ________________________.
Q: Literature circles of small groups of children reading the same text with the teacher will scaffold and support children's reading.
Q: Children who are successful readers have had written language a part of their daily experiences.
Q: The foundation of literacy is the printed word.
Q: A concept of print is that reading goes from left to right and from top to bottom of the page.
Q: Until children learn to read, they should not be shown written copy of what they dictate to a teacher to be written down, because this would confuse them.
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