Exam 9: Assessment of Behavior

Research has shown that punitive types of disciplinary procedures are effective in long-term changes in negative behaviors.

Ms. Lancaster wants to determine the exact number of times Lindsay inappropriately leaves her seat. Ms. Lancaster needs this information before she can begin an intervention. Her initial data collection is referred to as the ___.

What are the manifestation determination requirements that must be met prior to a student being disciplined?

Drawing tests assess a student's feelings about what they perceive is happening in a picture.

Although much information can be obtained from norm-referenced standardized assessments, in order to analyze a student's progress and productivity in a curriculum, ____ should be collected and evaluated.

Discuss three issues that teachers should consider when administering questionnaires.

This principle is founded in the theory that behaviors are maintained or increased by the reinforcing events that follow the event or behavior.

Information about a student's behavior can be obtained by questioning persons who work with that student. However, in order to determine what behavior occurs in a specific environment, the method of ___ will need to be used over multiple sessions.

The school psychologist completes an observation of Jean and determines that she engages in an off-task behavior, on average, every six minutes. This is recorded as which of the following?

These events make a consequence more attractive.

Judy, a young preschooler, has temper tantrums. With interventions, the tantrums continue but do not seem to be as intense or as long. In order to determine if Judy's tantrums are truly decreasing in length, the teacher should use which of the following?

When the school has not followed either the IEP or the FBA, the student cannot be suspended. Multiple Choice

Janet entered the classroom and wandered around the room. Once the teacher redirected Janet to her seat, she sat down and began looking for her materials for class. The teacher began instruction and Janet continued to look through her things. As the teacher continued, Janet looked around the room and waved to her friend. The teacher is concerned with what aspect of Janet's behavior in this case?

Mark and Joey are in the same math class. Mark was looking through his materials in his desk while not attending to the work assigned by the teacher. Joey was working on his math class assignment and Mark began talking to Joey. Joey was distracted and was not able to redirect himself back to the task. The teacher reprimanded Joey. Mark laughed. Identify the ABCs of Joey and Mark's behavior.

The evaluation of the information collected in question 7 is called ___.

Which of the following must be conducted to determine if misbehaviors are related to a child's disability?

Linda has difficulty with talking out in class at inappropriate times. In order to determine if this behavior occurs more during a specific time of day, the teacher decides to note each occurrence. Linda's behavior is being observed and recorded using which of the following methods?

Which of the following methods of data collection would be most useful in determining an antecedent event?

This assessment method is similar in content to a checklist, but the respondent indicates their response along a continuum allowing for interpretation of extreme behavior.

When a child has been sent from the classroom for misbehavior and the child feels a sense of relief, the function of the target behavior is escape.