SPED 5313 COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ Strategy Instruction.
Answer: • Promote student awareness - ex. Memory joggers• Encourage
record keeping and/or self-monitoring And self-reinforcedUse contracts
◍ psychodynamic model.
Answer: proposes that atypical behavior stems from internal psychological
events and motivational forces.
◍ Performance Deficit.
Answer: a skill that a student knows how to perform but chooses not to
perform because of motivational factors
◍ Generalization Strategies.
Answer: best way to get social skills to generalize is to practice social skills
often in real world situations. social skills do not generalize well look in
book
◍ direct instruction.
Answer: a highly systematic, organized, comprehensive approach to
instruction and curriculum design. Refers to the model developed by
Siegfried Engelmann, Douglas Carnine, and others at the University of
Oregon in the mid-1960s.
◍ Precorrection.
Answer: a proactive strategy in which students are reminded of expected
behavior, and consequences for that behavior, immediately before activities
associated with challenging behaviors.
,◍ social validity.
Answer: skills that predict important outcomes, such as peer acceptance,
others' judgments of social skill, positive adaptations
◍ Acquisition Deficit.
Answer: a skill that a student has never learned to use, use correctly, or use
in an appropriate context
◍ Students served under the category of Emotionally Disturbed make up
approximately _____% of all students served in special education..
Answer: 7
◍ sensory integrative therapy.
Answer: intervention based on the neurobiological theory that postulates that
the challenging behaviors associated with autism, ADHD, learning
disabilities, and other conditions are a result of the failure of the central
nervous system to organize and integrate the sensory feedback that typically
occurs as part of the normal development process.
◍ Comorbidity.
Answer: two conditions present simultaneously.
◍ Generalization.
Answer: the use of a certain skill in different settings, with different people,
or with different materials
◍ Tools for Getting Along.
Answer: Includes 20 lessons, plus 6 booster lessons, that teach students how
to recognize and manage anger, communicate effectively, and use social
problem-solving skills. Uses a direct instruction approach, with a daily
cumulative review, guided practice, and independent practice activities.
◍ The Tough Kid Social Skills Book.
Answer: Includes activities for assessing, teaching, and reinforcing social
entry skills; maintaining interactions; and problem solving.
◍ Select the correct statement regarding teaching social skills to students with
, EBD:.
Answer: Social skills are best taught using coaching, modeling, behavior
rehearsal, or using explicitly taught strategy instruction.
◍ The Walker Social Skills Curriculum: The ACCESS Program.
Answer: Uses scripted lessons to teach skills in five areas (classroom skills,
basic interaction skills, getting-along skills, making-friends skills, and
coping skills) to children in elementary school (ACCEPTS) or skills in three
areas (relating to peers, relating to adults, relating to yourself) to middle and
high school students (ACCESS). The elementary school version is designed
for students with or without disabilities; the secondary school version is
designed for students with mild to moderate disabilities.
◍ Biofeedback.
Answer: involves the use of biological measures of muscle tension or brain
wave activity as indicators of arousal levels.
◍ Effective Social Skills Instruction Overarching Ideas.
Answer: Include skills that students feel meet their needs and produce
socially valid outcomesTeach in relevant contextInfuse into total curriculum
◍ Tests for Assessing Social/Behavioral/Emotional Strengths and Needs.
Answer: 1. The Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale - Second edition 2.
The Walker-McConnell Scale of Social Competence and Social Adjustment:
Elementary Version (Walker & McConnell, 1995a) and Secondary
Version3. The Social Skills Rating System (SSRS)4. School Social
Behavior Scales (SSBS)5. Preschool and Kindergarten Behavior Scales6.
The Waksman Social Skills Rating System (WSSRS)7. The Matson
Evaluation of Social Skills for Youngsters (MESSY), 2nd ed.
◍ Ecological Model.
Answer: a theoretical model positing that deviance stems not solely from the
individual but also from the interaction of the individual with his or her
environment.
◍ response to intervention for behavior.
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ Strategy Instruction.
Answer: • Promote student awareness - ex. Memory joggers• Encourage
record keeping and/or self-monitoring And self-reinforcedUse contracts
◍ psychodynamic model.
Answer: proposes that atypical behavior stems from internal psychological
events and motivational forces.
◍ Performance Deficit.
Answer: a skill that a student knows how to perform but chooses not to
perform because of motivational factors
◍ Generalization Strategies.
Answer: best way to get social skills to generalize is to practice social skills
often in real world situations. social skills do not generalize well look in
book
◍ direct instruction.
Answer: a highly systematic, organized, comprehensive approach to
instruction and curriculum design. Refers to the model developed by
Siegfried Engelmann, Douglas Carnine, and others at the University of
Oregon in the mid-1960s.
◍ Precorrection.
Answer: a proactive strategy in which students are reminded of expected
behavior, and consequences for that behavior, immediately before activities
associated with challenging behaviors.
,◍ social validity.
Answer: skills that predict important outcomes, such as peer acceptance,
others' judgments of social skill, positive adaptations
◍ Acquisition Deficit.
Answer: a skill that a student has never learned to use, use correctly, or use
in an appropriate context
◍ Students served under the category of Emotionally Disturbed make up
approximately _____% of all students served in special education..
Answer: 7
◍ sensory integrative therapy.
Answer: intervention based on the neurobiological theory that postulates that
the challenging behaviors associated with autism, ADHD, learning
disabilities, and other conditions are a result of the failure of the central
nervous system to organize and integrate the sensory feedback that typically
occurs as part of the normal development process.
◍ Comorbidity.
Answer: two conditions present simultaneously.
◍ Generalization.
Answer: the use of a certain skill in different settings, with different people,
or with different materials
◍ Tools for Getting Along.
Answer: Includes 20 lessons, plus 6 booster lessons, that teach students how
to recognize and manage anger, communicate effectively, and use social
problem-solving skills. Uses a direct instruction approach, with a daily
cumulative review, guided practice, and independent practice activities.
◍ The Tough Kid Social Skills Book.
Answer: Includes activities for assessing, teaching, and reinforcing social
entry skills; maintaining interactions; and problem solving.
◍ Select the correct statement regarding teaching social skills to students with
, EBD:.
Answer: Social skills are best taught using coaching, modeling, behavior
rehearsal, or using explicitly taught strategy instruction.
◍ The Walker Social Skills Curriculum: The ACCESS Program.
Answer: Uses scripted lessons to teach skills in five areas (classroom skills,
basic interaction skills, getting-along skills, making-friends skills, and
coping skills) to children in elementary school (ACCEPTS) or skills in three
areas (relating to peers, relating to adults, relating to yourself) to middle and
high school students (ACCESS). The elementary school version is designed
for students with or without disabilities; the secondary school version is
designed for students with mild to moderate disabilities.
◍ Biofeedback.
Answer: involves the use of biological measures of muscle tension or brain
wave activity as indicators of arousal levels.
◍ Effective Social Skills Instruction Overarching Ideas.
Answer: Include skills that students feel meet their needs and produce
socially valid outcomesTeach in relevant contextInfuse into total curriculum
◍ Tests for Assessing Social/Behavioral/Emotional Strengths and Needs.
Answer: 1. The Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale - Second edition 2.
The Walker-McConnell Scale of Social Competence and Social Adjustment:
Elementary Version (Walker & McConnell, 1995a) and Secondary
Version3. The Social Skills Rating System (SSRS)4. School Social
Behavior Scales (SSBS)5. Preschool and Kindergarten Behavior Scales6.
The Waksman Social Skills Rating System (WSSRS)7. The Matson
Evaluation of Social Skills for Youngsters (MESSY), 2nd ed.
◍ Ecological Model.
Answer: a theoretical model positing that deviance stems not solely from the
individual but also from the interaction of the individual with his or her
environment.
◍ response to intervention for behavior.
