Chapter 3

The ________ ________ model of co-teaching involves the co-teachers planning and instructing a portion of the lesson content in stations that the students move through.

station teaching

True or false: Complete agreement with each decision is necessary in collaboration.

False

True or false: Parity exists in all collaborative situations.

False

Which of the following levels of parent and family participation involves the direct involvement of family members in goal identification and analyses of strategies?

Advocacy and collaborative program involvement

Identify an accurate statement about the "ongoing communication, information sharing, and basic program involvement" level of parent and family participation identified by Fiedler, Simpson, and Clark.

At this level, family members and professionals are engaged in a free-flowing exchange of info and ideas.

_______ tend to emerge when teachers and administrators express anxiety over working collaboratively.

Attitudinal barriers

Identify a level of parent and family participation at which family members tend to assume greater advocacy roles that involve other parents and children.

Collaboration and partnership participation

Which of the following is true about collaboration in educational settings?

Collaboration is typically conceived as a planned, thoughtful, and formalized process.

Identify an accurate statement about collaborative practices in early childhood of students with disabilities.

Early intervention and preschool programs can reduce the need for special education by school age.

Co-teaching has received increased attention bc _______.

Inclusive models of education have stressed maintaining students with disabilities in the general education classroom.

Identify a true statement about the parallel teaching model of co-teaching.

It allows a teacher to present information to a smaller heterogeneous group of students.

Identify a feature of one teach, one assisting model of co-teaching students with learning disabilities.

It involves one of the co-teachers assuming the greater responsibility for planning and delivering information.

Which of the following statements are true about the one teach, one assisting model of co-teaching?

It places less emphasis on co-planning, communication, and collaboration than some of the other models of co-teaching. It also has been referred to as the one teach/one observe and one teach/one drift model.

Identify a feature of the station teaching model of co-teaching.

It represents a significant leap in the collaborative process because it requires co-teachers to truly work together.

Identify the causes behind conflicts that arise with parents of children with learning disabilities.

Parents tend to be hurt by comments about their children that are negative. Parents tend to be afraid of the implications of a diagnosis of disability in their children.

______- _________ ________ is a specific method of involving students in individualized education programs (IEPs) that places a student and his or her family at the center of team planning.

Person-centered planning

______ are considered the most significant barriers in collaboration.

Pragmatic barriers

_______ tend to emerge due to disproportionate skills in, and experience with, collaboration.

Professional barriers

In the context of special education, identify the procedures suggested by Westling and Fox and Crudden that enable teams to collaborate more effectively for planning and programming for transition of a student who requires special education to adult living.

Schedule meetings at convenient times including follow-up meetings. Identify personnel who will be on the team.

Which of the following models of co-teaching involves co-teachers that take equal responsibility for all aspects of a classroom?

Teaming

Identify a true statement about collaborative work.

There is less potential for conflict if a work is divided equally among parties involved.

Identify an accurate characteristic of related services that are used to teach students with disabilities.

These services are delivered in a general education setting.

Identify an accurate statement about co-teachers involved in the station teaching model of co-teaching.

They share the same space and students and are familiar with the curriculum and goals.

Identify a true statement about the conceptual barriers to collaboration.

This type of barrier tends to emerge based on roles people play and typical expectations.

_______ _______ under individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) are coordinated activities for a student, within an outcome-oriented process, that promote transition from school to adult activities.

Transition services

Variables that promote team effectiveness in a collaborative process include ________.

good team communication

An ______ ______ is a written agreement that agencies commit to that outlines their shared responsibilities for student learning and the participation of school, community, and family in achieving positive outcomes for students with disabilities.

interagency agreement

In the _________ model of co-teaching, one teacher teaches students with learning disabilities and the other examines during instructional times.

one teach, one observe

________ are typically hired to provide specific support in a classroom or to a specific student or students with learning disabilities.

paraprofessionals

Which concept of collaboration suggests that each person is equally valued as a contributor to an effort?

parity

The _______ model of co-teaching involves each co-teacher planning and instructing students.

alternative teaching

According to Staples and Dillberto, teachers can enhance parent involvement in school activities by __________.

building rapport with them

Identify an accurate statement about collaboration in an educational setting.

collaboration can be informal and spontaneous.

Administrator that collaborate in teaching students with learning disabilities are responsible for __________.

recruiting, hiring, and retaining culturally responsive faculty and staff