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Critical Skills to Teach First - Part 2

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1.  Which of the following is a critical skills?
  1. Answering questions
  2. Counting
  3. Raising your hand
  4. Giving up preferred items
2.  Which of the following is a strategy to use when teaching a student how to give up an item?
  1. Use a finished box
  2. Take the item from the student
  3. Let her keep the item until she is bored
  4. Never let her have the item in the first place
3.  Once the missing skill has been identified, what is the next step in teaching the missing skill?
  1. Create a task list
  2. Gather materials needed
  3. Identify the specific time the skill will be taught
  4. Break the skill down into small teachable parts
4.  When teaching a student to wait, which one is NOT a support you should use?
  1. Put masking tape on the floor for where the student should stand and wait
  2. Have a waiting bag with simple quiet activities
  3. Always have the student finish first so he does not have to wait
  4. Use a timer to show how long a student has to wait
5.  Why should we use the word "wait" instead of "no" or "stop?"
  1. Kids are too young to know how to wait
  2. You should not use the word "wait"
  3. "No" and "stop" can be trigger words for challenging behavior
  4. You can use stop and no
6.  When teaching a student to transition, which is a strategy to support learning that skill?
  1. Ask another student to tell the student it's time to move to the next activity
  2. Tell the student it's time to move to the next activity
  3. Let the student stay where she is at until she is ready to move to a new task
  4. Give the student a 2 minute countdown or warning
7.  When teaching a student to transition, what is one strategy to help the student learn the skill?
  1. Allow the student as much time as he needs to transition
  2. Practice what the transition looks like and where materials go
  3. Provide minimal supervision and feedback during transitions
  4. Assume he knows what is expected of him when he transitions
8.  The student is running around the room when it is time to line up. The student is bumping into peers while waiting for his turn to wash hands. What skill needs to be taught?
  1. Sitting
  2. Transitioning
  3. Waiting
  4. Giving up items
9.  When the teacher says its time for lunch, the student sits in his desk and continues to work on the previous task. What skill needs to be taught?
  1. Sitting
  2. Transitioning
  3. Waiting
  4. Giving up items
10.  When the teacher says it's time to put away the iPad, the student begins to cry and runs away from the teacher. What skill needs to be taught?
  1. Sitting
  2. Transitioning
  3. Waiting
  4. Giving up items

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