Posted: September 16th, 2017

How are preschoolers referred for services? How do they receive services?

Assignment #6

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using the seven chapters ;respond to each item below (i.e., item/question + response; item/question + response). To earn full-credit per item, responses to each

should be expressed in complete sentences.

Recommendation: Try the Self-Assessment (pp. 1-4) – should take you about 5 minutes (or less) to complete. Doing so gives you an awareness of the content of Chapters 1

– 7: 43 pages.
1. How are preschoolers referred for services? How do they receive services?

2. How do goals of the IFSP (1986) differ from those of the IEP?
3. a. Preschool Education has made great advancements. Per early intervention programs identified in your text and listed below, identify an advantage of the program,

and a disadvantage of the program:
home-based / hospital-based / center-based

b. Of those three programs, which is considered the most desirable? Why?

c. Regarding Head Start: What evidence is there that relates Head Start attendance to later life-success measures (20 years later), such as teen pregnancy,

delinquency, welfare use, and employment?

3. d. Review data on diplomas and dropouts, p. 21. In which disability category is the dropout percentage the highest?
4.a. Employment (pp. 24 & 25): Per the text, work environments are 1) competitive, 2) sheltered, or 3) supported. For each, what high school initiatives would you

introduce to properly prepare the student for transitioning to that particular work environment?
4. b. Per “Continued Education,” page 26: identify at least three important initiatives that should be provided by post-secondary institutions in order to accommodate

students with complex or severe disabilities.
5. From what you read in Chapter 3, what is the purpose for each of the following?
a. Deinstitutionalization b. Group homes c. ALUs
6. Per Chapter 4:
a. From birth, what are the effects of learning about and raising a child with disabilities?
b. Why is transitioning difficult from home living to school?
c. Per “Types of Family involvement” (page 39) identify, in one-two sentences, the five types.
d. In a sentence, summarize the four ideas you glean from the 4 bulleted ideas on page 40.
e. Per “Barriers” listed in Table 4.1 (pp. 41-42), offer three ideas that would resolve three of those barriers (one resolution per barrier).

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7. a. Per Chapter 5: Identify three advantages for children when there is school-interagency collaboration.

7. b. In a sentence or two, offer the three reasons why schools should build alliances with businesses.

7. c. Offer two advantages of each: youth appreticeships; tech-prep programs; school-based enterprises.

8. Review the elements that increase our students’ chances for success and best quality of life (p. 47). Read through their brief descriptions, pages 48-50. How can

educators (i.e., many or most of you) remain reminded of these elements and inform others to know and be aware of these factors?

9. In “Working With Families and Agencies in Perspective,” what three challenges must we realize and work to overcome to provide the most meaningful, relevant, and

inspiring education possible for students with complex or severe disabilities?

10. Of the Chapter 8 “Key Points,” which two (at least) were you unaware of?

There is a post-assessment of the contents from this book, pp. 57-59. Answers are on page 61.

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