Chapter.11 Early Intervention Exam Questions

Chapter 11. Early Intervention

Multiple Choice

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1. Early intervention, as defined by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, refers to children ages:
   1. birth through 2 years of age.
   2. birth to 5 years of age.
   3. 3 to 5 years of age.
   4. 3 to 8 years of age.
2. The document that guides the early intervention program for a specific family is which of the following?
   1. Individualized Education Program (IEP)
   2. Instructional Health Services Plan (IHSP)
   3. Personal Future Planning Program (PFPP)
   4. Individualized Family Services Plan (IFSP)
3. Which of the following is not one of the five developmental areas required in assessment before IFSP development?
   1. Communication
   2. Cognition
   3. Memory
   4. Physical
   5. Adaptive skills
4. Early intervention should occur:
   1. in a center-based program.
   2. in a physician’s office.
   3. in the child’s natural environment.
   4. in the public school setting.
5. Who should guide the focus of early intervention based on their priorities and concerns?
   1. The physician
   2. The family
   3. The physical therapist
   4. The primary service coordinator
6. Which is considered the most functional, natural form of early intervention?
   1. Clinician-directed treatment
   2. Activity-based instruction
   3. Individual instruction with only the child and clinician present
   4. Home program instruction with lists of activities left for the family to complete
7. Which technique assists the therapist and family in integrating therapeutic objectives into the family’s daily lives?
   1. Intervention in the child’s clinic environment
   2. Use of specific home therapy programs
   3. Use of catalogs and matrixes
   4. Focus on specific impairments for instruction
8. How many days before the child’s third birthday should a transition meeting be held with the receiving school program?
   1. 45 days
   2. 90 days
   3. 4 months
   4. This process is not mandated
9. What is the optimal team formation for early intervention?
   1. An interdisciplinary team
   2. A multidisciplinary team
   3. A transdisciplinary team
   4. A unidisciplinary team
10. To increase the likelihood of a young child achieving a functional task:
    1. the intensity of physical therapy should be increased.
    2. everyone should focus on just one motor goal.
    3. intervention should be discipline specific.
    4. everyone must help find opportunities for high-volume, task-specific practice.
11. Cataloguing is useful to:
    1. see whether the therapeutic activities can be embedded into the family’s existing schedule.
    2. make a log of the baby’s daily activities from morning to night.
    3. add therapeutic interventions into the child’s activities.
    4. avoid having to make a matrix.
12. All of the following are important aspects of family-centered care except:
    1. impairment-based care.
    2. collaborative parent/professional relationships.
    3. promotion of family choice.
    4. involvement of family in decision making.
13. Which of the following is true related to family-centered services in early intervention?
    1. All responsibility for interventions should be shifted to the parent.
    2. After the therapist sets goals for intervention, the parents should be involved in intervention planning.
    3. Families should be engaged to select outcomes that are important to them and their child.
    4. The therapist should check family compliance with home program activities at each visit.
14. Which of the following statements about natural environments is false?
    1. Natural environments include the activity settings in which the child typically engages.
    2. Natural environments encourage easy carryover of intervention objectives into daily life.
    3. Natural environments allow the therapist to observe the child in typical daily routines.
    4. Natural environments can include clinic settings if the therapist works to use family-friendly materials.
    5. Natural environments include the materials and toys available to the family in their daily routines.
15. A type of assessment where multiple disciplines are together along with the family and child is called:
    1. an interdisciplinary assessment.
    2. an arena assessment.
    3. a five-domain assessment.
    4. a routines-based assessment.

True/False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

1. Because the physician is the first professional to see the family of a child with a disability, he or she should be the head of the intervention team and select the outcomes for the child.
2. Because the therapist is able to see more children in his or her own office, it is fine to ask parents to bring the child into the office to deliver early intervention services as long as the family has transportation.
3. Role release allows all therapists to complete the duties of all disciplines.
4. Evidence-based guidelines regarding motor prognosis for children with cerebral palsy are available.
5. States have discretion to provide early intervention services for children at risk for disability.

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