APE Instructional Strategies for Students with Disabilities 3

Question 1

Which prompt type should be FADED FIRST when using a least-to-most prompting hierarchy with a student with cerebral palsy?

Accepted Answer

Verbal prompt

Answer

In least-to-most prompting, verbal prompts are the least intrusive and are typically the first level used and therefore the first to be faded.

Question 2

A student with Deaf-Blindness is learning to walk a balance beam. Which instructional strategy is most appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Tactile modeling and hand-under-hand guidance

Answer

Tactile modeling and hand-under-hand guidance provide physical information to a student who cannot access visual or auditory instructional cues.

Question 3

A student with Down syndrome has hypotonia. Which activity modification best addresses this condition during a gymnastics unit?

Accepted Answer

Focus on core stability exercises and use of stabilizing equipment

Answer

Core stability exercises and stabilizing equipment address the low muscle tone characteristic of hypotonia and support safe participation.

Question 4

When implementing co-teaching in APE, what is the primary benefit for students with disabilities?

Accepted Answer

Students benefit from two teachers providing simultaneous support in the general PE setting

Answer

Co-teaching allows both the APE specialist and general PE teacher to support all students together, promoting inclusion and reducing stigma.

Question 5

Which behavioral strategy involves reinforcing successive approximations toward a target motor skill?

Accepted Answer

Shaping

Answer

Shaping reinforces progressively closer approximations to a target behavior, making it effective for building new motor skills step by step.

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