Mastery Test

MASTERY TEST
Participants will have an opportunity to demonstrate mastery of the basic concepts presented during this training course by taking the “Mastery Test”. This test includes multiple choice questions about theoretical concepts of the DIR/Floortime Model and application of these concepts by analyzing video clips. The Mastery test will measure how well participants met the training course’ learning objectives:

  1. To understand the DIR/Floortime Model
  2. To learn about the six basic functional emotional developmental capacities
  3. To understand the individual differences in children’s ways of modulating sensations, language functioning, motor planning and sequencing
  4. To understand how relationships with caregivers and others can facilitate mastery and movement towards higher levels of the basic functional emotional developmental capacities as well as certain type of relationship patterns may slow down or interfere with optimum progress
  5. To gain preliminary understanding of how to translate a profile of the child and the caregivers as well as other family members into a comprehensive developmentally based intervention program.

Instructions:

  1. Print the Mastery Test Instructions & Questions
  2. Watch the “Mastery Test” video available at the end of the video lectures (go to video lectures and scroll down until the end)
  3. Take notes while watching the videos and write your answers on the hard copy of this document.
  4. Once you are ready and sure of your answers, click on “Take the Mastery Test”, on the right hand menu of the course home page.

IMPORTANT NOTE: You can only take the test ONE TIME. Be sure to take the test AFTER you have watched all the test videos and written down your answers on your hard copy.

Your test results will be mailed to you approximately 8 weeks after the conclusion of the Course.

You will receive a Certificate of Mastery if you passed the test.

If you did not pass the test, you will receive information about other further training, and more opportunities to take the course and test.

Study Questions

  1. What is the Greenspan/DIR model?
    1. An intervention that follows a chronological order to teach skills.
    2. Something you do to mitigate affective experiences available to children.
    3. Teaching a behavior to address a specific symptom a child displays.
    4. A model used to identify a child’s social-emotional strengths and weaknesses.
  2. Which is NOT a part of the Greenspan approach?
    1. Relating within meaningful, positive relationships
    2. Communication across all therapeutic curriculums
    3. Teaching a child an outcome, what to say, and what to do
    4. Encouraging a child to do the thinking
  3. The Greenspan approach is a parent-_____ approach and a therapist-____ approach.
    1. supported; centered
    2. centered; supported
    3. supported; directed
    4. advocated; centered