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

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  1. The continuous flow of affective exchanges will lead to sense of self and consciousness.
    1. True
    2. False
  2. The key to early preventative action is…
    1. Focus on holistic healthy development, not on single behaviors
    2. Focus on problematic behaviors only
  3. What is one way a caregiver can help their child develop their functional emotional capacity?
    1. There is only one right way or one thing you can do
    2. Games, such a peek-a-boo
    3. By focusing on language development
    4. By developing cognitive capacity through memorization activities

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  1. Environmental experiences can help improve the way in which one copes with biological-based challenges, such as autism.
    1. True
    2. False

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  1. In a thinking-based approach, children are 
    1. Coming up with their own ideas
    2. Generating their own solutions
    3. Coming up with their own communicative patterns
    4. All of the above
  2. Why should a parent or caregiver show interest in their child’s interests?
    1. It helps develop a relationship between caregiver and child, and will eventually lead to the child reciprocating interest
    2. So that they can ignore the child later on and not worry about the relationship
    3. So that the caregiver can direct what the child is interested in
    4. They shouldn’t show any interest
  3. _________ are the most important relationships in a child’s life. (parents/caregivers)
  4. Which is NOT a main step of Floortime?
    1. Challenge
    2. Follow the lead
    3. Observe and wait and listen
    4. Expand

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  1. Early in life a child’s social-emotional health, should have a higher priority than academics.
    1. True
    2. False
  2. What is the number one driver of social-emotional health and skills?
    1. Prioritizing academic activities, such as reading books and doing activities
    2. Interactions between children and caregivers
    3. Adult-structured, stationary activities
    4. Playing with peers during lunch or on the playground
  3. What is one of the most crucial skill sets a child develops within the first nine months of life?
    1. Eye contact
    2. Shared attention
    3. Engagement
    4. Two-way purposeful interaction/communication

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  1. A child who says “I want a hug mommy,” is working on what milestone?
    1. Two-way purposeful interaction/communication
    2. Social problem-solving and continuous interaction/flow
    3. Meaningful symbolic ideation/communication
    4. Building logical bridges between ideas/abstract thinking
  2. A child is demonstrating social problem-solving and continuous interaction by
    1. Copying a person’s movements or facial expressions
    2. Bringing an adult over to a door and pointing at the doorknob
    3. Independently dragging a chair over to a shelf to grab a toy
    4. Expressing emotions and opinions through phrases such as, “I like it.”
  3. True or false: If a child is past the typical age range to learn a social-emotional skill, we cannot go back to help them fill in the gaps and instead should focus on academic skills.
    1. True
    2. False
  4. Which is NOT a result of focusing on the “big picture” of a child’s development?
    1. Receiving higher levels of education
    2. Better employment opportunities
    3. Lower frequencies of criminal and substance abuse
    4. Higher instances of mental health issues

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It is important when evaluating a child to bring out their _________ of functioning in order to assess what the child can do and prevent misdiagnosis. (best level)

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  1. The intervention strategy showed in the second video of the little girl exemplified…
    1. The parents creating an environment where the child wants to do the activity
    2. The parents physically moving the child and conditioning her through rote memorization techniques
  2. Dr. Greenspan states, “The challenge is for us to…”
    1. Find external motivators to get the child to participate in an activity
    2. Get the child to stay in one place
    3. Figure out the circumstances that will inspire the child (affect-based approach)
    4. Figure out what milestone the child is currently working towards

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  1. When helping a child develop social-emotional health, it is important to focus on ________.
    1. individual skills
    2. self-regulation
    3. academic skills
    4. the big picture
  2. The two things that researchers at Princeton University determined are needed to be developed in order to be a successful lifelong learner are
    1. An interest in people
    2. The ability to interact and understand social patterns
    3. Both a and b
    4. Memorizing letters and shapes
  3. The best way to develop language and communication skills in a child is to
    1. Allow the child to hear your conversations with others
    2. Talk with the child in a meaningful exchange, even if the child cannot talk back
    3. Use as many words as possible when communicating
    4. Force the child to produce different sounds
  4. The common phrase says you have to _____ before you run. For example, you have to gesture before you verbalize. (walk)
  5. True or false: Simply putting children around peers is enough to stimulate social development.
    1. True
    2. False

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  1. A high level of cortisol (stress hormone) in a child may lead to
    1. High levels of emotionality
    2. Cognitive disruption
    3. Interference in intellectual and social functioning
    4. All of the above
  2. The best way to teach social-emotional skills is through
    1. Scripted role play
    2. Puppet shows
    3. Group discussions
    4. Interactions between caregivers, peers, and child that allows the space to think
  3. What should we be focusing on when working on a child’s social-emotional health and development?
    1. Following the child’s lead
    2. Challenging the child to encourage expansion and creativity
    3. Providing empathy and sympathy to provide emotional feedback
    4. All of the above

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  1. The thinking-based Greenspan Floortime approach does NOT make this a priority.
    1. Communication
    2. Skills
    3. Socialization
    4. Problem-solving
  2. What is a fully integrated experience?
    1. Stimulating a child’s auditory, visual, motor, and social-emotional systems collectively in a supportive environment
    2. Throwing kids into social and chaotic environments
    3. Targeting one system at a time through direct approaches, such as using flashcards 
  3. Research has stated the importance of social and motor stimulation from caregivers on a child’s brain development. On example of this may be
    1. Caregivers on the floor, rolling around with their child, and using facial expressions
    2. Caregivers teaching their child how to solve a puzzle
    3. Caregivers teaching their child how to play with blocks
    4. Giving a child digital media to interact with

Study Questions

  1. It is the ________ responsibility to come up with adaptive and supportive solutions to assist with each child’s social-emotional health. (adult’s)
  2. How can you earn the right to set meaningful, supportive boundaries with a child?
    1. Travel/work more often.
    2. Directly tell the child what they can and cannot do.
    3. Let the child make the boundaries.
    4. Build/deepen a relationship with the child, especially using The Greenspan Floortime Approach.
  3. True or false: You can use “cookie-cutter” approaches when disciplining a child.
    1. True
    2. False
  4. The first thing to do when a child is having a tantrum is to
    1. Counter-regulate
    2. Discipline them
    3. Tell them to stop being angry
    4. Put them in time-out
  5. Boundaries and limits need to come from a place of
    1. Authority
    2. Love and support
    3. Anger
    4. Guilt