Education

Education

4. a) Per what you read in Chapter 8, offer two reasons why generalization is so difficult to achieve when only the “train and hope” approach is used.
b) Per our text:  What two reasons support why peers can very effectively help students with severe disabilities to learn to generalize their communication and social skills?
c) Give a school-based example that illustrates your two reasons (above).

5.a) Why has research found the general case method to be so successful?
b) Per your text, what would be the most difficult aspect of this method for a teacher to implement?

6. How would the relevance or functionality of a behavior help to achieve maintenance and generalization?

7.    Describe a plan that would allow an educator [who teaches specific skills to students with severe disabilities] to work on generalization and maintenance.