so, this comprehensive exam thing.

[ulysses]

From one hypothetical student profile, including psychological and other assessments, write:

Student eligibility, documenting why you recommended the eligibility that you did (specific learning disability, emotional/behavior disorder, mild intellectual disability) and why you rejected the others. (Today's student was E/BD, 3-4 grade levels behind in achievement, aggressive/defiant behaviors.)

Student placement, including rationales behind why those rejected were inappropriate under the least restrictive environment rule.

One long-term goal and three short-term objective in each of these areas, taking into account the student's needs: academic, functional, affective.

Take one short-term objective above from the domain we specify on the day you arrive for the test (today's was academic), and write three instructional objectives for that STO in a hierarchical manner (i.e. easier to harder objectives, or greater stages of generalization).

Take one of those instructional objectives and write the outline of a lesson plan for it. Include curriculum, strategies, materials, follow-up activity, and how you plan to evaluate the follow-up activity.

Create a data collection plan - including graphs, as appropriate - that you will use to monitor progress toward the short-term objective.

THEN...

From a hypothetical class profile of negative behaviors, write a behavior management plan for the entire class. (Ours today had mild behaviors, thankfully.) Begin with what's expected for all classes - decontaminate room of all distracters/potential weapons, establish limited number of positively stated rules, put in place rewards system for compliance. Then, according to severity of behavior, address each of the behavior problems listed for the class - as I recall, there were 18 on today's test, including failure to complete tasks, inattentiveness, blaming others for one's own mistakes (who can I blame for being in this masters program?), interrupting other students, and "rejecting peers without knowing anything about them" (huh?). Options for intervention include differential reinforcement in a variety of styles (reinforcement of alternative behaviors, reinforcement of lower levels of behavior, etc.) and on a variety of schedules and explicit emotional self-management training. Please include the schedule on which you will be delivering said training.

Do all of the above in four hours.

We started at 9:36. When I finished the eligibility and placement, it was 11:twentysomething. Feh. Where's my damned drink?

[mike_c]

1. ah, the joy of comps....

This one's written, I take it. Will you take orals too? Is this for admission to PhD candidacy?

[ulysses]

2. yeah, this morning.

No orals, and no - just for masters graduation.

[mike_c]

3. best of luck!

And congrats in advance! :toast:

[ulysses]

4. well, I may not have passed the damned thing.

I may have, I may not have. I get to marinate in the worry for four weeks until I find out if I can graduate in December. Thanks, though!