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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
learned helplessness
no
student to student

2. Learners with disabilities have opportunities to achieve commensurate with their peers

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3. Metacognition is connected to
executive functioning
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
disorder in one or more psychological processes involved in understanding or using spoken or written language that may manifest itself in the ability to listen - think - write - spell - or do math
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

4. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
General education classrooms
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
they modify students thought patterns
mental retardation

5. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
compensatory education
whole language
functional skills - social skills - career skills
General education classrooms

6. If a 5th grade student is getting frustrated in social studies because he still reads at a third grade level - what should the teacher do?
Specific learning disability
direct instruction
try to find appropriate content at grade level
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

7. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Hear and understand speech
learned helplessness
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

8. Spina bifida
having them practice filing out job applications
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

9. What is CLOZE procedure?
medication and a behavior management intervention
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
IFSP

10. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
an individualized transition plan
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
direct instruction
90%

11. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
21 or younger
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

12. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
developmental

13. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
assistive technology
hearing loss that was present at birth
negative reinforcement

14. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
1%
duration recording
social stories
where Section 504 comes from

15. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
Autism
yes
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

16. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
group contingency contracting
hearing loss that was present at birth
assistive technology

17. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
Larry P vs. Riles
speech or language impairment
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

18. If a college bound student has the accommodation that he uses a tape recorder in english and a calculator in algebra II this is an example of
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
negative reinforcement
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
assistive technology

19. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Deafness
life space analysis
pervasive developmental disorders

20. A remedial approach
developmental
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

21. What does outer - directedness mean?
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

22. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
where Section 504 comes from
speech or language impairment
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
mental retardation

23. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
ESEA Act
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
categorical approach

24. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
early traumatic experiences
they modify students thought patterns
try to find appropriate content at grade level

25. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
disorder in one or more psychological processes involved in understanding or using spoken or written language that may manifest itself in the ability to listen - think - write - spell - or do math
yes
ESEA Act
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

26. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
mental retardation
IFSP
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
How 504 defines a disability

27. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
ther health impairments
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
students who are mentally retarded
Emotional disturbance

28. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
Larry P vs. Riles
compensatory education
delayed language and echolalia
hearing loss that happened after birth

29. What is the prevalence of autism?
10 per 10 - 100 children
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
yes
speech or language impairment

30. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
speech or language impairment
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
executive functioning

31. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
Autism
an individualized transition plan
the DSM- IV
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

32. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
compensatory education
student to student
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

33. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
students who are mentally retarded
a hearing aid
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

34. In errorless learning SD stands for?
discriminatory stimulus
Curriculum based assessment
where Section 504 comes from
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

35. ADHD criteria is defined by
10 per 10 - 100 children
learned helplessness
Multiple disabilities
the DSM- IV

36. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
a hearing aid
Curriculum based assessment
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Multiple disabilities

37. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
ecological

38. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
zero reject
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

39. Multiple and severe disabilties
Council for Exceptional Children
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
functional vision assessment
a hearing aid

40. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
ther health impairments
Curriculum based assessment
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

41. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
student to student
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

42. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
Procedural safeguards
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
21 or younger
ESEA Act

43. What does FVA stand for?
mental retardation
functional vision assessment
no
whole language

44. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
the Cummins model
Multiple disabilities
ESEA Act
direct instruction

45. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
90%
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
group contingency contracting
students who are mentally retarded

46. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
an audiometer
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Mental retardation

47. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
a hearing aid
How 504 defines a disability
visual impairment
executive functioning

48. What is conductive hearing loss?
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

49. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
duration recording
Learning disabilities
90%

50. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
Program first placement second
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution