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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Spina bifida
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
ecological
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Hear and understand speech

2. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
curriculum based assessment
Procedural safeguards
life space analysis
Sixty days

3. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
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45%
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
curriculum based assessment

4. What are four types of data based decision making?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
they modify students thought patterns
early traumatic experiences
articulation

5. A teacher who sets clear and explicit goals for each lesson - presents a logical sequence of tasks - gives clear directions on how to do eacht ask - engages the student in guided practice - asks frequent questions - gives feedback - and does not move
contingency based self - management
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
direct instruction

6. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
IFSP
How 504 defines a disability
they modify students thought patterns
Non - discriminatory assessment

7. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
early traumatic experiences
executive functioning
IFSP
Curriculum based assessment

8. What does adaptive behavior mean?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
duration recording
mental retardation
Specific learning disability

9. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
student to student
How 504 defines a disability
hearing loss that was present at birth

10. The approach that categorizes exceptionality as the statistical degree to which an individual deviates from the average in terms of cognitive - social - emotional - and physical abilities is called
Specific learning disability
developmental
Orthopedic impairment
Larry P vs. Riles

11. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
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a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
LRE
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

12. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
Curriculum based assessment
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
visual impairment

13. What is acquired hearing loss?
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
mental retardation
hearing loss that happened after birth
they modify students thought patterns

14. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
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IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
principles of IDEA

15. All the members of a group must achieve a certain goal before any member of the group receives a reward is an example of a
group contingency contracting
student to student
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Emotional disturbance

16. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
yes
compensatory education
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

17. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
contingency based self - management
yes
no

18. Mental retardation originates before what age?
early traumatic experiences
18
Stanford 9
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

19. Share the responsibility for the students education
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Council for Exceptional Children
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
no

20. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
Stanford 9
yes
PARC vs. State of Penn
an individualized transition plan

21. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
developmental
Learning disabilities
Procedural safeguards
1%

22. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
they modify students thought patterns
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
How 504 defines a disability

23. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
mental retardation
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
compensatory education

24. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
LRE
negative reinforcement
Hear and understand speech

25. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
Autism
having them practice filing out job applications
try to find appropriate content at grade level
50%

26. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
principles of IDEA
an audiometer
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

27. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Stanford 9
group contingency contracting

28. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
General education classrooms

29. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
social stories
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
functional skills - social skills - career skills

30. 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?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Fourteen
Multiple disabilities
articulation

31. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
IFSP
having them practice filing out job applications
curriculum based assessment
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

32. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
Larry P vs. Riles
group contingency contracting
student to student
students who are mentally retarded

33. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
learned helplessness
yes

34. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
articulation
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
augmentative communciation

35. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
duration recording
hearing loss that happened after birth
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

36. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
an audiometer
10 per 10 - 100 children
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

37. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
student to student
Multiple disabilities

38. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
life space analysis
an audiometer
Stanford 9

39. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
duration recording
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
discriminatory stimulus
Specific learning disability

40. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
assistive technology
a hearing aid

41. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
life space analysis
Non - discriminatory assessment
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
ther health impairments

42. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
direct instruction
medication and a behavior management intervention
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

43. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
assistive technology
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Hearing impairment

44. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
mental retardation
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
How 504 defines a disability
learning disability

45. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
50%
10 per 10 - 100 children
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

46. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
LRE
where Section 504 comes from
student to student
Program first placement second

47. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
PARC vs. State of Penn
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
1%
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

48. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
where Section 504 comes from
mental retardation
ecological
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

49. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
social stories
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Hear and understand speech

50. What does a cochlear implant do?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
curriculum based assessment
Autism
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant