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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
no
Learning disabilities
they modify students thought patterns
whole language

2. The approach to reading instruction which uses students language and experiences and in which reading is taught a meaning - oriented integrated activity rather than a collection of separate skills is known as a
IFSP
whole language
Fourteen
Traumatic brain injury

3. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
Procedural safeguards
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
two to nine percent

4. What does FVA stand for?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
functional vision assessment

5. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
articulation
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
not legal

6. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
the DSM- IV
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
LRE
early traumatic experiences

7. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
Procedural safeguards
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

8. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
articulation
50%
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

9. A remedial approach
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
group contingency contracting
Curriculum based assessment

10. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
delayed language and echolalia

11. 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
Multiple disabilities
two to nine percent
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

12. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
no
Deafness
group contingency contracting
yes

13. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
articulation
Curriculum based assessment
learned helplessness

14. 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
direct instruction
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
speech or language impairment
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

15. Birthplace of FAPE
medication and a behavior management intervention
PARC vs. State of Penn
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

16. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
mental retardation
Specific learning disability
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
categorical approach

17. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
having them practice filing out job applications

18. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
Non - discriminatory assessment
duration recording
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

19. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
functional vision assessment
student to student
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
life space analysis

20. Which perspective attributes emotional and behavioral disorders to poor interaction with the environment in which the student and environment affect each other reciprocally and advocates interventions using the entire social system
student to student
ecological
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

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

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22. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
principles of IDEA
90%
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

23. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
ESEA Act
an audiometer
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
an individualized transition plan

24. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
they modify students thought patterns
1%
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
mental retardation

25. Metacognition is connected to
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
negative reinforcement
executive functioning
18

26. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
students who are mentally retarded

27. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Specific learning disability
18
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

28. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
categorical approach
Program first placement second
Hear and understand speech
an audiometer

29. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
Sixty days
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
18
not legal

30. What is acquired hearing loss?
Non - discriminatory assessment
Procedural safeguards
hearing loss that happened after birth
an audiometer

31. Multiple and severe disabilties
Traumatic brain injury
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

32. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
90%
executive functioning
social stories
having them practice filing out job applications

33. Share the responsibility for the students education
10 per 10 - 100 children
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
ther health impairments
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

34. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
curriculum based assessment
try to find appropriate content at grade level
yes
student to student

35. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
mental retardation
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

36. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
45%
LRE
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
students who are mentally retarded

37. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
functional skills - social skills - career skills
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

38. What is conductive hearing loss?
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
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

39. Yes
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
students who are mentally retarded
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
21 or younger

40. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
duration recording
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
speech or language impairment
Non - discriminatory assessment

41. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
speech or language impairment
the DSM- IV

42. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
not legal
Specific learning disability
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

43. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

44. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
yes
Stanford 9
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Learning disabilities

45. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
45%
Traumatic brain injury
Emotional disturbance
where Section 504 comes from

46. What does a cochlear implant do?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
direct instruction
curriculum based assessment
Specific learning disability

47. Name four areas of executive function
learned helplessness
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
ecological

48. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
Learning disabilities
Program first placement second
direct instruction
Procedural safeguards

49. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
How 504 defines a disability
21 or younger
learning disability
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

50. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
hearing loss that happened after birth
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Curriculum based assessment
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton