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Praxis Special Ed
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
How 504 defines a disability
delayed language and echolalia
Autism
medication and a behavior management intervention
2. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
Deafness
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
students who are mentally retarded
visual impairment
3. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
articulation
Autism
having them practice filing out job applications
pervasive developmental disorders
4. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
yes
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
executive functioning
5. 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?
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
try to find appropriate content at grade level
an individualized transition plan
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
6. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
speech or language impairment
Traumatic brain injury
articulation
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
7. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
18
categorical approach
an individualized transition plan
8. Multiple and severe disabilties
principles of IDEA
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
discriminatory stimulus
9. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
delayed language and echolalia
where Section 504 comes from
21 or younger
10. What does adaptive behavior mean?
contingency based self - management
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
an individualized transition plan
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
11. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
negative reinforcement
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
the Cummins model
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
12. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
negative reinforcement
ESEA Act
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
13. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
early traumatic experiences
a hearing aid
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
1%
14. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
articulation
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
15. What is conductive hearing loss?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
10 per 10 - 100 children
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
16. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Orthopedic impairment
ecological
Learning disabilities
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
17. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
where Section 504 comes from
functional skills - social skills - career skills
social stories
18. 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
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
developmental
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
no
19. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Deafness
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
articulation
20. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
they modify students thought patterns
45%
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
duration recording
21. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
developmental
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
an audiometer
22. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
Council for Exceptional Children
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
mental retardation
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
23. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
yes
they modify students thought patterns
student to student
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
24. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
duration recording
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
learning disability
18
25. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
a hearing aid
students who are mentally retarded
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
26. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
Non - discriminatory assessment
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
they modify students thought patterns
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
27. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Larry P vs. Riles
28. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
augmentative communciation
early traumatic experiences
Emotional disturbance
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
29. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
General education classrooms
whole language
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
students who are mentally retarded
30. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
Specific learning disability
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
31. 504
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
articulation
categorical approach
32. What causes autism?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
the DSM- IV
learned helplessness
categorical approach
33. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
Autism
categorical approach
principles of IDEA
yes
34. 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
executive functioning
How 504 defines a disability
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
ecological
35. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
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
discriminatory stimulus
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
categorical approach
36. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
discriminatory stimulus
10 per 10 - 100 children
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
yes
37. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Deafness
38. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
not legal
principles of IDEA
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
articulation
39. What percent of the population was ADHD?
two to nine percent
Multiple disabilities
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
40. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
zero reject
having them practice filing out job applications
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
the Cummins model
41. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
they modify students thought patterns
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Mental retardation
42. 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
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
negative reinforcement
direct instruction
43. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
Mental retardation
ecological
they modify students thought patterns
hearing loss that happened after birth
44. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
the DSM- IV
IFSP
45. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
1%
an individualized transition plan
Mental retardation
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
46. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
mental retardation
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
47. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
Stanford 9
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
50%
ther health impairments
48. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
categorical approach
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Larry P vs. Riles
having them practice filing out job applications
49. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
contingency based self - management
duration recording
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
50. 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
not legal
whole language
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs