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Praxis Special Ed

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1. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
IFSP
Orthopedic impairment
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
zero reject

2. What causes autism?
LRE
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Multiple disabilities
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

3. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
Mental retardation
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
ther health impairments
ESEA Act

4. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
a hearing aid
visual impairment
no

5. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
assistive technology
the DSM- IV
learning disability

6. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
Stanford 9
Sixty days
direct instruction
Council for Exceptional Children

7. A model used with ESL and deaf students
the Cummins model
principles of IDEA
try to find appropriate content at grade level
hearing loss that was present at birth

8. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
an individualized transition plan
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Non - discriminatory assessment
learned helplessness

9. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
Traumatic brain injury
no
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
negative reinforcement

10. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
no
whole language
life space analysis

11. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
Non - discriminatory assessment
negative reinforcement
try to find appropriate content at grade level
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

12. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Procedural safeguards
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

13. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
executive functioning
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
an audiometer
Larry P vs. Riles

14. 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
social stories
life space analysis
whole language
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

15. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
Emotional disturbance
PARC vs. State of Penn
General education classrooms
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

16. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
developmental
Hearing impairment
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
articulation

17. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
hearing loss that was present at birth
assistive technology
social stories
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

18. 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
curriculum based assessment
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
direct instruction
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

19. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
Mental retardation
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Autism
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

20. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Fourteen
life space analysis

21. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
a hearing aid
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
where Section 504 comes from

22. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
medication and a behavior management intervention
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Deafness
developmental

23. What does adaptive behavior mean?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

24. What percent of the population was ADHD?
two to nine percent
assistive technology
How 504 defines a disability
having them practice filing out job applications

25. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
speech or language impairment
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Traumatic brain injury

26. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
hearing loss that was present at birth
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
curriculum based assessment

27. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Autism
ecological
delayed language and echolalia

28. What does FVA stand for?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
developmental
functional vision assessment
Mental retardation

29. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
having them practice filing out job applications
whole language
90%
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

30. What is conductive hearing loss?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
delayed language and echolalia
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

31. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
Procedural safeguards
Traumatic brain injury
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Stanford 9

32. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
compensatory education
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Curriculum based assessment
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

33. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
contingency based self - management
Hear and understand speech
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
50%

34. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
duration recording
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
having them practice filing out job applications

35. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
augmentative communciation
ecological
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

36. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
visual impairment
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
student to student
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

37. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
Larry P vs. Riles
How 504 defines a disability
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

38. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
two to nine percent
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
45%

39. Spina bifida
the DSM- IV
Fourteen
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Emotional disturbance

40. Birthplace of FAPE
early traumatic experiences
PARC vs. State of Penn
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
articulation

41. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
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
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
yes
an individualized transition plan

42. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
contingency based self - management
direct instruction
21 or younger
whole language

43. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
mental retardation
IFSP
Council for Exceptional Children
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

44. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
learning disability
Deaf - blindness
mental retardation

45. Share the responsibility for the students education
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

46. What does outer - directedness mean?
medication and a behavior management intervention
compensatory education
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

47. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
mental retardation
functional vision assessment
functional skills - social skills - career skills
hearing loss that was present at birth

48. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
compensatory education
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

49. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
categorical approach
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
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
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

50. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
LRE
functional vision assessment
50%