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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
students who are mentally retarded
Specific learning disability
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
delayed language and echolalia

2. What causes autism?
yes
augmentative communciation
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
hearing loss that happened after birth

3. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
18
discriminatory stimulus
the Cummins model
Sixty days

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

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5. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
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
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
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. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
assistive technology
no
Mental retardation
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

7. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
LRE
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

8. What are four types of data based decision making?
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
ther health impairments

9. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
Sixty days
ther health impairments
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
functional skills - social skills - career skills

10. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
social stories
an audiometer
Learning disabilities
no

11. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
social stories
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

12. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
an individualized transition plan
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
having them practice filing out job applications
zero reject

13. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
not legal
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Deaf - blindness

14. What is CLOZE procedure?
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

15. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Curriculum based assessment
Hearing impairment
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

16. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
General education classrooms
ther health impairments
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Mental retardation

17. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

18. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
where Section 504 comes from
yes
ecological
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

19. ADHD criteria is defined by
augmentative communciation
yes
two to nine percent
the DSM- IV

20. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
ther health impairments
no
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
assistive technology

21. 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
learned helplessness
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
group contingency contracting
ecological

22. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Emotional disturbance
zero reject
an individualized transition plan
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

23. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
an individualized transition plan
Curriculum based assessment

24. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
curriculum based assessment
mental retardation

25. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
early traumatic experiences
21 or younger
contingency based self - management
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

26. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
not legal
ESEA Act
yes
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

27. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
Multiple disabilities
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
negative reinforcement
50%

28. 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
medication and a behavior management intervention
Multiple disabilities
developmental
direct instruction

29. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
yes
group contingency contracting
hearing loss that was present at birth

30. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
visual impairment
yes
Multiple disabilities
PARC vs. State of Penn

31. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
medication and a behavior management intervention
Stanford 9
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

32. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
How 504 defines a disability
50%
duration recording
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

33. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

34. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
mental retardation
discriminatory stimulus
Deaf - blindness
yes

35. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
yes
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

36. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Stanford 9
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

37. What is acquired hearing loss?
Multiple disabilities
Deafness
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
hearing loss that happened after birth

38. Name four areas of executive function
speech or language impairment
contingency based self - management
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Program first placement second

39. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
Specific learning disability
10 per 10 - 100 children
hearing loss that was present at birth
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

40. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
visual impairment
ther health impairments
speech or language impairment
Emotional disturbance

41. 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
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
ESEA Act
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

42. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
categorical approach
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
pervasive developmental disorders

43. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Traumatic brain injury
21 or younger
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

44. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
50%
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
PARC vs. State of Penn

45. 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?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
ESEA Act
try to find appropriate content at grade level
How 504 defines a disability

46. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
life space analysis
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
How 504 defines a disability

47. Specific learning disability
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
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
ecological
early traumatic experiences

48. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
assistive technology
Mental retardation
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
pervasive developmental disorders

49. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
functional skills - social skills - career skills
where Section 504 comes from
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
pervasive developmental disorders

50. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
life space analysis
Larry P vs. Riles
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation