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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Spina bifida
curriculum based assessment
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

2. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
General education classrooms
not legal
Hear and understand speech
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

3. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
categorical approach
mental retardation
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
50%

4. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
hearing loss that was present at birth
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
students who are mentally retarded
Deafness

5. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
LRE
they modify students thought patterns
Fourteen

6. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
students who are mentally retarded
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
18

7. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
Deafness
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
zero reject

8. Specific learning disability
students who are mentally retarded
yes
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
Mental retardation

9. A remedial approach
no
ther health impairments
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

10. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
Multiple disabilities
21 or younger
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

11. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
contingency based self - management
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
learning disability
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

12. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
Deaf - blindness
speech or language impairment
90%
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

13. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
compensatory education
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
yes

14. What is CLOZE procedure?
medication and a behavior management intervention
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
categorical approach
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

15. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
50%
Orthopedic impairment
group contingency contracting
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

16. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
PARC vs. State of Penn
not legal
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
no

17. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
pervasive developmental disorders
direct instruction
Mental retardation
where Section 504 comes from

18. What percent of the population was ADHD?
two to nine percent
principles of IDEA
life space analysis
Orthopedic impairment

19. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
hearing loss that happened after birth
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

20. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
IFSP
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
delayed language and echolalia

21. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
Autism
1%
assistive technology
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

22. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
Autism
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
learning disability
Sixty days

23. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
speech or language impairment
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Curriculum based assessment
assistive technology

24. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
contingency based self - management
Emotional disturbance
categorical approach

25. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
negative reinforcement

26. Yes
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Multiple disabilities
45%
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

27. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

28. What does outer - directedness mean?
Procedural safeguards
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Deafness
mental retardation

29. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
functional skills - social skills - career skills
direct instruction
50%
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

30. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
whole language
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

31. 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
50%
21 or younger
an audiometer

32. ADHD criteria is defined by
the DSM- IV
duration recording
a hearing aid
Stanford 9

33. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Program first placement second
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Fourteen

34. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
Sixty days
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
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

35. What is the prevalence of autism?
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
10 per 10 - 100 children
hearing loss that was present at birth
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

36. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
45%
the Cummins model
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

37. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
21 or younger
learned helplessness
developmental
student to student

38. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Deafness
the Cummins model
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

39. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
group contingency contracting
mental retardation

40. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
Autism
categorical approach
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

41. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
students who are mentally retarded
Emotional disturbance
executive functioning
compensatory education

42. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
PARC vs. State of Penn
General education classrooms
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
functional vision assessment

43. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Multiple disabilities
ecological
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

44. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Non - discriminatory assessment
the Cummins model
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

45. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
an individualized transition plan
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Council for Exceptional Children
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

46. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
negative reinforcement
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Emotional disturbance
curriculum based assessment

47. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
pervasive developmental disorders
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Deafness
How 504 defines a disability

48. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Non - discriminatory assessment
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Curriculum based assessment
Procedural safeguards

49. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
Fourteen
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
students who are mentally retarded
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

50. Name four areas of executive function
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Learning disabilities