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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
executive functioning
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
functional vision assessment
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

2. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
21 or younger
ther health impairments
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
delayed language and echolalia

3. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
hearing loss that was present at birth
augmentative communciation
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

4. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
curriculum based assessment
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

5. 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
General education classrooms
developmental
the Cummins model
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

6. Metacognition is connected to
executive functioning
Traumatic brain injury
Hearing impairment
Council for Exceptional Children

7. Mental retardation originates before what age?
student to student
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
18
developmental

8. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
Hearing impairment
an audiometer
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
LRE

9. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
Autism
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
compensatory education

10. What percent of the population was ADHD?
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
two to nine percent
21 or younger
student to student

11. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
life space analysis
curriculum based assessment
zero reject
Traumatic brain injury

12. Birthplace of FAPE
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
PARC vs. State of Penn
they modify students thought patterns
50%

13. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
life space analysis
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
PARC vs. State of Penn

14. Multiple and severe disabilties
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
45%
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
functional vision assessment

15. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
duration recording
categorical approach
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

16. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
yes
1%
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

17. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
Hearing impairment
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
students who are mentally retarded
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

18. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Hearing impairment
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
not legal

19. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Stanford 9
10 per 10 - 100 children
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

20. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Orthopedic impairment
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

21. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
medication and a behavior management intervention
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

22. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
Deaf - blindness
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Larry P vs. Riles

23. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
the DSM- IV
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
discriminatory stimulus
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

24. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
Council for Exceptional Children
student to student
Learning disabilities
mental retardation

25. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
no
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
early traumatic experiences

26. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
Orthopedic impairment
General education classrooms
Specific learning disability
not legal

27. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
yes
How 504 defines a disability
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
speech or language impairment

28. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
articulation
ESEA Act
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

29. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
speech or language impairment
try to find appropriate content at grade level
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
10 per 10 - 100 children

30. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
ther health impairments
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

31. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
medication and a behavior management intervention
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

32. Share the responsibility for the students education
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
principles of IDEA
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

33. A model used with ESL and deaf students
the Cummins model
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

34. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
IFSP
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Multiple disabilities
two to nine percent

35. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
Fourteen
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
speech or language impairment
students who are mentally retarded

36. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
medication and a behavior management intervention
learned helplessness
delayed language and echolalia
group contingency contracting

37. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
medication and a behavior management intervention
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
speech or language impairment
Hearing impairment

38. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
curriculum based assessment
zero reject
having them practice filing out job applications

39. 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
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
direct instruction
ecological

40. 504
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Deafness
having them practice filing out job applications

41. Yes
50%
How 504 defines a disability
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

42. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Stanford 9
Program first placement second
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

43. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
categorical approach
45%
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Stanford 9

44. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
Non - discriminatory assessment
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
ESEA Act
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

45. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
group contingency contracting
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

46. 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
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
ecological

47. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
yes
Program first placement second

48. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Council for Exceptional Children
mental retardation
zero reject
Hear and understand speech

49. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
90%
augmentative communciation
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

50. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
contingency based self - management
medication and a behavior management intervention
developmental
an audiometer