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Praxis Special Ed

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1. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
categorical approach
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
ther health impairments

2. Metacognition is connected to
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
where Section 504 comes from
executive functioning
21 or younger

3. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
not legal
Emotional disturbance
articulation

4. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
How 504 defines a disability
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
negative reinforcement
Hear and understand speech

5. Spina bifida
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
Deafness
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

6. Name four areas of executive function
developmental
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
assistive technology
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

7. What percent of the population was ADHD?
two to nine percent
curriculum based assessment
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

8. What does adaptive behavior mean?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
students who are mentally retarded
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
ESEA Act

9. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
students who are mentally retarded
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
early traumatic experiences
speech or language impairment

10. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
21 or younger
functional skills - social skills - career skills
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Hearing impairment

11. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
learned helplessness
Deaf - blindness

12. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
they modify students thought patterns
Stanford 9

13. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
ther health impairments
Traumatic brain injury
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

14. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Deafness
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Learning disabilities

15. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
Orthopedic impairment
student to student
delayed language and echolalia
augmentative communciation

16. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
10 per 10 - 100 children
ecological
Non - discriminatory assessment

17. What is conductive hearing loss?
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Hear and understand speech
try to find appropriate content at grade level

18. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
speech or language impairment
Hear and understand speech
50%
Curriculum based assessment

19. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
social stories
Larry P vs. Riles
student to student
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

20. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
not legal
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
mental retardation

21. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
negative reinforcement
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
yes
whole language

22. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
ther health impairments
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

23. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
try to find appropriate content at grade level
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
General education classrooms

24. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Hearing impairment
LRE

25. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Traumatic brain injury

26. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
no
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

27. What is the prevalence of autism?
Multiple disabilities
10 per 10 - 100 children
no
Hearing impairment

28. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
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
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
pervasive developmental disorders
Learning disabilities

29. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
Stanford 9
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
zero reject

30. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
a hearing aid
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
discriminatory stimulus
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

31. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
augmentative communciation
principles of IDEA
group contingency contracting

32. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
speech or language impairment
curriculum based assessment
Hear and understand speech

33. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Mental retardation

34. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
1%

35. 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
PARC vs. State of Penn
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
ecological

36. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
whole language
yes
life space analysis
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

37. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Hearing impairment

38. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
yes
Procedural safeguards
50%
Specific learning disability

39. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
Fourteen
Stanford 9
group contingency contracting
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

40. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
21 or younger
Program first placement second
students who are mentally retarded
pervasive developmental disorders

41. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Emotional disturbance
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

42. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
augmentative communciation
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
contingency based self - management
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

43. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
hearing loss that was present at birth
try to find appropriate content at grade level
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

44. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
students who are mentally retarded
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
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

45. What does a cochlear implant do?
Council for Exceptional Children
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Learning disabilities

46. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
10 per 10 - 100 children
yes

47. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
hearing loss that happened after birth
visual impairment
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

48. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Deafness
Hearing impairment
visual impairment

49. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Multiple disabilities
Procedural safeguards
Deaf - blindness
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

50. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
LRE
compensatory education
where Section 504 comes from
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton