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Praxis Special Ed

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1. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
mental retardation
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
compensatory education
zero reject

2. Metacognition is connected to
functional skills - social skills - career skills
21 or younger
executive functioning
not legal

3. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
Hear and understand speech
LRE
speech or language impairment
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

4. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Multiple disabilities
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
having them practice filing out job applications

5. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
How 504 defines a disability
hearing loss that happened after birth
try to find appropriate content at grade level

6. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
functional vision assessment
learning disability
pervasive developmental disorders

7. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
delayed language and echolalia
yes
PARC vs. State of Penn
life space analysis

8. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Specific learning disability
discriminatory stimulus
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

9. What is acquired hearing loss?
Traumatic brain injury
hearing loss that happened after birth
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

10. Spina bifida
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
90%
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

11. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
duration recording
discriminatory stimulus
Program first placement second

12. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
Traumatic brain injury
learned helplessness
Sixty days
Council for Exceptional Children

13. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
duration recording
discriminatory stimulus
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

14. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
not legal
learned helplessness

15. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Curriculum based assessment
Mental retardation
Hear and understand speech
hearing loss that happened after birth

16. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
visual impairment
IFSP
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

17. Yes
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
students who are mentally retarded
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
not legal

18. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
zero reject
student to student
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Hearing impairment

19. What does a cochlear implant do?
Hearing impairment
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
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

20. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
zero reject
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Stanford 9

21. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
90%
Orthopedic impairment
18
functional skills - social skills - career skills

22. What does outer - directedness mean?
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
assistive technology

23. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
no
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
delayed language and echolalia
PARC vs. State of Penn

24. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
mental retardation
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
life space analysis
articulation

25. Share the responsibility for the students education
Council for Exceptional Children
they modify students thought patterns
Procedural safeguards
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

26. Birthplace of FAPE
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
PARC vs. State of Penn
students who are mentally retarded

27. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
45%
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

28. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

29. All the members of a group must achieve a certain goal before any member of the group receives a reward is an example of a
21 or younger
group contingency contracting
mental retardation
early traumatic experiences

30. What does adaptive behavior mean?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
18
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
discriminatory stimulus

31. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
principles of IDEA
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
negative reinforcement
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

32. 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
mental retardation
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

33. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

34. 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
50%
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
developmental
PARC vs. State of Penn

35. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
Learning disabilities
Non - discriminatory assessment
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
developmental

36. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
life space analysis
PARC vs. State of Penn
Hear and understand speech
speech or language impairment

37. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
medication and a behavior management intervention
delayed language and echolalia
45%
no

38. 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?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
learning disability
try to find appropriate content at grade level
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

39. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
early traumatic experiences
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Multiple disabilities
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

40. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
delayed language and echolalia
ESEA Act
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

41. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
life space analysis
Emotional disturbance
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

42. Multiple and severe disabilties
medication and a behavior management intervention
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
having them practice filing out job applications

43. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
mental retardation
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
21 or younger

44. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
1%
functional vision assessment
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

45. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
Hearing impairment
contingency based self - management
discriminatory stimulus
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

46. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
life space analysis
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Fourteen

47. What does FVA stand for?
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
functional vision assessment
student to student
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

48. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
50%
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

49. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
having them practice filing out job applications
compensatory education

50. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
assistive technology