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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
45%

2. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
zero reject
90%
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

3. Mental retardation originates before what age?
where Section 504 comes from
18
mental retardation
10 per 10 - 100 children

4. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Non - discriminatory assessment
Specific learning disability
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

5. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
two to nine percent
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
yes
Mental retardation

6. 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
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
social stories
group contingency contracting
delayed language and echolalia

7. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
no
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

8. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
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
articulation
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Larry P vs. Riles

9. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
Mental retardation
try to find appropriate content at grade level
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

10. 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
social stories
Learning disabilities
a hearing aid

11. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
PARC vs. State of Penn
medication and a behavior management intervention
50%
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

12. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
ESEA Act
pervasive developmental disorders

13. A model used with ESL and deaf students
the Cummins model
learned helplessness
Non - discriminatory assessment
50%

14. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
discriminatory stimulus
IFSP

15. Yes
medication and a behavior management intervention
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Specific learning disability
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

16. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Hear and understand speech
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
functional vision assessment

17. What causes autism?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

18. 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
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
developmental
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
having them practice filing out job applications

19. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
articulation
Specific learning disability
Larry P vs. Riles
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

20. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
they modify students thought patterns
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

21. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
student to student
discriminatory stimulus
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
whole language

22. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
General education classrooms
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
yes
ESEA Act

23. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
mental retardation
compensatory education
the Cummins model
executive functioning

24. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
Learning disabilities
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
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
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

25. 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
ecological
Hear and understand speech
negative reinforcement
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

26. Specific learning disability
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
Specific learning disability
10 per 10 - 100 children
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

27. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Council for Exceptional Children
Hear and understand speech
contingency based self - management

28. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
zero reject
How 504 defines a disability
yes
90%

29. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
45%

30. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
life space analysis
they modify students thought patterns

31. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
yes
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

32. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
no
Deaf - blindness
Emotional disturbance
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

33. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
medication and a behavior management intervention
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
yes
yes

34. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
Autism
where Section 504 comes from
General education classrooms
1%

35. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
articulation
Program first placement second
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
General education classrooms

36. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
the DSM- IV
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
executive functioning

37. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
two to nine percent
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

38. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
90%
Curriculum based assessment
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Procedural safeguards

39. Name four areas of executive function
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

40. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
Emotional disturbance
Autism
Stanford 9
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

41. What are four types of data based decision making?
having them practice filing out job applications
mental retardation
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

42. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
negative reinforcement
90%
Curriculum based assessment

43. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
Orthopedic impairment
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

44. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
45%
90%
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
hearing loss that was present at birth

45. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
LRE
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

46. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
learned helplessness
categorical approach
where Section 504 comes from
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

47. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Learning disabilities
45%
Stanford 9
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

48. Multiple and severe disabilties
delayed language and echolalia
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Traumatic brain injury
an audiometer

49. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
early traumatic experiences
Fourteen
principles of IDEA
developmental

50. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
hearing loss that happened after birth
not legal