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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Learners with disabilities have opportunities to achieve commensurate with their peers

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2. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
Larry P vs. Riles
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

3. 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
developmental
Mental retardation
1%
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

4. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
developmental
ESEA Act
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
executive functioning

5. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
a hearing aid
the DSM- IV
mental retardation

6. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
pervasive developmental disorders
Deaf - blindness
developmental
two to nine percent

7. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
group contingency contracting
Mental retardation

8. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
not legal
duration recording
Hearing impairment
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

9. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
negative reinforcement
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
speech or language impairment
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

10. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Deafness
yes
yes

11. Multiple and severe disabilties
students who are mentally retarded
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Hearing impairment
Procedural safeguards

12. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
medication and a behavior management intervention
visual impairment
IFSP
developmental

13. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
having them practice filing out job applications
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
articulation
Council for Exceptional Children

14. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Specific learning disability
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Procedural safeguards

15. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
hearing loss that happened after birth
learning disability
Mental retardation

16. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
Hearing impairment
Mental retardation
18
the DSM- IV

17. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
an audiometer
compensatory education
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
students who are mentally retarded

18. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
yes
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
direct instruction

19. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
learning disability
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
21 or younger

20. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
negative reinforcement
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
45%
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

21. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
compensatory education
they modify students thought patterns

22. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
Council for Exceptional Children
augmentative communciation
How 504 defines a disability
an individualized transition plan

23. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
yes
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

24. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
having them practice filing out job applications
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
executive functioning

25. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

26. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
a hearing aid
executive functioning
IFSP
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

27. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Stanford 9
Hearing impairment
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
mental retardation

28. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
executive functioning
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
mental retardation
Non - discriminatory assessment

29. Yes
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Fourteen
Autism

30. A remedial approach
Orthopedic impairment
yes
Hearing impairment
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

31. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Multiple disabilities
PARC vs. State of Penn
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

32. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
contingency based self - management
Program first placement second
hearing loss that was present at birth
yes

33. Share the responsibility for the students education
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
PARC vs. State of Penn
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

34. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
medication and a behavior management intervention
Emotional disturbance
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
they modify students thought patterns

35. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
Deaf - blindness
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
executive functioning

36. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
How 504 defines a disability
Hearing impairment
PARC vs. State of Penn

37. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
50%
students who are mentally retarded
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

38. What is conductive hearing loss?
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
learned helplessness
a hearing aid
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

39. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
students who are mentally retarded
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
delayed language and echolalia

40. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
whole language
yes
principles of IDEA
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

41. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
assistive technology
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
contingency based self - management

42. What does FVA stand for?
functional vision assessment
Program first placement second
Autism
Learning disabilities

43. What is the prevalence of autism?
mental retardation
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
10 per 10 - 100 children

44. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
yes
Council for Exceptional Children
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
pervasive developmental disorders

45. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
Deafness
Hear and understand speech
visual impairment
group contingency contracting

46. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
Fourteen
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
the Cummins model
Curriculum based assessment

47. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
Hearing impairment
negative reinforcement
mental retardation
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

48. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
LRE
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
compensatory education

49. 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?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Non - discriminatory assessment
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

50. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
medication and a behavior management intervention
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
an audiometer
Learning disabilities