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Praxis Special Ed

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1. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
the Cummins model
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
speech or language impairment
yes

2. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
contingency based self - management
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
hearing loss that happened after birth
speech or language impairment

3. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
student to student
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

4. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
delayed language and echolalia
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Procedural safeguards
Sixty days

5. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
Council for Exceptional Children
Non - discriminatory assessment
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
developmental

6. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Larry P vs. Riles
contingency based self - management
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
an individualized transition plan

7. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
ESEA Act
1%
10 per 10 - 100 children
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

8. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
negative reinforcement
speech or language impairment
curriculum based assessment
student to student

9. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
Deaf - blindness
not legal
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

10. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
18

11. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
Hearing impairment
LRE
articulation
Council for Exceptional Children

12. What causes autism?
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Sixty days
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Larry P vs. Riles

13. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
principles of IDEA
ESEA Act
45%
General education classrooms

14. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
learned helplessness
early traumatic experiences
PARC vs. State of Penn
10 per 10 - 100 children

15. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
duration recording
augmentative communciation
Emotional disturbance

16. What is conductive hearing loss?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Multiple disabilities
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

17. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
where Section 504 comes from
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Procedural safeguards
Non - discriminatory assessment

18. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
learning disability
Stanford 9
PARC vs. State of Penn
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

19. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
a hearing aid
whole language
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Curriculum based assessment

20. What does outer - directedness mean?
10 per 10 - 100 children
LRE
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Deafness

21. If a college bound student has the accommodation that he uses a tape recorder in english and a calculator in algebra II this is an example of
group contingency contracting
assistive technology
yes
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

22. 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
visual impairment
two to nine percent
they modify students thought patterns

23. Multiple and severe disabilties
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
the Cummins model
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

24. Metacognition is connected to
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
whole language
early traumatic experiences
executive functioning

25. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
having them practice filing out job applications
student to student
not legal
45%

26. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
social stories
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
yes
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

27. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
90%
1%

28. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
direct instruction
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
augmentative communciation

29. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
articulation
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Stanford 9

30. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
students who are mentally retarded
medication and a behavior management intervention
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

31. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
an audiometer
speech or language impairment

32. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Mental retardation
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

33. A model used with ESL and deaf students
Non - discriminatory assessment
Sixty days
the Cummins model
try to find appropriate content at grade level

34. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
General education classrooms
Deafness
50%
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

35. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
How 504 defines a disability
student to student
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

36. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
functional vision assessment
functional skills - social skills - career skills
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

37. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
duration recording
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
ther health impairments
contingency based self - management

38. 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
50%
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

39. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
augmentative communciation
an audiometer
Multiple disabilities
21 or younger

40. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
group contingency contracting
contingency based self - management
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
curriculum based assessment

41. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
hearing loss that was present at birth
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

42. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
speech or language impairment
ther health impairments
a hearing aid
where Section 504 comes from

43. What percent of the population was ADHD?
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Hearing impairment
two to nine percent
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

44. 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
hearing loss that happened after birth
developmental
How 504 defines a disability
hearing loss that was present at birth

45. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
Hearing impairment
Autism
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

46. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
Learning disabilities
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Traumatic brain injury

47. A teacher who sets clear and explicit goals for each lesson - presents a logical sequence of tasks - gives clear directions on how to do eacht ask - engages the student in guided practice - asks frequent questions - gives feedback - and does not move
not legal
direct instruction
compensatory education
ESEA Act

48. Name four areas of executive function
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
an individualized transition plan

49. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Autism
hearing loss that happened after birth
Mental retardation

50. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
yes
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational